Westward Expansion Presenting

Today we started sharing our Westward Expansion PREZIs. Students also brought their artifacts in to share today. We were very impressed with what they brought to share!

Austin has  been so kind as to share his PREZI
online. Click this link https://prezi.com/secure/a93168d7cf3f9612cc10c4fd8e272761d4ac7ec0/
to view his PREZI, I am sure you will find a few interesting things! Feel free to check back in and leave a comment!

Andrew brought whipping cream and taught our class about
how pioneers made butter on the trail. He let our class help shake
the butter!



Testing our Vocabulary

Can you use the resources in our classroom and online to answer this questions?

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTI3MDkzMjAyNw/web

Visual aids to help us understand Westward Expansion

This Picture Board is a great way to learn about westward expansion.
http://www.capzles.com/B6C8E233-5CFD-4826-93AD-B06FB1C10DAE

Pick one picture and fill out a note card about something you learned by viewing that picture.

A Quick Technology Update

I have set up a poll to check in on student satisfaction. Feel free to click on the link below and vote!

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTgwMDk4NDM2Nw/web


After you have voted above feel free to vote using this link:
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTgxMjIwMTE4Mw

Venom...

I am watching a special on PBS as we speak about Venom and how it came into existence. I was just thinking to myself. I know a group of 4th graders who would DEFINITELY know a thing or two about this!

Additional Westward Expansion Research Links!

This is an amazing link!!! It answers about any question you might have!
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/stage.htm

Helping Eagle Games 2/9

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/5_6/cows/cows.htm
This fun cow game helps students learn all about context clues!


http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/i/settingp.cfm
This great way to practice identifying the setting of a story!

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/squanky2/squanky2.html
This funny tooth game helps us practice our understanding of synonyms!

http://www.quia.com/mc/52205.html
This game is a great way to match synonyms!

I can draw conclusions. Can you?

Here you'll find a collection of websites that are designed to help us improve our ability to draw conclusions.

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferences.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferences.cfm

Vocabulary Research Deposits

Feel free to post your vocabulary research under this posting!