On the Move on Monday!

Today you will have several opportunities to work with other classes to review information. This morning at 9:20 we will start Math Rotations. During this time you will be going to the other 4th grade classrooms to review math concepts. 

At 12:50 we will be meeting Mr. Winklemann's class in the lab to work on building electrical circuits and reviewing terminology.

Can you make it work?

Earlier this year we talked about building circuits. What makes them work? What stops them from working?

Use the site below to help you practice this skill:

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=638


http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/siliconspies/flash/concepts/simplecircuits.htm

A Fresh Start

As you may have noticed last night I did some maintenance to our classroom blog. I noticed that I had some things that didn't work. I also noticed that there was some information that was out dated. Hopefully the blog is now current and a resource for your to use at home and at school.

Thre are a ton of websites listed for a variety of skills. My hope it that you will start leaving comments under the activities to let me know if we like them, if we learned anything and if they were fun!

Getting Picky About Our Punctuation

This week we are going to take a look at what punctuation looks like and different parts of speech that can improve our ability to share information.

Nouns
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/noun/balloon_game/
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats2.asp?rats_nounverb
Verbs
http://hoodaword.com/games/grammarninja.php

Punctuation
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/punctuation/index_pre.html

Understanding Story Elements

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/i/settingp.cfm
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/test_tutor/build19/grade3/skill14/index_pre.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/plotp.cfm

Which is the correct description of main idea?

Click on the link below and vote!
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTMyNzU4Njc3NQ/web

Main Idea

We have been working on this skill this week and today in club. Below you will fin a couple of fun activities that help us practice this skill.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm

Watch this video
http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=4254