First Six Weeks
August 11- September 19, 2003
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Internet sites and other material are provided to help students master CORE objectives. Any questions or comments regarding posted information should be directed only to Ms. Kendall.
| Communications (Reading, Spelling, & Language) | Mathematics |
| Science | Social Studies |
| *Character Education* | Coming Attraction: Service Learning Projects |
Reading, Language, Spelling, and Handwriting are all included under "Communications". Each year, there is a strong demand for students to excel in this area. I am requiring that students in my reading class have a library card from the Nashville Public Library. This is essential in order for the students to meet the requirement of reading one (1) book a month from the Book Review Selection List and one (1) book of their choice.
Action Verbs: Active Anna "Here is a little story to help you learn about Action Verbs."
Activity: Verbs Galore Discover a fun game the entire family can play.
The Blue Book Use this site to find the answers to your questions concerning proper English grammar and punctuation.
Contractions This is a nice practice worksheet on contractions. The main site also provide other subject resources.
Grammar Central will help you understand subject-verb agreement.
Grammar Gorillas Impress these gorillas with your knowledge of the part of speech.
Handwriting4Kids This site provides worksheet and practice guides for students learning to write.
Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Rules - Capitalization Rules Capitalizing proper nouns is covered, with examples given. There is a printable quiz as well as an online quiz to take.
Nouns “A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.” Proper nouns, noun clauses, and noun phrases are discussed.
Phrasal Verbs "Phrasal Verbs" is a game for practicing verbs. The player chooses a topic and then matches the verb, particle and meaning. If the correct answer is chosen a point is scored. Requires Shockwave to play.
Predicates, Objects, Complements “A predicate is the completer of a sentence.” There are examples of the proper use of predicates on this page.
Sentence Subjects “The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.” There is a quiz at the end to see if you can “Identifying Simple and Compound Subjects.”
StuFun.com This is an excellent site that provides interactive grammar games for students.
Word Class: Nouns The types of nouns including proper, common, concrete, and abstract are explored in this paper.
Mathematics is a key mastery subject because each skill is a foundation to a second skill. The links provided below will assist the student in mastering skills for math. Please make sure that the student refers to classroom notes when completing homework.
Adding Decimals An online quiz to test skills on adding decimals.
All About Math--Fourth Grade The site provide information on all of the skills covered in your child's fourth grade year.
BasketMath Interactive Learning is a great site to increase your math knowledge through games.
Estimating Differences Online game that test estimating differences skills.
Estimating Sums Online game that tests estimating sum skills.
Exploring Place-Value Relationships is designed for students to learn place value in standard and word form.
Flash Cards for Kids lets you practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can keep up with your score as you submit your answers.
Place Value An online game that challenges your skills on place value positions.
Place Value of Decimals This online game tests decimal place value skills.
Place Value of Whole Numbers This online game tests whole number place value skills.
Quia - Matching - Read That Number! Online game of matching standard form numbers to their word form card.
Subtracting Decimals An online quiz to test skills on subtracting decimals.
Sylvan Park is participating in the K-6 Hands-On Science Curriculum. This means that students will receive four (4) hands-on science kits lessons and four (4) mini-units of science. This curriculum is not broken down into six weeks intervals, but four cycles. Please review the chart below to see which cycle, kit, and mini-unit your child will be using for this six weeks:
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GRADE LEVEL: 4 |
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| Cycle 1 | Meteorology | Land and Water |
| Cycle 2 | Chemistry | Food Chemistry |
| Cycle 3 | Human Body | Animal Studies |
| Cycle 4 | Electric Circuits |
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Meteorology (weather) |
Dan's Wild Wild Weather A Meteorologist's site for kids and teachers.
FEMA for Kids Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides this guide for children which helps
them prepare for natural disasters.
Interactive Weather Maker Stop waiting for a snow day! Students can
learn how to "make" their own blizzard.
Lycos Weather National weather maps at this URL. Regional maps
available by clicking on shown dots.
Yahoo Weather This site has short movies showing information for 48 hour periods.
Scholastic Weather Reporters Learn to make the weather instruments that meteorologists use to measure the weather. Conduct an experiment and share your results with other students.
Web Weather for Kids Atmospheric science experiments for kids. Create a thunderstorm, lightning, tornadoes right in your classroom or at home.
The Weather Channel Large US map showing H and L pressure, radar/precipitation and clouds.
The Weather Underground Provides nexrad information by cities.
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Land and Water |
Collecting Fossils in California dig into the wealth of information regarding old and new finds. Check out their Fossil of the Month!
Cool Geology for Kids Did you know if we mined all the world's oceans for gold, each person on Earth would get 9 pounds
Fossils and Fossil Collecting was developed for students who may have an interest a fossil collection and tips on how to get one started.
Rock Hounds with Rocky offers a wealth of information on the rocks that establish the composition of our planet. Several interesting activities for students.
Savage Earth This is the PBS series on the Earth's ever-changing composition.
Sue @ Chicago's Field Museum Visit Sue: The largest, most complete, and best preserved T. Rex.
Treasures @ Sea This site allows students to explore the ocean through literature.
Volcano World's Kids Door Students are able to view the volcano art gallery, go on a virtual volcano field trip, or take the online quiz.
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Parts of Earth |
CIA Kids Page--Geography This is a fun trivia quiz to test your skills on the continents.
Color
Landform Atlas of the U.S.
GeoBee Challenge
Take the National Geographic geography challenge.
Geography for
Kids Learn about the different countries, flags, etc. on through this
site.
Image Gallery of Landforms A nice visual gallery of deltas, mountains,
valleys, and other types of landforms.
KBears Geo World
This site provides students with a map and guide to the dominant
landforms/climate found in the area.
Relief
Map of the United States
Types of Dunes
A worldwide inventory of deserts has been developed using images from the
Landsat satellites and from space and aerial photography. It defines five basic
types of dunes: crescentic, linear, star, dome, and
parabolic.
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Spatial Sense: Maps and Globes |
Altapedia Online Maps Find color maps with details for countries in A to Z listing. Also check out facts on geography, climate, people, religion, history, and economy.
National Geographic Society--Map Machine Browse the Society's political, physical and virtual Earth map collections, searchable by region. Visit the map shop or update a home atlas.
In the first six weeks, the following character skills will be addressed:
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Practices honesty |
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Does what is right |
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Respects self |
