Coyote School News

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Coyote School News

Welcome back everyone! We hope you enjoyed your "too short" break from school and are ready to get back to work!

For the next couple of weeks, we will be reading "Coyote School News," a story about a boy who attends school at a one room school house in the Southwestern region of the United States.

You can begin by practicing your spelling words for the week on SpellingCity.  Remember to click on the list that is right for you!

Review Spelling

Practice your spelling words on Spelling City.  This week we are reviewing words from previous stories.  Hopefully you can remember them and get an A+!

What Jo Did Vocabulary Prezi

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Veteran's Day Message

Please watch this video as we commemorate Veteran's Day this year at Rhodes School.  We need to always remember to serve and honor all of our service members just as they serve and honor all of us.

What Jo Did

Visit Spelling City to practice this week's spelling words.  They come from the story.

Centers

Hi 4th grade, click on the link to play Sentence Speedway!  This game practices your understanding of independent and dependent clauses.  Remember, independent clauses can stand by themselves.  Dependent clauses need help!  Have fun!

Letters Home From Yosemite: Vocabulary Videos

Hey 4th graders!

Please watch these vocabulary movies made by Mrs. Newsome's and Ms. Kaplan's class. We are studying these words as we read and explore "Letters Home From Yosemite" by Lisa Halverson.

Listen for spelling practice, definitions and sentences.  The pictures help explain what the words mean.  Watch as the pictures move!

WILDERNESS

GLACIER

NATURALIST

SPECIES

PRESERVE

IMPRESSIVE

SLOPES

Illinois Project

Check out Enchanted Learning to get some great facts about Illinois!

You can also look at Fact Monster to get some different information.

Here is some great Illinois Trivia!

Awesome America has a feature on Illinois as well!

Letters Home From Yosemite

Good Morning!

Our next story is a non-fiction photo essay all about Yosemite National State Park, located in California.  It's actually in Northern California, not too far from San Francisco which we learned about when reading Grandfather's Journey.

Practice your spelling words on Spelling City!  This week is a tricky list, so be sure to study hard!

The Horned Toad Prince

Good morning 4th graders!

We are starting a new story this week, The Horned Toad Prince.  This is a funny story and usually all of the fourth graders really like it!

Go to Spelling City to practice your words for the test.  Be sure to pick the list that is right for you!

Happy spelling....

Japan and America Research Center

Hi 4th Graders!

This week during centers, you will be researching two different places, Japan and California.

 Remember, JAPAN is a COUNTRY.  CALIFORNIA is a STATE (it's part of the USA!).

JAPAN                                                   and                           CALIFORNIA

                                                             

    



Use the websites below to read about the different nature, climate, food, clothes, languages , culture, sports and other fun facts about Japan and California.

Kids Web Japan                                                        California Facts                                                                      
National Geographic: Japan                                  Enchanted Learning: California

                                                                                      Kids Konnect: California

Be sure to record the information you find on your graphic organizer!

Enjoy learning about the country, Japan and the state, California!

Grandfather's Journey, Second Week of Spelling

Good Morning 4th Graders!

We have been reading the story Grandfather's Journey, by Allen Say for the last week!  It is a story about a young, brave man who travels to America from his native Japan.  He eventually moves back to Japan, but his grandson carries on his legacy by moving to America, too!

Study your spelling words from the Spelling book this week!

Good luck!

Grandfather's Journey

Good morning 4th graders!

This week, we are all starting to read the story Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say.  It is about a Japanese family who moves between their native Japan and the United States of America.

Get ready to practice your spelling words on Spelling City.  This week, the words to study come from the story!

Lewis and Clark and Me Spelling

Hi 4th Graders! Visit Spelling City to study your words for this week.  Remember, we have a spelling test each Friday.  Make sure you are prepared!

Because of Winn Dixie Spelling

Hey 4th Graders!  Click on the link or picture below to be taken to our SpellingCity website.  Choose the spelling list that is meant for you!  You can even go to this website at home to keep practicing for Friday's test!

Good Luck!

Your LAST Spelling List...

Well, 4th Graders, you've almost made it to the end of the school year.  Can you believe that you will be 5th graders in just a few short weeks?  In fact, there are only 7.5 school days remaining (not that we are counting...)!

Visit Spelling City to study your FINAL SPELLING LIST OF 4TH GRADE!

Good Luck!

Encyclopedia Brown Spelling

Follow the link to the Spelling City website to review your spelling words for this week.  They come from the story "Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander."

Please visit Spelling City to study spelling words for our new story, Encantado!

The Houdini Box Vocabulary Movies

This week, Ms. Flores' class made vocabulary movies from the words we have studies from "The Houdini Box." Watch the movies to review the definitions and uses of these words!

UNEXPLAINABLE

VANISHED

APPEARED

ESCAPE

ENGRAVED

CRUMBLED

MAGICIAN

MONUMENT

BUSTLING

The Houdini Box

Study your spelling words for this week.  The words come from the story "The Houdini Box" by Brian Selznick.

Eye of the Storm - Spelling Review

Click on the link to visit SpellingCity.com. You can practice for your Eye of the Storm spelling test there.  Please be sure to choose the correct list for you!

Marven of the Great North Woods

Click on the image below to visit the Marven of the Great North Woods ThingLink interactive image center!

Marven of the Great North Woods Spelling Activites

Please visit my Spelling City page to practice this week's spelling words.  Be sure to click on the right list for you!

4th Grade Spelling City

So You Want To Be President?

Click on the image below to learn more about the Presidents!

My Brother Martin

Here are our vocabulary videos from "My Brother Martin."  Please enjoy!

PULPIT

NUMEROUS

GENERATIONS

AVOIDED

ANCESTORS

SHIELDING

MINISTER