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!