Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Going Deeper Into……Space

1. During our reading session we were given an intro the life and career of an astronaut.  Click here to see some live interactive lessons about following this path and what it takes to fly in space. There are numerous videos available online and on YouTube that will help our students visualize the importance of space travel.  Try your own search or click here to find our class play list about space travel and space exploration. Also, be sure and visit the official NASA website to find some interactive and informative games.  Click here to visit NASA




2. As we continue our study of Texas we recently drew maps of our state, including the largest citys and major rivers.  Now we will look at the different regions around the state and how they offer unique character to our great state. Intetactive Texas map are available by floowing this link: Texas Regions.


3. One important skill that we will learn throughout the year is map reading and map interpretation.  Click here to fnd an interactive map of Texas and details about some important cities.  This map will help the students to learn about recording data and comparing different regions of the state.


4. We are wrapping up our lesson on weather by building some of our own weather instruments.  To view our lesson plan, click here

Friday, August 26, 2011

Friday Lessons

Today we are going to work with Language Arts. Our introduction to this subject comes from the following website:
Language Arts

As part of our Language Arts lessone we will also look at typing and keyboarding skills. Click here for games

Next, we are going to continue our exploration of weather. The following website contains several important definitions and explanations for us.

Weather Kidz

Finally, we need to continue looking at some basic math addition and subtraction problems. Please practice with the following websites.

Math Games


Finally, to complete our introduction to place values and digits, we are going to discuss one of our favorite things: money. Our class will look at the breakdown of how many units are in each coin and how may coins in each paper note. Also, we start to look at the cost of certain popular items and how much we can purchase on a budget.
Money Introduction

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

Wondering Around Texas

Texas, My Texas....
This year our 4th grade class will study the beauty, majesty and wonder of all things Texas. As a brief introduction to our awesome state, please view these simple videos provided by the Texas Department of Natural Resources.



More Videos

Friday, August 19, 2011

Opening Day Approaching


4th Grade Supply List

3 single subject spiral notebooks (wide ruled)
2 packs of loose leaf notebook paper (wide ruled)
1 three ring binder (2 inch)
6 folders with pockets & brads
1 pair of scissors
1 pack of glue sticks
1 pack of erasable markers
1 pack of crayons
1 pack of colored pencils/map pencils
1 pack of construction paper (assorted colors)
1 box of pencils (12 count)
1 pack of pens (blue or black)
1 pencil bag or pencil box
1 pencil sharpener

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Place Value Worksheets | Place Value Worksheets for Practice

Counting is a common thing in our every day routine. Some of you may be counting the days until school begins, some of you may be counting the days until your birthday or the number of days until your favorite holiday. Regardless of what you are counting, it is important to know the value of the numbers in your answer. For example, my birthday is in 76 days. Remember that the number 7 is in the 10s place, so if we were to consider the number seven alone it would represent 70. Likewise, the number 6 is in the 1s place so it simply represents the number 6.

Try using some of the following worksheets to refresh your memory about the place values of numbers in the 1s, 10s, 100s, 1,000s, 10,000, 100,000s and 1,000,000s places. We will have some activities during the first days of school to learn about why it is so important to place numbers in the right places, and how rearranging the numbers in any way will give us a different answer.

Place Value Worksheets | Place Value Worksheets for Practice