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MATH:

Go to one of these web sites. Select any activity or game appropriate to grade 4.

· Go to [|www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/4.htm] select any activity (1st select an activity related to what we are working on currently in class). · Go to [|www.ixl.com] ; then select any game or activity. · Go to [|www.kidskonnect.com] ; select any game or activity.

Activities not on the computer or internet:

1. Write number stories; solve them on your own/have someone else solve them and then check their answers. 2. Practice measuring things (liquid and linear measurement). This could include cooking and baking activities. Write down the measurements/recipes. 3. Play logic games and card games (e.g. chess, checkers, Battleship, and games in the Student Reference Book for Everyday Math). 4. Find examples of numbers and money amounts in magazines, newspapers, menus, etc. Use this information to plan a dinner party. Cut out pictures with the amounts from catalogs, newspapers, magazines, etc. to make a picture montage to go with your menu or party ideas

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Go to one of these web sites.

· [|www.kidskonnect.com] · [|www.TimeforKids.com] · [|www.Scholasticnews.com]

Select an article or story. Write what is important about the story. Tell what you learned that you did not know before. Select a game or activity. Describe the game. Tell what you liked or disliked about that game or activity. Would you recommend this site to a friend? Why? How could this site be better?

Activities not on the computer or internet:

1. Keep a journal/diary of your daily activities. 2. Write a bio-poem of someone. Read a biography and write an acrostic poem about that person. Write a bio-poem about yourself or someone in your family. 3. Make a graphic novel of your activities at home. 4. Read a current events article from the newspaper or listen to a story on the TV or radio news. Tell why you think that story is important.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Go to one of these web sites:

· [|www.dnr.state.md.us/baygame/] (Games and information about the Chesapeake Bay) · [|www.zoobooks.com] (Science games and activities, including a virtual zoo tour) · [|www.pocanticohills.org/explorers/ship] (Information about early European explorers) · [] (Information about Early explorers)

Read any article or entry from one of the sites above. Write at least five facts that you learned from that site. Select any game or activity from one of the above sites. Tell what you liked or disliked about that game or activity.

Activities not on the computer or internet:

1. Draw a map of your room, home, or neighborhood. Label the map. Be sure to include a key or legend. 2. Write an essay about your community. Compare/contrast your community or home with that of a village or household during the Colonial era. 3. Interview adults who have a knowledge of world explorers, the colonial era, or the American Revolution. Ask about famous people or events from one or more of these eras. Write down interesting facts you learned. 4. Imagine you are an explorer. You are sailing and suddenly stumble across a new land. Write a story about your first encounter with this new place and people who may live there. Draw and label a picture/diagram of your ship. List all the provisions and tools you need to take along on a long sea voyage. Make a graphic novel of your adventures as an explorer. 5. Be a photojournalist! Make a photo/picture scrapbook of your family, community, or favorite activity.