January 27

Reading:  If you did not finish questions for Belle Prater's Boy chapters 18 & 19 you need to finish them. Most students are done.

Spelling: Finish 3rd page on Unit 19  - Study words for Friday!

Math: You should have all the pages down in Math journal up through 6 - 4.

Magnets

http://www.lovemyscience.com/cat_magnetic.html

Is the force of magnetism strong enough to travel through things?
http://www.lovemyscience.com/testingthepull.html

January 25

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour independent reading

Math: Study Link 6 - 3

Social Studies: Work on Post Cards

January 19th

Spelling: Page 121

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour to meet independent reading goal

Martin Luther King

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/honoring-king%E2%80%99s-dream/339021

January 14

Math: Finish Math Link 5 - 3
Study for math quiz over Unit 5 - Use Self assessment to know what type of problems will be on the quiz; You may also look over journal pages in that unit.

Reading: Continue to work on News Report for Belle Prater's Boy (chapter 15 & 16)
or Tuck Everlasting (Chapter 18 & 19)
Read for 1/2 hour to work on Independent Reading Goal

Spelling: Study spelling words

January 13

Reading: Make sure you have finished the reading for Belle Prater's Boy and Tuck Everlasting
BPB - Chapters 15 & 16
TE - Chapters 18 & 19
News Report - You should be on your 2nd paragraph of News Report. Use your Rubric or Example to help you.

Spelling: page 3

Math: Pages 114 - 115 (Any other pages in Unit 5) (or other pages not done until this point)

January 12

Science: Study for quiz tomorrow B64 - B72
Use links on blog as well (conductor, insulator, Parallel circuits, Series Circuit)

Math: Journal pages - any pages you don't not have done through unit 5.

Reading: Read 1/2 hour

Reading: Belle Prater's Boy - Read chapter 15 and fill in graphic organizer adding important detail that you will need to write a news report

Tuck Everlasting: Read chapters 18 & 19 graphic organizer with important details from the story to write a news report

Creating a Class Thesaurus

http://psolarz.weebly.com/mr-solarz-eportfolio/creating-a-character-traits-thesaurus

NWEA Practice

http://www.sowashco.org/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

Origins of Idioms

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769301.html

Making Parallel Circuits

What really happens?
http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_current.html

What is the difference between Parrallel Circuits and Series Circuits?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/electric_current_voltage/revision/4/ 
Check out the simulation!  Great for studying for the quiz!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml

Let's watch a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2EuYqj_0Uk
4th Graders have made both Circuits. Check out the pictures below!
It was pretty cool to see the students make electricity happen! 

How Do Electric Circuits Work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnpLaKsqGU

http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_current.html

January 6

Math: page 124 Journal Page - Lattice Multiplication

Spelling: Finish page 3 in Unit 16 if you did not finish

Reading: Reading Quiz tomorrow over last 6 chapters
Belle Prater's Boy- Finish reading chapters 13 & 14 Do chapter grid (3 squares for each chapter)
Tuck Everlasting - Finish reading chapters 16 & 17 Do chapter grid (3 squares for each chapter)

January 5

Reading: Belle Prater's Boy Finish reading chapters 11 & 12 and write down events in chapter grid.
Make sure you write one to two sentences explaining your drawing.

Tuck Everlasting: Finish chapters 13 - 15 Chapter Grid

Spelling: Second Page Unit 16

Math: Moby Max

Homework January 4

Reading:
Belle Prater's Boy  Read over chapters 8, 9 & 10
Tuck Everlasting - Read over chapters 11 & 12
Finish vocabulary in Triple Entry Journal - definitions

Spelling: put words in the right column (noun, verb, adjective)

Math: Journal page 118 Partial Products Method Use reference book page 18 if you need help

Discussion Questions Belle Prater's Boy

http://sjalisle.org/resource/battle-08-09/Belle_Praters_Boy.pdf

http://blog.heightslibrary.org/book-discussion-series-belle-praters-boy/

1950's
http://theliterarylink.com/belle_lessons.html

Social Studies

Blue Grass Music
Music Appalachia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRsjszrf8xA&list=PL7C924A91D47257E1

Dixie Land Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsCuLY5-Vi4&list=PLlis6k_iH8CdHe6mC6VHd1Zl55OQ1NsGd

Cajun Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK9PG2RWHsg

Delta Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGqBmlZR3dc

https://www.pbs.org/theblues/roadtrip/deltahist.html

What is an Electric Current?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlp2y9_bill-nye-static-electricity_tech

https://www.schooltube.com/video/8b494ff902d9123cba42/

Jamestown Virginia

http://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm