S.E.R.C.

Today, everyone will begin to type your S.E.R.C. reports in Google Drive.  Your language arts teacher and I will be looking for perfect spelling and grammar in this report.

If there is extra time during class today, you may get your ipad and continue to work on your Book Creator project.

Book Creator App for S.E.R.C. Books

Today, you will start creating a book about your field trip to S.E.R.C.  You must include the following in your book:

1. Everyone must create their book using the Square template (not portrait or landscape)
2. Book Title (such as 4th Grade Goes to S.E.R.C.)
3. Author's name (your name)
4. Date of your trip (October 22, 2014)
5. 2 favorite things about S.E.R.C. and the reason WHY these were your favorite things
6. 3 facts that you learned at S.E.R.C.
7. Search for a map of the Chesapeake Bay using Safari, save the image to your camera roll and include this map in your book.
8. Search for one image related to one of the facts you learned at S.E.R.C.  (for example: secchi disk, blue crab, oyster, plankton, etc.)

Saving Your Book
Tap "My Books" in the upper left corner.  Then tap the inspector button (i) in order to change the Title of your book and to change the Author's name.

S.E.R.C. Information & Spelling Practice

First, everyone will complete the worksheet that I will pass out to you.  Hand write your responses in pencil.  During our next Technology class, we will use the iPads and everyone will create a book, using the Book Creator app, about their trip to S.E.R.C.  Your book must include all of the information on this worksheet as well as photos from the trip, a map of the Chesapeake Bay and a few other items we will discuss.

When you are finished with the worksheet, please hand it in and then practice this week's spelling pattern (short "u") by playing the spelling games below.

Word Builder

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=4&unit=7

Word Sort

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=4&unit=7

Adapted Mind - Math Practice

Everyone will login to Adapted Mind and take the pre-test.  Each student has their own username and password which you will need to begin the pre-test. After the pre-test, you will practice some of the math lessons on AdaptedMind.com.

Test Prep - Wordly Wise - Lesson 2

Click on the link below and complete these six (6) activities to help you study for your Wordly Wise test tomorrow:
1. Cards: Read/listen to all 15 flashcards (the word and the definition)
2. Learn: Read the definition and then type the word that matches the definition.
3. Speller: Listen to the word spoken and then type that word in the box provided.
4. Test: Answer the questions (matching, multiple choice and true/false).  FIRST, YOU MUST CHOOSE THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS YOU WANT & THEN CLICK "CREATE A NEW TEST"
5. Scatter: Drag the word onto the corresponding definition to make it disappear.
6. Race: Delete the scrolling words by typing in their corresponding term and pressing ENTER.

http://quizlet.com/28795692/wordly-wise-lesson-2-flash-cards/

If you finish everything on Quizlet, practice Direct Objects with these 2 games below:

Choose the Direct Object

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/53.asp

Direct Objects Quiz:

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/direct_objects/quiz546.html

More Computer Programming Today

Open Scratch then Click Create to Get Started

http://scratch.mit.edu/

Do you remember that I created Scratch accounts for some of you a few weeks ago?  This account allows you to save your projects and keep working on them.  The login information is:

Username: hts followed by your initials (ex. htsmk, htstb, htsec, etc)

Password: Everyone's password is titans

Accounts: Emmett, Misha, Thomas B., Keegan, Matt, Ronan, Anna, Grace, Bizzy, Caroline, Vanessa, Nick, and Brycen (htsbrycen).

Try A New Program Today!

http://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/puzzle

Language Arts/Tech Class

Today, those that haven't finished their Goals project, will finish that first.  Then, everyone will work on the following:

Practice Punctuation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/play/

Take the quiz:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q25067687

Grade 4 Punctuation Quiz

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/punctuation/quiz386.html

Choice Time:

Free Rice

Typing Club

Raz-Kids

All About You

4^th Grade has been talking about biographies and personal narratives in Language Arts. Today, everyone will work on a project that will be ALL ABOUT YOU.

You will answer the following questions:

·         What are your goals for 4th grade?

·         What achievements (accomplishments or successes) are you proud of so far in your life?

·         What are you working hard to improve upon?

·         How do you want to be remembered by the end of 8th Grade?

Below is an example of one that I wrote:

Grammar Today

Homophones

http://www.funbrain.com/whichword/index.html

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones-game.html

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones-word-o-rama.html

Subject and Predicate

http://www.quia.com/rr/36764.html

Identify the Simple Subject or the Predicate

http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html

Practice with the vocabulary from By the Shores of Silver Lake

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/ewordgame/index.html?grade=4&theme=1&selection=4

Try your hand at the Crossword Puzzle

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/crossword/index.html?grade=4&unit=2