China Mini-WebQuest

Today, we will learn a bit about China with the help of National Geographic.  Each student will hunt for facts about China on the website, and answer a series of questions on a worksheet.  

The link to the site can be found here:  National Geographic - China

If you finish, you may explore the Enchanted Learning Website about China as well:

Enchanted Learning China link

Exploring Landforms

Today, we will begin to work on a bit of Geography using the games from MrNussbaum.com.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm

Happy Thanksgiving

We're going to spend a little time thinking about the history of Thanksgiving today.  First, we'll watch the Brainpop Thanksgiving video, then spend a little time exploring the History Channel Thanksgiving Website.  Finally, we will create a Comic Life comic strip including a few fun Thanksgiving facts...

Link to History Channel Facts:

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving-facts

If you have any extra time, be sure to check out the amazing resources on the Scholastic Thanksgiving website: 

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/

Let's go back to Keyboarding for a week...

Hi there 4th graders,

This week, while I'm away, I would like you to spend your technology time working on Type to Learn.  Be sure to use your orange keyboard covers, and keep your fingers on the home keys!

And wonder: Where in the world is Mrs. Morell?

See you next week!

Celebrating SERC with Comic Life!

This week in technology class, we used Comic Life to tell the story of our day at SERC.  What colorful tales of plankton, seining, microscopes, and crabs were told by the 4th graders!  A few of the many amazing projects follow:

Monument Flyers

This week, we will use the research we've been working on in class to complete Monument flyers using Microsoft Publisher.  The template of the flyer looks like this:

Students will draw upon a file of photographs to illustrate their flyer, use three facts from their research, and have the ability to change the colors and fonts.  Should be a very cool project - and we'll all learn more about DC's amazing monuments!

Finish Journey Stories, and Keep Typing...

This week in Technology class, the students will finish typing their amazing Journey stories for Language Arts.  If the students have finished the stories, they will continue typing using Type to Learn.