Weekly Optional Learning Menu

May 4-8th, 2020

Fourth Grade

Welcome back to our virtual classroom!

** Blue Lettering denotes links to websitesVideo lessons available via email

We Wish all of our Parents a BIG Thank YOU during this Distance Learning period!

Vocabulary/Word Study

● IXL- Vocabulary● Go to myhumble (rapid identity)● Click on the IXL icon (it’s green)● Click on the teacher assignment ● Click on Multiple Meaning Words ● Complete any tasks you choose

Independent Practice ● Istation ● IXL- Reading Strategies ● Go to myHumble (rapid identity), click the

IXL icon (It’s green.), click on teacher assignments, click on Inference. Choose any task to work on.

Skill Practice ● Compare and Contrast “Kissy Face”

and “Poetry Means the World to Me” ● Links are in google classroom

● Create a visual diagram comparing and contrasting both texts

Just Right Reading Ideas

● Read a JRR book ● EPIC Class code: dsg8000● Choose a fiction or poetry text

Learning Board

Rosetta StoneAccess Google Classroom, then go to the ‘Learning Opportunities’ tab. Your user name / password information is available under the instructions tab on Google Classroom. Try doing it daily.

Flipgrid Make a Cinco de Mayo craft and explain the steps you followed to make it in Spanish. You can use these ideas or any other you may have. Cinco de Mayo Ideas

Cinco de Mayo Flipgrid

Cinco de MayoWatch the following video and learn the real facts about Cinco de Mayo. Then, choose two facts that surprised you and write them in Spanish. Share with your teacher. Use paint, chalk, or paper and pencil/ pen.Cinco de Mayo Video

EpicPick two books in Spanish from Epic. Enjoy your reading choice as you compare and contrast them. Share your Venn’s Diagram with your teacher.Classcode: apa4592Epic

Tarjeta de Elecciones

Lectura en contenidoAvailable on Google Classroom

You can do your writing on Google Docs

and share it with me, or on regular paper.

Writing Prompt: Option 1

● Everyone has members that are essential to their family. Think about an important member in your house that is essential to helping your family run smoothly. Explain why and how that person is essential in your family.

● Share with your teacher Write a letter to someone that you have not seen.

● Remember to use the five parts of the friendly letter.

Writing: Option 2

● Interview a family member about a life experience that changed them. Present what you learned in anyway that you want.

Grammar: IXL- Writing Strategies

● Go to myHumble (rapid identity), click the IXL icon (It’s green.), click on teacher assignments, click on Organizing writing.

● Choose any task to work on.

Learning Board

Watch it!:Math Antics: Angles

Number Rock: Angles

Khan Academy: Right, Acute and Obtuse Angles

Review it!: Multiplication Mash UP!

Just for Fun: (use Wixie, sidewalk chalk outside or a pencil and paper for these drawing projects. Take a picture of it and share it!1) Draw your name- Identify the angles-

right, acute, obtuse or straight angles within your name.

2) Go on a Scavenger hunt around your house. Draw items you see and label the angles. (Acute, Right, Obtuse or Straight)

IXL Math - Icon on My Humble -Practice teacher assigned skills:Geometry Unit

- Intro acute, right, obtuse, and straight angles

- Acute, right, obtuse, and straight angles.

Geometry Line and Angle Task Cards

Do not print out the cards, just identify the angles.

Task Cards for Geometry Game

Learning BoardSkill: Geometry

Mind and Body Break!Stay on the sunny side!

Go Noodle

Learning BoardAdaptations

Watch it:

Animal Structures Help Them Survive

Why Do Penguins Have Wings But Can’t Fly?

Strangest Animal Adaptations in Nature

Read About It:Animal Adaptations Vocabulary

IXL: Do some “suggested lessons by your teacher” on IXL on My Humble account.

- Feet and Limbs- Skin and Body Coverings

Observe it/Draw it/Label it/Caption it: Go on a scavenger hunt for animals either outside or on Pebble Go on your MyHumble account. Draw the animal and label any special traits that animal has. Write a caption to describe how it uses that trait to survive.

Research and Write about it: Think about different animals (like a snake, an armadillo and a duck). Choose an animal to research. Use Pebble Go or Epic-Nonfiction to find more information about your animal. Then write about how your animal’s feet, limbs, skin, and body coverings help it to survive. Be sure to describe its habitat, too!

Reading & Math Interventions

Incredible Reading & Math Interventions Link

Celebrate a Mother Figure in your family

Happy Mother’s Day!~ May 10th, 2020

We hope you had enjoyed these learning adventures!

Stay tuned for new learning adventures next Monday, April 27th, 2020.