As we wrap up our year of fabulous social studies work in our class with a study of the American Revolution (and bring to life a slice of American history with our play about the Boston Tea Party), please check out the websites below to gather further background information. Boston Tea Party Museum websiteboston-tea-party-facts Key… [Read more…]
April 8, 2011
Finishing up on our non-fiction focus this week, why not try reading and following the how-to directions featured above to make your own buggy clips! (Hints: click on each photo to enlarge it so you can read more easily. The picture on the far left is for you to get pattern ideas for what shapes… [Read more…]
April 6, 2011
During our focus on non-fiction texts this week in getting prepared for upcoming state tests in literacy and science, our class used butterflies as the theme – using the book Endangered Butterflies, by Bobbie Kalman as part of our shared reading. Today, students became the test “makers” as they partnered up to read selections from… [Read more…]
March 21, 2011
Show your evidence!..that you are the BEST test takers EVER! Here are websites for you to use to practice those “Test Prep Detective” skills so that you’ll be all ready to ace those upcoming state tests! ELA: Kids Detective Lab Eye Spy - every good detective needs to brush up on those visual inference skills!… [Read more…]
March 6, 2011
Ms. Brown and her afterschool club of students produced this well done and newsworthy journal which you can now read online…here at P.S. 130′s own school website. So grab a seat, something relaxing to drink and happy reading! Parkside News PS_130_Newsletter-3
January 24, 2011
To help 4th graders get a broader sense of the early Americas beyond our previous study of the Iroquois and Algonquians of the Eastern Woodlands area, here are some quick links about the Aztecs, Incas and Pueblos Nations. (Next up: website links for the European Explorers…there are more beyond Christopher Columbus!) KidsPast.com (Aztecs, Incas, and… [Read more…]
December 17, 2010
Build your own (online) longhouse! Make your own (virtual) wampum!
December 17, 2010
Check out this fun, interactive website from National Council for Teachers of Math.
November 10, 2010
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/iroquois/index.html http://bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htm http://www.crystalinks.com/iroquois.html http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/ http://www.mhschool.com/ss/ca/images/img_g5u1_quiz_map_iroquois.jpg Mohawk: http://www.mohawknation.org/ Oneida: http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/ Cayuga: http://www.sctribe.com/ Onondaga: http://www.onondaganation.org/ Seneca: http://www.sni.org/ (not originally a member nation) Tuscarora: http://www.southernbandtuscarora.com/ NEWLY ADDED: http://www.iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu/html/activity4.htm/
June 4, 2010
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