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 by Ms. Silberman
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…]
January 24, 2011 by Ms. Silberman
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 by Ms. Silberman
Build your own (online) longhouse! Make your own (virtual) wampum!
December 17, 2010 by Ms. Silberman
Check out this fun, interactive website from National Council for Teachers of Math.
November 10, 2010 by Ms. Silberman
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/
May 14, 2010 by Mr. Rhys, The Media Spot
Hey 4th Graders, It’s poetry time! Today we’re going to: log in to http://Voicethread.com with the email address ps130fourth@gmail.com, password: _________ (we’ll tell you in class) add an image (picture) we find on the Internet (try http://images.google.com, and record ourselves reading poems fluently and with expression! Here are a few images to help you add… [Read more…]
May 9, 2008 by Mr. Rhys, TMS
NOTES FROM 5.9 PLANNING MEETING Video Poetry Production Plan Students will adapt written poems into digital multimedia poetry productions using laptop computers. teachers will select one student-written poem to adapt students will sketch storyboards outlining criteria for an image for each line, or stanza of their poem, and write down the key words they will… [Read more…]
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April 6, 2011 by Ms. Silberman
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