Online Textbooks
Check out our online Science and Social Studies textbooks! Log-in information is below.
Science
Username: spaldingfourth
Password: tigers
Click on "My Library" and select our fourth grade textbook (the green book with a bear on the front).
Social Studies
Username: grade4earlyyears
Password: 123456
Science
Username: spaldingfourth
Password: tigers
Click on "My Library" and select our fourth grade textbook (the green book with a bear on the front).
Social Studies
Username: grade4earlyyears
Password: 123456
Reading
MythologyLearn about Greek Gods and Goddesses at this website.
At Storynory, you can read and listen to many famous Greek myths. Starfall has short Greek myths that you can read. Stories, games, and more - all about Greek myths! Visit Winged Sandals - The coolest Greek mythology website! Harcourt Stories GamesCheck out this site for games about each of our Harcourt stories!
Scholastic NewsView an online version of Scholastic News by visiting this website. When you are asked for the magic word, enter the word "orange".
Narrative ElementsKerpoof is a great site that lets you create your own online story. Make sure you are thinking about plot, setting, and characters as you write!
Do you want to write a story? Visit Read Write Think for printable graphic organizers to help you plan the important parts of your narrative! Take this quiz to see what you know about setting, characters, and plot. MysteriesCheck out these history mysteries!
Mysteries to solve on PBS Kids - Hat Snatcher, Tugboat Thug, and Squeak Sneak. PoetryHow do you distinguish a poem from prose? Watch this video about line breaks and stanzas.
Use the line break explorer to discover how the placement of line breaks can affect a poem. Create a poem using the words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech, or make a theme poem! Does your poem have line breaks and stanzas? Play Wizards and Pigs to show what you know about rhyme, rhythm and alliteration. (Make sure your computer's sound is turned on.) This is an amazing poetry website! It includes fill-in-the-blank forms to write all kinds of different poems. Want to write your own poetry? Use this rhyming dictionary to find great rhyming words. Looking for ideas for your poems? Check out the Poetry Idea Engine. This PBS website describes some basic kinds of poetry. You can even enter your own poems to be published on the website! Visit Poetry4kids.com to read funny poems, play word games, and even enter your own poems into poetry contests! WebQuestClick to see our TV or No TV? WebQuest!
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Tall TalesIdiomsTest your knowledge of idioms while you paint a picture!
Keep your Eye on Idioms in this game! Try this idiom quiz. Grammar GamesVisit this website for lots of links related to our Harcourt Reading books.
Grammar Practice Park has tons of grammar games for many different topics. It is an outstanding way to review all your 4th grade grammar skills!! Subject and PredicatePlay Rags to Riches to see if you can earn a million dollars by identifying the simple subject and simple predicate in each sentence!
Use your keyboard to direct the Sink or Swim scuba diver. Try to catch the subject or predicate of each sentence. Subject-Verb AgreementVisit this website to review subject-verb agreement. It has printable worksheets, study guides, and a fun treasure-hunting game to practice your skills!
Sentence StructurePlay Sentence Sort to help the fox cross the park. All you have to do is tell what type of sentence structure is shown!
Try this quiz to test your knowledge about sentence structures. Parts of SpeechPractice identifying the parts of speech in sentences by playing Grammar Gorillas or the parts of speech game at Toon University.
Persuasive WritingPractice using transitional words and supporting examples in your writing at Scholastic's Writing Workshop website.
Use this persuasion map to plan a strong piece of persuasive writing. |
Social Studies
Native AmericansTake a virtual tour of a Native American village in the Eastern Woodlands.
Native Americans of the Northwest made totem poles to represent what was important to them. Make your own virtual totem poles at this website. Visit this website to see at all the ways the Plains Native Americans used buffalo to meet their needs! Now, test your skills. Can you match each artifact to the buffalo part that was used to make it? Map SkillsCan you match the states and oceans to where they belong on the map?
Help find Hannah using latitude and longitude. Use what you know about latitude and longitude to find pirate treasure! This site has tons of great map games! Use your map skills to design a map for the King and Queen of Spain! How well do you know your compass directions? ExplorationWow! This website is a great for review - it summarizes the accomplishments of each explorer and even has a short video to watch about each one!
An awesome teacher named Mrs. Nussbaum made a really helpful website about explorers. Use the navigation at the bottom to find information and games related to European exploration! Check out this website! It shows maps of the routes that many important explorers took. This All About Explorers website has useful information about many of the explorers we have studied. |
Colonial LifeColonial Williamsburg has the COOLEST website about colonial life. It is full of games and other fun activities.
New NationCheck out this super fun Branches of Government game!
Help solve the mystery by returning each branch of government to where it belongs! This game helps explain Checks and Balances. Add leaves to the tree in this game to show the responsibilities of each branch of the government. How well do you understand the Bill of Rights? Play this game to test your knowledge of the rights we have through the Bill of Rights. Write and color your own Bill of Rights at Crayola's website. Westward ExpansionClick here to show Ms. Cajiga what you learned about the War of 1812.
Read about the species that Lewis and Clark discovered on their journey at the Sierra Club website. Or, see a LONG list on Wikipedia! Check out these primary sources from Lewis and Clark's journey. These are journal entries that they actually wrote while they traveled! Here is a fun Lewis and Clark adventure game! Personal Finance Play the Get Real! Budgeting Game to see if you can make smart spending and saving decisions!
In Money Metropolis, you can practice making spending and saving decisions! Click here to see our Budget Webquest. |
Science
Water CycleClick here to see our Watercycle Webquest.
WeatherPractice predicting and reporting the weather on the EdHeads weather game.
SoundHow loud is too loud? Learn more about decibles at this website.
This website gives great explanations of sound, pitch and loudness, along with interactive quizzes to check what you understand! Youll LOVE these virtual intstruments - learn about sound as you practice changing the pitch and loudness of each! Check out The Science of Music for some fun facts about sound. Food Chains and WebsLearn all about Food Chains and Webs at Study Jams.
Play Chain Reaction to see what happens when one organism in a food chain is removed. Test your understanding of food webs in several different ecosystems. Animal AdaptationsCheck out this Animal Adaptations game.
More Adaptations and food chains games. This Harcourt game is great practice. Teddy recommended this Room 108 Quiz! Research animal adaptations at this website! Use this site to learn about some interesting adaptations. |
LightSee what happens when different colors of light are combined at this website.
Attempt the challenges in this game to practice reflecting light with mirrors. Forces and MotionUse what you know about forces and motion to save the Amusement Park!
In Coaster Creator, use what you know about force and motion to build a roller coaster. (This game is much more advanced that what our 4th grade unit covers, but it is still a fun game!) Play this game to experiment with pushes and pulls. Use simple machines to help Twitch build a robot. Play The Compound Machine to see how forces and simple machines work together. Learn about simple and compound machines through this EdHeads game. A great game to experiment with friction. Solar SystemI love this website! It helps us picture the size of the planets and the sun compared to each other. The website still lists Pluto as a planet, but of course we know that it is actually a dwarf planet.
Make your own solar system at this website. Don't forget to include all the planets in the correct order! Explore the solar system here. This great site reviews the movement of the Earth and its Moon! Watch these short videos on what causes the seasons. |
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