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Beginning of the Year LEARNING VIDEOS & GAMES

BUILD A HOUSE: 4 kinds of sentences game
HISTORY EXPLORERS VIDEO & SONG:
HISTORY EXPLORERS VIDEO SONG
HISTORY EXPLORERS SONG VIDEO: for Chapter 1 & 2 REVIEW
HISTORY 7 CONTINENTS SONG & VIDEO: to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game!"
HISTORY 7 CONTINENTS PRACTICE: guess and check; put cursor over continent and it will tell you the name
SUBJECT & PREDICATE: AWESOME SONG VIDEO for understanding them
1----SIMPLE SUBJECTS: game
2----SIMPLE SUBJECT & SIMPLE PREDICATE GAME
3----SENTENCE DIAGRAMMER: type a sentence and it will diagram it for you! Cool!
4----SIMPLE, COMPLETE, or COMPOUND SUBJECT?: game
4----SIMPLE OR COMPLETE PREDICATE?: roller coaster game
5----COMPOUND SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES (verbs): game
5---SIMPLE VS. COMPOUND SENTENCES: game
SUBJECT/PREDICATE/FRAGMENTS/TYPES OF SENTENCES: awesome site with videos, games, etc.....lots and lots of links
R----KINDS OF SENTENCES: quiz
R----FRAGMENT OR SENTENCE?: game
DAILY----MAD MINUTE: MULTIPLICATION FACT PRACTICE
DAILY----MAD-MINUTE: ADDITION FACT PRACTICE
MATH MANIPULATIVES ONLINE
R----PLACE VALUE: subtraction patterns with decreasing place value
R----PLACE VALUE: addition patterns with increasing place value
R----PLACE VALUE: comparing numbers
R----PLACE VALUE: convert between place values
R----KINDS SENTENCES TUTORIAL MOVIE
MATH FACT PRACTICE: silly photo stories to help memorize mult. facts
PARAGRAPH WRITING: online paragraph tutorial & creator

KHAN MATH VIDEOS WITH 1-CLICK

Just Click Here To Instantly View all of Kahn's Math Videos on One Page!

SNORK'S LONG DIVISION PRACTICE

CLICK HERE TO PLAY SNORK'S LONG DIVISION GAME

PARTS OF SPEECH

VIDEO: Why learn PARTS OF SPEECH?
VIDEO: People discussing and using PRONOUNS
VIDEO: Why learn and use ADJECTIVES?
VIDEO: Why learn and use ADVERBS?

FRACTIONS PRINTABLE MANIPULATIVES

MANIPULATIVE PRINTABLE: fraction circles
MANIPULATIVE PRINTABLE: fraction pizzas
MANIPULATIVE PRINTABLE: fraction strips

13 COLONIES

Great overview of colonies locations and their founders
FIND THE 13 COLONIES ON A MAP GAME

MATH GAMES & VIDEOS FOR: rounding, divisibility rules, factors, common factors, GCF

VIDEOS: divisibility rules for 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13
MUST PLAY THIS GAME EVERY DAY: fun game to practice finding factors & multiplication facts
MUST PLAY THIS VERY FUN FACTOR BINGO: great practice for what we are doing in math & for math facts!
ILLUSTRATED INTERACTIVE MATH DICTIONARY
FIND ALL FACTORS TOOL: type in a number and it will tell you ALL the factors!
GCF TOOL: type in numbers and it will tell you the GCF!
CHALLENGING GAME: find the greatest (biggest) common factor of 2 numbers!
VIDEO: divisibility rules tutorial
CHART: DIVISIBILITY RULES CHART
GAME: finding factors
VIDEO: HOW TO FIND ALL THE FACTORS OF A NUMBER
VIDEO: finding greatest common factor tutorial
VIDEO: multiples, common multiples, least common multiple LCM
GAME: round to nearest ten
GAME: round to nearest hundred
GAME: rounding numbers
PLACE VALUE CHART PRINTABLE
HUNDREDS CHART PRINTABLE--- print page 3 only

OHIO HISTORY LINKS

OHIO HISTORY CENTRAL: very fun Ohio website with info, games, etc...
ALL ABOUT OHIO WEBSITE
COMPLETE OHIO HISTORY WEBSITE: webquest

OHIO HISTORY BOOK QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 6: THE GATEWAY STATE 1815-1860

pp 98-104

a. What was the Transportation Revolution?

b. Name the 4 types of boats used.

c. What was Zane's Trace?

d. What was National Road?

e. What 2 main bodies of water did Ohio canals connect?

f. How fast could a canal boat go?

g. What was the purpose of a lock?

h. How does a lock work?

i. How much faster could a railroad go than a canal?

j. What was the Erie & Kalamzoo Railroad?

pp. 105-106

a. Name some reasons the Irish and Germans came to America.

pp. 109

a. Name some Ohio colleges and the cities they are located in.

pp. 110-112

a. What is a communal religion?

b. Name the two largest groups of communal religions.

c. Which of those two groups still exists today?

d. An "act" is a law. What was the Indian Removal Act?

e. Which president made this law?

f. How do you think the Indians felt about this law?

g. What do you think about it?

CHAPTER 7: OHIO IN THE CIVIL WAR: 1840-1865

pp 117

a. free states/slave states

b. lives of slaves

p 118

a. What was the Underground Railroad?

b. define/discuss: train tracks, guide lights, conductors

p 120-121

a. What is an abolitionist?

b. What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

c. Do you think people should have obeyed or disobeyed that law?

c. What did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin have to do with the Civil War?

d. Who wrote that book?

p 122

a. How many men from Ohio fought in the Civil War?

b. Name some ways Ohio women helped in the Civil War.

c. How did Ohio farms help in the Civil War?

p 123

a. Who were the Copperheads?

p 126

a. Name 2 famous Union generals from Ohio.

p 127

a. What month and year did the Civil War end?

b. How many Ohio men died in the Civil War?

CHAPTER 8: INDUSTRY & IMMIGRANTS 1865-1915

pp 132-133

a. read & discuss

pp 134-137

a. Which 5 presidents were from Ohio?

b. Which Ohio president did not want to be president?

c. Which president's wife was the first to be named "First Lady?"

d. Which president had electricity put into the White House?

e. Which president was known as a farmer and a scholar,

and was shot by a man in a train station less than a year

after taking office?

f. Which Ohio president led the nation in the

Spanish-American War and was also assassinated?

g. Why is our state flower the red carnation?

pp 138-142

a. read & discuss the 6 largest cities in Ohio:

locations, industries, products, problems, etc..

pp 142-144

a. Find the reasons that these groups flocked to

Ohio's cities during this time:

--nearby farm people

--southern people

--Europeans

pp 148

a. Name the problems that Ohio cities faced by 1900.

CHAPTER 9: A NEW CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1900-1920

pp 152

a. read & discuss, as an intro.

b. What is a Progressive?

c. What does reform mean?

d. Which 2 Ohio mayors worked hard to

the Roaring Twenties?reform Ohio?

pp 155

a. What is minimum wage?

b. What is workmen's compensation?

pp 160

a. Name some Ohio inventions and their inventors.

pp 162-163

a. Who was president during WWI?

b. How many Ohio soldiers fought in WWI?

c. Name some ways Ohio helped during WWI.

d. What holiday celebrates the end of WWI?

pp 164

a. In what year did women win the right to vote?

b. What amendment to the Constitution

gave women the right to vote?

CHAPTER 10: GOOD TIMES & HARD TIMES 1920-1940

pp 169-170

a. Describe what life was like during the "Roaring Twenties."

b. What is a consumer good?

c. What was one of the major problems during

the Roaring Twenties?

pp 171

a. What were 3 problems in Ohio businesses that

moved the nation toward the Great Depression.

pp 172-173

Read about The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

pp 174

a. What is sales tax?

b. Which Ohio governor passed a sales tax

law to help public schools?

c. What was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's nickname?

d. What famous words did President Roosevelt

speak during his inaugural address?

pp 175

a. What were "Fireside Chats?"

pp 176

a. Why did Roosevelt start the New Deal?

b. Why were the agencies called the alphabet agencies?

c. Which agency planted trees and built hiking

trails, campsites and roads?

d. Which agency helped farmers by giving them loans.

e. Which agency transformed Ohio's big cities?

CHAPTER 11: END OF A CENTURY 1940-2000

pp 182-183

a. What year did WWII begin? (timeline on p. 180)

b. Read pages 182-183

c. Why did the United States enter WWII?

pp 184-185

a. How many Ohio men fought in WWII?

b. How did women help during the war?

c. How did children help during the war?

d. What year did WWII end?

e. What weapon was used by the U.S. that has

never been used again?

pp 186-189

a. Name 3 things built in the 1950's that improved transportation for Ohio.

b. What does the Ohio Lottery help pay for?

c. Who was the first American to orbit the earth? To walk on the moon?

pp 190-193

a. What two main groups of people fought for more

rights during the 1960's?

b. Which president proposed major civil rights laws

to end discrimination?

pp 194

a. What was the longest war in U.S. history? How long did it last?

b. Why did Americans fight in the Vietnam war?

c. What is communism?

d. What happened at Kent State University in May of 1970?

pp 196

a. Name 3 countries where immigrants have come from to settle in Ohio.

pp 198-199

a. Why did people want to clean up Lake Erie?

b. List 3 things that were done to make it easier

for businesses to move to Ohio?

CHAPTER 12: MAKING A LIVING IN OHIO

204-207: BASIC ECONOMICS CONCEPTS:

goods-

services-

economics-

free enterprise-

employee-

wage/salary-

profit-

expense-

supply and demand-

consumers-

advertising-

212-213: 4 FACTORS OF PRODUCTION:

land (natural resources)-

labor-

entrepreneurship-

capital goods-

APPLY: Pretend that you are going to set up a lemonade stand.

1. List the 4 factors of production you would need to start this business.

2. List your expenses and estimate the cost of expenses.

3. Estimate the amount of money you will collect from customers if ALL of your product sells.

4. Compute what your profit would be by subtracting #2 from #3 above.

214-215: HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS TRADE

216-217: 3 WAYS OHIO PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING:

a. Farming (What are 2 main crops crown in Ohio today?)

b. Manufacturing & Mining (Name some major products Ohio produces.)

c. Service Industries (Name some examples of service jobs.)

OHIO HISTORY WEBSITES

HISTORY FROM THE HILLS: this website teaches and quizzes students over almost everything having to do with Ohio History

POETRY TOOLS

RHYMING DICTIONARY: type a word and it will give you a list of rhyming words to help you write rhyming poetry

PREPOSITIONS

GAME: determine if a given word in a sentence is a PREPOSITION or the OBJECT of the preposition
VIDEO SONG: about PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

NOUNS:

SONG: Kathy Traxel Noun Song
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK: noun video song
TUTORIAL: what are common and proper nouns?
plural noun rules chart and games

HOW TO WRITE A . . . . . .

. . . NARRATIVE essay
. . . PERSUASIVE essay
. . . DESCRIPTIVE essay
. . . 5-PARAGRAPH essay
. . . FRIENDLY LETTER (video)
. . . BIOGRAPHY (a short version or a longer version)
. . . COMPARE & CONTRAST essay (2 ways)
. . . CAUSE & EFFECT essay
STUDENT WRITING MODELS: narrative, persuasive, creative, poetry, etc... ALL GRADE LEVEL EXAMPLES
SCORED WRITING SAMPLES: narrative, persuasive, informative, creative (gives samples of each: high, medium-high, medium, medium-low, & low)

VOCABULARY GAMES

ROOT MEANINGS GAME
PREFIX GAME
SUFFIX GAME
HOMOPHONE GAME: highschool level!
HOMOPHONE GAME: harder yet
HOMOPHONE GAME: easy
HOMOPHONE GAME: harder
IDIOM GAME 1
HIG PIG GAME: definition given; you guess the 2-word, rhyming answer
TEST YOUR VOCABULARY GAME: several topics to choose from

MATTER & ATOMS

BILL NYE MATTER & ATOMS PART 2
BILL NYE: MATTER & ATOMS PART 1

CLOUDS

SEVERAL TYPES OF CLOUDS PRINTABLE COLORING WORKSHEET: text pages 124-126
3 TYPES OF CLOUDS SLIDESHOW & QUIZ: pages 102-104 of text
TYPES OF CLOUDS QUIZ: for pages 124-126 of textbook

GEOLOGY

VIDEO: animation of the rock cycle & how the 3 types of rocks are formed
SONG/VIDEO: Bill Nye the Science Guy Song about 3 Types of Rocks
SONG/VIDEO: 3 TYPES OF ROCKS EXPLAINED WITH EXAMPLES
VIDEO: amazing volcanoes!
KIDSGEO: learn geology online for kids
GAME: does it float? rock game
EXPERIMENT: make your own stalactites and stalagmites!
EXPERIMENT: grow your own crystals!
TRIVIA: amazing facts about the earth

LONG DIVISION

SNORK'S FUN LONG DIVISION GAME
LONG DIVISION PRACTICE (IXL site)
APPLE BASKETS BASIC FACTS LONG DIVISION PRACTICE
DIVISIBILITY RULES GAME (IXL site)

WRITING LINKS

STUDENT WRITING MODELS: narrative, persuasive, creative, poetry, etc... ALL GRADE LEVEL EXAMPLES
SCORED WRITING SAMPLES: narrative, persuasive, informative, creative (gives samples of each: high, medium-high, medium, medium-low, & low)
VIDEO: how to write a friendly letter (parts of)
346 CREATIVE WRITING PROMPS

"OHIO HISTORY" CHAPTERS 1-4 LINKS

OHIO HISTORY BOOK CH 1 GAMES: with questions & vocabulary over ch 1: Ohio's Land
OHIO HISTORY BOOK CH 2 GAMES: with questions & vocabulary over ch 2: prehistoric indians
OHIO HISTORY BOOK CH 3 GAMES: with questions & vocabulary over ch. 3: historic indians
OHIO HISTORY BOOK CH 4 GAMES: with questions & vocabulary over ch 4: struggle for Ohio
GAME: ohio indians game
info, maps, photos, timeline, definitions

FACTORS & MULTIPLES

GAME: select which numbers are multiples of a given number
VIDEO: how to find all the factors of a number
VIDEO: multiples, common multiples, smallest common multiple
TOOL: tells you all the factors of any number!
GAME: find factors (very fun "POP THE BUBBLE" game)
JEOPARDY GAME: up to 4 teams answer factor, multiple, common factor, & common multiple questions!
BINGO: fun game for finding factors

MATH STORY PROBLEMS

ONLINE STORY PROBLEM DRAWING TOOL

THINKING SKILLS LINKS

ONE OF MISS JOJO'S FAVORITE STRATEGY/SPATIAL GAMES
GREAT GAME TO BUILD CONCENTRATION---start with "huh what" level
BRAIN BOOSTERS: tons of activities categorized by type of thinking skill
EXPLORERS ANALOGIES

HISTORY CHAPTER 1 & 2 LINKS

SONG VIDEO: American History Rap (overview of Am. History)
GAMES & QUIZZES: test your knowledge of the explorers!
JEOPARDY EXPLORERS GAME: choose 1 or 2 players
CHALLENGE: try this multiple choice explorer quiz!
HANGMAN GAME: explorer names

ABEKA Gr. 4 SCIENCE CHAPTER 2 LINKS

QUICK QUIZ: identify 4 stages of butterfly life cycle
POWERPOINT DOWNLOAD: (click on first link you see to download powerpoint) insect mouth types
VIDEO PHOTOS: amazing bugs you probably didn't know exist!
VIDEO PHOTOS: microscope view of antennae, eye, leg joints, sensilla
VIDEO PHOTOS: up-close views of several insects....COOL!
Game: label the parts of an insect

GREAT SCIENCE WEBSITES

SCIENCE KIDS

MATH LINKS

MATH TUTORIALS & GAMES FOR ALL 4TH GRADE MATH TOPICS
VIDEO: LEARN HOW TO DO LATTICE MULTIPLICATION!

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