Halloween PE Games: Yoga Freeze Dance

Halloween Poetry

Halloween Poems for Kids by Paul Perro

Hallowe'en by Joel Benton

Five Little Jack-o-Lanterns  Anonymous

Batty  by Shel Silverstein

The Bogeyman by Jack Prelutsky

Theme in Yellow by Carl Sandburg

Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley

The Haunted Chamber by Longfellow

Bobbing for Apples by Jack Prelutsky

Haunted by Shel Silverstein

Superstitious by Shel Silverstein

How To Draw a Jack-O'-Lantern! - EASY - Step By Step

If you prefer step by step instructions with pictures, then try this link instead.

NBC Nightly News Kids Edition (Election and Halloween)

You can watch more NBC Nightly News for Kids using this link.

How to draw a pumpkin patch for Halloween.

HALLOWEEN PE AT HOME

Metric System

 Watch this video to learn about the metric system.

Avengers HIIT Fitness Warm up PE Distance Learning

Metric Units of Capacity | Convert mL and L

If you need help with module 2, lesson 3 homework, then try out this video.

"25 Minutes of Fitness" w/ Coach Meger (Episode 1: Online PE)

Metric system: units of mass (weight)

Check out this homework help for lesson 2, module 2.

How to convert kilometers to meters and meters centimeters | Khan Academy

Here is a link to a metric song from Numberrock. 

How Our Eyes Work? - Senses for Kids

You can read about your eyes and sense of vision too:

1. Kids Health -- Eyes
2. Biology for Kids
3. ABC teach 
4. Are you cool enough to check out this cow's eye dissection?

Metric Units of Length | Convert mm, cm, m and km

Poetry Introduction

Ready to get started?  Check out these poems for 4th graders.

Intro to the Metric System

 Watch this first video as an introduction to the metric system of measurement.

Watch this video for a bit of history about where the metric system came from.

Word Problems and Tape Diagrams Practice -- Lesson 18

 Use this for help with lesson 18 in your math book.

PE -- Kids Workout (Parents too!)

Do the workout.  Extra bonus if you can get your parents or siblings to do it with you.

Word Problems and Tape Diagrams Lesson 17 Homework

Moving the Human Body

 You can also read about this on Kids Health.

Indigenous People's Day

Many people now celebrate Indigenous People's Day instead of Columbus Day.  Can you figure out why?

1. NewsELA -- Most Schools Don't Give Students the Whole Truth about American History
2. Columbus Day or Indigenous People's Day? You Decide!
3. Columbus Day or Indigenous People's Day? The Debate Rages On.
4. Read a short summary of Columbus Day, so that you know what it was.
5. NewsELA -- We Learn about Columbus, but not the Taino People.

What reasons do people have for celebrating Indigenous People's Day instead of Columbus Day?  Do you agree with these reasons?

PE -- Henry Danger and Kidz Bop Dance Along

Letter Writing

How to write a friendly letter. wikihow

Check the picture below to see how to write an address on a letter.

PE -- Dance Along Using Your Skeleton and Muscles

Subtracting multi digit numbers with regrouping

Now practice this concept on Khan Academy's website.

The Human Body -- Muscles

Which of these two videos does a better job of teaching you how your muscular system works?
Which is more interesting?

Grade 4 Subtraction

Make a Model of a Human Hand

The Mystery Science lesson for this week is based on the way that muscles and bones work together in the human body and specifically in the hand.  They have a model of a human finger that you can make using the Mystery Science instructions.  However, if you can't make that model, or you'd like to try a different one, then check out these other options.

1. Simple model hand from Science Kids
2. A simple Robotic Hand 
3. Explore More Robot Hand
4. Sci Tech Labs paper hand model
5. Make an articulated hand
6. Flex and Extend: Modeling a Human Hand

Choose the option that works best for you.  You DO NOT need to go and buy any special supplies.  Think creatively.  Try to use items that you have around the house.

• What can you use instead of the supplies they suggest?
• You can cut up a cereal box to get cardboard.
• Use a paper clip or tape instead of beads.
• What can you substitute for string?
• Can you use rolled up paper and tape instead of a straw?
• What can you substitute for other materials?  Think creatively.