Chain Reaction Machines (Herringbone)

Chain Reaction Machines

Drawing Animals for The One and Only Ivan

Research Resources: American Explorers of California

 John Fremont

• https://socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/johncfremont.htm
• https://kids.kiddle.co/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont
• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/John-Charles-Fr%C3%A9mont/399469

John Bidwell

• Use this one first:  https://factcards.califa.org/exp/bidwell.html
• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/John-Bidwell/632112
• https://kids.kiddle.co/John_Bidwell

Christopher "Kit" Carson

• https://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/kitcarson.htm
• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Kit-Carson/399958
• https://kids.kiddle.co/Kit_Carson

Jedediah Smith

• https://socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/jedediahsmith.htm
• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Jedediah-Smith/632111
• https://kids.kiddle.co/Jedediah_Smith

George Donner & The Donner Party

• https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Donner_Party
• https://www.nps.gov/cali/learn/historyculture/donner-reed-party.htm
• https://spartacus-educational.com/WWdonner.htm

James Beckwourth

• https://kids.kiddle.co/James_Beckwourth#:~:text=James%20Pierson%20Beckwourth%20(born%20Beckwith,born%20into%20slavery%20in%20Virginia.
• https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/James_Beckwourth
• https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Jim-Beckwourth/310127

How to make a timeline for school

 You can read more about creating a timeline on WikiHow.

Research Support for The One and Only Ivan

 You can use these links to help you on your research project for The One and Only Ivan.

Gorillas:

• Nat Geo Kids Facts
• Active Wild Facts For Kids
• Easy Science
• Britannica Kids

Elephants:

• Nat Geo Kids Facts
• Britannica Kids
• Ducksters Elephants
• Fun Elephant Facts

Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

Winter Drawing

 

You can find more winter drawings here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9r2iRzZQT0&list=PLnoO3k54vcBRDtZRzGWMFZECXx-0RI2Yc&index=18

Equivalent Fractions

Read about equivalent fractions on Math is Fun.
Check out their fraction number line and fraction decimal chart.

Khan Academy also has a good lesson on equivalent fractions.

Science in Action: How Science Works | California Academy of Sciences

Understanding Science:  CA Academy of Sciences

Intro to Symmetry: All About Symmetry for Kids

HOW TO USE A PROTRACTOR TO MEASURE ANGLES!

Pangaea and Plate Tectonics

Math Antics - Multi-Digit Multiplication

Poems that 4th Graders Should Read

• The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
• Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky
• Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field
• The Duel  by Eugene Field
• The Children's Hour by Longfellow
• Dreams by Langston Hughes
• The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Helen Keller by Langston Hughes
• Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley
• Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen
• Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl
• Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
• The Shark by Jennifer Huynh
• The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service

You can also try out this collection of children's poetry from Poetry Foundation.  Stay on the children's poems page.

You can listen to poetry at The Children's Poetry archive.

Check out the 4th Grade Poems page by Kenn Nesbitt.

Do you have a poem that you think is awesome?  Send me a comment and I will try to include it here. (If I can find it online...)