Last Post of the Year

Hello Dear All-Star, 

This is the last post on the blog for this year. 

Please follow each direction carefully! 

1- Use these links to practice skills with weather! 
You may go to any weather related activity on these sites!  

Weather Wiz Kids

Learn About Clouds

Predict the Weather

2- Click this link and answer the questions. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK SUBMIT AFTER FINISHING!

Weather Check Up

3- Click on this link to share your ideas and feelings about Fourth Grade with Mrs. Lane. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK SUBMIT AFTER FINISHING!

4th Grade

4. If you finish all of these things then you may play this Practice US Game... Enjoy! Quiz after PE.

Let's Learn About the USA

Reading SOL Practices

Click here for more: Reading SOL Practices

VA Studies Practice SOL

SOL Practice click this link to practice for the Social Studies SOL. Be careful!

Click here for another practice! Another practice

Reading Practice

Do this on-line reading assessment to help prepare!
On-line Reading Practice

Reading Review Station

Here are the activities for review:

Do 1 per visit to the computer station. 
You may play each game 2 or 3 times and record your BEST score on your checklist. 

1- Context Clue Quiz  http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/using_context_clues/quiz1280.html

2- Toon University http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191

3- Cows Context Clues http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/5_6/cows/cows.htm

4- Inference Battlefield http://www.quia.com/ba/41785.html

Three Branches of VA Government

Explore the links below to find interesting facts about Virginia's State Government. Spend a lot of time with the links.
Virtual Tours of Virginia State Capitol

Bill to Law

Capitol Classroom

Diary of a Slave

Today you will pretending to be a slave during the time of the Underground Railroad.
1- First watch the video that shows an old slave song that would actually give directions to slaves that were trying to escape slavery by moving North on the Underground Railroad.

2- Open Google Drive a document. Then write a diary entry pretending you are a slave escaping on the Underground Railroad. You must include some fact about Harriet Tubman, some fact about the Underground Railroad, as well as your feelings as a runaway slave. You need to tell whether you are with your family or alone. You need to give your age and your plan to get to the north. This must be written with correct spelling, grammar, and writing mechanics such as capitals and punctuation.
Start it as:
Dear Diary,
____
____
____
(Then signed with your "slave" name).
3- REMEMBER TO SHARE IT WITH ME... dlane@rcps.org
Enjoy!

Important People In Electricity

Here is some information about some of the people who have made important contributions to the field of electricity. Use these powerpoints to help you fill out your graphic organizers. Don't forget which team you're on! 

Michael Faraday

Thomas Edison

Benjamin Franklin

Dr. Seuss Day

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss.  Enjoy learning more about him through this website.

Seussville

James Madison

Today you will be learning about James Madison, "Father of the Constitution", the fourth president of the United States, a Virginian, and also one of our nation's founding fathers. Follow the directions below:
1- Watch the video: James Madison video and add information to your bubble map.
2- Make sure you know the following information: Do You Know?
3- Pretend you are James Madison and write a brief autobiography of your life. You must include     5 important facts about your life. You must use correct capitalization, punctuation, sentence         structure, and spelling.

Pay it Forward with Random Acts of Kindness

Valentine's Day is a wonderful day to spread love to our friends, family and those we might not even know by doing Random Acts of Kindness to those around us.  Watch the videos below on Paying it Forward or doing Random Acts of Kindness for others. 

Here is a list of ideas for ways to show kindness to others. 

At the Market

• When you are in the checkout line as see someone with a full cart, help them unload it.
• At the self check-out lines (that can be so frustrating!) if you see someone struggling with the system, step up and help them out.
• If you see someone trying to get something on a shelf that is out of reach and you are tall enough to reach it, get it for them.
• When you are in the parking lot and see someone putting their groceries in their car, offer to help.
• Let someone go ahead of you in the checkout line.

On the Street

• Hold the door for someone.
• Smile at people and say "good morning" or "hello."
• Compliment a stranger, especially if they seem as if they are having a bad day.
• When leaving a pay parking garage, pay for the person behind you when you pay for yourself.

Other Acts of Kindness

• When you meet someone, learn their name and one personal thing about them (a college professor taught me this and is is amazing the impact it has on people).
• When you have good service somewhere, write a letter to the company and that person's manager, telling them about their outstanding employee.
• Stop negative comments by changing the subject when someone starts talking in a negative, bad way.
• If you wash your clothes at a laundromat and someone has left their laundry in the dryer that you want to use, instead of just taking their clothes out and dumping them in the basket, fold them neatly.
• Tape the exact change that is needed for a soda on a soda machine. If you like, add a note, "This one's on me!"
• Listen to someone who needs to talk. Just listen to them.
• Leave an inspirational book in a place where you know it will be found (in a park, on the bus, etc.). You can even leave a note telling the reader you hope they enjoy the book and to pass it on to someone else when they are finished.
• Do something nice for someone when they are ill like wash their dishes, cook a meal or tidy up their house.
• Bake cookies and take them to someone who is homebound.
• Locate a family that is struggling financially and buy each member several small gifts then have it delivered while you remain anonymous.

Volunteer Activities

• Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
• Read to children.
• Help out at a shelter for homeless people, battered women or runaways.
• Visit a retirement home.
• Volunteer at a hospital, children's ward or clinic.

Use Your Words

• Write a letter, or for younger kids, help them write a letter to someone, telling them how much you appreciate them.
• Write a letter to a friend, classmate or co-worker, highlighting their strengths.
• Play "10 Good Things." Say ten good things about someone.
• Remember that words are powerful. Say something to someone that you know they want to hear – or need to hear.
• Tell someone that they are special.
• Tell someone that you love them.

NOW- I want you to write a list of things that you can do within our school to show kindness to your classmates, schoolmates, the teachers and staff at Belle Heth.  Put your ideas in the comment below.  Think really hard about what you can do.  Make a plan for how you will do it.  Please remember NOT to list any names in your comments. 

American Revolution-

In Social Studies we are learning about Virginia's role in the American Revolution. Many Virginians helped with the war and helped the colonies earn their freedom from England. George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army, Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and Patrick Henry let his voice be heard when he stated that there should be "no taxation without representation." 

Please click on the link below to find out more about the Loyalists and Patriots. After carefully reading it, take the quiz at the bottom of the link.  Loyalist or Patriot

COMMENT: After reading and taking the quiz, decide it you would have been a Loyalist, Patriot or if you would have remained neutral in the war. Why would you have taken that stance? Use complete sentences. Check spelling, capitalization, punctuation and answer with details.