This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land...
Hello Again Grade 4's!
Here are some great links to help you discover more about Canada for our Social Studies Unit on the physical regions, provinces, and territories of Canada. In Canada, geography is very important and knowing the names of our provinces and territories, being able to locate them on a map and learning their primary resources helps build smart citizens. Here are several websites to help you become a true canuck.

1) You can find out more about Canada at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Canada/.

2)Provinces and Territories: How they got their names can also be found at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/prov_e.php

3)Visit different parts of Canada on a bus at http://www.pocanticohills.org/canada/provinces.htm

Hello Grade 4's,
I hope that you have been enjoying the games and activities that you have been finding in this blog. This week, our focus will be in Language Arts.
To help meet the requirement of practicing our proofreading skills here are some great links to help you out with our class activities from the past few weeks...and remember practice,practice,practice!

For all of you aspiring construction worker's here is a challenge. Help out this group of virtual builders as they try and complete building sentences on their Word Wall.
(http://www.fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html)

Than switch over to the exciting world of network television by helping out your fellow Television News Anchors finish off their importnat editing of the days news.
(http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm)

Next, show off your proofreading skills by trying out this Online Editing Activity.
(http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g04/g04home.htm)

I didn't forget about you Grade 5's
Have some fun with these Math links!

The first website is called LINKS Learning for Kids. This site includes a great review of lessons we've learned on place values and shows you how place values can be used in your everyday lives - beleive it or not!
The second website is called Fun Brain: Place Value Puzzler. Select your difficulty level to become a super brain just like Mr. Rushton (haha). This is a great game for practicing and identifying place values.
As you know I am a huge Jeopardy fan, so this last website dealing with place values was a sure bet! Decimal and Whole Number Jeopardy. Watch out for those decimals and good luck!
Mr. Rushton

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Hey Students - here's a blast from Mr. Rushtons past - check it out...
School House Rock - There are a bunch of catchy tunes on the website that may help you remember some of the things we've been learning. Click the following link
http://www.school-house-rock.com/GrammarRock.html

Wow - Links to Science activities on Light!

Hey Kids. Here are some interesting links to our Science unit for Grade 4 - Science Matter and Materials: Materials That Transmit, Reflect, or Absorb Light or Sound.

Try out these fun and interactive activities to explore light and get ready for an exciting unit!

http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx_f.html

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/color/overview/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/see_things.shtml

An informative link

Hey everybody! Here's a great link to find information on just about anything... from information on your favourite musicians to how to plant a sassafras tree. Enjoy.
www.wikipedia.com

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