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Macmillan McGraw-Hill TREASURES READING SERIES
Activity Supplement K e l l y Te n k e l y 2 0 1 0 h t t p : / / i l e a r n t e c h n o l o g y. c o m
P a g e s
3-12
FOURTH GRADE UNIT 4 TREASURES
Week 1
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- Dear Mrs. LaRue
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Vocabulary
http://lexipedia.com
Lexipedia Visual Dictionary/ Thesaurus
Search vocabulary words from the reading to view word relationships and definitions.
Vocabulary/word fluency
PhonicsPrefixes
http:// teacher.scholastic.com /activities/ adventure/ grammar3.htm
Short Circuit
Link Prefixes to their meaning.
Identifying, decoding, and comprehending prefixes
PhonicsPrefixes
http:// www.fekids.com/kln/ games/racetoramses/ racetoramses.html
Pyramid Puzzle
Students explore a pyramid but must create words with prefixes to solve the puzzle
Identifying, decoding, and comprehending prefixes
Grammar
http:// www.gamequarium.or g/cgi-bin/search/ linfo.cgi?id=3850
Pronoun School House Rock Video
School House Rock Video about Pronouns
Identifying pronouns
Grammar
http:// www.gamequarium.or g/cgi-bin/search/ linfo.cgi?id=4264
Personal Pronoun Video
Personal Pronoun Video song to teach students personal Pronouns
Identifying personal pronouns
Phonics
http:// www.missmaggie.org/ scholastic/ fishemup2_eng_launc her.html
Fish ‘em Up Inflected Endings Game
Students match the correct inflected ending spelling to the base word.
Identifying and spelling words with inflected endings
Week 1
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- Dear Mrs. LaRue
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ student
Into the Book: Question
Students drag the ? to the book and learn about generating questions as they read. Students are guided through how to generate questions and practice with an interactive activity.
Students ask questions about the text and author’s intentions and see information to clarify and extend their thinking before, during, and after reading.
Comprehension
http:// player.discoveryeducat ion.com/index.cfm? guidAssetId=482C35 FE-223E-4BF0-845C3EBF8077BB3F
United Streaming Video: Working Dogs
Students watch a video about working dogs and guide dogs. Use this video as an anticipatory set for the reading for this week.
Students build background information for their reading in Treasures this week.
Spelling
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely
Spelling City
Students play a variety of games to practice and learn their spelling words.
Spelling fluency
Comprehension
Promethean Unit 4 Wk 1 Page 1: Identifying Text Clues
Students write down text clues from this weeks reading and form conclusions based on the clues.
Identifying text clues and drawing conclusions.
Phonics
Promethean Unit 4 Wk 1 Page 2: Inflected Endings
Students practice adding inflected endings to words and circle the three words that don’t require a spelling change.
Identifying and spelling words with inflected endings.
Week 2
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- The Blind Hunter
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Vocabulary
http://lexipedia.com
Lexipedia Visual Dictionary/ Thesaurus
Search vocabulary words from the reading to view word relationships and definitions.
Vocabulary/word fluency
Into the Book Questioning
Students drag the ? to the book and learn about generating questions as they read. Students are guided through how to generate questions and practice with an interactive activity.
Students ask questions about the text and author’s intentions and see information to clarify and extend their thinking before, during, and after reading.
Grammar Coach Nouns and Pronouns
Students learn about nouns, pronouns, and verbs and practice identifying each in a game of baseball.
Students identify nouns, pronouns, and verbs.
IWB
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ student Center activity
Grammar Pronouns
http:// www.helpme2learn.co m/demos/ phonics3b/html/ Coach_Time.html Center activity
Grammar
http:// www.gamequarium.or g/cgi-bin/search/ linfo.cgi?id=3850
Pronoun School House Rock Video
School House Rock Video about Pronouns
Identifying pronouns
Spelling
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely
Spelling City
Students play a variety of games to practice and learn their spelling words.
Spelling fluency
Week 2
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- The Blind Hunter
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension /building background knowledge
http:// player.discoveryeduca tion.com/index.cfm? guidAssetId=1BEF54 35-06B1-40AA-9703C77D136EAD1C&bl nFromSearch=1&pro ductcode=US
United Streaming
Students watch video and build background knowledge about Marie Curie in preparation for one of the Treasures stories this week.
Students build up background knowledge to access during reading this weeks books. Students make connections between what they are reading and what they learned in the video.
Creative Solutions #1
Students identify inventions that were creative solutions to an every day problem and discuss these solutions with a partner.
Students build oral language and communication skills to communicate ideas clearly.
Creative Solutions #2
Students identify inventions that were creative solutions to an every day problem and discuss these solutions with a partner.
Students build oral language and communication skills to communicate ideas clearly.
Animated Hero Classics: Marie Curie
Video
Comprehension /oral communication
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=164 Center
Comprehension /oral communication
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=165 Center
Week 3
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- The Power of Oil
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Vocabulary
http://lexipedia.com IWB/Center
Lexipedia Visual Dictionary/ Thesaurus
Search vocabulary words from the reading to view word relationships and definitions.
Vocabulary/word fluency
http:// reading.ecb.org/ student
Into the Book Evaluating
Students drag the three stars onto the book to begin the activity. Students practice evaluating text in an interactive activity.
Students learn to judge, justify, and/or defend understanding to determine importance based on stated criteria.
Comprehension
Center activity
Grammar
http:// www.bbc.co.uk/ skillswise/words/ grammar/ sentencebasics/ verbsubjectagreemen t/flash0.shtml Center Activity
Pronoun-Verb Agreement Treasure Hunt.
Students win points by getting their verbs to agree with their subjects.
Students identify pronouns and verbs in various sentence, students make verbs and pronouns agree.
Grammar
http:// www.aliscot.com/ bigdog/ agrsv_exercise.htm
Big Dog Grammar Subject-verb agreement quiz
Students choose the verb that agrees with the subject in each sentence.
Students identify the verbs that agree.
Lexiology- a virtual dictionary complete with audio.
Practice searching the dictionary using alphabetic order, search vocabulary words for definition.
Vocabulary and comprehension building/ Dictionary skills.
Center Activity
Vocabulary/ Dictionary Skills
http:// www.lexiology.com IWB/Center
Week 3
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- The Power of Oil
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Grammar
http:// www.arcademicskillb uilders.com/games/ viper/viper.html
Verb Viper
Students have to choose the correct verb tense to match the subject.
Students identify subject-verb agreement.
Spelling City Games
Students can choose from a variety of games to practice spelling words.
Spelling words for unit 15
Augmented Reality Wind Turbine
Students can view a 3-d model of a wind turbine. Hold the graphic page up to the computer’s camera. A wind turbine will unfold.
Visualization/ background information for reading this week.
Augmented Reality Solar energy panels
Students can view a 3-d model of a solar energy panels. Hold the graphic page up to the computer’s camera. A solar energy panel will unfold.
Visualization/ background information for reading this week.
Energy Kids
Students learn basics of energy, forms of energy, energy sources, using and saving energy and can play games to test their knowledge of energy.
Students build background knowledge about energy for the reading this week.
Center Activity
Spelling
www.spellingcity.com /ktenkely Center activity
Comprehension /background information
http:// ge.ecomagination.co m/smartgrid/ar/ turbine.html? c_id=direct Center/IWB activity
Comprehension /background information
http:// ge.ecomagination.co m/smartgrid/ar/ solar.html? c_id=direct Center/IWB activity
Comprehension /background information
http:// tonto.eia.doe.gov/ kids/ Center Activities
Week 4
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade Adelina’s Whales
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Vocabulary
http://lexipedia.com
Lexipedia Visual Dictionary/ Thesaurus
Search vocabulary words from the reading to view word relationships and definitions.
Vocabulary/word fluency
Spelling City
Students practice their spelling words by playing word games.
Spelling Unit 16
Possessive Pronouns with Jupiter Jane
Students choose the best possessive pronoun to complete each sentence.
Students identify possessive pronouns.
Homograph Jeopardy
Students play a jeopardy game in partners to identify homographs.
Students identify the verbs that agree.
Life Size Blue Whale
Students view a life size animation of a blue whale on the Promethean board.
Students get a sense of the size of a blue whale by viewing portions of the whale as it “swims” by on the Promethean.
IWB/Center
Spelling
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely Center Activity
Grammar
http:// www.iknowthat.com/ com/SelectAWord? Topic=Pronouns4-6 Center Activity
Grammar
http:// www.quia.com/cb/ 96929.html Center Activity/IWB
Comprehension /background information
http:// www.wdcs.co.uk/ media/flash/ whalebanner/ content_pub_en.html IWB
Week 4
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade-Adelina’s Whales
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension /background knowledge
http://arkive.org/ search.html? q=whale&btnG.x=0& btnG.y=0&output=x ml_no_dtd&client=ar kive-info&site=arkiveinfo&ie=utf8&oe=utf 8&num=20&proxysty lesheet=tngsearch&filter=0&getfi elds=*
Arkive
Students learn more about different whales species by reading statistics, watching videos, and viewing images of various whales.
Students build background information about whales for the reading this week.
Whales and dolphins conservation interactive.
Students learn about whales, dolphins, and porpoises in an interactive where they board the Discovery ship and explore what they look like, find out where they live, what they eat, and how they breathe.
Students build background information about whales for this weeks reading.
Center Activity/IWB
Comprehension /background knowledge
http:// www.environment.gov .au/coasts/species/ cetaceans/kids.html Center Activity
Week 5
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- Coral Reef
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Vocabulary
http://lexipedia.com
Lexipedia Visual Dictionary/ Thesaurus
Search vocabulary words from the reading to view word relationships and definitions.
Vocabulary/word fluency
Spelling City
Students practice their spelling words by playing word games.
Spelling Review
Possessive Pronouns with Jupiter Jane
Students choose the best possessive pronoun to complete each sentence.
Students identify possessive pronouns.
Homograph Jeopardy
Students play a jeopardy game in partners to identify homographs.
Students identify the verbs that agree.
Help Lee Decide and What Should Maria Do? (Activities require Shockwave and take a few min. to load.)
Students participate in an interactive story where they have to compare and contrast options to make a decision.
Students read and write using comparing and contrasting.
IWB/Center
Spelling
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely Center Activity
Grammar
http:// www.iknowthat.com/ com/SelectAWord? Topic=Pronouns4-6 Center Activity
Grammar
http:// www.quia.com/cb/ 96929.html Center Activity/IWB
Comprehension
http:// www.literacymatters. org/18under/ helplee.htm# Center Activity/IWB
Week 5
TREASURESUNIT 4 Fourth Grade- Coral Reef
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension /background knowledge
http:// www.nationalgeogra phic.com/features/ 00/earthpulse/reef/ reef1_flashfeature.html Center Activity/IWB
Virtual World Great Barrier Reef
Students explore a virtual coral reef building background knowledge for the reading this week.
Students build background knowledge about coral reefs.
Grammar
http:// www.smarttutor.com /home/lessons/ Vocabulary_Homop hones_L2_V1_T4a.s wf Center Activity
Homophones
Students play a matching game and learn about homophones.
Students identify and match homophones.