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Fourth Grade

St. Francis of Assisi School

Newsletter - Homework Helpers - Reading Lists- Learn Your States - Math Web Sites - Field Trips         

 

 Welcome to the 4th Grade

By:  Mrs. McCarthy
Mrs. McLuen
 Mrs. Doyle
and the Fourth Grade Class

4th Grade Newsletter     

January 6

January 13

January 20

January 27

February 3

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Homework Helpers

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Learn Your States 

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Guidelines for Helping With Homework So You Don't Work Harder Than Your Child!

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4th Grade Math Enrichment Website 

Math Websites

Place Value:

Place Value Puzzler

More Place Value Practice

 

Measurement:

Practice measuring length 
Animal Weigh In

All math topics:

aaamath.com
Contains subtopic categories
examples would be decimals, measurement

Virtual Manipulatives
This site contains virtual manipulatives for most concepts
It also contains logic activities such as MasterMind, Tangrams, Number Puzzles, etc

Word Problems and Brain Teasers:

Education Place-Brain Teasers
Contains word problems of the week,
along with a archive of problems
 

Scholastic Math Word Problems/Mysteries
Word problems that are listed by skill and
difficulty level

http://www.eduplace.com/math/mhm/
Houghton Mifflin Website-our math textbook

Fun Websites about the USA!

Home Pages for all 50 States

50 States.COM

State Flags

Things ToDo.COM - search by state for symbols, facts, history, things to do, famous people & more!   

US Census Bureau Kid's Corner

 

4th Grading Reading

 Realistic Fiction               Biography        Historical Fiction          Home

Realistic Fiction:

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Regular Guy, by Sara Weeks

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Bloomability, by Sharon Creech

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Where I'd Like to Be, by Frances O'Roark Dowell

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Dear Mrs. Ryan You're Ruining My Life..., by Jennifer B. Jones

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Trout and Me, by Susan Shreve

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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, by Sharon Creech

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Frindle by Andrew Clements

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Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies, by Eve Bunting

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Three Days, by Donna Jo Napoli

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United Tates of America, by Paula Danziger

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Blackberries in the Dark, by Mavis Jukes

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Shredderman/Secret Identity, by Wendelin Van Graanen

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Skinny Melon and Me, by Jean Ure

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Flunking of Joshua T. Bates, by Susan Shreve

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Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia, by Barbara O'Connor

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Hideout, by Eve Bunting

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How Tia Lola Came to Stay, by Julia Alvarez

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Son and Spoon, by Kevin Henkes

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It Only Looks Easy, by Pamella Curtis Swallow

Biography:

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Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, by Peg Kehret

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At the Plate with Sammy Sosa, by Mat Christopher

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Knots in My Yo-yo String, by Jerry Spinelli

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Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt, by Jean Fritz

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One Wild Ride, By Mark Stewart

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Boy, by Roald Dahl

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Jane Goodall, by Lisa Burby

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Mother to Tigers, by George Ella Lyon

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Cleopatra, by Diane Stanley

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Conversations with J.K. Rowling, by Lindsey Fraser

   
   

Fantasy:

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Molly Moon Stops the World, by Georgia Byng

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Catwings (Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings& Jane on Her Own), by Ursula LeGuin

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Wizard at Work, Vivian Vande Velde

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Redwall, by Brian Jacques

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Jackie & Me, Dan Gutman

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No Flying in the House, by Betty Brock

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Aquamarine, by Alice Hoffman

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Mummies Mother, by Tony Johnston

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Deltora Quest Books (Series), by Emily Rodda

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Charlotte's Web, E. B. White

   
   

Historical Fiction:

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Assissin, by Patricia Finney

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The Ledgerbook ofThomas Blue Eagle, by Gay Matthaei

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Twenty and Ten, by Claire Bishop

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Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic, by Sarah Masters Buckey

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My Daniel, by Pam Conrad

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Titanic Crossing, by Barbara Williams

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Jericho's Journey, by G. Clifton Whisler

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True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi

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Macaroni Boy, by Katherine Ayers

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A Spy in The King's Colony, by Lisa Banim

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Joseph's Choice 1861, by Bonnie Pryor

 

  Field trips planned for fourth grade this year:

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