Welcome to Mrs. Sickels' Fourth Grade Class Website!

Week of 4/27/09

We will begin Chapter 6 in Social Studies this week.  Study the flashcards you made to learn the vocabulary.

We are working on Chapter 3 in Science this week.  You have flashcards for this vocabulary too!  Spend some time each night practicing them.

The back cover of your planner has websites, user names and passwords for you to look at your Reading, Math and Science books.  You'll find cool activities and games at each site.

The link below will take you to a Home School Connection letter that will give you the spelling words, Reading vocabulary words and details about our Reading story for this week: 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/florida/teachers/creating-a-home-school-partnership/grade-4-letters-%C2%BB

Click on "The Gold Rush Game" or "The History of Gold".  The spelling, vocabulary and reading test will be Friday, May 8.

• Flashcards for Math Facts Go to top right of home page and choose the flashcards you want to practice!
• Scott Foresman Math Check the inside cover of your planner for your user name and password. You'll find fun math games and your student math book here.
• Macmillan Reading Fabulous site that allows you access to your Reading textbook, vocabulary words and games. Your parents can enjoy the resources under the
• Harcourt Science and Social Studies Use the sign-on name and password on the inside cover of your planner. You can look at your Science and Social Studies books online and do many other fun activities!
• The United States Mint Check this website out to learn more about our United States money!! Great games and activities here too!
• AR Book Finder This website lets you search for books that belong to the AR program!!
• Online Math Fact Flashcards Go to the Flashcards once on this site and practice math facts!
• Randall Research Center Find out more about the archaeological site on Pine Island that we read about in our Social Studies book on 1/5/09 - Calusa Native American shell mounds can be seen here!!