Welcome to Island Avenue Elementary School

KATHY NUTLEY , Principal
20 ISLAND AVENUE - MADISON, CONNECTICUT 06443
Tel 203-245-6450 - Fax 203-245-6456

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GRADE 4 CURRICULUM

Spelling

Rebecca Sitton Spelling Program – 5 high frequency words per week
Additional vocabulary words as related to curriculum (5-10 per week)

Math

Growing With Mathematics Programwith supplemental materials
Review of basic facts and mental math skills ( + , -, x, ÷ )
Hands-on discovery with manipulatives
Tiered assignments for necessary enrichment review – “star math”
NEW CONCEPTS: fractions, decimals, geometry, mult. & division
“Illuminations”

Reading

Varied, flexible instruction: whole class & small group settings
Use of thinkalong, literature circle, and reading response strategies Comprehension skill and strategy instruction Emphasis on critical thinking
Voluntary ‘book club’ meetings for enrichment

Writing

Empowering Writers Program
Process writing – focus on narrative until spring
Introduction of the expository genre
Writer’s Notebooks for author’s choice of topic & genre writing
Focus on revising & editing processes

Science

Unit based: Botany (2 units), Astronomy, Chemistry
Investigative approaches through experiments and research
Rotating schedule to prepare for middle school model

Social Studies

Ancient Native American settlements
European Explorers of the New World Colonial America Revolutionary War
U.S. Constitution

GRADE 4 CURRICULUM LINKS

Language Arts

Seussville
Enchanted Learning for Writing
Houghton Mifflin: Spelling
Teacher Talk: Read Across America
PBS: Whomp : like Boggle

Math

AAA Math
A+ Math Games
Area and Perimeter Problems
Area and Perimeter2: Write Problems and Answers
Area and Perimeter3: Analyze
Baseball Math
Basketball Math
Brainpop Math Activites
Calculating Crew
Cool Math
Crunch Math Games
Cyberchase Tangrams
Choose a worksheet: your choice: Add/ Subtract
Dositey Math
Equivalent Measures: Matching

US Mint
Fractals
Knight's Move
Joe the Dragon: Math and More
Math Review: 2 digit addition and subtraction
Math Baseball
Math Drill
Math Brain: Leveled Fun
Math Word Wall
MacMillian-Build a Playground
Multiflyer Math Multiplication
Multiplication Concentration
Tangrams
Multiplication Concentration
PBS Sagwa Tangrams

Fractions

Java Lesson Fractions
Fourths
Eighths
Tenths
Comparing Fractions with Like Denominators
Comparing Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Identifying Equivalent Fractions
Comparing Fractions with Different Numerators and Denominators
Addition of Fractions
Subtraction of Fractions
Mixed numbers to fractions
Visual Fractions

Statistics

Build a Tornado
Tornado Statistics
Scholastic's Deep Sea Math Hunt
Scholastic's Early American Math Hunt

States and Capitals
Almanac Drag and Drop Fifty States #1 Drag and Drop Fifty States #2 (3 Levels) Famous People General Facts Hometown Locator Quick facts - Good for Excel Lesson Download Free US Features Map (Home Activity Geonet Game try teams Amelia the Pigeon	Maps that Teach Park Search by State State Extremes and Other Data State Foods State News Top Governing Officials Tourist Attractions by State Reference Tool for States and Capitals US Capitals Quiz US State Quiz

The Colonists

Scholastic's Early American Math Hunt
Old Sturbridge Village Homepage
13 Colonies
Fox and the Geese Colonial Games
Nine Men Morris

Native Americans

First Nation's Histories
Abenaki
Algonkin
Beothuk
Erie
Huron
Iroquois
Mahican
Massachuset
Mattabesic
Metoac
Micmac
Narragansett
Nauset
Niantic
Nipissing
Nipmuc

Pennacook
Pequot
Pequot Museum-Pictures
Pocumtuck
Susquehannock
An Algonquin Story
Coyote Stories and Poems from Various tribes
First Americans: School Project
Flags of the Native Peoples of America
Native Languages of the Americas
Native American Myths and Legends
National Museum of the American Indian
Native American Myths
The Native American Navigator
Sign of the Beaver Unit
Wampum and Wampum Treaties
Native American Geometry
Outstanding Native Americans

The Solar System
Amazing Space The Planets Build a Bubble Powered Rocket: Nasa View the Earth from Satellites "Kids Astronomy" Make a Solar System" and Research NASA Star Child View of Earth and Moon	Surface of the Earth Cosmic Zoom Power of Ten Build a Solar System Amazing Space, Telescopes- Presentation Build a Satellite Interactive Site Lego- Digital Designer NASA Space Models Planetarium

Explorers
National Geographic: Printable Maps Discovers Web Explorers Card Game European Explorers Encarta Education Net: Explorers Explorers Quiz Landscape Explorers LaSalle's ShipWreck Building a Cofferdam	Other Resources Bouyancy Brainteasers National; Geographic: Which way did they go? Map of European land-holds Explorer Heros: Many Modern Ones Marco Polo Search Engine Other Explorer Sites Below Shakleton: A Meal of Endurance Shakleton: Online webbook Thinkquest Explorers Zoom Explorers

Explorer Sites Recommended by the AMA
Balboa Balboa 2 Cabot Cabot 2 Cabot 3 Cartier Cartier 2 Cartier 3 Champlain Champlain 2 Clark See "Sacajewa"– Columbus Columbus Cook Cook 1 Cook 2	Coronado Coronado Cortez DeSoto DeSoto 2 DeSoto Dias Drake Drake Ericson Gama Gama 2 Hudson Hudson 2 Hudson3 Jolliet Jolliet1	Magellan Marquett Pizarro Pizarro 2 Polo Ponce de Leon Sacagewea and Lewis and Clark Sacagewea; and Lewis and Clark1 Sacagewea and Lewis and Clark 2 Sacagewea and Lewis and Clark 3 Sacagewea and Lewis and Clark 4 Sacagewea and Lewis and Clark 5 Vespucci Verranzano General Alphabetical Listing

Environment

Environmental Explorers Club: Choose Water
Environmental Health Science: Lots of Activities

Oceanography
First Encyclopedia: Seas and Oceans
For Link above: Type in number for more information about the topic:
Underwaterlife-6	Waves-34
Who eats Who-9	Currents-36
Coral Reefs-12	Seashore Life-41
Sharks-20	Dangerous Seas-43
Rays-22	Boats and Ships-44
Whales-25	Using the Oceans-51
Dolphins-26	Dirty Oceans-53
Deepdown-28	Getting Warmer-57
On the Move-31
Fish Facts Virtual Fishtank Scuba Scramble Yahooligan Oceanography Links