Explorers websites

Use the following links to help you in your fact finding mission about explorers!

www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/r.shtml

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/explorers.html

http://mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash/

enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

Specific to Lewis & Clark
pbs.org/weta/thewest/people

Links to facts about Ohio!!

http://www.50states.com/facts/ohio.htm

http://www.50states.com/ohio.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/ohio/

http://cleveland.about.com/od/visitingcleveland/a/ohiofacts.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108258.html

http://ohio.gov/tourism/

http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/oh1.html

Famous Ohioan Resources

Famous Ohioans

Resources for Biographical Information

Neil Armstrong

www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html

www.biography.com/people/neil-armstrong-9188943

            Neil Armstrong      Jonatha Brown

            Neil Armstrong: meet the famous astronaut    Barbara Kramer

George Armstrong Custer

www.georgearmstrongcuster.com

www.biography.com/people/george-custer-9264128

www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/george-armstrong-custer-1.html

            George Armstrong Custer: Civil War General and Western Legend    Zachary Kent

            George Custer    Hal Marcovitz

Doris Day

www.dorisday.com

www.biography.com/people/doris-day-9268553

            Doris Day – the illustrated biography    Michael Freedland

            Doris Day – untold story of the girl next door    David Kaufman

Thomas Edison

www.thomasedison.com

http://www.tomedison.org/

http://edison.rutgers.edu/biogrphy.htm   (the address actually spells it biogrphy – this is not an error)

            Thomas Edison:  inventor with a lot of bright ideas    Mike Venezia

            Thomas Edison: a brilliant inventor    Lisa DeMauro

Rutherford B. Hayes

 www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/rutherfordbhayes,

www.rbhayes.org/

http://millercenter.org/president/hayes

            Rutherford B. Hayes: nineteenth president 1877-1881     Mike Venezia

            Rutherford B. Hayes    Andrew Santella

            Rutherford B. Hayes    Debbie Levy

William McKinley

www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williammckinley

http://millercenter.org/president/mckinley

www.mckinleymuseum.org

            William McKinley: twenty-fifth president 1897-1901    Mike Venezia

            William McKinley: America’s 25^th President    Janet Riehecky

Toni Morrison

www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-bio.html

www.biography.com/people/toni-morrison-9415590

            Toni Morrison    Corinne J. Naden

            Toni Morrison: Magic of Words    Jim Haskins

Jack Nicklaus

www.nicklaus.com

www.nicklausmuseum.org

            Jack Nicklaus    John Wukovits

Annie Oakley

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdannie.htm

www.kids-n-cowboys.com/annie-oakley.html

www.biography.com/people/annie-oakley-9426141

www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/oakl-ann.htm

            What’s so Great about Annie Oakley?    Jim Whiting

            Annie Oakley    Charles Wills

Judith Resnik

www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/resnik.html

http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Resnik_Judith.html

            Portraits of Jewish American Heroes    Malka Drucker

Steven Spielberg

www.biography.com/people/steven-spielberg-9490621

www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/bio

            Steven Spielberg: a director of blockbuster films  Laura B Edge

            Steven Spielberg Elizabeth Sirimarco

William Taft

www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamhowardtaft

http://millercenter.org/president/taft

www.biography.com/people/william-howard-taft-9501184

            William Howard Taft, 27^th president of the United States    Lucille Falkof

            William Howard Taft    Kim O’Connell

Tecumseh

www.biography.com/people/tecumseh-9503607

www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=373

            Tecumseh: shooting star of the Shawnee    Dwight Jon Zimmerman

            Chief Tecumseh    Anne M. Todd

Orville Wright

http://wright.nasa.gov/orville.htm

www.biography.com/people/orville-wright-20672999

            The Wright Brothers    Emma Lynch

            Wilbur & Orville Wright: taking flight    Stephanie McPherson

Cy Young

www.biography.com/people/cy-young-9539398

http://baseballhall.org/hof/young-cy

            Cy Young: a baseball life    Reed Browning

Science!

We're excited to let you know that we have added Science into our weekly schedule.  The students have learned about the Scientific Method and we will be moving into the Water Cycle this week.  They are really enjoying this learning time and have had fun experimenting with making a building using only straws, paper clips and masking tape. It was interesting to see what they came up with! Pictures to come soon. 

Have a great week!

Fun in the Snow!

Wow!  We had a great time today during our first snow play recess of the year!

Thanks for remembering your snow gear!  We will definitely do this again weather permitting!

News: 11/28/11

I hope your Thanksgiving was enjoyable!

Spelling words for the week: Words with the /ar/ sound (like car)

carved, garden, harm, farther, barked alarm, chart, starved, harder, parked smartest, charge, guard, argument, hardware, garbage, harsh, parts, radar, harbor. Challenge words: alarmingly, departure

We continue to work on division in Math and are working with fact families to help become stronger with the basic facts.

The students will be goinng outside when the weather permits...please be sure your child is dressing appropriately for the weather (coats, hats, gloves). I'd like to be able to take the students out for some fresh air for as long as we are able before it becomes too cold!

Thanks!

We are Thankful

This week in 4th grade we are learning about being thankful through paragraph planning and writing!  Your students should be bringing home their I am Thankful paragraphs before Thanksgiving.

We are currently working on division in Math.  We have learned about fact families and inverse operations!

We had our Spelling test today and the students did a great job!  I think having a couple of extra days was helpful. We will be back to our regular spelling routine next week.

Check it out!
To the right are a couple of new links!  Multiplication Games, Spelling City, and a couple of other fun things for your students to check out if they need something to do! 

As always, contact with me if you have any questions.

Have a great Thanksgiving!