Language Arts
Harcourt Storytown Reading Series
Each week, we will be working with a story out of our 4th Grade Harcourt Storytown Reading text book. Each story will focus on a specific skill and has accompanying vocabulary. We also focus on various themes in our text; five stories accompany those themes.
Your child's Storytown book is online! Click here to access the Storytown ebook!
The following websites are helpful with both vocabulary and spelling practice:
Quizlet: Students practice vocabulary words for each lesson through a series of fun activities!
SpellingCity: Students practice spelling words in a fun and engaging way!
Your child's Storytown book is online! Click here to access the Storytown ebook!
The following websites are helpful with both vocabulary and spelling practice:
Quizlet: Students practice vocabulary words for each lesson through a series of fun activities!
SpellingCity: Students practice spelling words in a fun and engaging way!
Reading
Reading is so important! It is an expectation that each student have a silent reading book, at their reading level, in class every day. Students should also read for a minimum of 15 minutes each night. There are many ways to practice reading! Students may read to themselves, a parent, or a sibling - or be read to by an enthusiastic reader! Reading materials can vary from books to magazines to newspaper articles and more! Need help finding a book to read? Check out my "4th Grade Book Suggestions" tab for title and author suggestions. Reading levels are determined, in part, by Lexile scores, which can be found on your child's AIMs report. Find a book based upon Lexile score by clicking here.
A few iPad apps to help with reading fluency are:
One Minute Reader (Free in iTunes Store - Available on iPad only)
Features:
K12 Timed Reading Practice ($1.99 in iTunes Store - Available on iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad)
Features;
A few iPad apps to help with reading fluency are:
One Minute Reader (Free in iTunes Store - Available on iPad only)
Features:
- Develops fluency through engaging content
- Models fluency
- Offers repeated reading
- Enhances vocabulary through multiple activities
- Promotes comprehension
- Provides feedback
- Levels through 5th grade
K12 Timed Reading Practice ($1.99 in iTunes Store - Available on iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad)
Features;
- Develops fluency
- 250 short, engaging stories for reading levels up to 4.7
- Passages are fiction and non-fiction
- Track stories read, words per minute, and percent above and below average reading rates
- View recommendations for moving up or down in reading levels