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River Oaks Elementary
Susan Shenker , Principal
2008 Kirby Drive
Houston, Texas 77019
phone 713/942-1460
fax 713/942-1463
Office Hours 7:15am-4:30pm
After School Program
     phone 713/524-8430

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4th grade

 

How We Express Ourselves
Title:
Author, Author
Central Idea:
Authors choose writing strategies and techniques to effectively communicate.
An Inquiry Into:
  • Elaborative techniques used by authors.
  • The relationship between the author and the audience.
  • The use of voice in written expression.
Links:
Authors on the Web
Author Web Sites
Tips from Betsy Byars
BBC Skillwise

 

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RenzulliRead Write Think Resouces:

Venn Diagram 2 Circles

Venn Diagram 3 Circles

Create a Timeline

Story Mapping

Stapleless Book

Webbing Tool

Printing Press

Notetaker

Mystery Cube

Persuasion Map

Multigenre Mapper

Letter Generator

Graphic Map

Fractured Fairy Tales

Flip a Chip

Flip Book

Fact Fragment Frenzy

Essay Map

Drama Map

Comparison and Contrast Guide

Compare and Contrast Map

Comic Creator

Circle Plot Diagram

Bio Cube

Animal Inquiry

Ms. Waugh's Web Page

MI Kids Math Games

BBC: Physical Processes

NetTrekker

World Book
Brittanica

Wilson

teaching books

EM Games

NCES Classroom Create a graph, solve a math teaser, play games, or take a quiz

A+ Math

Who Wants Pizza?  A Fun Way to Learn About Fractions

Internet4Classrooms: Choose a math game based on the skill that you need to practice.

Math Homework Help

Brainpop

learning dot com

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Dance Mat Typing

Learn to Type Online

Bubbles Typing

Find the Letter

Science Splat

Everyday Mysteries

Exploratorium Conduct experiments online and off, puzzles, and games

CNN Student News  

Other

How We Share the Planet
Title: We Are the World
Central Idea:

Humans respond to crisis in a variety of ways.

An Inquiry Into:
  • Types and causes of human crisis
  • Effects of human crisis
  • Ways humans cope with crisis
Links:
National Geographic News: From the Front Lines of Global Health
The World Factbook
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
American Red Cross
CARE
Catholic Relief Services
Christian Children's Fund
Direct Relief International
Doctors Without Borders
Salvation Army
United Way International
World Concern
World Relief
Amnesty International
World Health Organization
Heifer International

 

 

 

 

How the World Works
Title:

Eureka!

Central Idea:

People invent and innovate in an effort to solve problems.

An Inquiry Into:
  • Inventions that have changed our world
  • Innovative thinking and process
  • Innovations
Links:
Simple Machines Learning Site
Inventor's Toolbox: The Element of Machines
Edheads: Simple Machines
Background Information for Simple Machines
Inventing a New Kind of Pencil
BKFK: Famous Inventions and Inventors
Animated Engines
Power Play
Wheelchair Innovation Article
MIT Inventors Archives
Inventors/ Inventions
Smithsonian Biography
 

 

How We Organize Ourselves
Title: Got Government?
Central Idea:

Systems of government are organized and function in a variety of ways.

An Inquiry Into:
  • Forms of governments
  • Function of government
  • Relationship between government and its people
Links:

Official Portal of the US Government

BBC Types of Government

US Government for Kids

Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids

Congress for Kids

Kids' House

Way Back: Stand Up for Your Rights

Branches of Power Game

Governments Around the World

Nation Master

CIA World Factbook

 

Who We Are
Title:
Her Story, Our Story, His Story
Central Idea:

Beliefs and values influence personal choices.

An Inquiry Into:
  • What beliefs and values are
  • Factors influencing personal belief
  • Similarities and differences of personal beliefs and values and those of others
  • Links:

    Biography Maker

    Time Line Generator

     

     

    Where We Are in Time and Place
    Title: Wandering the Earth
    Central Idea:

    Migration occurs to meet the needs and wants of people.

    An Inquiry Into:
    • The causes of migration
    • Reasons people choose to migrate to  a certain place
    • The impact of migration on communities
    Links:
    US Government Travel Information
    Lonely Planet
    PBS: The West
    East Harlem History
    St. Augustine History
    American West
    Lewis and Clark
    US Citizenship and Immigration Services
    Scholastic: Immigration Activities
    Ellis Island
    World Mapper