Teachers links to TAKS INFORMATION                        Rubric Website
Science Character Reading and  wRiting Arts Math Social Studies

All new additions and individually linked benchmarks found at:

http://scramsfirst.tripod.com/ (please bookmark new location)

 

Fourth Grade Linked Curriculum

Interactive Student and Teacher Activities by TEKS and Subject Area
Humble Student Proficiencies Lesson Plan Idea Bank
www.digitalcurriculum.com          visit with your librarian or stcp if you don't already have an account

Teacher Contributed Materials!

Minerals Report by Chrissy Bryant, WCE
Rocks and Minerals Gateway page by Amy Marotto, HHE

Volcano World

Butterflies of TX

Science Learning Network

Magic Schoolbus Science site
How Stuff Works   For those of us who are curious about how everything works!

Writing Traits

Vocabulary Enrichment with fun word puzzles
Literature Circles
ESL activities
Proverbs, Idioms, Scrambled Sentence, Many Things
Spelling activities and Games
Wacky Web Tales    (like Mad Libs)
A poetry writing site, where kids' work can be put online

Lone Star Junction   A great site for information about Texas and Texans

Texas Department of Transportation

Texas Almanac Source links

<http://www.clipartconnection.com/gotd2002_10_29.gifChamber of Commerce list for Texas       courtesy of D. Summer and C. Bruton(HHE)

The Handbook of Texas Online

Texas Senate Kids

The Alamo

GeoSpy        A GREAT game to locate states, continents within a time limit!

FolkTales about the Lone Star State

Design a Coin for your state

www.50states.com

Postcards from the 50 states

Links for current month

America's story from America's Library
Presidents of the United States

What Comes Next?

Teks Toolkit and Clarifying Activities for Math
Math Advantage        Activities designed for use with some of the chapters.
Math Glossary           A visual definition
Arithmattack      How many problems can you solve in 60 seconds?
USMint games about money
Spatial Visualization Intelligence using a Heart Puzzle.
Using Tangrams to teach about area without formulas
Measurement Resources

Counting Change

The Stock Market Game

Flash Cards  a great way to practice facts!

Math Goodies crossword puzzles, wordsearch puzzles to learn concepts
Create worksheets for your class

ICE CREAM       Problem Solving that's fun, hurry before your cones all melt!
 
 
 
 
 

Helpful Links

English Spanish Dictionary

State Supported Site with Grade Specific  Science Suggestions       scroll down for your grade level

District Library Link

Internet Public Library

Marco Polo Gateway