For the week of Oct. 22-26, here is a tentative schedule for Skrobanski’s Superheroes:
 Our weather is beginning to change.  Please be sure students have coats/jackets/sweaters, etc for outdoor recess.
*Here at Indian Trail we are following our expectations of respect, responsibility, and safety.  Our class is really focusing on listening to others before you talk.
*Please try to sign up for Remind for ITSCO!
Important Dates
Red Ribbon Week
October 22-26
Monday:  Be Red Hot Don’t Touch Drugs: Students and faculty will wear RED
Tuesday: LEI Off Drugs-Students and faculty will wear Hawaiian clothing 
Wednesday: Team Up With SCOUT Don’t Do Drugs
-           Students and faculty will wear team jerseys or spirit wear!
-           Scout will make a special appearance!!!
Thursday: Real Heroes DON’T DO DRUGS
-           Students and faculty will dress like super heroes
-           Students will color a super hero badge and place it in the cafeteria AROUND the superhero!
Friday: Don’t DREAM About Doing Drugs
-           Students and faculty will wear Pajamas
***Our first Art Volunteers in the classroom will be on Thursday!
***Fire Prevention week is this week!
***Fall Chorus Concert is this Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7P.M~SHJH!
***The end of the First Quarter is Thursday, Oct. 25.
***Don’t forget to bring in your pumpkins by the end of next week! 
 
ELA- Our next story will be Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies.  The essential question is: How are movies are form of communication?  The Target Skill will be focusing on fact/opinion, explaining concepts and ideas, and domain specific vocabulary.  We will revisit summarizing within our guided groups.  In the next writing, students will really begin to focus on word choice.  Within grammar, the emphasis are verb tenses.
 
Target Vocabulary
entertaining
promote
focus
advertise
jolts
critics
target
thrilling
angles
generated
 
Spelling List
bloom
cookbook
tool
shampoo
put
wool
stool
proof
prove
group
brook
foolish
bush
crooked
booth
raccoon
hook
groom
roof
soup
 
Math-We will continue our next unit on Multiplication Comparisons and comparison word problems.  We will also explore patterns and estimating factors.
 
Science-We are going to work on plant and animal parts for the stem scope unit.  Throughout this unit, we will access prior knowledge, have our hook activity, conduct an investigation, and be able to engage, explain, explore, elaborate, and evaluate the unit.  The words to be familiar with are: internal structure, external structure, function, system, behavior, growth, plants, reproduction, survival, and adaptation.  Students HAVE access to stemscope for videos, stemscopedia, other types of review, etc.  We will have our summative by the end of the week.
 
 If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to call (815) 469-6993 or email me at jskrobanski@summithill.org.
 
 
 

• September 25, 2018 : SCO FUNDRAISER goes home today!
  It is from Sept. 25-Oct. 25!

• 2 digit multiplication : http://www.kidsmathtv.com/learn/multiply-2-by-2-digit-numbers-game-for-4th-grade-monster-board-game/
• 2digit long division practice : Http://www.eduplace.com/kids/my/practice/quiz.html
• ABCYA : Http://www.abcya.com
• Abolitionists and Underground Railroad : Http://teacher.scholastic.com/activitiesbhistory/underground_railroad/slideshows/safety_slides.htm
• Abraham Lincoln : http://www.historynet.com/abraham-lincoln
• Addition and subtraction practice : http://minus alum.com/drag-drop-math
• air mass and fronts video : http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/air-masses-and-fronts.htm
• alamo interactive map : http://www.thealamo.org
• all subjects : http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
• Area Model : https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-place-value-area-models/e/multiplying-2-digit-numbers-with-area-models
• Biography : http://botw.org/top/Kids_and_Teens/Society/Biography/
• Brain busters : Http://coolmath4kids.com
• cloud and precipitation slideshow : http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/clouds-and-precipitation.htm
• Cloud game : https://scied.ucar.edu/webweather/clouds/cloud-matching-game
• comics : http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
• Compare numbers game : http://www.ezschool.com/play/77
• create a weather map : http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/activities/weather/
• Dictionary : http://www.dictionary.com/
• Discovery education : Http://www.discoveryeducation.com
• Educational games-all subjects : Http://www.gamequarium.com
• Ellis Island Tour : http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/
• erie canal : http://www.eriecanal.org/locks.html
• erie canal virtual tour : http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html#
• every kid in a park : https://www.everykidinapark.gov/get-your-pass/fourth-grader
• Exploring atmosphere : https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxfest/
• Extra practice for all math skills : http://interactivesites.weebly.com/math.html
• Family coat of arms symbol meanings : Http://www.fleurdelis.com/symbolism.htm
• Find simple machine : http://cosi.org/downloads/activities/simplemachines/sm2.html
• Fossil Record Activity : http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page1.html
• Fractions : http://jmathpage.com/JIMSFractionsrecognizecompare.html
• George Washington : http://www.historynet.com/george-washington
• GO Math : http://www.summithill.org/parents.html
• Grammar Game:verbs : Http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html
• Interactive reading practice : Http://reading.ecb.org/
• Interactive weather maker : http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/investigate/weather_maker.htm
• landforms vocabulary : http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
• Lewis and Clark Interactive Journey : Http://nationalgeographic.com/west/
• Louisiana Purchase Webquest : http://www.ducksters.com/history/westwardexpansion/louisianapurchase.php
• mapquest : http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/louisiana_purchase.php
• math facts : http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/Games/Title.html?GameName=MathBasketball&Grade=4&Brain=math
• Math playground : Http://www.mathplayground.com
• Math Prodigy : https://www.prodigygame.com/play/
• Math websites for your child : http://www.aplusmath.com
• Math:add and subtract like denominators : Http://www.sheppardssoftware.com/math games/fractions/mathman_add_subtract_fractions.htm
• mathantics : http://mathantics.com/index.php
• mexican american war webquest : http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward expansion/mexican-americanwar.php
• MLK : http://www.holidays.net/mlk/story.htm
• MLK site 2 : http://seattletimes.com/special/mlk/king/biography.html
• multi step problems : http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/multistep_word_problems/quiz1054.html
• Multiplication flash cards : http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/multiplication.html
• multiplying 2 by 2 : https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/multiplication-division/area-models-multiplication/e/multiplying-2-digit-numbers-with-area-models
• Nouns and verbs grammar gorilla : Http://www.funbrain.com/grammar
• order of operations : http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/OperationsQuiz/
• PARCC : http://parccgames.com/
• PARCC PREP : http://lumoslearning.com/llwp/resources/common-core-parcc-practice-tests-and-sample-questions.html
• PARCC PREP : http://www.parcconline.org/assessments/practice-tests
• Planet project : http://elearning.kearney.k12.mo.us/~thomast/PlanetBrochureProject.html
• rain shadow animation : https://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module07swf.swf
• Reading poetry : Http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry's/index.htm
• Reading websites for your child : http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/trophies.html
• Report and predict weather : http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/
• rocks and minerals : http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/rock-cycle.htm
• room recess : http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/45.html
• S.S. lap book for Civil War : http://bookunitsteacher.com/civil_war/civil_war.htm
• Science : http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science2009/grade4_nl.html
• sea breeze and land breeze animation : http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/sea_and_land_breeze.swf
• Sea breezes video : http://www.weather.com/tv/shows/amhq/video/sea-breezes-explained
• severe storms slideshow : http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/severe-storms.htm
• simple machine review : http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SimpleMachines/machines001.htm
• simple machines games : https://www.brainpop.com/games/simplemachines/
• Simple Machines Video Bill Nye : http://www.schooltube.com/video/b92aaeff6cf4431aa6c7/Bill%20Nye%20-%20Simple%20Machines
• State Float : https://mix.office.com/watch/vfw2imdp3j79
• state research : http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
• state research : http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
• state research : http://www.factmonster.com/states.html
• state research : http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/kjordan1/student.cfm?subpage=1066645
• state research : http://www.50states.com
• travel through water cycle : http://www.discoverwater.org/blue-traveler/
• Underground Railroad : http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/
• Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman Webquest : http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad
• updated math magician : http://mrschneidertechnology.weebly.com/math-magician.html
• water cycle interactive video : http://www3.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/water_cycle_web3.swf
• water cycle video : http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/water-cycle.htm
• weather game : http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/online/Wonline1.html
• weather instruments slideshow : http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/weather-instruments.htm
• wixie : https://shsd.wixie.com/hometeacher
• World Hungry Website : http://www.freerice.com/index.php
• Xtramath : https://xtramath.org/#/teacher/flyers/8G2AYB4D

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