Literacy Activities and Resources

4th Grade - Lead the Way
Theme 6 - New Lands

Theme 6 Pre- and Post-Assessments

Skills Based Activities

Fact and Opinion
  The Gold Rush
Fact and Opinion Practice
Paraphrasing
  I Have Heard of a Land
Look to the North - Summarizing
Word Relationships
  I Have Heard of a Land
Language
  Contractions and Negatives
Adjectives and Adverbs
More Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and Adverbs Trail
Comparing with Adverbs
Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
   

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Resources by Story

The Gold Rush
  California Gold Rush WebQuest
The Gold Rush - Spelling, Contractions
Listening Comprehension
Question of the Day
The Gold Rush - Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words
How Gold was Found
Gold Rush Small Reader Activities
Gold Rush - Writing Activity
 
I Have Heard of a Land
  The Oregon Trail
End of the Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail ThinkQuest
I Have Heard... - Spelling, Homophones

Vocabulary Words
Listening Comprehension
I Have Heard of a Land - Writing Activity
 
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
  Paul Bunyan Trail
American Folklore - Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan - Spelling, Homophones
Vocabulary Words
Paul Bunyan - Question of the Day
Paul Bunyan - Listening Comprehension
Paul Bunyan - Writing Activity
 
 Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back
  The Mysterious Venus Fly Trap
Weird and Wild Plants
Venus Fly Trap - The Carnivorous Plant
Fly Traps - Spelling, VCV words
Vocabulary Words
Fly Traps - Question of the Day
Fly Traps - Listening Comprehension
Fly Traps - Writing Activity
 
The Down and Up Fall
  The Down... - Spelling, Words with 3 Syllables
Vocabulary Words
 
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