Waples Mill Elementary School
11509 Waples Mill Road, Oakton, Virginia 22124 | 703-390-7700

Fourth Grade Student Resources

Math
Fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/index.htm
Virtual Math Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Social Studies
Life as an Apprentice
http://www.winterthur.org/visiting/school_programs.asp?sub=distance_learning
Jamestown Adventure
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Famous Virginians
http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/Virginians.html
Fairview ES - http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/FairviewES/virginia/virginia.htm
Virginia State site - http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?featureid=82
The Library of Virginia - Biographies - http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?featureid=82

The Civil War
American Civil War - http://americancivilwar.com/
CyberSleuthKid's The Civil War - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Civil_War/Battles/index.htm
The Civil War for Kids - http://www.pocanticohills.org/civilwar/cwar.htm

The American Revolution
Kid Info - http://www.pocanticohills.org/civilwar/cwar.htm
American Revolution org -http://www.americanrevolution.org/home.html
Scholar's Showcase - http://www.americanrevolution.org/archives.html
The American Revolution - http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm


Presidents from Virginia
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/JWES/Presidents_from_Virginia.html
Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org/
http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html
Robert E. Lee
http://www.americancivilwar.com/south/lee.html
James Madison
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/home.htm
http://www.montpelier.org/
George Mason
http://www.gunstonhall.org/
http://gunstonhall.org/discover/biolesson4.html
Cyrus McCormick
http://www.vaes.vt.edu/steeles/mccormick/bio.html
JEB Stuart
http://www.jebstuart.org/index.cfm
Maggie Walker
http://www.nps.gov/malw/details.htm
George Washington
http://www.mountvernon.org/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/
Woodrow Wilson
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html

Famous Virginia Landmarks
Jamestown
http://www.historyisfun.org/
http://www.jamestown2007.org/
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/maps.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/5226/final4.htm
http://kumeyaay.sandi.net/cw/jamestown.htm
http://kumeyaay.sandi.net/cw/Pict.layouts/jt.fort.htm
Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/
Yorktown
http://www.historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm

More History Information


The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Ben’s Guide to the Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
The American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html


Language Arts
Project Resources
(Note-the following two resources can only be opened in school)

Historical Fiction Project
Mrs. Bird’s template for historical fiction project.
Novel Template Click on the file, then SAVE it.

Five Paragraph Essay
Right Click on this file. Save the file to your disk or desktop. Then close Internet Explorer and open the file. If you open a 2nd time, add the number "2" to the file name when you save.
Five Ws Activity

Iditarod
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/index.html
http://www.workingdogweb.com/Iditarod.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
http://www.iditarod.com/

Poetry
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

Science
Plants
The Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/

Weather
Historic Weather Events in Virginia
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/Historic_Events/
NOAA
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/
Weatherbug Achieve
http://achieve.weatherbug.com/
The Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com
Thunderstorms
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3a.html
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wtsm0.htm
NASA-Visible Earth
http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov
Clouds -
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/


Solar System
Nine Planets
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/nineplanets.html
National Geographic Solar System
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
NASA Solar System
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Solar Views
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Window to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Magnets and Electricity
Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
Magnets
http://www.bestteachersites.com/themes/science/magnets/

Nutrition
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Esheet.cfm?DocID=21
Nutrition Explorations for Kids
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/

Miscellaneous Resources
Encyclopedia
http://go.grolier.com/
The World Almanac
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
Search Engine for Students
http://www.tekmom.com/search/index.html
Thesaurus
www.thesaurus.com
Dictionary
www.dictionary.com
Biographies
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/

Games
Math Games
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html
www.coolmath4kids.com
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson339b.shtml
Long Division
http://www.quia.com/jg/319832.html

Social Studies SOL Review Games
Interactive Grade 4 Review Activities
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studygradelevel4.html

SOL Review Questions that were created by 5th grade students at James River Elementary School to help 4th graders prepare for the Virginia Standards of Learning Test in Social Studies.
http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/jr/4thgradereview.html

Vocabulary exercises for Social Studies practice
http://www.quia.com/pages/practicehistory4.html