The button above is a link to various SMARTboard 11 activities, including an interactive Jeopardy game, an Erie Canal Song activity, a true/false assessment, an Erie Canal word search and word scramble, and various vocabulary building activities!
Common Core Correlation:
Reading Standards: Grade 4:
Craft and Structure:
4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Key Ideas and Details:
1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g. in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web Pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
7. Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
Language Standards: Grade 4:
Knowledge of Language:
3. Use knowledge of language and it's conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
Speaking and Listening Standards: Grade 4:
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
5. Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
Common Core Correlation:
Reading Standards: Grade 4:
Craft and Structure:
4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Key Ideas and Details:
1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g. in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web Pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
7. Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
Language Standards: Grade 4:
Knowledge of Language:
3. Use knowledge of language and it's conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
Speaking and Listening Standards: Grade 4:
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
5. Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.