Our new language arts curriculum comes with a wonderfully supportive website. Use this link to read books, find resources, print practice sheets or simply explore what we have done and what we will be doing.
http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/california
In addition to their language arts site, they also have a good math site. While it is not our current adoption (see the link below), it follows the same standards.
http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade4/index.html
Our current adoption also has a site with online activities and student support.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmcam/g_4.html
We will use this site in Novemer as we discuss our area pre-settlers and what life was like for the first settlers on Plymouth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian
This game, developed by PBS, was designed to run like Oregon Trail, where students select characters and make choices in their quest for gold during California's Gold Rush.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/game_swf.html
More Gold Rush activites from PBS
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/features.html
If you are in need of a little extra practice, or just want to master skills you already have, this is a great site to find worksheets on specific skills in all subjects.
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/