portaportal

Author Websites

David Adler
Author of the Cam Jansen Series

http://www.davidaadler.com/index.htm
Mary Pope Osborne
Author of the Magic Treehouse books

http://www.marypopeosborne.com/index.htm
Gary Paulsen
Adventure story writer

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/index.html
Beverly Cleary
Ramona Books

http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html
Rick Riordan
Author of The Lightning Thief gives advice on writing and more information about his books.

http://www.rickriordan.com/index.php/about-the-author/

Social Studies

Science

Easy Bib

http://www.easybib.com
Aniamal Adaptations: Defense

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=3803
Animal Adaptations

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750
Animal Adaptations Speed Game

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm
Camouflage

http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/camou1.html
Migration

http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/migration.html
Science news fo Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

Reading

Spelling Games
Word finds, crossword puzzles

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/
Theme Related
Games, articles and information about what we are reading this week.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/?grade=4

Math

Decimal Games

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/
Math Games

http://arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Estimation game

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/ballparkestimation/instructions.html
Decimal and Fraction Review

http://e-learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/M0901/index.html
Long division practice

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php