Activities For Challenge Stories
Completion requirements
Unit 1
What is Courage?
Activities
Follow these instructions for both stories.
You have five activites:
- view a video about prefixes and suffixes
- complete a prefixes and suffixes practice page
- play a game about inferences
- complete new Word Wall Words activity
- add to your ongoing Courage Mind Map Assignment
BrainPOP Log-In
Click on the icon button or the text link for BrainPOP.
( Log-in: User: 0099, Password: students)
Watch this video about creating suffixes.
Practice with Suffixes
In each sentence you see a blank space, and under the blank space is a root word. Add the correct suffix to the root word, then type it in the blank.
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- Download the document Suffixes Practice page.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Suffixes Practice page.
- Can't view the file? View Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.
Write each of these suffixes on a piece of paper: ful, able, ly, less,
est, ing. Try adding each one to the root word under the sentence until you find the one that works.
Game
Practise your reading skill of inferring by playing the second version of the game you played earlier:
Inference Game.
Vocabulary Word Wall
Click the Vocabulary icon button to open the Grade 4 Word Wall in a new tab. Look for Unit 1 Word Wall List 3 for your next six words. When you are finished, close the tab to return to this instruction page.
Download PDF
Use Word Wall Strategies to find ideas about learning Word Wall Words. Use whichever of these ideas works best for you to learn the words.
- Download the document Word Wall Strategies.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Word Wall Strategies.
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Can't view the file? View
Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.
Courage Concept Map
Add information about courage in either “Catch the Dream” or "Charlie's Story" to your Courage Concept Map.
Concept Map and Online Tools
Click the coloured tabs to view the Mind Map and Online Tools for this assignment. Concept Map
Follow these instructions to add another box to your Courage Concept Map.
- Open the Internet on another page.
- Go to your bookmarked Courage Concept Map page.
- Write in a new box about either Catch the Dream or Charlie's Story. If you read both stories, add a box for each one.
- Remember to save your work.
Online Tools
Directions for Mind Mapping Tool
- You will find a sample mind map on this website: Concept Map.
- Learn to use the software to make your Courage Concept Map using this tutorial below: Mind Map Tutorial.
- How to use Text2MindMap. Click the icon or text link ( 1.18 Online Tools - How to use Text2MindMap) to access the Online Tools page. Under the heading General, click on Research Skills, then click How to Complete a Mind Map.
- Click here to view video: How to Create a Concept Map