Mrs. Fine's Fourth Grade GATE

1.  Where is Ireland located?

2.  What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

3.  Who is the patron saint of Ireland?

4.  Why do we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day of March 17?

5.  What is the nickname of Ireland?

6.   According to old beliefs, what would a leprechaun hide at the end of a rainbow?

7.  What is the Blarney Stone?

8.  What is the official symbol of Ireland?

9.  What is a shamrock?

When you have completed this cyberhunt, go to the following links:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/activities/cartoonmaker.shtml

This website is one of my student’s all time favorites.

Click on this link to build your panda habitat.

Then, for fun, go to this link.

1. The Ancient Chinese created many important inventions that are now used around the world, such as paper money and gunpowder. They were also the first to harvest silk.
Name three uses for it.

http://www.crystalinks.com/chinascience.html

Another invention, the compass, had a religious use. What was it?

http://www.crystalinks.com/chinascience.html

2. What was an abacus used for?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus

3. Chinese writing developed more than 3,500 years ago. Each character, or symbol, stands for a word. Characters based on pictures of things are also known as pictographs. What are characters based on abstract ideas known as?

What word do you get when you combine the symbols for woman and child?

Rain and field?

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese_types.htm#types

4. A tradition began in ancient China in the celebration of Chinese New Year. On the first day of the new year, it is considered good luck to see what?

Why shouldn’t you use scissors or wash your hair on Chinese New Year?

http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/taboos.html

5. The Forbidden City of Beijiing, home to Ming and Quing emperors is a great example of Chinese architecture. What word for palace also meant house?

http://www.chinaetravel.com/china/architec.html

6. The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built, thanks mostly to the Ming dynasty. Ming emperors fixed the original wall, then added many miles to it with building materials no one has ever used before. What is the wall constructed of?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/Allabout.html

Questions were taken from scholastic.com  Clip art from Phillip Martin

When you complete this cyberhunt, go to this link – Count Down to the Chinese New Year and try it out.

1.  What is the  way to achieve immortality  by preserving the body of a person once they had died, and wrap them up in linen bandages?

2.  What is  used to pull the brain out of the head through your nose?   

3.  What can be made out of onions?

4.  What is used to glue the bandages together?

5.  The nest of coffins that you will finally be placed in your tomb and inside a large stone coffin is called what?

6.  Where is the mummy buried?

7.  What are some things that the tomb raiders are after?

When you have completed this cyberhunt, click on this to go to an Ancient Egyptian Game.

Go to this link and explore these games -
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/games.html

1.  What is kohl?

 2.  What did the ancient Egyptians call Scarab beetles?

3.  Who was the last great pharaoh of Egypt?

4.  What was the name of Egypt’s female king?

5.  Were the ancient Egyptians monotheistic or polytheistic?

6.  What kind of writing did the ancient Egyptians use?

7.  Where is the Great Pyramid of Egypt located?

8.  How many years did it take to build the Great Pyramid of Giza?

9.  Who was the archaeologist that uncovered the tomb of King Tut? 

10.  What is the name of the longest river in the world?

1. Why did the Romans call the gladiators barbarians?

2. Where did many of the gladiators get captured by the Romans?

3. What happened after the gladiator was captured?

4. What does the slave do if chosen to be a gladiator?

5. Name three types of gladiators and their job.

6. What are some ways they entertain the crowd?

7. If the gladiator loses, what can he do to have a chance to live?

8, Who is the mythical character who finishes off the gladiator who is injured?

Go to this link and select – Dig it up: Romans

Go here to create Roman mosaics online.

Vocabulary sheet

Go to ancient-rome-game

First thing to do this morning is go out to our blog and respond to the next question on our book – Chasing Vermeer.

Click here.

gods and goddess definition

Click here to play rome-and-greek-gods-and-goddesses

We have been learning about many Greek and Roman myths.  Today, go to http://www.rickriordan.com/greek_myths.htm to plan your own myth and play other Greek games.

 We will be studying Greek Mythodology these next few weeks and the students will want to learn about Medusa.  Well, this week we will learn about her.  How did she come about to be such a scary monster?  What happened to her when she was slain?  Ever heard of Pegasus?  These questions will be researched this week. 

Beside learning about Medusa, we will learn about the myth of Echo and Narcissus through readers theater.  What moral does this story tell us today?

Don’t forget our book discussion and blog on Chasing Vermeer.  It is really getting good.   When we were through with our blog, we went to http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/interactive/arcade.htm and then http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/preload.htm

This week we will be starting our unit on Ancient Greece.  Did you know the Greeks were the first to have a democratic government?  Also, did you know Olympics were started by the Greeks over 3000 years ago?  These are just some of the things we will be learning about this fascinating civilization. 

I hope the students are sharing their word bogglers with their family.  The more we do these, the better they will be at solving the puzzle.  This week we will also talk about the timeline and further understand the difference in A. D. and B. C. (or B.C.E. and C. E.).  We will also create an activity relate to this concept.  One of my favorite things to do with my students is a multiple intelligence survey.  The students will identify their different types of intelligences based on this survey.  If time permits, we will play the SCAMPER game.  This is helping your child to think without outside distractions and to think differently to solve problems.  I hope everyone brings their XO computer as I plan to start a beginning SCRATCH lesson.