Fourth Grade HP Internet Activities by Story

(The activities listed directly under the themes and not under the stories are to be used as desired during the time your students are working on that theme.) Proofreading Makes Perfect has two different kinds of activities. One is online. It has practice exercises for capitalization & Punctuation, Spelling, Usage, and Putting it Together. *The other are downloadable sheets for some of the stories below. Homework Helper has a five day list of activities for each story including a list of story words, spelling words, and activities to do for a given story.

Theme 1- You Can Do It! Writing Detective-Personal Narrative Grammar Practice Park-The Sentence Trail, Planting Sentences, Subject Speedway Go for the Grammar Gold-Sentences, Subjects/Nouns, Predicates/Verbs
The Gardener Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements Test Tutor-Narrative Elements	Donovan's Word Jar Authors & Illustrators Building Background Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots	My Name is Maria Isabel Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Lou Gehrig: The luckiest Man Authors & Illustrators Building Background Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots	Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Locate Information
Theme 2- Side by Side Writing Detective-Explaining a Process Grammar Practice Park-The Predicate Whirlwind, Subject Speedway, Sentence Power, Sentence Speedway, Complex Sentence Camp Go for the Grammar Gold-Subjects/Nouns, Predicates/Verbs, Simple and Compound Sentences, Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences, Phrases and Clauses, Complex Sentences
The Baker's Neighbor Authors & Illustrators Test Tutor-Cause/Effect Figurative Language	The Emperor and the Kite Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements Test Tutor-Narrative Elements Figurative Language	Nights of the Pufflings Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize Test Tutor-Summarize
The Garden of Happiness Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Cause/Effect Test Tutor-Cause/Effect Figurative Language	How to Babysit and Orangutan Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize Test Tutor-Summarize
Theme 3- Make Yourself at Home Writing Detective-Persuasive Writing Grammar Practice Park-Noun Dunk, Plural Play, Exploring for Possessives, Noun Explorer, Pronoun State Fair, The Pronoun Clubhouse Go for the Grammar Gold-More About Nouns, Possessive Nouns, Pronouns, More About Pronouns; Homophones
Sarah, Plain and Tall Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Draw conclusions Test Tutor-Draw Conclusions	Stealing Home Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Compare/Contrast Test Tutor-Compare/Contrast	The Cricket in Times Square Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Draw Conclusions Test Tutor-Draw Conclusions
Two Lands, One Heart Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Compare/Contrast Test Tutor-Compare/Contrast	Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize Test Tutor-Summarize
Theme 4- Creative Minds Writing Detective-Comparing and Contrasting Grammar Practice Park-Pronoun State Fair, The Homophone Express, The Adjective and Adverb Trail, Adventure with Adjectives and Adverbs, A Carousel of Verbs Go for the Grammar Gold-Pronouns, More About Pronouns; Homophones, Adjectives and Adverbs, More About Adjectives and Adverbs, Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
The Kids' Invention Book Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea and Details Test Tutor-Follow Written Directions	The Case of Pablo's Nose Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Sequence Test Tutor-Sequence Follow Written Directions	In the Days of King Adobe Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea and Details Test Tutor-Main Idea/Details Follow Written Directions
Red Writing Hood Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Sequence Test Tutor-Sequence	One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Compare/Contrast Test Tutor-Compare/Contrast
Theme 5 - Community Ties Writing Detective-Research Report Grammar Practice Park-Verb Power, A Carousel of Verbs, Sentence Ball, The Verb Frontier, Verb Tense Train, Verb Ride Go for the Grammar Gold-Main Verbs and Helping Verbs, Action Verbs and Linking Verbs, Present-Tense Verbs, Past-Tense Verbs, Future-Tense Verbs, Irregular Verbs
Fire! Authors & Illustrators Reading Skills Rocket-Elements of Nonfiction: Text Structure Test Tutor-Elements of Nonfiction Reference Sources	A Very Important Day Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose Test Tutor-Author's Purpose and Perspective	Saguaro Cactus Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Elements of Nonfiction: Text Structure Test Tutor-Elements of Nonfiction Reference Sources
Blue Willow Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose Test Tutor-Author's Purpose and Perspective	In My Family Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Sequence Test Tutor-Sequence Reference Sources
Theme 6 - New Lands Writing Detective-Expressive Writing Grammar Practice Park-The Homophone Express, Pick a Path, The Adjective and Adverb Trail, Adventure with Adjectives and Adverbs, Preposition Desert Go for the Grammar Gold-Negatives and Easily Confused Words, Adjectives and Adverbs, More About Adjectives and Adverbs, Prepositions, Commas and Colons, Titles and Quotation Marks; Hyphens, More About Quotation Marks
The Gold Rush Authors & Illustrators Building Background Test Tutor-Fact/Opinion	I Have Heard of a Land Authors & Illustrators Test Tutor-Word Relationships Paraphrase	Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Authors & Illustrators Building Background Test Tutor-Fact/Opinion Paraphrase
Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Word Relationships Test Tutor-Word Relationships	The Down and Up Fall Authors & Illustrators Building Background Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose Test Tutor-Author's Purpose and Perspective Paraphrase