Spelling
Spelling City
Spelling City is a website into whic h you input yoru spelling list and have them matched with a hman voice who reads the words. Review games are also created from the list.
Tai Chi
We are having Tai Chi every morning, I didn't like it before, it was kind of boring. But since we are making progress I started to enjoy it. My friend Javier says that he is losing some weight. 
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Spelling & Vocabulary- California Geography
California has many regions.
The Sacramento delta has rich farmland.
The Gold Rush was very important to California’s future.
Where did they discover gold?
June 26 we will go to Empire Mine.
Grass Valley is a foothill town.
The gold discovery caused California to develop.
Sutter’s Fort is a historic site.
The Napa Valley is an important wine region.
There are some large dairy farms in California.
The agricultural economy is important to California.
A rancher raises cattle.
John Sutter was a German immigrant.
The Sacramento River delta is shaped like delta, a letter in the Greek alphabet.
A canal is a narrow channel that carries water.
Levees protect towns and cities from floods.
There are small islands in the delta that people go to for recreation
He is a descendant of the first Chinese that came to California.
Teacher Joe Dictations
Teacher Joe has lots of listening and dictation exercises for English learners.
Listen and Write: Do the Dictation Yourself
At Listen and Write, you choose stories to be read to you (some from VOA Special English) and you get the chance to type what you hear.
Fun Activities: Crosswords and Puzzles
Puzzles usually engage students and give them an opportunity to review vocabulary. Here are a few resources to help you create puzzles for your students:
Eclipse Crossword Creator is free software that you can download from home (it is currently blocked on the SCUSD network since it is a game)
Lantern Fish/ Boggle's World has a crossword page that has ready to use crosswords
Discovery Education has an online puzzlemaker that makes several types of puzzles. You can also buy a CD version.
NY Times Learning
The New York Times Learning page has a lot to offer for English learners. There is Word for the Day, Daily News Quiz, News Summaries, and more.
Kids are Cool
Kids R Cool is a Chinese site that offers English learning games. The pronunciation games time you and give you a chance to check your listening>
Houghton Mifflin WordBuilder
On WordBuilder, vocabulary is read and then you have a chance to test your understanding and spelling
Step Forward 4- Chapter 9- Lessons 1-3 Spelling
Here's the M-1 spelling for April 23-30.
