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This month
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Build a Neighborhood Activity
A neighborhood is a place where people live, work, play and pretend. What kind of neighborhood picture do you want to make? A house, a farm, a construction site or our Neighborhood of Make-Believe?
Create a scene then write about it!
Choose one area to get started, then create your own neighborhood with the pictures on the bottom
June 2008
Past Tense Game
Help Fernando get to school by typing the past tense of the verb shown on his book.
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May 2008
Planet Size Comparison
What a great tool to see how the sun and planets compare in size. Try it, it's easy: In the first box choose "Sun". In the second box, choose "Mercury". Next, click the word "compare" located between the two boxes. Try different variations.
April 2008
Listen and Spell Dolch Words
Eleven Dolch word lists with audio prompt for given spelling word.
Spin and Spell
Learn to spell common words. Click a category, then click a picture. Spell the word by clicking the spinner. Click submit to check your answer.
February 2008
November 2007
Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition
Grade 3 activities: Line 'Em Up! Three levels of play
October 2007
Kids' Lab Reading Workout
Great site for grades 1, 2, 3 for reading. Click the dropdown button to select the grade level.
Planets, Moons, and their Darksides
The activities will enable the teacher to:
position the nine planets interactively
demonstrate the phases of the moon
show that the moon orbits the Earth roughly every 28 days
illustrate to pupils that the Earth spins on its own axis
show that day and night are related to the Earth's rotation
Kidspiration Solar System - Inner and Outer Planets Activity
Explain and demonstrate the sorting activity to the class.
Each student will complete the activity by dragging and placing the planets into the appropriate Super Grouper.
Each student will print his/her work
Planets in Our Solar System
Webquest for third grade. One or two links do not work.
September 2007
Scholastic Explorers: Native American Cultures
Native American cultures inclusing Anasazi and Pueblo Indians
Global Trek: Virtual Travel Around the World
Book your flight and travel to the country of your choice. Start a journal (password protected) and add entries for the selected topics. Print your journal when done or return at another time by revisiting the country. Great for Foreign Language and Culture classes.
The Space Place
Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
Planet Image Cards
Perfect images for the Size and Distance Activity located here: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_10.html
eWord Game
Companion to textbook Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary but still useful for grades 1-6. Hover over the word or definition to hear it read aloud.
Geography Thematic Units
The majority of the Thematic Units are written for ages 7-9. Younger children can use them with help from adults, and older children can use them for extra learning or for their reports.
There is a cost for each unit, but it is only $2.00...a good value!! Must be purchased per classroom.
Many other subject areas available.
Famous Explorers Interview Videos
Produced by 5th graders.
Includes: Leif Ericsson, Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, Jaques Cartier, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Amerigo Vespucci, Hernando Cortes
August 2007
Monarch Watch
:Dedicated to Education, Conservation and Research
Great site for the study of monarch butterflies.
March 2007
Math Magician Games
Click to practice addition, substraction, multiplication, and division problems
