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Welcome 4th and 5th Graders

Computer Skills

Easy Tech Lessons

http://www.learning.com/EasyTech/tic_lessons.htm
Growing with Technology

http://growing.course.com/index.html
Interactive Keyboarding Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Super Hyper Spider Typer

http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_super_hyper_spider_typer.html

Math

AAA Math

http://www.aaamath.com
Addition of 3 digit numbers

http://www.dositey.com/math34.htm#numsense
Algebra

http://kidsmath.com/Algebra.html
Base-10

http://arcytech.org/java/
Census.Gov
Interesting facts about every state!

http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/
Counting Game 1's-9's

http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/detail.asp?contentid=1502
Equivalent Fractions

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html
Estimation Game

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/ballparkestimation/ballparkestimation.html
Fact Finder Kids' Corner
Working with census numbers

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
Fraction Bars

http://arcytech.org/java/
Function Machine (Patterns)

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/applets/controller/query/query.htm?qt=algebra
Geometry

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_2_t_3.html
Geometry (match symbols and labels for symbols)

http://www.cstone.net/~huneycut/webresources/math35/math35.htm
Good Fraction and Decimal Site

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/math_resources_3.php
Great Math Activities for 4th and 5th

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_original.htm
Integer Bars

http://arcytech.org/java/
Interactive Graphing Programs

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm
Interactive Protractor (good ActivBoard activity)

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Flash%20Studio/cfsmaths/angle/angle.html
Many Interactive Math Lessons

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activitie
Marble Match (crital thinking skills)

http://www.dinosaurdesign.com/MarbleMatch.htm
Mean, Median, Mode

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/
Measurement

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_2_t_4.htm
Mental Math--Multi & Div

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/mental
Multiflyer (multiplication Solar System)

http://www.gdbdp.com/multiflyer/play_online.html
Multiplication

http://www.multiplication.com
Numbers and Operations

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_2_t_1.html
Patterning

http://arcytech.org/java/
Place Value (0nes & Tens)

http://www.aaamath.com/B/plc12cx2.htm#section2
Place Value (Hundreds)

http://www.aaamath.com/B/plc21cx2.htm#section2
Place Value (Hundreds)

http://www.aaamath.com/B/plc21cx2.htm#section2
Place Value (Thousands, Ten Thousands, Hundred Thousands)

http://www.aaamath.com/B/plc31ax2.htm
Place Value (word form)

http://www.aaamath.com/B/plc21ex2.htm#section2
Place value expanded

http://www.aaaknow.com/g4_31dpx.htm#section3
Place Values of Decimals

http://www.aaaknow.com/plc51cx2.htm
Probability

http://shazam.econ.ubc.ca/flip/index.html
Protractor Practice

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.htm
Simple Addition, Subtract, etc.....

http://kidsmath.com/
SOL Math

http://guest.portaportal.com/solmath
SOL Review Sites

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/LakeAnneES/labresource/5sol.html
Speed Math (Multi & Div Practice)

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/speedmath.htm
Subtraction 2 digit numbers

http://www.dositey.com/addsub/subra4.htm
Too Much Information (determining needed info in word problems)smile

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/
Multiplication.com
Many fun multiplication activities on various levels

http://multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
Very Good Math Resources
Resources put together by Kathy Shaw, Math Resource Teacher, Highland Park Elementary

http://www.rcps.info/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=10954&sc_id=1199362591

General Resources

Copyright Information
Great, easy to understand info. on copyright

http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/schools/jones/Copyright%2DKids/index.htm
Gamequarium
Many good activites in all subjects including INTERNET SAFETY

http://www.gamequarium.com/
Geocities
Educational games in all subject

http://geocities.com/forall2c_linkslibrary/mathkids
Homework NYC
Many good links for all subject areas

http://www.homeworknyc.org/

Smartboard Ready Sites

4kids Site

http://www.4kids.org/
ABCya 4th Grade

http://www.abcya.com//fourth_grade_computers.htm
BBC MATH

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/
Fantastic Journeys: Yellowstone

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/yellowstone/index.html
Good Interactive Science Activities

http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/pagescience.html
Good Literacy Site

http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/pageliteracy.html
Interactive Protractor (also a good ActivBoard Activity)

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Flash%20Studio/cfsmaths/angle/angle.html
Multiple Websites for SmartBoard

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/howto/smartboard/lessons.htm
Protractor Practice

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html
Punctuation Campground (Harcourtschool)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/punctuation/
State of Matter (BBC Site)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
States of Matter

http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/assets/Flash%20Studio/cfsscience/changing%20state/cstate5d.html
Underground Railroad

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
US Civil War Shoot Out Soccer

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/penaltyshootout/uscivilwar.htm
Walk the Plank (Civil War Questions)

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_uscivilwar.html

Social Studies

4th/5th Grade SOL Jeopardy

http://www.sps.k12.va.us/schools/btwes/Jeopardy/JeopardyHomeEdition/PlayGame.html
American Flag

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/flag/index.html
American Independence Scavenger Hunt

http://scavengerhunt.lee.k12.nc.us/independence/index.html
Civil War Scavenger Hunt

http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/schools/high/socialscience/faculty/civil_war.html
Constitution Timeline

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/flash/cw.html
George Washington

http://georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html
Good Social Studies Sites

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm#Social%20Studies
Interactive Jamestown Archaeological Dig

http://archaeologydigs.blogspot.com/2005/05/interactive-dig-at-jamestown.html
Jamestown 1607: Could You Survive

http://www.jamestown1607.org/
Jamestown 400th Birthday (Ms. Smith

http://jamestown400.pbwiki.com/
Jamestown Adventure

http://www.jamestown2007.org/kids.cfm
Jamestown Fort Rediscovered

http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/jamestown.html
Jamestown Journey

http://www.jamestownjourney.org/Home.htm
Kelly Wilmore (SS coordinator for RCPS)

http://www.rcps.info/instruction/social_studies/social_studies.htm
Key Events in the American Revolution

http://www.tpsb.com/mms/amrev.htm
Manassas National Battlefield Park--For Kids

http://www.nps.gov/mana/forkids/index.htm
Revolutionary War Review Millionaire 4 & 5

http://www.quia.com/rr/58065.html
Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/sthroop/revolutionhunt.htm
Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt #2

http://mrspskids.tripod.com/rwhunt.html
Scott Crawford

http://guest.portaportal.com/kateben
Social Studies for Kids

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
The Road to Revolution

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
Underground Railroad

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
US Constitution

http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html
VA Studies SOL Review

http://www.quia.com/quiz/465376.html
Virginia Jeopardy

http://asb.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/sols/jeopardy/sld001.htm
Virginia People to Know

http://www.quia.com/rr/39421.html
Virtual Jamestown

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html
Your Teacher Takes You to Colonial Virginia

http://www.ohlone.palo-alto.ca.us/Williamsburg/
Thomas Jefferson Scavenger Hunt

http://scavengerhunt.lee.k12.nc.us/jefferson/index.html
ABCya 5th grade

http://www.abcya.com//fifth_grade_computers.htm

Reading/Language Arts

4th Grade SOL Release Items 2004

http://www.iq.poquoson.org
5th Grade SOL Release Items 2004

http://www.iq.poquoson.org
Dewey Decimal Webquest
Learn about Dewey the fun way!

http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/mme/news/studentinvestigations/WebQuests/dewey/index.html
Fill in the Blank Story Makers (Madlibs type activities)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/
Giggle Poetry
Read and rate poems for kids-funny!

http://www.gigglepoetry.com
Poetry Types
Describes all types of cool poetry for kids!

http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html
Wacky Webtales

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Folktales and Fairytales

Read Write Think (many links)

http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/Search_Results.asp?orgn_id=9&log_type=1&hdnFilter=+AND+%28%7Bsubject_languagearts%241%7D%29&hdnPerPage=15&txtSearchFor=folktales+and+fairytales&selUsing=all
Leaping Match

http://www.leapingmatch.com/en/
Fairy Tales

http://www.live-artist.com/fairytales/fairytale3.html
Folktales

http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/index.htm

Grammar/Language Arts

Good Language Arts Site

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm#Language%20Arts
Grammar Gorilla

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Harcourt Grammar Gold

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/goforgold.html#G5
Harcourt Grammar Park

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
Homophones (BBC interactive site)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/index.shtml
IKnowThat Punctuation Paintball

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_LanguageArts
Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/flip/

Poetry

Alliteration All Around

http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=849
Instant Poetry Forms

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Online Rhyming Dictionary

http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html
Poetry Engine (Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#
Poets Pantry Virtual Fieldtrip

http://www.tramline.com/lit/poet/
Shape Poetry

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=44
Wizards and Pigs Poetry Pickle

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/wiznpigs/wiznpigs.html
New and Improved Poetry

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

Reading

Cause and Effect

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm
Compare and Contrast

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/comconprac3.htm
Drawing Conclusions

http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm
English Works (good reading passages, vocabulary & questions)

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html
Fact and Opinion

http://www.quia.com/jq/24723.html
Main Idea

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4gle2a1.htm
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/e/drawconclusionsp.cfm
Read, Write, Think

http://readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=0&strand=0&engagement=0

Writing

Writing Prompts

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
ELL Writing Help

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/
Read, Write, Think
Good graphic organizer and many writing activities

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Book Report Sandwich Station

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp
Brain Storming Machine

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/mythmachine.htm
Peotry Machine

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#
Scholastic
Many good reading/writing activities

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp

Science

Animal Kingdom

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Animals.htm
Animal Migration Internet Hunt

http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/migrate.htm
Another Rocks and Mineral Interactive Word Search

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/nov98/games/wordfind/wordsearch4.html
Bill Nye the Science Guy

http://www.billnye.com
Biomes of the World

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
Cells Alive

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/plntcell.htm
Changing Circuits (Electricity)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml
Chemistry for Kids
Good for Atoms and Elements

http://www.chem4kids.com/
Classification

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm
Click on Breaking News for (weathering and breakdown of rocks)

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/
Earth's Layer
An online searching activity

http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/earthl.html
Electricity

http://www.interactiv.com/understandelectricity/ewb.html
Electricity and Magnetism

http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/
Elementary Physics

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/matter.htm#Interactive_
Fact Monster Magnetism

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0831162.html
Fantastic Journeys: Yellowstone

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/yellowstone/index.html
Features of the Ocean Floor (Harcourt School)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/grade5_nl.html
Forces of Nature: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=h
Good Classification Site (vertebrates)

http://www.dowslane.org/classproj.html
Good Interactive Online Science Activities(most of the science SOLs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtm
Good Science Sites

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm#Science
Harcourt School Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/up_close5.
Harcourt School Electromagnets

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electromagnets/
Harcourt School Mitosis

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/up_close5.
Harcourt School Protists

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/up_close6.htm
How Stuff Works Electromagnets

http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm
Hurricanes

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/
Interactive Table of Elements

http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html
Interactive Volcano

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/krakatoa/krakatoa.html
Inventor Hall of Fame (short biographical info for Invention Convention activities)

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
Invertabrates Annelida

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/annelida.html
Invertabrates Cnidaria

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/cnidaria.html
Invertabrates Echinodermata

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/echinodermata.html
Invertabrates Mollusca

http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/Courses/Tatner/biomedia/units/moll1.htm
Invertabrates Porifera

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/poriferalh.htm
InvertabratesArthropoda

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/arthropoda.html
Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction (Discovery Channel)

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/krakatoa/krakatoa.html
Light

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/
Light and Color

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/color/intro/
Light Optics Workbench

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=OpticsWorkbench
Living Things (Plants etc,)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/
Magic School Bus Weather Extravaganza

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/weather/index.htm
Many Good Links

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/Escience.htm
Micro-organisms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/micro_organisms.shtml
Nanoworld
Many Microscopic Images

http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/
National Geographic Biomes

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/index.htm
National Geographic Oceans

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/oceans_coasts.html
Ocean Currents

http://www.mos.org/oceans/motion/index.html
Ocean World

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/
Plants and other living things

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/
Rocks and Minerals

http://www.rockhoundkids.com/
Rocks and Minerals Interactive Word Searchsmile

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/nov98/games/wordfind/wordsearch3.html
Smithsonian Institution--Global Volcanism Program

http://www.volcano.si.edu/
Smithsonian's Ocean Planet

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
SOL Review Sites

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/LakeAnneES/labresource/5sol.html
Sound

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/science_9_10.shtml
Sound Activity BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/see_things.shtml
Spotlights on Science

http://www.fi.edu/qa96/spotindex.html
Stargazers

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/stargazers/index.html
The Four Seasons

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=256
Tornado

http://www.tornadoproject.com/
Tramline Virtual Field Trips

http://www.field-guides.com/trips.htm
Vertebrates & Invertebrates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/biology/classification2_intro.shtm
Virtual Solar System

http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10/planet10.html
Virtual Solar System (National Geographic)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/
Zoom Astronomy, Astronomers and Astronauts

http://www.allaboutspace.com/subjects/astronomy/
Zoom Into a Cell

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/flash/dna.htm
How Volcanoes Work
All you would ever need to know about volcanoes

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
Pompeii Stories from an Eruption
Dedicated to all things about Pompeii

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/
Rocks and Soil
BBC Online Experiment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/rocks_soils_fs.shtml
Changing States

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate

Just For Fun

Animated Jigsaw Puzzles of all Holidays

http://www.billybear4kids.com/jigsaw-puzzles/animated/Online.html
Don't Gross Out the World

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf
Halloween Activities

http://www.meddybemps.com/halloween/ghostwalk.html
Halloween Fun

http://halloweentreats.com/
Halloween Fun Activities

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/halloween/math-games/index.html#
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/halowen/jigsaw/YouDidIt.shtml
Thanksgiving Jigsaw Puzzles

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/JigsawPuzzles/JigsawPuzzles.html
Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/CatchEm/4Thanksgiving.shtml

Student Research Sites

KidsClick!
Web Searches for Kids

http://www.kidsclick.org/
Grolier Online Kids
Online encyclopedia at 2-5 grade level.

http://go-kids.grolier.com/splash

Highland IBPYP

International Children's Digital Library
Multicultural online books

http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Taking It Global
Possibility for 5th Grade Exhibition

http://www.takingitglobal.org

Internet Safety

Netsafety Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/netsafety
Net Smart Kidz

http://www.netsmartzkids.org

Other Portaportals

Just for upper grades

http://guest.portaportal.com/knunley
4th Grade

http://guest.portaportal.com/hkimberlain
5th Grade

http://guest.portaportal.com/giles5thgrade

ART

Interactive Art Site for Kids

http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/art/links2.htm