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Language Arts
Resources
Online Dictionary
A great free online dictionary that you can use any time to find the meaning of a word that you don’t understand.
Writer's Notebook
Super site for all my awesome writers!
Spelling City
Enter your Words to Learn, and get games to help learn them!
Story Mapping!
Make your own story maps with this cool resource!
Make a Timeline!
Put the main events of each chapter on a timeline. Choose Event for Unit of Measure. Print it when you're done! Cool!
Mrs. Harper
Mrs. Harper's Language Arts Blog
Read and comment on our thoughts about the books we are reading.
Top Secret
Make the Plant Grow!
Click the Grow button and see if you can grow the plant to its full healthy height.
Why Leaves Change Colors
See a video and learn more about why leaves are green and why they change colors!
Plants and Light
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click to see a video of seedlings growing toward the light.
Econopolis
Learn more about how our economy works.
Sarah Plain and Tall
Vocabulary game
Play this game to see how well you know the words from the book.
Vocabulary Concentration
More activities to build vocabulary!
Vocabulary Flash Cards
Another game to practice vocabulary for our book.
Interview with Patricia MacLachlan
Listen to the author tell about her new book and how she became an author.
Chocolate Fever
Robert Kimmel Smith's website
Scroll down the page to learn more about the author. You can also click on the Books link at the top left corner of the page to
Chocolate Car!
See a chocolate car made with 1800 pounds of Belgian chocolate! WOW!!
Chocolate word games
Click on Concentration!
The History of Chocolate
Henry Green is not the only person who loves chocolate. Millions of people around the world love the taste of chocolate. What
Jigsaw Jones Mysteries
Author's Blog!
Read James Preller's blog about all of the Mystery series.
Mystery Cube
After you finish reading the book, fill the cube with the elements of your mystery. Ask for a worksheet to help you plan!
Writers Workshop
Sandra Cisneros author website
See how this author gets her ideas for stories.
Halloween fun
Bats! Take an eField trip!
Click Virtual Visit two times. You DO NOT need a password.
Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg's Homepage
Many different activities that go with his wonderful books!
Titanic
On Board the Titanic
Follow the path of an actual passenger who traveled on the Titanic.
Titanic
See actual photos of the Titanic!
History of the Titanic
Learn about the passengers, watch video clips and more!
Return to Titanic
Visit the National Geographic website about the Titanic.
Return to Titanic 2004
Dr. Ballard returned to the Titanic. See new video of the wreck of the ship.
The Long Winter
Timeline
See the big events in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Little House Books
Learn about the characters of the Little House series.
Frontier Girl
Learn more about the life and times of the author.
Quizlet Vocabulary Games
Check out this cool way to learn!
Handcar Video
See how a railroad handcar like the one in Chapter 11 looks in action!
Stone Fox
ThinkQuest Stone Fox
Links to questions for each chapter, plus Samoyeds and more!
Interactive Fun
Puzzles, games, quizzes about Stone Fox!
Iditarod Video
Watch this video about a real 1,000 mile sled dog race.
Quizlet Vocabulary Cards, Set 1
Practice your skills with these cool activities for Ch. 1-8!
Brian's Winter
Gary Paulsen
Password: moose. Learn about this exciting author here! His life is as adventurous as his books!
Student Project on Brian's Winter
Visit this great project by another student!
Mammals of Denali eField trip
Take a virtual trip to the arctic & learn about many wild animals of the arctic
Quizlet Vocabulary Cards, Set 1
Practice your skills with these cool activities for Ch. 1-8!
Quizlet Vocabulary Cards, Set 2
Practice with the words from Chapters 9-11.
Prairie Cat
Buffalo fuel
Learn more about the way pioneers depended on the buffalo.
Pioneer Diaries
Read what people who traveled the Oregon trail wrote about their journeys.
Video: The Lost State
Watch this video to see how the US map might have been very different!
Quizlet Vocabulary Games, Set 1
Check out this cool way to learn!
Quizlet Vocabulary Games: Set 2
Practice our words from the last part of the book!
Math
Addition and Subtraction
Math Magic!
Click to test your skills with addition!
Capture 5
This video shows good strategies for the game.
Place Value
Match the word name to the numeral!
Can you make the puzzle appear?
Identify number in place value to 100s place
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click to tell the number in different place values.
Finding Place Values
Scroll to the bottom. Choose the correct number for each place value.
Place Value Puzzlers
Choose Easy Place Value for a fun way to practice!
Cookie Dough Spell the Number Day
Fun to practice word names and standard numerals.
Video Lesson & Games
Super lesson & games to practice your skills!
Genius Boxing
Super leveled game: test your skills with >,<,= as you box against the genius!
Place Value Party
Challenge! Can you match the value of the candles on two cakes?
Counting and Ordering
Spooky Sequences up by 10s
Enter the digits to show the missing number.
Spooky Sequences back by 10s
Enter the digits to show the missing number.
Spooky Sequences back by 10s
Enter the digits to show the missing number.
Spooky Sequences: 3 digit
Enter the digits to show the missing number.
Number Sense
Even or Odd?
Scroll to the bottom to test your skills with even and odd numbers!
Doubles and Halves Bingo
Awesome way to practice your skills!
Ghost Blasters (Odd)
Awesome game: blast the Odd ghosts!
Ghost Blasters (Even)
Blast the Even ghosts!
Doubles & Halves: Dartboard
You can play two levels of difficulty with this fun game.
Near Doubles Machine
Challenging! How many clicks will you take to reach the number?
Guess My Number
Do one step problems to test your skills!
Data and Graphs
Data Picking
Click on each student to collect data and create a Frequency Table
Interactivate
Create graphs with this cool website. Challenging!
Brainpop Jr: Tally Charts & Bar Graphs!
Watch this new video and take the quiz. User name: victorps Password: Newark
Congruent and Similar Shapes
Animated Definition of Congruent Figures
What are congruent figures?
Definition of Similar Figures
What are similar figures?
Congruent Shapes Game
Find shapes that are congruent.
Congruent Rectangles Game
Great practice with congruent rectangles! Lots to do here with Rikki Rectangle.
Challenge: Make Congruent Triangles
Create congruent triangles with lines.
Challenge: Can You Pick the Right Shapes?
Can you tell which congruent shapes fit exactly around a point?
Congruent or Similar?
Can you tell which shapes are congruent or similar?
Slides, Flips and Turns
If the Key Fits
Click to test your skill as a Robot Guru. Scroll down to
Icy Slides, Flips and Turns
This is a fun way to review the ways shapes can move.
Science
Water Cycle
Brainpop Water Cycle
Log in with User name: vcsint, Password: secob. Watch a movie and more.
Thirstin's Water Cycle
Click to see different parts of the Water Cycle!
Animated Diagram of the Water Cycle
Click the links to see the Water Cycle in action!
How Much Do You Know About Water?
Take this quiz to see if you are a Water Expert!
Solid, Liquid and Gas
Watch these short videos to learn more about the states of matter
Changing States of Water
Can you label the different parts of the process as water changes states?
What's Wrong with This Picture?
Can you spot the things that might harm our water?
Are you a Water Cycle expert?
Choose the correct answer for each blank!
Evaporation and Condensation slideshow
We watched this in class! See water evaporate and condense again.
New! Brainpop Jr Water Cycle!
Watch this new video and take the quiz. User name: victorps Password: Newark
Buoyancy
Buoyancy Basics
Facts and pictures about buoyancy
Sink or Float Brainpop Jr.
Remember User name (victorps) & password (newark) for this great site!
Team Wikis
Team Wiki 2007-2008
Visit our cool wiki to see what we did last school year!
Team Wiki 2008-2009
Help us build our new wiki with this year's students.
Health
My Body
Roll the mouse over the body to learn more about the different systems.
Brainpop Jr: Exercise
Learn about the best ways to exercise, and why it is important. Print the quiz score!
Skeletal System
Brainpop, Jr: Bones
Remember User name (victorps) & password (newark) for this great site!
Skeleton Shakedown
Can you put the skeleton together? (Need Adobe Shockwave Full Installed.)
Build a Skeleton
Can you build the skeleton? Click start game to begin.
Bones with Brainpop, Jr.
Our favorite site has a great section on Bones. Take the quiz and print your score!
Skeleton with Brainpop
This is more challenging, but still a great place to learn. User name: vcsint Password: secob
Brainpop: Joints
Learn about the different types of joints. Take the quiz and print your score!
Muscular System
Your Muscles
Learn about your muscles, and click on the picture to see even more!
Movie: The Muscular System
Super Scientist! Watch to learn more advanced information about your muscles.
Drug Awareness
Brainpop, Jr: Medicine
Medicines are good drugs that help you stay healthy. Learn about the safe way to take medicine. Print the quiz.
Brainpop: Smoking
Learn what smoking does to your body and why you should never smoke.
Germs
Henry The Hand
Listen to songs, watch videos and learn why it's so important to wash your hands!
Scrub Club
See episodes about how our heroes beat bacteria & germs!
Brainpop Jr: Washing Hands
Watch the video, then take the quiz and print it.
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