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Welcome Pirate Challenge Learners

Buccaneer Time

Fry Words Read to You

1st 100 (1-10)
1st 100 (11-20)
Fluency Sentences Words 1-20
1st 100 (21-30)
1st 100 (31-40)
Fluency Sentences 21-40
1st 100 (41-50)
1st 100 (51-60)
Fluency Sentences 41-60
1st 100 (61-70)
1st 100 (71-80)
Fluency Sentences 61-80
1st 100 (81-90)
1st 100 (91-100)
Fluency Sentences 81-100
Dragging Fry's Sentences (1-100)
Ask to do this on the smart board only!
101-110
111-120
121-130
131-140
141-150
151-160
161-170
171-180
181-190
191-200
All of Fry's Second 100 words (101-200)

Rock N Learn Phonics

Other Phonics Helps

Letter Sounds

Vowel Sounds 5 letters make 15 sounds!

Buccaneer Time Games

District Weebly Practice

Brain Games & Logic Time

Daily Set Game
KenKen Games
You choose your size, operations, and level of difficulty
Kakooma
Choose + or x
Go! Game
Mancala
Mastermind
Flip It
Seesaw Logic

Blogs

Kids Search Sites

Kids Click
Safe Search Kids
One Key
Kid Rex search Engine
Safe Image Search
Animated Images Search
Fact Monster
Enchanted Learning
At the very bottom is a Search box also
World Book Encyclopedia
Click on student
PebbleGoNext
Animal Info- National Geographic
Photos for Projects - Photos 4 Class
Photos for Projects- Pics 4 Learning

Improve Typing Skills

Fun Things to Do

Pirate Challenge

Current Events/News

Scholastic News Online
National Geographic News
Time For Kids
Highlights for Kids
Owl Kids World Watch
How big world events are compared to Branson
just type in your zip code to see
CNN Student News
Tween Tribune

2nd & 3rd Grade: Changes&Relationships

Digging America Videos
NWEA Reading Practice
NWEA Reading and Math by RIT Score
Xtra Math
Dance Mat Typing
IXL Grade 3
Math Menus for Green Days
After you know your calories, click your grade level
How to do the Cup Song
2nd Grade Evaluation 15
Young Einstein Club
More Young Einstein Club Ideas
Envision Math Log In

Resources

Rainforest

Know the Rainforests
Enchanted Rainforest
Facts of the Rainforest!
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Biodiversity
Rainforest Alliance
Rainforests at Night
Journey to Amazonia
Sounds of the Rainforest
YouTube so full screen right away
Rainforests -Who we are
Drawing the Rainforest
EcoTourism Game
Use Readability to get rid of ads
Amazon Interactive
Temperate Rainforest in the US
Brain Pop Rainforest
Brain Pop Rainforest Info
Rainforest Facts
If I Ran the Rainforest video
Rainforest Help

Animals

Plants

Products

4th Grade: Systems

NWEA Reading Practice
More NWEA Reading and Math by RIT Score
Meet Me At the Corner Virtual Field Trips
Dance Mat Typing
Math Menus for Green Days
After you know your calories, click your grade level

Measurement

Electricity Electronics and Robots

Robotics

Robots

Little Bits

Makey Makey

Mindstorms

Ozobots

Raspberry Pi

Resources RaspberryPi.org

5th Grade: Structures

Famous People Final Project
NWEA Reading and Math by RIT Score
A Different Place Activities
Mrs. Urbach's GT "Challenge"
Dealing with Being Gifted
Math Menus for Green Days
After you know your calories, click your grade level
5th Gr. Science Videos
Make Me Genius
Building Big
Pensmore Website
Take the Cardboard Challenge

Math

Roman Numeral Concentration

Rubik's Cube

Lego Structures

6th Grade: Frontiers

Genetics

Math

Roman Numeral Concentration
Math Menus for Green Days
After you know your calories, click your grade level

CSI

Technology Changes
Bertillon Measurements
Fingerprint Basics
Fingerprinting.com
The Strange Flashlight
Science Kids
CSI Fun
stay on this page only for things to do
Click Case One: Rookie Training, Forensic Biology ONLY
ONLY Forensic Biology
What is Graphology?
Forensic Artist -World Record
Forensic Science Sites
DNA Interactive
Science Flix CSI
Strawberry DNA
A Forensic Engineer
Medical Examiner

Shakespeare

Summary

Original Works

His Life & Times

Video Tour of family homes
Elizbethan Times
Infographic
Meet Mr. Shakespeare
Most asked questions about Shakespeare
Video Tour on Stratford Upon Avon
Video Tour of The Globe
Video of Shakespeare In the Classroom
Elizbethan Times- The Rich
for older students
Shakespeare- Bio True Story
4 min long

Videos

Romeo and Juliet
by Cliff Notes
Midsummer Night's Dream
by Spark Notes
Hamlet
by Cliff Notes

Project Ideas

10 Tips for online Research
Gebauer Project Ideas
Make your own crossword
Make your own wordsearch
Biography Maker
How to Make a Video
CD Case Template
Jeopardy
Walk a Mile Project
Kinestentic Testing Tactics
Create Brochure, Newspaper, Flyer
Tagxedo
Make Word Mosaics
Prezi
Once you have account just click Log In each time
Photo Story 3
To install on home computer -At school it's on ZenWorks
The Pocket Mod
Animoto
Make a Graph for your Data
Free Royalty Free Music
Tips for Speaking in Public
Public Speaking Rap
6 steps to research
How to use Depth & Complexity in Your Passion Projects
How to use PowToons
Scratch for making an app
Images and Music for projects
Mrs. Matzat's page

Making Comic Strips

Marvel Comic Characters
Beginners start here!
Comics: ReadWriteThink
Easy to use: can only print NOT save
Level 2 Comic Master
Make Beliefs Comix
MeMoov Cartoons- simple
Go Animate 4 schools

Learning is Fun

MI Test
Print PDF & Save to Drive

Learning is Games

Brain Games
Complico Letter Folding Puzzles
1-8 in order Folding Puzzle
Alien Abduction Brain Teaser
Khan Academy
Light Bulb Switching Brain Teaser
Khan Academy
Toggler Brain Teaser
Khan Academy
I Spy
Chess Sets Change over Time
NCES Grab Bag of Fun
Brain Benders Sites
Best Online Logic Games for Gifted Kids
Smart Kit Logic Games
More Brain Teasers
All Things Chess
Smile Break
Ken Ken Puzzles
Set Game of the Day
Creativity Games

Other Languages

Chinese Video Lessons
BBC Languages
You choose

Sign Language

Kids learning Sign Language
Think Quest
Sign Your Name
3 Letter Signing
Full Screen Only & no other clicks
Party in the USA
Full Screen Only & no other clicks
Baby by Justin B in ASL
Full Screen Only & no other clicks
Hot n Cold
Full Screen Only & no other clicks
Waitin On the World to Change
Click on full screen & no other videos
ASL Dictionary
Sign Language Think Quest
Intro to Helen Keller
Alphabet chart
American Sign Language Browser

Greek

Spanish

Latin

Braille

French

Analogies

Math helps

Fractions

Trig Intro

All Things Pi

Games

Parents Sites

Gifted Characteristics

High, Gifted, or Creative

Creativity

Art

Robert Subuda's How to Make Pop Up Books
Create Your Own Bayeux Tapestry Interactive
Inside Art
During an art museum tour, you're sucked into a vortex and find yourself inside a mystery painting. Your only hope of escape is
The Getty Museum

Leonardo Di Vinci

Universal Leonardo

Passion Project Resources

How to Use Explain Everything
Sign in to Blog
The Learning Network
New York TImes news for kids
TED for Kids iAdventure
21 Public Speaking Tips

Math

Menu Math
Be a Mathematician
Math Problem of the Week
E-learning Math
Select your grade level
Interactive Math Activities
Math Enrichment
Khan Academy Videos- Math and Science
Middle School Math Live Binders
Gifted Sources Math Websites
Greg Tang Math Games
Greg Tang Math Games
Powers of Ten
Bronn's Math Major Blog
Statistics for Kids
Socratica Math Videos
Geometry, Algebra, Calculus
Sumdog
Problem of the Month Math Olympiad
Annenburg Math Interactives
Digits Math
Free Math Images for Presentations

Mathematicians

Economics

H.I.P Pocket Change
US Mint
Econo Ed Link Videos

Science

Gifted Science

Life Science

Spiders

Human Body

Physical Science

Physics Games
Simple Machines Games
Forces and Motion Basics 1.0
Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Activities in Optics
Chemistry for Life - Reactions
Uncover chemistry in everyday life with these videos
Chemistry for Kids
Women in Chemistry
Adventures in the Subatomic Universe
Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Chemistry Fun - Zoom
Periodic Table w/videos & lessons
Click on element to learn about it
Compound Chemistry
Great Graphics & explanations
Physics in Pictures
Physics Comic Books

Scientists & Careers

Careers in Science
Science Buddies
Famous Scientists
list is down the middle of the page
Famous Scientists Videos
Scientists Academy of Achievements
Library of Congress
Marie Curie
Einstein
John Clerk Maxwell

Competitions

Science Fair Project Ideas

Getting Started Science Challenge
Science Bob Ideas
Topic Ideas Buzzle
Home Ideas for Science
What your board should look like
Just look at picture for Board
Reminder for Mom & Dad
Why and Ideas
Brainstorm Ideas

Earth Science

Social Studies

Eye Witness to History
Today in History
Social Studies Enrichment
Gifted Sources Soc St Websites
History Day Project
History Detective
From What the Teacher Wants
Bronn Class History Blog
The History Place
Learn the Gettysburg Address
Social Studies on line

Museums

Library of Congress
List of Museum Sites
scroll down to bottom for list in blue
Smithsonian for Kids
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Virtual Tour of Lincoln Memorial
Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court
Virtual Museums around the World
American History Museum
Children's Museum Indianapolis

History

Geography

Geo Games
Cool Planet
Geography World
Geographical information
Geocaching
Atlapedia
Landform Interactive
Mr. Mussbaum
Helping Your Child Learn Geography
Latitude & Longitude
Climate Maps
Geo Guessr - Where is it in the world
Game to test your knowledge
Geography.com

Government

Courts in the Classroom
cartoon cases w/verdicts
Election Ballot Taney County Nov 4

National Competitions

Project Citizen
C-SPAN Student Cam
Patriot's Pen
We the People
American History Essay Contest
Gr. 5 & 6 only

Historical People

Leaders
Biography Online
A Biography Maker
Steps in writing a good Biography

Civil War

Historical Events&Mysteries

Technology

Internet and How it Works Webquest
Alice - Computer Programming
Scratch
How to make an app (Needs Adobe Flash)
Python Programming
After you master Scratch
Visual Basics Classes
After you master Python
Hour of Code Activities

Kid TED Talks

TED for Kids Resource Guides
Candy Chang: Before I die
6:20 min
Gary Lauder's New Traffic Sign: Take turns
4:27 min
Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn't a broken person
18:58 min
Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel
4:32 min
Matt Cutts:Try something new for 30 days
3:27 min
Arthur Benjamin does "Mathemagic"
15:14
Ron Gutman: The hidden power of smiling
7:26 min
Ric Elias: 3 Things I learned While my Plane Crashed
5:03 min
Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
16:42 min
Andy Puddicombe: All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
9:24 min
Jonas Eliasson: How to solve traffic jams
8:28 min
Bart Knols: Cheese, dogs and a pill to kill mosquitoes and end malaria
10:21 Min
Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
STUDENT 5:14
Gaming the Educational System
STUDENT 9:52
Martel Jackson&Andrea Griffin: Bully Prevention
STUDENT 7:06
TED Talks for Kids
MENSA
Do Something Ideas
Pecha Kucha on Google Drive
Pecha Kucha on Powerpoint

Communication Arts

Reading

Newbery Award List
Book Trailers
Read Write Think
Sibert Medals
best informational books of year
Laura Ingalls Wilder award
books w/lasting contribution to literature
Coretta Scott King Book Award
books w/African American culture&universal human values
NSTA Outstanding Science Book Lists
best science books to read
NCSS Notable Social Studies Book List
2013 winners
Excellence in Reading List Gr 4-6 list
MENSA
Excellence in Reading Gr 7/8 list
MENSA
Memorize these Poems-Live Poetically
MENSA list
Mr. Donn Literature Sites
Past Mark Twain Award Winners
Recent Mark Twain Award Winners

Word/Vocab Fun

Scrabble

Figurative Language

Specific Book Projects

Writing

One Word
write a story in 1 min
Word Hippo
Definitions/Antonyms/Synonyms etc.
Creative Writing
Write a Novel in a Month Challenge
Helps for Writing a Book in a Month
Only print pages you need its 127 pgs total
Writing Resources, Ideas, & Competitions
Writing Deadlines for 2nd Semester
The Writer's Toolbox
MENSA plan
A Biography Maker
Steps in writing a good Biography
Robert Subuda's How to Make Pop Up Books
List of Publishers of Student Writing

Comic Books

Comic Book Writers 1st Stop

Academic Team

Child Genius Weekly Quizes
from Lifetime TV Show
Introduction to Academic Team
You Gotta Know
National Academic Team

Government

Inventors/Scientists

Vocabulary

US Presidents

Life Science

American History

Physical Science

Ways to Memorize Periodic Table

Geography

Literacy

Math

Technology Helps

How to make a Power Point
Converts and saves You Tube videos for Mac
Portable Apps
CPS Tutorials
Infographics
Royalty Free Music 4 Schools
Digital Literacy - Google
Shorten URL
Learn to Code
Mrs. Matzat's page

Other Subject Help

Math

AAA Math games
Cool Math
Fact Monster
Scroll down to find what you need to work on. Then answer boy/girl and grade level at top.
Math Glossary
Math Play Ground
Virtual Manipulatives
Hundreds Chart w/counters
H-M practice
Skill Builder Games
Math Videos to Help Parents
Enrichment Activities
X P Math Games by Strand
Special Math Paper

Addition

Missing Numbers Equations
Fact Family Song
Rocket Math Addition
Same letters and a timer

Fractions

Geometry

Graphs

Measurement

Money Practice

Multiplication

Perimeter

Place Value

Telling Time

Time to 5 min. practice on clock
Stop the Clock by 5 min. Race
Stop the Clock by min. Race
Bang on Time
uses words quarter, half, and to
Elapsed Time Practice

Odd and Even

Odd and Even Song

Rounding and Estimating

The Rounding Song

Subtraction

Rocket Math Subtraction
Letters are the same and they have a timer

Reading

Book Adventure
Book Cover Maker
Book Report Sandwich
Gamequarium Language Arts
Graphic Organizers
Kaboose Reading Games
Lang. Arts Test Prep List
Mark Twain Award Nominees Gr.4-8
RIF Reading Planet
Show Me Award Nominees Gr. 1-3
Stories On Line
A Dog's Life
Reading Book On line Activities
Scott Foresman
Word Activities
Storybook
Reading Glossary for Moms and Dads
Awesome Graphic Organizers
Bookflix
On-line children's stories
Interactive stories
Show Me/Mark Twain Tests
Free Books to download
Readability
Add to favorites to make websites easier to read!
What should I read next?
Language Arts Mini Movies
Barnes & Noble Author Reads

Author Sites

Barbara Parks
Dr. Seuss
Kevin Henkes
HM Authors and Illustrators
Index to Children's Book Authors & Illustrators
Authors on the Web
Gander Academy List
Lois Ehlert Author Study
Mrs.Gebauer Favorite Authors Sites

Book Levels

Build Your Vocabulary

Cause and Effect

Character Traits

Online activity for Character Traits

Compare Contrast

Comprehension, Main Idea, Authors Purpose

Inference and Drawing Conclusions

Readers Theatre

Reading Lady Scripts to print
2 Page Plays
Famous People, Grammar, Fables

Stories Read Outloud

Story online
Just click continue to Story online when it opens
Bookflix
Need log in and password

Science

Exciting Ecosystems

Desert

Food Chains

Forest

Windows Into Wonderland

Marine (water)

Matter Mania

Plenty of Plants

Super Cool Solar System

Moon

Planets

Shadows

Space Games

Probes

Wonderful Weather

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Social Studies

Cultures Around the World

Economics

Election Year

Famous People

Martin Luther King Jr.

Geography

Class Brain State Facts A-Z
Continent/Oceans Game
Facts about Missouri for Kids
Facts about the States
Landform Glossary
Moving around Missouri project
Place the State game
Fact Monster for 50 states
The Show Me State on Track Star
You can skip site 1 on St. Joe history but the other sites are great!
Where in the US is Flat Stanley?
Interactive Scavenger Hunt
Get maps!
Community Types with Map Key
National Geographic Maps to print
Weekly Reader Geography game
State Seals
Great Web Site for 50 State Pictures
50 States Live Binders

Government

Branches of Government

Myths/Legends

Middle Ages

Spelling

Prefix Practice

Suffix Practice

Writing

Grammar

Parts of Speech

Wacky Web Tales
like Mad Libs
Noun or Verb game

Punctuation & Capitalization

Similies

Examples of Similes Pictures
Practice Similes
Readers Theatre Or List of Similes
Starter Activity
Part 1
Game in class
uses coordinate grid also!
Review

Spelling

Games for Nifty Thrifty Fifty Words
Master the spelling patterns/meanings of these words, & apply that knowledge to help spell/build meaning for other words.
Greek and Latin Root Meanings
Practice Your Spelling Words
Poem of Week Idea
Contraction Practice

Synonyms & Antonyms

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Pages

Internet Safety

Competitions