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Language Arts

Typing Program

Reading

Fables

Writing

6 Traits Writing lab
This site has writing activities and helpful hints to better your writing.
Great Source Writing Support
Will walk you through the steps of writing with samples

Grammar

Grammar Skills
Grammar, Vocab, Reading, Writing, Oh My!
Verb Power
Grammar Gorillas
Interactive Mad-Libs!!!!
Getting the Right Tense Game
The Wide View of Verbs
Practice action, helping and state-of-being verbs

Vocabulary

Learning the English Language
Great for learning our language with bilingual quizzes!
American English Pronunciation Guide
Listen to the language and take a quiz to see how you did.
More English Language Learning Practice
Read a story, learn grammar
Wordly Wise
Our word list are available along with definitions and games! We are in Book 6 - just choose the lesson of the week.

Biography

Biographical Dictionary
Time 100 Heroes
Internet Public Library
Pocahontas
Kidsfront Biography
Great biographies written just for kids

Poetry

Giggle Poetry
Laugh it up with some great poetry!
Just Poems
A mix of classic and silly poetry to enjoy

Math

Everyday Math Resources
By unit - what we'll learn and links to activities to help you practice.
Math Dictionary for Kids
Look up words with examples!
Lots of Math Activities!
Cyberchase Games
Very fun!
Fun Brain
Practice the basics!
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Lots and lots of great learning games
Shodor Interactive
Lots of games/activities-some are tough!
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Can you win a million by answering math questions?
Math.com
Step-by-step math help by topic
Math Forum
Ask Dr. Math! Search lots of topics for answers to lots of questions.

Numbers

Math Skills Practice
Practice all aspects of math.
Decimal Place Value
You must stop the teacher invaders!
Decimal Places & Rounding
Fling the teacher!
Line Jumper
Choose hard to practice negative numbers

Geometry

Banana Hunt
Test your angle estimation skills and find bananas for the monkey.
Tessellation Definitions
Create your own tessellations
Interior Angle Sum Explanation
Symmetry Game
Geometry Terms BINGO
Knowledge Box
Cube Nets

Data, Statistics

Algebra

Guess My Number
Pan Balance with Shapes
Deliver the Mail
Solve the expressions to deliver the mail to the right address
Planet Hop
Practice coordinate grids

Measurement

Practice Area and Perimeter

Science

Ecosystems/Water

The Ground Water Foundation
Learn about ground water and what affects it.
Acid Rain Info and Activities
Missouri Botanical Garden
Info about biomes & ecosystems
Food Chain Info and Games
Build a Food Chain Game
Ocean Food Chain/Food Web
African Biodiversity Activity
Understanding Energy Flow
From the sun to the burger
Water Cycle #1
Start here
Water Cycle #2
Read the info here after #1
Photosynthesis
Go here 1st - Click on Photosynthesis under Unit B: Chapter 5
Food Chain Info and Games
Start here
Food Webs
Go here 2nd
Water Cycle #3
Groundwater Groundhogs

Human Body

Digestive System

How the Body Works
Click on the body part you want to learn more about-read articles or watch the video.
My Pyramid Blast Off Game
Play this game to see if you have enough energy to blast off!
Interactive Digestive System
Build the system by dragging the parts!
Digestive System Games
Try to match the parts to their functions

Nutrition

How to Read a Food Label
Learn what all of those numbers mean!
My Food Pyramid Blast Off
How does your diet measure up?
Learn More about the Food Pyramid
The USDA's site for kids
Learning About Carbohydrates
Learning About Protein
Learning About Fats
The NEW Government Food Guidelines
Gone is the pyramid - bring on the plate!

Respiratory System

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Explains the respiratory system and how it works
Inside the Human Body
Learn the anatomy of the system, about air pollution, smoking and lung wellness.
Kids Health - Lungs
Learn about the parts and watch a video - fun and informative!
Kids Health - Video
Click on the lungs and then on movie.
All About Lungs

Circulatory System

Kid's Health - The Circulatory System
NOVA Map of the Human Heart
The Children's Heart House
Super interactive site to see blood flow, anatomy and how blood becomes oxygenated!
What is blood?
Interactive site with quiz
Heart & Circulation
Interactive site with exercise
Can you label the parts of the heart?

Light and Sound

Engineering

Simple Machines
Simple & Complex Machines
Rube Goldberg's Official Site
See the crazy ways Professor Butts gets jobs done.

Lots of Science Stuff

MCAS Review

Classification

Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies

Colonies

Jamestown Decision
How would you fare if you arrived in Jamestown?
Who came to America?
Follow the paths of various explorers as they come to the New World
13 Colonies- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
Colonial Williamsurg
Meet the Daggett family
Learn about colonial life as you meet this Connecticut family
Colonial Kids - Library Thinkquest

American Revolution

Boston Walking Tour Info
The American Revolution
Timelines, biographies, info about battles
PBS-The American Revolution
Info through interesting newspaper articles and a game
Interactive Revolutionary War Activities
Maps, timelines, bios, games, activities
Liberty's Kids
Games/Activities/Info about the series
History Alive Tutorials
Fun quizzes to test your knowledge
The Road to Revolution Game
Freedom Trail Information
City of Boston's Freedom Trail Site
Interactive Timeline
Mr. Donn American Revolution
Biographies of Important People
More biographies of the American Revolution
Even more biographies

Westward Expansion

Pioneer Life
A site created by kids
African-Americans & Westward Expansion
Mountain Men
Kit Carson
Westward Ho!
All kinds of links to info about pioneers & the westward movement

Civil War

Geography

Oxfam
Rand McNally
User name: 2merriam Password: student
Longitude & Latitude Game

How to Use the Internet

Sites to Evaluate

Being Cyber Smart

Cyber Smart
Lots of activities and information to help make the Internet work for you
Internet Safety