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Dewey Decimal Fun 3rd Grade

Dewey Decimal Categories
Identify the different Dewey Decimal Categories through a Jeopardy type game. Single or 2 player format.
Dewey Decimal Rap
Learn more about the man who created the Dewey Decimal System
Get to Know Dewey
A website created by students to help you learn more about the Dewey Decimal System
Shelve It Game
Students will put books in call number order
Order in the Library
Test yourself on sorting and shelving using the Dewey Decimal System.
Dewey Decimal System Glogster
Online Poster about Dewey Decimal System

Fiction or Nonfiction

Am I Real or Imaginary?
Cute quiz....kids need to be able to read
Practice Fiction or Nonfiction
Read stories to decide if fiction or nonfiction
Fiction or Nonfiction
Students read short passages to decide
Starfall Fiction/Nonfiction
Read or hear online stories
Tina's Real or Make-Believe
Choose if the story is real or make-believe
Let's Make Believe
Cute Choose Your Own Story with Daniel Tiger
Dinosaur Read or Make-Believe
Children read questions about dinosaurs

Author Studies

Kevin Henkes

Kevin Henkes Website
Official Kevin Henkes website where you'll find videos, book information, interviews, games, articles, and much more.
Kevin Henkes meet the author
6 minute video with Kevin Henkes

Donald Crews

Donald Crews
Biography
Donald Crews Book Activities
Featured author of a virtual book club for kids....

Tomie DePaolo

Tomie dePaolo
Online interview
Tomie dePaolo
Official website for Tomie dePaolo
Tomie Blog
Follow what's new in Tomie dePaolo's world
Telling stories with Tomie dePaola
Cute Play with Strega Nona and Big Anthony
Tomie dePaola
Why is reading important?

Booklists

Book Reviews

Kindergarten Units of Inquiry

Holidays

December Holidays
Open scrapbooks to discover how kids acorss the globe celebrate three popular winter holidays.

Transportation

Me!

Who Am I?
Starfall's All About Me

Illustrations

ABCya! Paint
Create an illustration!
ABCya! Pixel Art
Create pixel art to go with your writing!

1st Grade Units of Inquiry

Healthy Me

Community

Long Ago and Today

2nd Grade Units of Inquiry

H2O Here We Go

Maps

The Cat in the Hat Can Map
Create your own map
Use Cardinal Directions
Fun way to use a compass
Go George Go!
Give directions.......
United States Map Matching Skills
Build a Neighborhood
Maps & Geography
Awesome site!!!!!
Turtle Diary - Continents
How did the continents form? What are the 7 continents?
Weebly Map & Geography Skills
Great sites.....
Adventure Island
Use map key to help get around an island.

Communication

Kidszone
History of ... various forms of communication
All About Braille
Information about braille
Pony Express
Pony Express
Pony Express for Kids
written by 2nd graders
Braille Bug for Kids
All about Braille
Braille - PBS kids
Find out about Prunella blind friend and how braille can help blind people read! Enter a message into the braille translator.
History of Braille
Alexander Graham Bell
the telephone
Telegraph and Telephone
Television
Facts about Television
Egyptian Writing - Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics
National Geographic for Kids - Hieroglypics
Great site about Egyptian writing

Conflict Resolution

3rd Grade Units of Inquiry

Circle of Life

Ranger Rick Animals
National Geographic Kids
San Diego Zoo
Kids Planet Fact Sheet
Wild Kratts on PBS
Fun facts.....
Animal Fact Guide
Facts about animals....higher level reading....
Soft Schools
Great animal facts!
Science Kids
Animal facts.....
Smithsonian National Zoo
Facts about animals....higher level reading
Zoo Borns
All about the newest, cutest born animals in zoos and aquariums
World Wildlife
Scroll down for choices and facts!
Switchzoo
Awesome site for fun, games and facts about animals

Thank You

Exploring Leonardo da Vinci
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
America's Story
Mocomi Online Magazine
Biography Resources
Biographies for Kids
Great resource for kids
Biographies
Great Selection
KIdsClick!
Sweet Search....Biographies
Social Studies...Biographies
Biographies
Fact Monster
Famous People
The Presidents
KIdzworld
Great place for kids to search...athletes
Kid Rex Safe Search Engine
Kids search engine

Cities

Simple Machines

Inclined Plane - Simple Machines
Video description for kids
What is a Screw? Simple Machines
Video description for kids
What is a Wedge? Simple Machines
Video description for kids

Dewey Decimal Sorting 2nd Grade

Shelver
Practice putting books in order ...
Call Number Order
Pick which set of books are in call number order by author's last name.

Dr. Seuss - Grade 3

Dr. Seuss National Memorial
Biography about Theodore Geissel
Dr. Seuss Biography
Short biography of Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss Facts
Facts about Dr. Seuss
PBS = Dr. Seuss
Short biography on Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Info on Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Information on Dr. Seuss
Seussville Author Study
Great interactive site about Seuss

Kindergarten ABC Order

Alphabet Order
Students put alphabet in order
Letter Bubble
Drop letters into correct order

Mouse Fun

Bee & Honey
Practice clicks and dragging and dropping
Bubble Wrap
Left Click mouse practice
ABCYa
Practice click and drag by making a face
Palm Beach Country Library - Using a Mouse
Get familiar with a computer mouse
Mousercise
Mouse practice
Fruit Fall
Move mouse to catch fruit then count it
Bloople's Colors
Practice mouse use and colors at same time
Mouse Practice
Pickle Pops Bubbles
Connect the Dots
Use mouse to connect dots
Take a Trip - Mouse Control
Drag a car on short trips...
Mouse and Pointer Tutorial
Great mouse tutorial and practice!
Make a house
Mini mouse games
Various games to practice mouse skills
Alphabet Letter Order
Connect the dots
Upper case/Lower Case Letter Match
Counting, sorting, comparing
AWESOME

Reference Fun

Using a Dictionary - Guide Words
Have fun practicing guide word know how!
Dictionary/Thesaurus Guide Words
Practice sorting ...
Dictionary Use
Watch and learn about the dictionary
Rags to Riches
Using guide words game
Dictionary Exercises
Challenging Questions about Dictionaries
How to Use Dictionary
Gerat Site!!!!!
Wordsmyth
Great Dictionary to explore!
Which One? Synonym Game
Which words are the same or different?
Line Match
Match the words that mean the same

Alphabetical Order

Alphabetizing
Put words in alphabetical order
English Maven - Alphabetization
ABC Order
Alphabet Bears
roy the Zebra - ABC Order
Alphabetizing
2nd Grade ABC Order
Bitesize
ABC Order-Alphabetical Adventure

Search Engines for Kids

Kid Rex
Kid-friendly search tool
Ask Kids
Kid-friendly search tool
Awesome Library
Kid-friendly search tool
One Key
Kid-friendly search tool

Dr. Seuss

Seussville
Have fun with Dr. Seuss

Keyboard

Keyboard - Letters (A-Z) K/1
Find the letters on the keyboard
Keyboard Zoo 1/2
Learn the Keyboard
Keyboard Cup Stacking 2/3
Practice letters on keyboard
Alpha Munchies Typing Game 3
A Challenge....2/3
Typing Rocket Junior 3
Cute game to help learn keyboard letters....

Thanksgiving Fun

Make a silly turkey....
Students create a turkey
Thanksgiving Challenge
Classify and arrange guests around table
Thanksgiving Word Search
Word Cloud - Thankful
Students type what thankful for
Thanksgiving Virtual Fieldtrip

Book Reviews 2nd/3rd

The Stacks
book trailers
Student Made Book Trailers
video book trailers for kids
Spaghetti Book Cl;ub
book reviews by kids for kids
Kids Reads
Great site for kids all about books

Internet - Safety