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January, 2013

Here are some links to enhance our current Social Studies unit:

Journey to Maryland, Pt. 1

The Journey's Cost

The Colony Begins

The Colony Grows

MATH

Fun Math Games

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ESL

International Digital Library

FLEX: MATH

Penguin Canoes: 2-Digit x 1-Digit
Video: The Only Multiplication Facts You Need to Memorize!
Math Playground: Multiply 2-Digit Numbers
Multiplication Facts Quiz
Top Marks- A Variety of Skills and Games
Subtraction to Millions Word Problems
Subtraction (Adapted Minds)
Subtaction Practice (ixl)

Social Studies: Paleo Indians & Native Americans

Primary and Secondary Sources Sort
Mission-US Native Americans-Choose Your Adventure
Navtech.org
War Path to Peace Pipe
Mrs. Nussbaum's Site
Kids' Encylopedia: Paleo Indians
Video- The First Americans
All About Paleo Indians

Social Studies: GeoLiteracy & Systems

What is GeoLiteracy?

Useful Links

Britannica ImageQuest
SLES Media Website

What's So Great About Reading?

50 Books Kids Should Read Before They're 12
The Book Blog
101 Books to Read Before You Grow-Up
Favorite Books for Fourth Graders
More Favorite Books for Fourth Graders
Why We Love Reading! (video)

Spelling

Spelling City- Practice Our Spelling Words

Social Studies: Geography & Map Skills

Kahoot- Latitude and Longitude Quiz Review
Practice Using Latitude and Longitude
Cardinal Directions Song
Practice Using Cardinal Directions
A Variety of Interactive Map Games
Use Latitude & Longitude
A review of hemispheres, latitude, and longitude.
Find the hidden treasure using latitude and longitude!
Intermediate Directions
The Equator and Climate (Choose the 3rd ppt.)
The International Date Line Video
The 5 Themes of Geography: A video, song, and graphic organizer
National Geographic for Kids

Social Studies: The American Revolution

For Crown or Colony? Choose Your Adventure- Username=CATBIRD7 Password= tree33333

Social Studies: Beginning the MD Colony

St. Mary's City Interactive
Flight to Freedom- Mission-US.org
Web Research-The Voyage to Marie's Land
Web Research: Leonard Calvert
Web Research- Timeline
Learn About the Passengers on the Ark and the Dove

FLEX Group

Actions: American Adventures: Voices for Freedom (Book)
Actions: Research the Underground Railroad
Actions: Slavery- Choose Your Own Adventure
Actions: The March on Washington
Big 6 Research Model Video
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Congressman Steny Hoyer's Website
Create a Bar Graph
Endangered Species
Endangered Species in MD
Endangered Species Video
Footprints Unit Symbaloo
Footprints: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Footprints: Debate Procedure Video
Footprints: Debate Structure Video
Footprints: Energy Island News Video
Footprints: Stossel in the Classroom: The Fracking Debate
Footprints: Video- Fracking Advantages vs Disadvantages
Footprints:Learn the Issues (Topic Board)
kidblog.com
Mythology: Allusions to Greek Myths in Everyday Life ppt
Mythology: Allusions to Greek Myths- Video- Archilles's Heel
Mythology: Greece
Mythology: Greek Gods Family Tree
Mythology: Greek Myths for Kids
Mythology: Greek Myths Resources
Mythology: Myths Interactives
Mythology: Myths Padlet
Mythology: Padlet- Is King Midas a Myth?
Mythology: Pandora's Box
Mythology: Plays
Mythology: Summaries of Greek Myths
Mythology:Allusions to Greek Myths-Video-The Trojan Horse
Severe Weather MSDE Site
Severe Weather: Graphs
Severe Weather: Interactive Game

Calvert County Public Library Crab Card

Click here to register for your Crab Card!

PARCC Practice

PARCC ELA Practice Test 3
PARCC ELA Practice Test 2
PARCC ELA Practice Test 1
Language Standards Practice
Practice for All ELA Skills

Morphology

Prefix: pre-
Prefix: dis-
Prefix: sub-
Root Word: auto
Root Word: scrib
Root Word: spec
Root Word: vis

Social Studies: The Woodland Indians

Learn about the Woodland Indians through Art
Thinkport: The Land and It's People

Current Events

DOGONews
Scholastic News
Time for Kids

Writing

Websites to Improve Student Writing
A Workshop on Writing Myths
A Workshop on Writing Mysteries
A Workshop on Writing a News Article
A Workshop on Writing Folktales
A Workshop on Writing Poetry
A Workshop on Descriptive Writing

Technology

How to Make a Powerpoint Presentation
How to Make a Prezi Presentation (a free online program)

Language Arts: General

Identify the Subordinate Clause
Preposition Interactive
A Wide Variety of Important Skills
Prefixes & Suffixes, Synonyms & Antonyms
Common Core Grammar Activities
A Good Writing Site for Kids
A Variety of Interactive Games
Learn and Practice Spelling Rules
Your Choice! Various Games

Reading: Comprehension

Lots of Informational Articles about Animals
Lots of Short Stories to Read from Highlights Magazine
Reading Strategies Overview
Watch an Animated Movie to Learn About Inferring as We Read
Watch an Animated Movie to Learn About Main Idea

Reading: Phonics

BBC Phonics Games
Circus: Find Different Words with the Same Vowel Sound
Mask Treasure: Match Words with the Schwa Sound
Match Words with the Same Vowel Sound with Different Letters

Reading: Poetry

Children's Poetry to Enjoy! (With Comments)

Reading: Skills

A Variety of Skills to Practice
Find the Main Idea- Volcano
Find the Main Idea-Benjamin Franklin
Idioms Game
Multiple Meaning Words Game
Multiple Meaning Words Jeopardy
Multiple Meaning Words:Write Sentences with These Words

Reading: Vocabulary

Homonym Concentration
Analogy Challenge
Antonyms: Beat the Clock!
Field Trip Game: Unscramble Synonyms
Homonyms: to, two, too
Mind Maps for Any Word. Roll the mouse over the word for the definition.

Reading: Word Skills

Castle Prefixes
Compound Words
Fishtank: Prefix, Base Word, Suffix
Flamingos: -ly and -ful Suffixes
Space Station: Divide Words into Syllables

Magazines for Kids- Get your writing and illustrations published! Plus, read stories and articles!

Cricket Magazine
Merlyn's Pen- A Library of Writing by Kids
Stone Soup

Science

A Great Interactive on Electical Circuits
A Variety of Games to Review Science Concepts
A Variety of Science Interactives...Fun!
A WIDE Variety of Science Interactives
Articles About Animals, the Earth, Space and Other Topics- Choose the Category at the Top of the /
Awesome Science Interactives
Energy Conservation Interactives
Jeopardy Quarter 1 Science Review
Landforms: Order Phases of Erosion
Light & Shadow demonstration, plus other topics
Light Webquest and Scavenger Hunt
Mrs. Ellis Perry's Awesome Science Site
Science Articles for Kids- If you like science, you'll love this site!
The Scientific Method: Mr. Duey's Rap
Watch an Animated Movie About Mars
Watch an Animated Movie About the International Space Station
Watch an Animated Movie to Learn How We Classify Animals

Our Solar System

Experiment with how shadows change depending on the position of the sun.
A short video of the sun APPEARING to move across the sky.
Rotating Earth with Continents
A review of the planets' sizes and distances from the sun.
A quick National Geographic video about our solar system.
A quick National Geographic video about our sun.
Read about the planets and take an online quiz. Fun!
Watch the rotation of the Earth create the day/night cycle.
A real perspective on the solar system...AMAZING!
An animation of the Earth revolving around the sun.

Science Experiments to do at Home

Lots of Science Experiments- Get Your Parent's Permission First!

Math: Algebra

An Animated Tutorial on Extending Growing Patterns
Equations: Find Various Ways of Expressing the Same Amount
Identify Balanced Equations
Make a Pattern

Math: General

Fun Math Games
A Favorite: Awesome Math Games!
A Favorite: A Variety of Animated Tutorials and Games
A Variety of Tutorials
A Variety of Fun Games (with Sound Effects!)
Function Wheels- A fun way to practice all operations and rounding
An Index of a Variety of Interactive Quizzes

Math: Decimals

A Favorite: An Animated Tutorial on Adding Decimals
An interactive decimal number line
Help the builder order decimals

Math: Fractions

Match Fractions to Models (Concentration)
Name the Fraction of a Whole

Math: Geometry

A Fantastic Tutorial on 3D figures
Angles- Interactive for Measuring
Identify the # of Edges, Vertices, and Faces on Solid Figures
Maths Mansion: Line Relationships

Math: Measurement

Finding Area

Math: Multiplication

An amazing trick in case you forget your 6-9 multiplication facts!
Multiplication Concentration
Arrays

Math: Numeracy

Hundreds Chart
Tutorial: Rounding Numbers

Math: Operations/Computation (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide)

Add With/Without Regrouping Using Models
Add./Mult. Fact Practice Baseball Game
Crazy Counting Machine
Equations: Model Different Ways to Express the Same Value
Math Minutes: Choose the Operation
Multiplication Concentration Game
Multiply 2-Digit Numbers w/Regrouping Lesson
Multiply 2-Digit Numbers w/Regrouping Practice
Print Multiplication Fact Practice Worksheets

Math: Place Value

Great Math Lessons, Practice, and Games
Identify the Numbers that Models Represent

Math: Statistics and Probability

Online quiz on Mean, Median, Mode and Range. Be sure to read the explanations if you miss any questions!
Probability: Color Marbles to Show

One Room Schoolhouse

A Current-Day One Room Schoolhouse!
An Overview of a One Room Schoolhouse
Games Played at the One Room Schoolhouse
Little Red Schoolhouse Jigsaw Puzzle
One Room Schoolhouse Images
One Room Schoolhouse Newsletter

General Resources

Alberta, Canada Teacher Resource

Independent Study

Flip Camera Projects

Indoor Recess

Room Recess
Instructables
Go Noodle
Brain Breaks...Fun!
An Array of Different Games
Great Graphics: Math and Word Games

Holidays

Christmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas book
Christmas How to Draw the Grinch (Video)
Christmas Interactives
Halloween
Thanksgiving

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