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Online Ordering Information http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp Order Online and room#15 receives a free book! Thank you for your support! Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs Class Activation Code: GT7KN Student Database username- poway  password-  success World Book On-line Encyclopedia User name- poway   Password- success Third Grade Recommended Reading List Fourth Grade Recommended Reading List                                FREE-Great interactive site for skill practice and interactive learning videos.       http://www.theheadoftheclass.com/   On-line Dictionary                                           http://www.primarygames.com/Click on your grade level to view the standards and links to sites. Practice for standards. ELA, Reading and Math Practice! 2nd-3rd: http://www.powayusd.com/projects/EdTechCentralnew/2-3Standards.htm 4th-5th: http://www.powayusd.com/projects/EdTechCentralnew/4-5Standards.htm Cool Math Games http://www.coolmath.com/ Primary Games http://www.primarygames.com/ The Rappin' Mathematician 1 The Rappin'Mathematician 2 (Multiplication Nation) CURSIVE WRITING Good  Fine Motor Development Sites to Help Your Child With Handwriting and Fine motor Tasks http://www.growalongwithme.ca/files/Fun%20Fine%20Motor%20Activities(1).pdf http://school-ot.com/fine%20motor%20activities.html http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/fine-motor-skills-activities-for-children.html http://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/fine-motor-activities.html http://www.ehow.com/list_7214131_fun-fine-motor-activities-kids.html

Compass Learning To log in- you log in the same way as you do in the computer lab. (Full Student ID number and birthdate) Compass Learning Math Expressions Links Math Expressions http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/ Math a rama http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/     Math Background-Units Taught http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g3/mathbkg/   STAR Mathematics Test Prep 3rd. grade http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmcam/prep/prep_3.html   STAR Mathematics Test Prep 4th. grade http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmcam/prep/prep_4.html     Challenge Masters  http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g3/challenge/   http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g4/challenge/   Accessible Algorithms   http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g3/algorithms/   Visual Support http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g3/visual/   Houghton Mifflin Reading Kid Fun http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06 TIDE POOL Links http://www.zoomschool.com/biomes/intertidal/intertidal.shtml http://library.thinkquest.org/J001418/animals.html http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/tideguide.html http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23923  NASA Links (Thank you Jennifer Wright) NASA home Current /highlights/launch schedules For K-4 students For 5-8 students NASA Kids Club NASA & LEGO

Rainforest Links

Reading and Language Arts

Math

Science

Mysteries	AAA Math	Our Solar System
Wacky Web Tales	Myths and Legends	Interactive Weather
Book Adventures	Math Flash Cards	The Weather Dude
On-line English Grammar	Fact Monster	Magic School Bus
Grammar Gorilla	Math Dictionary for Kids	Kids Go Wild
Candlelight Stories	Math Basketball	Space
Mad Libs	Graph Creator	Rocks and Mineral Webquest

Fact Monster Spelling Bee	Interactive Multiplication Table Game	The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Spell a Roo	Paint by Idioms	Kaleidoscope Maker
	Multiplication Mountain	How Stuff Works
Giggle Poetry
Make Your Own Comics	SuDoKu	NASA for Kids
Word of the Day	Meteor Multiplication	Wonderville
Analogy of the Day	Car Wash ~ Multiplication	Tinker Ball
Spelling Bee of the Day	Practice Monkey ~ Multiplication
Analogy Jeopardy	Concentration
Social Studies	Reference Information	Educational Sites
National Geographic for Kids	Encyclopedia Britannica	Enchanted Learning
Time for Kids	Webster's Dictionary	Yahooligans
	Roget's Thesaurus	LearningPlanet
Continent and Ocean Quiz	Rhyming Dictionary	Funbrain
Biographies	Scholastic	Quiz Hub
City Creator	Children's Encyclopedias	Ask Kids
The Fifty States	What Time Is It?	Disney Movie on Internet Safety
Sites for Parents	Fun Sites for Kids	Keyboarding Games
PBS Parents	New York Philharmonic	Typing Terror
Cool Math 4 Parents	YahooKids	Typing Bubbles
Sites for Parents	Fox Kids	Typing Monster (Advanced)
Parent Smart	Nick	Dance Mat Typing
Create Math Worksheets	Tetris
Print Your Own Flashcards	Chinese Checkers/Checkers/Chess
	Logic Games
	Zany Fun
	Wii Games	Measuring Angles with a Protractor

Great Websites for Third Graders

Science

Animal Research:  Here you will find a hot list of zoo animal websites.  Animal Links

The Solar System: This is an awesome, information-packed website with photos, diagrams, and descriptions of the nine planets in our solar system. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/

The Human Body: Here students can play games, view posters, and watch movies about the human body. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/HumanBody/index.html

Water: At this site, students will learn how the special properties of water allow life on the water planet—Earth.  There are games to play and movies and pictures to see. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/Water/index.html

Structures of Life: Learn about seeds and fruits. Get to know crayfish, their structures and behaviors. In the activity section, test your knowledge of life cycles. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/StructuresofLife/index.html

Plants: This is an awesome website that introduces students to a plant's structure, life cycle, and parts. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/case1.html

Math

AAA Math: Hundreds of pages of basic math skills, interactive practice on every page, an explanation of the math topic on each page, and several challenge games on every page. http://aaamath.com/B/grade3.htm

Kids Bank:  Guided by Penny, Dollar Bill, Interest Ray, and Checks, students will learn about money, savings, interest, checking, and electronic banking in this very interactive site.  There are quizzes and games that help students review what they learn during the tours. http://www.kidsbank.com/index_2.asp

Math Baseball: This game provides students with a fun way to practice basic facts. http://www.funbrain.com/math/

Basic Facts Practice: Students can practice addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts while taking timed or un-timed tests.  Students can choose a maximum value, a specific number of problems to be solved, and a time limit in which they can try complete the test. http://www.haelmedia.com/basic_fact_sheets/index.html

READING GRAPHS--Learn to read simple to more difficult graphs on this site. http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8112/graph.html

Multiplication Practice: At this site, students can practice their basic facts and play multiplication games. http://www.multiplication.com/students.htm

Spelling

FUNSCHOOL--Can you spot the misspelled words?  Click on this site and see!                                                 http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=ms2_ds1&t=j&w=620&h=360

Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary--This isn't for babies either!! The amount of information on  the site just "boggles the mind"!!!! http://www.littleexplorers.com/DictionaryA.html

Reading

Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World http://raspberry.forest.net/FMPro?-DB=whootie.fp5&-Format=/whootie/results.htm&type=folk%2Btales&-Find%00

Children's Favorite Authors: This is a comprehensive "hot list" of links that will take students to the websites of their favorite authors. http://www.ahisd.net/campuses/cambridge/library/chilauth.html

Social Studies/Current Events

Country Websites: This site will be used to research the countries of our ancestors. http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/Staff/BAlbery/myweb3/country%20websites.htm

Time for Kids: This website is an outstanding resource for kid-friendly news stories.  It is great practice for reading non-fiction text,  and it provides lots of extra activities for students to complete after their reading.  www.timeforkids.com

Cross-Curricular

FunBrain: This website provides students with educational games to practice skills across the curriculum. http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

GameGoo: This is an interactive website in whch students can practice grammar and word skills through educational games. http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Place Value is how our number system works.  Without it we wouldn't be able to write large numbers.  Just think.... with just 10 digits - 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, we can write ANY number we choose!
That means the value of a digit (what it's worth) depends on its place (where it is in the number). Therefore we have the term PLACE... VALUE.
Get it? COOL!
So a 2 could be worth 2...20...200... and into the
thousands,
millions,
billions,
trillions,
and so on,
and so on,
and so ON!
WOW! Below are sites with lessons and awesome games to learn more about Place Value and to practice your number skills. What are you waiting for? Click the links to... "Perfect Your Place Value Skills!"

Place Value	Place Value Demo	Shark Pool Place Value Game
Place Value Game	Expanded Form	Place Value in Words
Arrow Cards	Place the Penguin	Place Value Puzzler
Cookie Dough	Place Value Blocks	Say Really Big Numbers!
Take My Number	Place Value Movie	E-Lab Place Value
Tank Game	Hidden Picture	Place Value Millionaire
Sea Shell Rounding	Place Value War	Pirate Place Value (with decimals)
Place Value Golf	Cyberchase	One False Move
Rounding Flash Cards	6 Digit Place Value

 

 

*NASA Website

Explore our Solar System and the Universe at these awesome sites!

Windows to the Universe
Excellent site!

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Space Games!
at Windows to the Universe

Astronomy for Kids

From Frontier.net

ThinkQuest Astronomy

Fact Monster- Stars and Planets

Solar System Exploration

National Geographic has many wonderful online explorations.

Below are two that relate to the study of space. Enjoy the virtual ride.

Return to Mars

Virtual Solar System  

 

 

Starchild - A Learning Center For Young Astronomers

BrainPop - Mars 

Plan a Mission to Mars

Space Guide

Zoom Astronomy

International Space Station

Your Weight On Other Worlds 

Amazing Space 

Mysteries of Deep Space 

Runaway Universe 

Space Place 

 

Space Kids

Constellations 

 

 

Here are a few ideas and great math sites to practice some skills that are explored in third grade at the beginning of the year. 

Buying a set of flash cards and using them nightly is a great way to master the basic addition and subtraction math facts. You can also use a regular deck of cards to practice facts. Just display two cards at a time for each player in the game of WAR. Add (or subtract) the value of the two cards to determine who wins the play. Face cards can be used if they are given a value such as zero or ten.

Flash Cards	Matho Game
Addition Hidden Picture game	Subtraction Hidden Picture game
Addition Concentration	Addition with Regrouping Game
Place Value Game	Number Line Game
Word Problems	Create a Graph
Ordering Numbers	Number Words

 

 

We will be focusing on regrouping with subtraction. Here is a poem that may be helpful: 

More on top? 
No need to stop.

More on the floor? 
Go next door, 
Get ten more.

Numbers the same? 
Zero's the game.

Flash Cards	Subtraction Concentration
Alien Subtraction	Subtraction Hidden Picture game
Two-digit Subtraction without Regrouping Lesson	Two-digit Subtraction with Regrouping Lesson
Subtraction Story Problems- no regrouping	Subtraction Story Problems- with regrouping
Word Problems	Word Problems- Mixed Practice with addition and subtraction
Ordering Numbers	Number Words

The World of Fine Arts Foreign Language Site Famous Americans   Information on the 50 States http://www.50states.com/ http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Around_the_World/U_S__States/ World Fact Book- Book about all kinds of facts about the World http://www.yahooligans.com/reference/factbook/ Travel for Kids http://www.travelforkids.com/	Dance Mat Typing Senselang Typing Kidsknowit Netsmartz Starfall Enchanted Learning Kids Yahoo.com Learning Planet - RATS!!! Amazing Space Kids Zone Fact Monster Ask for kids Primary Games Ed Heads Cyber Sleuth Kids Clicks Real World Science Time for Kids Scholastics Scholastic Story Starter Site Right Whales Biscayne National Park Webrangers   Reference Wordcentral (Dictionary) Factmonster (Dictionary) Encyclopedia online! Enchanted Learning  Atlas
Biography Links  http://readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/ Artists@ Astronauts@ Athletes@ Authors@ Entertainers (9) Explorers@ Nobel Prize Laureates@ Philosophers (18) Political and World Leaders (73) Religious Figures@ Royalty@ Scientists@ Women@ Life Cycles Butterfly Life Cycle Frog Life Cycle-Label Activity  Take the Frog Life Cycle Quiz Lady Bug Life Cycle	Simple Machines and Magnets   Simple Machines What is a Machine? Simple Machine Review Photos of Simple Machines Simple and Compound Machines Magnets All About Magnets More About Magnets
Solar System Astronomy for Kids Welcome to the Planets The Solar System Absolute Astronomy Starchild - The Planets	Speaking and Listening Skills Book Series Junie B. Jones Magic Tree House Harry Potter Charlotte's Web Activities   Magic School Bus  Links to other book series
Habitats, Biomes,  & Ecosystems  What is a habitat?     What is a biome?     What is an ecosystem? Biome Comparison Chart Biomes of the World The World's Biomes Desert Habitat Island Habitat Ocean Habitat Prairie/Steppe Habitat Wetland Habitat Savanna Scrubland Temperate Forest/Taiga Tropical Rainforest Tundra Desert Ecosystem  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5 /biome/deserts.html http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/ http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/animals/ http://www.desertusa.com/life.html Kelp Forest http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/habitats/kelp1.htm http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/kelpforest.html http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_hp/hp_kelp.asp http://www.nationalgeographic.com/monterey/ax/primary_fs.html http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/jewel/kelp/default.htm http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/learning/learning_res/kelpcam.cfm      Birch Aquarium Math Practice Math Power Helpers Multiplication/Division Sites !!!!Check out the cool math game site that coincides with the Everyday Math Units in grades K-5 Interactive manipulatives! Scholastic Math Hunt Math Maven's Mysteries Max's Math Adventures Money, Time, Patterns, Decimals ... Multiplication Flashcard Game Flashcards A Plus Math  Everyday Math (All Grades) Learning Planet Fact Monster Roz's Math-a-Rama Math Games Brain Teasers! Rush Hour Fun and Interactive Math Sites	Plants The Great Plant Escape Plant Explorer Enchanted Learning-Plants! Animals Animal Homes, Classifications, and More! All kinds of animal info! Critter Corner Animal Classifications and Info Animal Ways of Life Endangered Species World's Rarest Animals Mammal Info Mammal Info 2 Marine Mammals National Geographic Kids Enchanted learning Animal Information Animal Planet   Kidsplanet  Yahooligans Animals San Diego Zoo Kids Page Sea World Animal Bytes Zoo Books for Kids National Geographic Creature Feature Birds Crocodilian Species Turtles and Tortoises Sea Animal Activities for Kids    Language Arts Practice Letter Writing Activities   Poetry  Fairy Tales Writing Genres Game Goo (Phonics and ELL Practice)    Book Adventure  (Test your comprehension!)  Starfall  (Phonics and Basic Reading)   Readaquarium   (Reading & Word Study Skills) Funbrain   Vocabulary Builders   Antonyms Practice PBS Stories  Suffixes ed and ing Hangman Word Search

Bat Link

Study Skills

 Attention Teachers and Parents

Ignite your your students' desire to learn with
ready-made Internet handouts (while saving hours
usually spent on tedious internet searching.)
http://www.surfnetkids.com/printables-club.htm


http://www.surfnetkids.com/study_skills.htm

Achieving success in school isn't always easy, but it is doable if you put your mind to it. Step one is improving your study skills. Although many of this week's study skill sites are written by university counselors, their sound advice is equally applicable to middle and high-school students.

Homework Helper: Study Skills
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/studyskills1.html

"There is no secret to being a good student -- all it takes is a lot of hard work!" To ensure your hard work is productive, dive into these three great articles from Information Please: Taking Notes, Reading Textbooks, Studying for Tests. I was never taught study skills (am I showing my age here?) but as I read this advice, I did recognize a few tactics from my own arsenal. For example, I always browse through a book (or textbook) before reading it. Getting an overview of the material first increases retention.

How to Study
http://www.how-to-study.com/

Peter Canavan, a Florida teacher and guidance counselor, divides his recommendations into ten sections. In addition to listening and reading comprehension, How to Study includes three sections on using index cards for learning vocabulary (make your own flash cards), writing a research paper (use one for each bibliographic source) and public speaking (write a single idea on each card.) Even in these days of electronic information, the versatile index card survives and thrives.

... to continue reading, visit Surfnetkids: Study Skills.

Astronomy-  

Astronaut Sites

http://library.thinkquest.org/13421/astronaut.htm

http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/index.html

http://www.vibrationdata.com/space/Women.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_names_of_all_the_astronauts

http://thinkexist.com/occupation/famous_astronauts/

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ Nine Planets - take this multimedia tour of our solar system.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html-want to learn more about our solar system and the universe? Come try these activities.

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/-Astronomy for Kids - have fun exploring the universe we live in! Learn about the planets, see sky maps to find your favorite stars, and get answers to astronomy questions.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worlds/stargazer.html-learn about what you can see and some general stargazing tips from NOVA Online.

Great American Mail Race

A Hotlist on ocean life
An Internet Hotlist on ocean life

Introduction | Sandy Shore | Rocky Shore | Kelp Forest | Coral Reef | Games

Introduction

The Internet Resource

Sandy Shore

• Ocean Animals - Look at different echinoderms that live in the water and on the beach. Click to the next page at the bottom of the page.

   

• What a crabby site! - Learn about two different yet amazing crabs.

   

• Shells, shells, and more shells - This is an amazing site which has beautiful pictures of many bivalves.

Rocky Shore

• WIndow into the sea - How does an animal survive in a tidepool?

   

• What is a tide pool? - Find out about different tide pool animals.

   

Kelp Forest

• The Kelp Forest - Learn all about the kelp forest.

   

• Parts of kelp - Learn about the different parts of the kelp,

   

Coral Reef

• Coral Reef Animals - Learn about the many animals found in the coral reef.

Games

• Ocean Quiz - Do you know your oceans and continents?

   

• Ocean Games