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September

Kids Online Safety
Adventures in Internet Safety. Safe Games for Kids - interactive activities to promote online safety.

Get Your Web License
PBS site to guide you through safe surfing.


Team Building beginning of the year activity.

Mightybook - Story Books Online: Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand
Choose the story - Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand from the list. What are the problems in this story? Is there a lesson to be learned? Discuss with your tablemates the characters, what can you tell about them? What are the problems in the story and how are they solved? What is the lesson that the author is trying to get you to think about? Put your responses on a sticky note and then add them to the chart.


Language Arts beginning of the year group activity.

Etherpad
Directions: Type in your ideas on topics that you would like to learn about this year in Third Grade.

Wordle
We'll be copying our ideas for subjects of interest from Etherpad into this tool to capture common ideas.

Math
This month, we will be practicing our basic math facts online. There are varying levels for students to progress through.

Number Sense: Addition and Subtraction
Choose an activity off of our class web page - your choice of activity to practice.

**Students are always welcome to practice using these links at home. Print them off, and bring them to school for extra credit**
Extra
Ready Kids
Offered by U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, this activity promotes safety readiness for kids.


October

Language Arts
We will practice our descriptive writing with the Monster Exchange Project. The purpose of the project is to practice descriptive writing, along with technology skills. Students will draw monsters and then write descriptions for our partner class. The other class will recreate the monster based on the description. Both pictures will be uploaded onto the MonsterExchange.Org site to compare. This project is a lot of fun, and a good way to meet other classes. Make sure to click on "Our Monster Gallery" when the monsters are online, to see how the classes did.

Monster Exchange


Brainpop Video on Writing Directions
An online presentation and activity explaining the process to writing directions.

A perfect cup of tea for Gran
Practice sequencing the pictures to make a perfect cup of tea.

Sequencing
Try this online activity from New Zealand - match the events to the order they happen.

Bat Week

Halloween Fun from Nasa Kids
Find out about echolocation by reading "Echo the Bat Story".

Bat World Video
Choose from a variety of clips to learn about bats.

Creature Features - Flying Fox Bats
Interesting information on this bat.

From National Geographic

WatchKnowLearn Video - Bats
Free videos on this topic.

KidZone-Bats
Activities and Research on Bats

Little Brown Bats
More information on bats.

Halloween Candy Graph

Create a Graph
Use your tally sheet data and the program prompts to create a graph of the Halloween Candy you collected.

November

Social Studies
The First Thanksgiving
Scholastic Online Activity.

Extra!
Smithsonian for Kids
A variety of activities for the curious student.

December - Continue Math Fact Practice

This month, we will continue to practice our basic math facts online. There are varying levels for students to progress through.

Online Addition Games
Choose a level and create the online game to complete.

Online Subtraction Games
Same directions as the activity link above.

**Students are always welcome to practice using these links at home. Print them off, and bring them to school for extra credit**

Chris Van Allsburg Home Page
Interactive site about Chris.

BookPALS Storyline
The Screen Actors Guild reads popular Childrens Books online. We'll be hearing "The Polar Express".

January

Social Studies/Language Arts
The group will be writing their descriptions on how to locate Melrose along with other facts about our area for this collaborative project. For more information on the project, please click the link below:

Postcard Geography

Check back for pictures of our bulletin board once the project gets underway.

Typing Practice
Practice typing skills at home with this online activity.


February


Using Verbs
Practice using verbs.

Storybird - Online Story Making
Creative Writing Project

A Turkey Shot Out of the Oven Poem
Work with a partner to identify the verbs in this Jack Prelutsky poem.

Simple Machines

Simple Machine Webquest
You will be learning about the six different simple machine types, and creating a wacky machine of your own.

Animation

Animation Factory
Use this link to see additional animated gifs.

Origins of American Animation
Interested in learning more? Click here to access the Library of Congress for the history on this topic.

Storyboard Template
Template to print off.

FlipSticks
Science Explorer - Make your own animated flipstick

Still Life with Animation
Explanation of Cell Animation

March


Go North - Classroom Dogsled Expedition
We will be participating in this collaborative project developed by the University of Minnesota in partnership with NOMADS Online Classroom Expeditions. We will be virtually visiting the Artic National Wildlife Refuge, in northeast Alaska. We will be finding out about the 700 mile dogsled journey, as well as learning more about the artic. *Project starts 2/14 and lasts until 5/13*

Project Poster
Use this online tool for students to create your project, and share with the class on the Internet.

Lucky Charms St. Patricks Day Project
Collaborative project held on St. Patricks Day, March 17.

April

Social Studies
Meet Ann McGovern
We are reading ...If You Lived in Colonial Times. Find out about the author.

Ben Franklin Info
Cyberhunt Ben Franklin
Find out more about Ben Franklin by visiting the sites on this page.

USS Constitution/Old Ironsides
The official U.S. Navy site for this historic ship. Take the virtual tour, and read her history.


Poetry
Similes & Metaphors
Song to explain the differences between Similes & Metaphors to compare.

May

Language Arts
Meet Some Deadly Dinos!
Search the different Dinosaurs for information in this prehistoric adventure.

Nova - Titanic's Lost Sister
Explanation of Underwater Salvage, and an interview with Robert Ballard.

News Writing with Scholastic Editors
Take this online workshop to learn the basics of news writing. After completing the workshop, you will receive a certificate.

Ocean Life
In partnership with the Earthwatch Institute, Scholastic offers this Ocean life research site.

Swimming with Dolphins
Use the links on the page to get answers to your cyberhunt.

ReadWriteThink Printing Press
Templates for setting up writing projects - newspaper, booklet, flyer, brochure


Marketing to Kids Awareness Activities

Co-Co's AdverSmarts
Kids meet Co-Co Crunch a popular cereal who needs help designing a new Web site. Find out how companies market products to kids.

June

Language Arts
Folktale Writer's Workshop/Scholastic
This online workshop offers tips, and guidelines for writing folktales. Tips come from two authors - Alma Flor Ada, and Rafe Martin. After working through the workshop, and writing your own folktale, submit your story for publishing (*personal information IS NOT submitted with stories*). As a result of completing this online workshop, certificates are awarded.

Birdwatching

After getting some background information on birds, we'll be doing some field work putting these new skills to work.

Hummer Nest '05
Enjoy this series of pictures as the hummingbird family grows.

Identify Bird Sounds
Can you identify these birds?

Identify Bird Skulls
Another activity on birds.

Cyberbee project:Peregrine Resources
Online project and resources.

Parachute Ideas

These links will give information on how parachutes work, and ideas for designing one for our egg drop.

Science Experiment-Make a Parachute
This article gives information on how parachutes work, and ideas on how to make one.

Parachutes? Does Size Matter?
Another article explaining how parachutes work.

Advertizing Awareness

These activities help students become aware of the strategies marketing companies use to sell products.

Co-Co's AdverSmarts:Unit of Food Marketing
An interactive unit to support media awareness


This resource created and maintained by Susan Herook (*All Rights Reserved*) Last Updated August 2018