Main Idea Websites
1. Main Idea(Beacon Learning Center)
2. Main Idea -- Summarize as You Read(TV 411)
3. Main Idea(Harcourt Schools) 4. Finding the Main Idea
5. Reading Upgrade--Skills: Main Idea, Sentences, and more6. Test Tutor: Yippee-Yay (grade 3)
7. Test Tutor: If You Made a Million (grade 3)
8. Harcourt Art Everywhere: Main Idea (grade 3)
9. Harcourt Art Everywhere: Main Idea and Details (grade 4)
10. Harcourt Art Everywhere: Main Idea and Details (grade 5)
11. Harcourt: Find the Big Idea
12. Quiz Time (Oswego)
13. Main Idea, Explicit and Implied Details (Beacon Learning Center)
14. Reading Skills Rocket: Stone Age News
15. Reading Skills Rocket: Into the Past
16. Reading Skills Rocket: Evelyn Cisneros
17. Test Tutor: Look into the Past - The Greeks and Romans
18. Study Zone--Supporting Details and Relevant Details
19. Study Zone: Supporting Details
20. Study Zone--Main Idea, Supporting Sentences, Writing Paragraphs
21. Study Zone--Supporting Ideas 22. Study Zone: Important and Unimportant Details
23. Study Zone--Main Idea
Educational & FUN Websites to Visit!!
Animal Research: Here you will find a hot list of zoo animal websites. Zoo 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/
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 for the International Festival. 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