My Reading Classrooms
Dr. Seuss Day Activities/Projects
Read the story, "The Sneetches" and watch the video before completing the classwork. Complete the classwork on notebook paper.
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McGraw-Hill
~Reading Curriculum~
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We have our ENTIRE curriculum online now! This is so exciting because students can access their textbooks, workbooks, assignments, and assessments online! Each student may access their online curriculum by signing in with the following information: Login Name: LASTNAME0339 or FIRSTNAME0339 Password: soho0339 (example login name: Sara Smith = SMITH0339 or Sara Smith = SARA0339) Assignments may be given for classwork & homework. Please let me know if your child may not be able to access the internet at home. I will allow time to to access online resources during school time (before, during and after) if necessary. I am willing to do whatever it takes for your children to excel this year! |
Storyworks Magazine
(Scholastic News)
Login: Click "Sign in" as Student
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~Spelling City~
Spelling City is a free online resource that allows students to customize activities with their current spelling words. I will do my best to create word lists each week, but if they are not available, students can input their words themselves.
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Magic Tree House:
Book Series/Activities
Students explore reading by climbing up the tree and enter the tree house to find some great puzzles, fun games and quizzes on any of the 45+ Magic Tree House books.
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Grammaropolis
Grammaropolis is a fun, interactive site that helps students learn about the parts of speech.
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e-learning for Kids:
Grades 2-5
e-Learning For Kids is a great site with some wonderful interactive learning games that are engaging and fun. Students click on their grade and can then choose from a list of games divided into subjects.
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Neo k12 Online Resources
NeoK12 is a fantastic collection of videos, arranged by subject, that have been individually reviewed by K-12 teachers. The videos are all (at least the ones I've seen) via YouTube, all the ads have been stripped, and all related videos removed which, for an educator, is a great thing! There are also quizzes, games and puzzles as well as a cool presentation creator that helps teachers or students create presentations within the site. Also cool is the How it Works section. |
~ABCya!~
ABCya! is a fun site for lots of great games and activities. |
Grade Level Links:
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~Books Should Be Free~
Books Should be Free (formally Audio Owl) makes the world's public domain audio books available for browsing in a visual and easily searchable way. You can search for a specific title, or use the genre list to visually scan through hundreds of titles. Books may be previewed directly on the site, or you may download them directly into iTunes, or as zipped mp3 files. The downloads are broken into chapters, which is useful for teachers using this as a listening station.
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~storyjumper~
Story Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too. One of the best things about Story Jumper is that it is easy for teachers to create and assign student accounts.
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Questionaut:
Math, English, & Science
Questionaut is a Math, English and Science game from the BBC. The premise of the game is your standard question/answer delivery. The artwork is amazing, and the students have to work and explore to be given the questions. Within each level, the player will need to complete a series of clicks to release the questions, adding a very subtle think-out-of-the-box element to the game.
Vocab Ahead is a collection of short videos that give definitions, usage and pictures associated with interesting vocabulary words. You can subscribe to receive a vocab video of the day, and there is also a section of videos by students that are fantastic.
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Online Typing Practice Sites
These sites are available to teach students how to type efficiently on a keyboard. They are free and offer a fun, motivational learning environment for elementary students. Please encourage your child to acquire these technological skills. It will only benefit their future and encourage them to be ambitious in their educational goals. |
www.typingweb.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm http://www.slimekids.com/games/typing-games/super-hyper-spider-typer.html http://www.funtotype.com http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html http://games.sense-lang.org/ http://www.typingclub.com/typing-qwerty-en.html |
Toporopa:
Virtual Backpacking
Can't afford that summer vacation schlepping around Europe? No worries, just pull up Toporopa on your nearest browser and learn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of the wonderful continent.
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Arcademics:
Skill Building
Academic Skill Builders is a research-based and standards-aligned free website featuring educational math and language arts games that will engage, motivate and help students improve their academic skills. There are many interactive games to choose from and they're all pretty fun, have decent graphics/sound effects, and offer great practice to specific skills.
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