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 Fabulous Grade Five Websites

on the World Wide Web

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5th grade Science Sites:

http://www.weather.com      WEATHER CHANNEL

 

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/     WEATHER WEB

 

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html   ROCK HOUNDS

 

 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question142.htm    RICHTER SCALE

 

 

http://www.matter.org.uk/Schools/Content/Seismology/richterscale.html   RICHTER SCALE

 

 

http://www.nsa.naples.navy.mil/disasterprep/earthquakeprecautions.html   EARTHQUAKE PRECAUTIONS

5th Grade Links to check out:

http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/linkscf/index.cfm

www.funbrain.com

http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/BelleViewES/Pages/Mediacenter/websites/Primary.html

www.scholastic.com

http://kids.discovery.com

www.studystack.com

www.coolmath4kids.com

www.kidsmath.com

www.figurethis.com

www.school.discovery.com/students

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th.htm

Reading Sites

Big Chalk            www.bigchalk.com

The Reading Lady            www.readinglady.com

Lexile                              www.lexile.com

Teach a Child To Read        www.succeedtoread.com

Sites For Teachers        www.sitesforteachers.com

Summer Reading Lists on the Web    www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr244.shtml

Kid's Bookshelf (has a game room)    www.kidsbookshelf.com/

Riverbank Review            www.riverbankreview.com/thanks.html

Kid's Lit            www.kid-lit.com/search.htm

Teaching With Books        www.teachingbooks.net/

The Reading Corner        www.carr.org/read/

Literature Learning Ladders    www.eduscapes.com/ladders/

MI Kids        www.mikids.com/

Cyberguides:  Teacher Guides and Student Activities  www.sdcoe.k12.co.us/score/cyberguide.html

Book Links What's New?        www.ala.org/BookLinks/whatsnew.html

Scholastic            www.scholastic.com

Eduhound        www.eduhound.com

Edupuppy        www.edupuppy.com

 
Reference Materials


Britannica.com
(http://www.britannica.com)
Here you'll find the complete, updated Encyclopedia Britannica, articles from more than 70 magazines, and a guide to the Web's best sites.

Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com)
Look up words in the online dictionary or thesaurus, play word games, and Ask Dr. Dictionary questions about grammar and language.

Infoplease.com (http://ln.infoplease.com)
This one-stop information center gives you access to all Infoplease resources, including a dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac, and atlas.


Help with Schoolwork

Bigchalk.com (http://www.bigchalk.com)
Use the Homework Central search engine to find the information you need for homework. The site also has as library of magazines and journals and useful links.

StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library (http://www.storyplace.org)
This electronic library has stories and activities, as well book lists and reviews. Math.com http://www.math.com This site has cool math tools, study tips, homework help, and lots of puzzles and games.


Jokes and Games

PBS Kids (http://www.pbskids.org)
Visit Barney, Clifford, and your other PBS friends, read jokes, color, and play games.

Gamebrain.com (http://www.gamebrain.com/)
Play games that are fun and help you build brainpower.


Search Engines

Ask Jeeves for Kids (http://www.ajkids.com)
"Why is the sky blue?" "How many wings does a fly have?"Ask Jeeves a question, and he'll guide you to the answer.

Yahooligans! (http://www.yahooligans.com)
Here's an easy-to-use search engine especially for kids. You'll find jokes and games here, too.

KidsClick (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/)
Librarians created this search engine to help you find the information you need fast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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