Time for Kids has many great articles about current events.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
This site provides students with today's current events through
Weekly Reader.
http://www.weeklyreader.com/
Tall tales can be found at this site for extra reading.
http://www.hasd.org/ges/talltale/talltale.htm
Use Fun Brain to play many games that practice spelling, parts of
speech,
syllables, and much more.
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
This website provides information about our reading series,
Houghton
Mifflin. You can also read Wacky Web Tales, read current events,
play brain
teasers, and play many other games.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/rdg.jsp
Increase your vocabulary and for every word correctly defined, 20
grains of
rice will be donated to people in need. Under
"options" you can set the
vocabulary level. You also have the option to have incorrectly
identified
words show up again. After you have set your options, you go
back to the
home page and the fun begins!
http://freerice.com/index.php
View a list of books and short summaries ideal for third graders.
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/625
Work on your word knowledge by playing games like: word search,
crosswords,
hangman, match game, or unscramble.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Find your way through the cave by choosing the correct plural
spelling.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/nounexplorer/index_pre.html
Practice ISAT sample questions for reading and math.
http://metacat2.com/iltestlinks.html
Play Jeopardy by typing in the multiple meaning word that has
both definitions.
http://www.quia.com/cb/6344.html