A kids site on the Mars Rover! There are some great pictures in this site of the red planet. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html
Cool Things About Elephants- Information about animals like our class mascot Tembo http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0606/elephant-links.html
The home page of Shel Silverstein. There are some great activities for kids and lots of information about this exciting poet. http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/home.html
One of my favorite sites for children's literature: http://www.planetesme.com
Ask Jeeves for kids: http://www.ajkids.com
Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com
Another great third grade skills site: http://www.gsc.amdsb.ca/grade_three.htm
Catholic Kids: http://www.catholicmom.com/catholic_kids.htm
Indiana Standards for third grade: http://www.doe.state.in.us/standards/grade03.html
National Geographic for Kids: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
This page has a number of links for third graders to practice math and reading skills: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd.htm
Reading Rockets - a great (and famous) web site: http://www.readingrockets.com
Spiders and insects page http://www.bugguide.net/
Lots of information about spiders here! http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/instruction/kid-pages/spiders/index.htm
This is a great site created in part by the NCTE for kids who love to create comic stips. Comics can be a great way to understand sequencing and dialogue. Check it out! http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2126/kidbridge.html
Sign Language is a wonderful common language to share. Check out your skills on signing the alphabet! http://www.funbrain.com/signs/
Grammar games for all ages. http://web.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/pinecrestes/specialprograms/reading/
MATH BASEBALL- Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, an division facts. Includes regrouping practice http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Create a Graph with NCES Kid's Zone. Practice your graphing skills with this graph creator http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx?ID=7b3046f45a6043ad9de7bbf8f26789f4