Macmillan/McGraw Hill, the publisher of our social studies book,
has a Website. Here is a link the a vocabulary game for Chapter 3 of Our New
Jersey.
http://www.macmillanmh.com/socialstudies/2003-5/student/level1.php?isbn=0021506035
National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
www.aaamath.com features math practice activites.
http://www.aaamath.com
www.aplusmath.com is a great site for practicing math skills.
The link takes you to the flashcards page.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html
Here is the Geospy geography game we played in school.
http://www.missmaggie.org/geospy_files/geospy.html
Use Superkids.com to make your own math worksheets. There is a
link right on the homepage- look for the "educational tools" link
and click "math worksheets." There are other handy study ideas on
this site, too.
http://www.superkids.com
History Globe features a Jamestown Online Adventure game.
http://www.historyglobe.com/
A class of fourth graders at Gunston Elementary School in Lorton,
Virgina made a website featuring a Jamestown timeline. It's a
good way to review your Jamestown history! The link is below.
http://www.fcps.edu/GunstonES/gunstones/special_projects/Jamestown.htm
This is a special page on immigration. Once you are there, the
"Visiting Ellis Island" link will take you to the Scholastic
Website for a tour of Ellis Island.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111932/
This is a link to the Website we used in class to learn about
mammals.
http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/mammal.htm#limb
This is the link to the Recycle City page, where you can learn
all about recycing and saving natural resources.
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
This is a link to a Lewis and Clark game.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html
Classics for Kids is a radio show that introduces kids to some
great music! You can hear the show online if you go to the
Website. Learn about different composers and hear their music
online. Just click "Hear the Music" or "Past Shows" and listen. They have
other great stuff on their Website, too.
http://www.classicsforkids.com/
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a cool kids' page that has lots
of stuff to read and listen to. Check it out!
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
Here is a Lewis and Clark scavenger hunt! Go along on the
journey and read up on two important Americans!
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/lcflash.htm
Hear all about John Smith, the leader of Jamestown, in this
online movie from National Geographic.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith
This Website is all about the history of our state. Learn all
about New Jersey!
http://www.njhistorykids.org
This is a Website with a lot of fun activities on all different
topics. There is a page to make your own comic book!
http://wizard.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=77165
Here is the link to our town's Website.
www.eastbrunswick.org
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has a
Website with great activities for all ages. I have selected ones
for primary school kids. Click the link to explore!
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=1&grade=2
If you're looking for math activities related to our fourth grade
classwork, a Missouri teacher created a Website with link to
other great Websites. Here is the link to her page.
http://www.ecarter.k12.mo.us/dept/elementary/fourthgrade/jsievers/everydaymath.html
This is a Website from Lenape Lifeways, the organization that
comes to our school every year to give a presentation about the
Lenape. Read all about Lenape life and found out more about the
Manetu!
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape3.htm
Watch shows starring Lenape expert John Kraft. Mr. Kraft shows
how the Lenape
fished, made medicine, built houses and more!
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/video.htm
Here is a page of fun games from A Plus Math. Planet Blaster is
one of my favorites. Play addition, subtraction, multiplication,
or division. Choose "set options" to change the game and the
size of the numbers.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html
Here is the link to the song about the color of the stars. Enjoy!
http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/play-educational-song.php?song=The%20Color%20of%20A%20Star
Here is a useful site!
http://multiplication.com/
for those of you interested in learning more about the man who
killed Alexander Hamilton, the founder of Paterson, here is a Web
page about Aaron Burr.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/peopleevents/pande01.html
Maps 101 is an interactive geography Website with lots of videos,
games, and map activities. The site requires a username and
password. Ask me in school for them so you can log in at home.
www.maps101.com
This is a great problem solving site discovered by math teacher
Mr. Schwartz!
http://library.thinkquest.org/25459/learning/problem/psguess.html
A great site for kids from a great college!
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/
Nearby Princeton University has nights where the public can come look through
telescopes and ask questions about astronomy. Here is the link to the schedule.
http://www.astro.princeton.edu/observatory/publicobserving.php
Our Motion and Design science unit is all about learning Newton's laws of
motion. For those of you interested in reading more, check out this link!
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/