Reading
Reading!
Reading is probably the most important skill we learn and practice. Studies continually show that students who read more perform better on tests and in life!
A minimum of 20 min. of reading per night is required for all students. Please put this before other things! It is difficult for a child to read efficiently when he/she is exhausted after an evening of dance or ball practice.
Vocabulary Workshop
Front Row for Students:
https://student.frontrowed.com/#start?teacher=true
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/
(Trading Card Creator for events, characters, real people, etc.)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press/
(online brochure creator)
Typing Practice
http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm
Sight Word Powerpoints
http://wr.harlan.k12.ia.us/wrlab/ReadingPractice.htm
Writing Activities
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/3rd/homework/write/3_writ.htm
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Interactive Graphic Organizers
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/graphorgan/
Online Interactive Compare/Contrast Venn Diagram
Grammar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=224630
(Schoolhouse Rock: Nouns)
http://www.teachertube.com/video/conjunction-junction-71698
(Conjunction Junction)
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159857&title=Unpack_Your_Adjectives
(Unpack Your Adjectives)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz2/quizzes-to-fix/fragments_quiz.html
(sentence or fragment online practice)
https://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html?AP_rand=1697468114
(sentence or fragment online practice)
Jeopardy! Games
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/3rd-grade-treasures-unit-1-reading-skills-review
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/3rd-grade-treasures-unit-3-reading-skills-review
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/3rd-grade-treasures-reading-unit-4-review
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/3rd-grade-treasures-reading-unit-5-review
Jeopardy! for Grammar Skills
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/3rd-grade-treasures-unit-1-grammar-review
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/grade-3-treasures-unit-3-grammar-review
General Skills Activities
http://www.ezschool.com/Grade3.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/trophies/grade_3.html
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela3.cfm#Comprehension%20Strategies
(Test Prep)
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/english.html
(Syllables, root words, sight words, etc.)
http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html
(Into the Book student site- VERY good!)
Main Idea Practice/Supporting Details
http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/games/burger/burger.html
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/main_idea/quiz1510.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/main_idea_theme_language_arts_third_3rd_grade.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap3.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/supportingdetailsl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/suppoertingdetailsp2.cfm
Onomatopoeia
http://interactives.mped.org/preview_mg.aspx?id=736
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/soundmonster_game.shtml
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/onomat1.htm
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/onomat3.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/omomatopoea.html
(lots of poems where you can pick out the onomatopoeia)
Vocabulary Practice
Rapid Naming Charts
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/3rd/homework/reading/trophy3/HF/rapid_Naming.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/
Readers' Theater
http://www.thebestclass.org/rtscripts.html
(An unbelievable amount of readers' theater scripts!)
Summarizing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi8RnDjELdc
(Summarizing lesson using clips from Mulan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EMIaoE9_Q
(Summarizing song from You Tube)
Drawing Conclusions, Fact/Opinion, Context Clues
http://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/SirReadalot/play.html
http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/DrawConclusions.html
Wolves
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/graywolf/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Gray_Wolf (info on various kinds of wolves)
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/animal-inquiry-30020.html
Chocolate
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/chocolate.htm
(link for teachers only)
http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2005/linero2/Lesson%201chocolate%20touch.htm
http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2005/linero2/Lesson%202%20what%20is%20cocoa.htm
(Challenge activity on the Cacao plant)
http://www.thinkingfountain.org//c/crosssection/namethatbar.html
(Name that candy bar)
Chocolate Fever
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/CHOCOLATE/fever/chocolate_fever.htm
All About Chocolate
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/chocolate/about.html
Chocolate Fever
https://www.onlinelabels.com/label-generator-tools/Nutrition-Label-Generator.aspx
Charlotte's Web
http://www.gamequarium.com/charlottesweb.html
http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/charlottes-web/1.html (book quiz)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/214020.html?AP_rand=2000943506 (another quiz)
Stone Fox
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211900/fox/stone_fox.htm
http://www.wyoming4kids.org/Kids/
http://www.farmflavor.com/at-home/cooking/fun-facts-about-potatoes/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/activities/index.asp?article=be_a_musher
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/index.htm
Coyote Places the Stars
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/3rd/homework/reading/th4/coyote.htm
(vocabulary activities and more)
The Velveteen Rabbit
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz20672260f08.html
A short ten-question quiz about the book.
Reading and Understanding Poetry
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm
(Author Jack Prelutsky helps you write a poem)
Read lots of funny poetry by the famous poet
http://grahamlester.webs.com/kids.htm
(limericks for kids)
(haiku generator)
http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick.htm
(how to write your own limerick
Boom Town
(inquiry project on gold rush from readwritethink.org)
http://rwtinteractives.ncte.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=764
(links needed to complete inquiry project)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/game/flash.html
(Virtual trip west in covered wagon as a pioneer)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blmoregon/sets/72157624178596161/
(photos from Oregon Trail Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0KjeUDoqxY
(video about the first man to find gold and become a millionaire during the gold rush)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz . . .
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/3rd/homework/reading/th4/mosquitos.htm
Seven Spools of Thread
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-ghana/
Info about Ghana and an online challenge quiz
http://www.umass.edu/aesop/content.php?n=4&i=1
(The Bundle of Sticks- compare to Seven Spools)
(An online tool to create art with fabric, string, buttons and shells)
(An online tool to create a quilt with many colors)
Fables, Folktales and Fairy Tales
http://read.gov/aesop/001.html
(lots of Aesop's fables in kid-friendly format)
http://www.umass.edu/aesop/content.php?n=4&i=1
(The Bundle of Sticks- compare to Seven Spools)
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/
(Between the Lions online videos)
https://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/17232948/Aesop-Fables
Idioms
http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/readingfun3-6/readingfun_idioms.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/
(idioms game)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/languages/words/idioms/
Home Grown Butterflies
Dear Juno
http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-korea/
Persuasive Writing
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/persuasion-30034.html
Unique Animals of the Southwest
http://discoverykids.com/category/animals/
Animal Homes
http://www.usd489.com/Technology/textbooks/Grade_3_Book_2/Animal.htm
(student activities and read-aloud for the story)