Grades 3-4 Learning
Your student's teacher is the first and best resource for their learning. In addition, students can visit these web sites to continue or enhance their learning.
Read for 30-60 minutes
Write for 20-30 minutes
Grow their vocabulary
Read about science and technology
Conduct inquiry and experiments
Engage with math
Listen to and talk about music
View and produce their own artwork
Engage in physical activity
Share their learning with others
Reading
Read-Alouds: Select books to listen to aloud at justbooksreadaloud.com. Students can listen to stories in different languages, as well. Another great resource for read-alouds is storylineonline.net. You can also log into Evergreen, the Whittemore library's resource, with your library account. As students listen to the story, they should use their reading journals to jot down:
Questions they have
What is happening in the story
Ideas they have about characters and their actions
What the author wants us, as readers, to learn at the end of the story
Grade 3, Grade 4 and Grade 5 students can access learning through Khan Academy, as well
Lexia is available to all of our elementary students
Phonics and Word Work
Students can continue their instruction in phonics and phonemic awareness through these sites.
Practice phonics with these games
Phonics practice
Students can teach their monster to read. Requires parent set-up.
Games: This site will require a parent or guardian to enter the child's birthday to access free games to reinforce phonics learning.
Writing and Social Studies
Using their notebooks, students should write about their opinions, thoughts and ideas every day. They can use the read-aloud texts they engage with above, or read and listen to nonfiction texts, as well, that promote Social Studies learning.
At Actively Learn, students can sign up for a free account and access news articles.
At NewsELA, students can sign up for an account and access hundreds of articles. They can adjust the reading levels, too, to meet their needs.
Play games connected to Social Studies concepts.
Learn about government.
Check out games and resources at the U.S. Mint.
Learn about Native American stories and storytelling.
More digital games are available with a learning focus.
Mathematics
At Naugatuck Public Schools elementary students engage in math learning with Pearson's enVisions 2.0. Through their PowerSchool login, students can access their math learning. They can also visit ST Math, an online program used in our classrooms.
ST Math - use your school website to access
Sharpen your skills at Check Math
Practice math facts
More digital games are available with a learning focus.
Students can also visit Greg Tang's math site for games and other math learning opportunities.
science
Inquiry and the observation of phenomena provide us with insights into our world. Students can continue to explore science concepts with these web sites.
NASA's Kids Club provides games and activities to learn about NASA.
Science Kids offers games and videos about many science topics.
National Geographic Kids offers videos and articles.
More digital games are available with a learning focus.
Visual arts
Students can still engage in visual arts learning. Visit these museum web sites to view art and create art inspired by the works you see.
Mattatuck Museum Yale University Art Gallery
New Britain Museum of American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Frick Collection: virtual tour The Wadsworth Athenium
Listen and Learn at the Museum of Modern Art
Coloring App: Kids select a coloring page, then drag the color or pattern over to that space.
Explore Different Art Tools: This site provides students with a ton of different art tools. All that’s left to do is explore them all!
Create an online collage: Pick your background, then start exploring different objects. What will you make?
Art Fun with Math Connections: Use geoboards and blocks, or doodle and animate.
music
Listen to music and write about what you feel and think. Create music, too!
Happy Music for Classrooms Playlist (YouTube)
Play the drums (virtually!)
Music games: Make music, play music and play music games
Music games, activities, and computer-aided instruction software
Explore the instruments in an orchestra with the Dallas Symphony
Health and P.E.
Play games and get exercise every day to maintain healthy habits. Here are some suggestions. NPS does not endorse any one way for students to be active.
Physical activity guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control
KidzBop dance along video
Social and Emotional Learning
This Khan Academy App is free and provides learning for students in reading, math and social/emotional development.
computer literacy
Naugatuck Public Schools' Computer Literacy teachers for grades K-4 have resources available on their web site.