Grades 3-5
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Free Digital Access to PGCMLS News Suite
The Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) offers free digital access to The Washington Post, The New York Times and 27 popular magazines. These new resources are available through the PGCMLS online “News Suite” at pgcmls.info/news-suite to PGCMLS cardholders and PGCPS students. Flipster (EBSCO) provides access to 27 major magazines.
Websites
Cool Math Games (to practice word problems in addition to other math skills)
Hooda Math (to practice higher order thinking skills)
iReady: Grade 4 and 5 students access this program through their PGCPS Clever account.
Virtual Field Trips
With your parent's permission, click the links below to visit different places and extend your learning.
Art Museums:
Activitiy:
1. Choose a Museum. Select two pieces of art and make a list comparing and contrasting that piece of art.
2. Choose a piece of art that appeals to you. Write about why you like it.
3. Which museum had the best website? Write a letter to that museum praising them for their website. Tell the why you thought they had the best website.
Click here for the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Click her to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Click here to visit the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Netherlands
Zoos and Aquariums:
Activity:
1. Observe your favorite animal. Keep a journal about that animal for a week. Research the animal you are observing. Create a brochure that could be used by the zoo to tell people about the animal.
2. Choose an animal. Research their habitat. Using materials found at your house, create a miniature habitat for that animal.
Click here to visit the Smithsonian's National Zoo
Click here to visit the San Diego Zoo
Click here to visit Reid Zoo Park
Click here to visit the National Aquarium in Washington DC
Read Aloud
Reading aloud every day to students:
builds vocabulary
encourages reading for pleasure
creates background knowledge
provides a reading role model
Click here to listen to stories read by the Screen Actors Guild
Click here to listen to stories being read by astronauts from space
