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Whetstone - Favorite 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Books

Favorite Online Links for Students

READING/LANGUAGE ARTS

Learn to Read: http://www.starfall.com/

Eric Carle Website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

Six Traits of Writing: http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html

Poetry for Kids: http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html

Giggle Poetry: http://gigglepoetry.com

One More Story: (Reads books aloud for children) : www.onemorestory.com ( by subscription)

Kids Mystery: http://kids.mysterynet.com

Scholastic News: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/news/

Reference for School or Home: www.askforkids.com (formerly Ask Jeeves for Kids)

The First Thanksgiving: http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/daily_life/index.htm

Activities for Non-English Speakers: http://a4esl.org

Kids Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/kidspost/orbit/kidspost.html

Magic Tree House: http://www.randomhhttp://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtmlouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/

MATH

 Drill and Practice Basic Facts: www.brainpop.com

Basic Facts: www.mathcats.com/contents.html

Times Tables: http://teachingtables.co.uk/

All Grades: http://www.aplusmath.com/

Basic Math: http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Make A Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Kids Kount: http://www.fi.uu.nl/rekenweb/en/welcome.xml

SCIENCE:

Regions of the World : Missouri Botanical Gardens: http://www.mbgnet.net/

Bill Nye, Super Science Facts: http://www.billnye.com/

Young Astronomers: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Rocks and Minerals: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html

Dragonfly Magazine: http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/index.shtml

National Geographic Pioneer: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/pioneer/articles

AND FOR FUN:

American Girls: http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/index.html

Harry Potter: http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.asp

Arthur Website: http://pbskids.org/arthur/

NY Philhamonic Website: http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

Sports Illustratred for Kids: http://www.sikids.com/

NY Philhamonic Website: http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

Entertainment: PBS Kids: www.pbskids.org

For the Artist: http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm