Third Grade Websites

 

Holidays Around World Research Websites:

Mexico, Italy, Sweden, and France

http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/

Mexico, Italy, Sweden, Germany, France, England, and many more...

http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-world/

Kwanza

http://www.history.com/content/kwanzaa

Hanukah

http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/hanukkah/hanukkah.php

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/hanukkah/

 

Science
 
Science Research: Use the following websites for your planet research.

http://www.kids.nineplanets.org/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys&Display=Kids

http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

 
Roller Coaster Construction: Learn if your roller coaster idea would make a fun ride, but also discover if the laws of motion would allow your roller coaster to work.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/

Phineas and Ferb roller coaster construction:

http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/gamesmash/

 
The Space Place: Word puzzles, scrambled pictures, crazy quizzes, and even a board game. But you'll never be bored on this page!

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml

 
Animal Research:  Here you will find a hot list of zoo animal websites.

Zoo Animal Links

 
The Solar System: This is an awesome, information-packed website with photos, diagrams, and descriptions of the nine planets in our solar system.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/

 
The Human Body: Here students can play games, view posters, and watch movies about the human body.

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/HumanBody/index.html

 
Water: At this site, students will learn how the special properties of water allow life on the water planet—Earth.  There are games to play and movies and pictures to see.

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/Water/index.html

 
Structures of Life: Learn about seeds and fruits. Get to know crayfish, their structures and behaviors. In the activity section, test your knowledge of life cycles.

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/StructuresofLife/index.html

 
Plants: This is an awesome website that introduces students to a plant's structure, life cycle, and parts.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/case1.html

 

Math
Counting Money:

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money/

 

 
Math textbook online:

https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

Login: your student id

Password: BirmBears

 
Multiplication Bridge:
Catch an infamous bank robber in this Multiplication Bridge math game. Upholding justice is easy for kids equipped with times tables up to 9 x 9.

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_multiplication_bridge.html

 
Math Magician: Math fluency practice for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html

 
CoolMath4Kids: Fun math games for kids that reinforces basic skills.

http://coolmath4kids.com/

 
AAA Math: Hundreds of pages of basic math skills, interactive practice on every page, an explanation of the math topic on each page, and several challenge games on every page.

http://aaamath.com/B/grade3.htm

 
Kids Bank:  Guided by Penny, Dollar Bill, Interest Ray, and Checks, students will learn about money, savings, interest, checking, and electronic banking in this very interactive site.  There are quizzes and games that help students review what they learn during the tours.

http://www.kidsbank.com/index_2.asp

 
Math Baseball: This game provides students with a fun way to practice basic facts.

http://www.funbrain.com/math/

 
Basic Facts Practice: Students can practice addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts while taking timed or un-timed tests.  Students can choose a maximum value, a specific number of problems to be solved, and a time limit in which they can try complete the test.

http://www.saxonpublishers.com/activities/games.jsp;jsessionid=8A4718E71CF5A7D3E7EFD601F724E24A?grade=3

READING GRAPHS--Learn to read simple to more difficult graphs on this site.


http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8112/graph.html

 
Multiplication Practice: At this site, students can practice their basic facts and play multiplication games.

http://www.multiplication.com/students.htm

 

Spelling
FUNSCHOOL--Can you spot the misspelled words?  Click on this site and see! 

                                              
http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=ms2_ds1&t=j&w=620&h=360

 

Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary--This isn't for babies either!! The amount of information on 

the site just "boggles the mind"!!!!


http://www.littleexplorers.com/DictionaryA.html

 

Reading
Christmas Stories:

http://www.northpole.com/Overview/StoryList.html

Great for listening and building fluency.
Peanuts galore:

Peanuts personality quiz for writing activity...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/peanuts/index.html

Peanuts homepage:

http://comics.com/peanuts

 
Mo Willems: We LOVE Mo Williams' writing!

http://www.pigeonpresents.com/grownup.aspx

 
Screen Actors Guild Foundation sponsors Storyline Online...Several picture books read aloud by actors.

http://www.storylineonline.net/

 
Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

http://raspberry.forest.net/FMPro?-DB=whootie.fp5&-Format=/whootie/results.htm&type=folk%2Btales&-Find%00

 
Children's Favorite Authors: This is a comprehensive "hot list" of links that will take students to the websites of their favorite authors.

http://www.ahisd.net/campuses/cambridge/library/chilauth.html

 

Social Studies/Current Events
Country Websites: This site will be used to research the countries of our ancestors for the International Festival.

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/Staff/BAlbery/myweb3/country%20websites.htm

 

Time for Kids: This website is an outstanding resource for kid-friendly news stories.  It is great practice for

reading non-fiction text,  and it provides lots of extra activities for students to complete after their reading.

 

 www.timeforkids.com

 

Cross-Curricular
FunBrain: This website provides students with educational games to practice skills across the curriculum.

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

 
GameGoo: This is an interactive website in which students can practice grammar and word skills through educational games.

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

 

Some of this list was compiled by Beth Newingham. (http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/)

 

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