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Poetry

October27

Children’s Poets:

Shel Silverstein

Alan Katz

Mary Ann Hoberman

Poetry Sites:

Poetry For Kids

Giggle Poetry

Fizzy, Fuzzy, Funny (From kids in the UK)

Shel Silverstein’s Poetry

Alan Katz’s Poetry and other works

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Plurals and Possessives

October24

Definitions and Explanations:

Plurals and Possessive Rules

On-Line Activities:

10 Question Quiz

Quia Quizzes

Map Skills

October21

Definitions and Explanations:

  Map Skills

 Understanding Latitude and Longitude

On-Line Activities:

Be a Mapmaker

Maps that Teach

The Human Body

October12

 Skeletal System: Definitions and Explanations:

Skeletal System (good for labeling and review)

Hillendale Health (diagram and on-line quiz)

Skeletal System (diagrams)

Get Body Smart (great diagrams)

Your Bones

Skeletal System

Skeletal System Videos: (These videos could take awhile to open..I’m still learning the best conversion methods)

walking-skeleton

Mystery of the Skeleton

 Skeletal System On-line Games:

Purpose Games (great identifying review)

eSkeltion Project (compare real bones side by side)

The Joints:

Bones, Muscles and Joints

Joints On-line Activities:

Knee Surgery

The Heart:

http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/

The Anatomy of the heart with definitions

 

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Spelling Games

October9

Boggle

Spelling Bee Game with Health related words

Fun Brain Spelling Game

Spelling City

Abe Lincoln & Illinois

October9

Abe Lincoln

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

White House Bio

The History Place Timeline

 A Lincoln Fact Page (site includes games, stories, & activities on right hand side)

The A. Lincoln Library

On-line Virtual Tours of A. Lincoln Sites

Robert Lincoln (Answers to…Is there anyone alive related to Abe Lincoln)

Illinois

Illinois Fact Page

Learn Illinois (Capitals, flags, government)

Branches of Government

General Assembly of Illinois

Illinois Government

Some Fun Websites

October2

Are you smarter than a 5th grader quiz

Online memory game from zefrank

Zeeks

Scramble

The Same Game

Math Lines

A Simple Game from zefrank

Rush Hour

Set Game

Spirograph       

Air Hockey

CBC kid Games (try wakeboarding and bmx riding)

Boggle Game

The Eyeballing Game (If you think you have a good eye)

Cool Quizzes (Come on –give this site a try!)

Puzzle Stuff

I Spy