3rd Grade Web Sites

3rd Grade Web Sites
An Internet Hotlist on 3rd Grade

created by Ms. Dunfee
Ironwood Elementary

Introduction
Explore these sites for 3rd grade practice and fun!

The Internet Resources

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BBC Bitesize Maths - Use this page to link to great math interactives! Love it!
Mr. B's 3rd Grade Links - Wow! This teacher found a lot more links to explore! Check them out!
The Sara Jane Adventure: Rocks and Soils - The Trickster has opened a time portal and is draining all life from Earth. Test your materials knowledge and save the planet in this Sarah Jane Adventures game. Play it then take the quiz for science credit!

Math

AAA Math for 3rd Grade - This site has math activities that you can choose by topic. Check it out!
APlus Math Flashcards - On this site you can choose flashcards for basic facts as well as telling time on analog clocks...and more!
Addition Facts - Ready, set, add! This page is ready for you to start adding right away.
Funbrain Change Maker - This Funbrain interactive tool let's you practice making change. If you get the answer right, that amount gets added to your piggy bank. But be careful - if you're wrong, that amount gets subtracted from your piggy bank. Will you be the next Donald Trump?
Math Active - Math Active is a set of interactive math activities for students from K-12. You can review concepts or learn new ones! Math Active is part of the ASSET site (sponsored by ASU).
Math Facts - Choose the level of problems that you want to practice and you're all set! Work accurately...but work fast! :)
Math Key - Math skills by grade level with homework practice sheets; free trial for much of site, but members only for complete materials
Math Playground - Math Playground is the home of many great math activities - including Thinking Blocks and Manipulatives.
Multiplication Grid - This web page has an interactive grid that shows what each multiplication problem looks like as an array.
Subtraction Facts - Ready, set, subtract! Electronic flashcards are ready to go!
William's Home Page - William's Home Page is designed to support teachers who have limited materials. Lots of hands on activities to learn about math.
Word Problems - This site uses Thinking Blocks to model word problems. It's great practice on how to set up the problem!

Language Arts

Arcademic Skillbuilders - This site has a variety of math and language games.
Dance Mat Typing - The BBC sponsors this free web site to help you learn how to type without looking at the keys! Practice, practice, practice!
EduPlace - This site has activities that go along with our reading series (e-word game, About the Author, etc.).
Handwriting Practice - Want to see how to make the letters in cursive? This site will show you how to draw each letter.
International Children's Digital Library - This site has books from around the world. The University of Maryland is working to create a library of 10,000 digital books! This is a great site to explore!
Raz-Kids - Raz-Kids has interactive books for you to read. You can listen to them read a book to you, read a book yourself, record yourself reading a book, and then take a quiz when you're finished.
SAG Storyline - Wonderful picture books read by famous actors! :)
Typing Lessons - This is another site that provides typing lessons. Check it out!

Science & Social Studies

BBC School on Rocks - Great place to explore and investigate!
Cool Antarctica - This website has lots of information about Antarctica. In class we've viewed the pictures from Shackleton's book, 'South'. There are also wonderful pictures of penguins, seals, and beautiful scenery. Enjoy this one!
Geo Spy - This game is on the National Geographic website and let's you practice locating the continents.
HSP Science - This web site goes along with our text book. Check out the 3rd grade links.
KidsHealth - This site has all sorts of information about Kids Health!
Map Zone - This site has the treasure hunt game (the guy in the row boat) and other great map activities. Check out the Homework Help section for lots of information about maps.
National Geographics for Kids - Be an explorer! Check out the animals, videos, maps...and more...at National Geographics for Kids.
Resources for Simple Machines - Mrs. Lange at Butterfield created this list and it is ready to go.
Rockhounds - Learn more about rocks and see great animated illustrations.
Rocks and Minerals Quizlet - Test your knowledge!
Rocks and Minerals Song - Sing it!
Weathering (Rocks and Mineral Unit) - This page shows how rocks are eroded by weathering.

Reference

Classroom Clipart - This site allows students to use their images for school projects. It includes clip art and lots of photographs. There are LOTS of images to choose from! Check it out!
Pics4Learning - Pics4Learning offers thousands of photographs for classroom use. The pictures have been donated to the site by 'regular' people who were willing to share their photos. They have been screened by T4L for classroom use.
Recipes4Success - Computer tutorials for MANY applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Frames4...and more! To log in as a student, use our Raz-Kids log in and password! :)
Thinkfinity Student Portal - Thinkfinity includes resources for K-12 classroom use in all subject areas. Search for 'media' resources if you're interested in finding images.

Teacher Links

4teachers - This site includes Rubistar, Web Poster Wizard, Teacher Tacklebox...and much more.
ATI Online - This link will take you to the Galileo web site to take district tests. Oh, boy! Work carefully and do your very best!
E-Learning for Kids - Technology-based learning for kids - fun to explore!
Kids Math Games - This is a page I found that has links to lots of math activities. I've already included some of the pages above, but there's more to choose from so I encourage you to check it out!
Mrs. Renz's Home Page - Awesome resources for kids, parents and teachers.
Ms. Dunfee's Content Connections - This is my teacher page with links for content-based sites.
Ms. Dunfee's Writer's Corner - This is my teacher page with resources for writing: online stories, author pages, etc.
Number Pattern Generator - This interactive tool creates number patterns based on the number range and criteria that you select.
Pete's PowerPoint Station - The site has links to hundreds of PowerPoints and interactive sites for a wide range of topics and grade levels. As you have time to explore, please create a new link for sites that we might want to use in 3rd grade. Thanks!

Content by Ms. Dunfee, c.k.dunfee@maranausd.org
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Last revised Thu Jan 26 8:58:21 US/Pacific 2012