Introduction

The Internet Resources

Language Arts

• Review: Singular and Plural Nouns - Try to match singular nouns with their plural forms in this matching game.

• Review: The Grammar Gorillas - The grammar gorillas want you to click here to test your knowledge of nouns and verbs. After you have completed the first activity, challenge yourself by trying to complete the activity that deals with different parts of speech.

• Review: The Writer's Workshop - Let's work on improving our writing skills. Use this link to learn the steps to effective writing!

• New: ELA Review and Practice - Click on this link to review and practice topics that will be covered on the New York State ELA exam. This site provides lessons and interactive activities for the various topics that will be covered on the state exam. This is an excellent resource for you to work on at home in order to prepare for this exam! You can start by selecting any of the following topics: Reading Guide, Writing Guide, Listening Guide or Test Prep Center. Once you click on one, you will be given several options to click on in order to review and practice. Try one or try them all!

• New: Parent Guide to the ELA Exam - This is a wonderful site designed to help parents understand the New York State ELA exam. Click here for answers to questions, facts about the test and methods of helping your children to prepare.

Math

• Review: Subtracting Four Digit Numbers - Let's review how to subtract four digit numbers by playing this interactive game!

• Review: Money Math - Practice your mental math by playing this interactive addition game! Follow the directions to put the correct number of coins and the correct amount into the piggy bank.

• Review: Checkers - Select this link to do an online subtraction activity involving the game checkers.

• Review: The Galapagos Islands - This link will allow you to use information from the internet to perform an addition activity involving exploration and travel.

• Review: Exact Change - Play this interactive game to practice your skills adding up money that you spend on purchases. Try the easy game first and then challenge yourself by trying the hard game.

Reading

• New: Astronomy for Kids: Sky Maps - What do you see in the night sky? Can you see pictures in the stars? Learn about constellations here! You can even see what is happening in the sky this month by looking at the 'Sky Maps' section!

• New: The Underground Railroad - Enter this site to take a journey along the Underground Railroad. Get ready because you'll be asked to make important decisions along the way.

• New: All Aboard! Routes of the Underground Railroad. - How did different locations in the United States serve important roles in the Underground Railroad? Enter here to find out. To do this, you will need to follow the below steps: Click Map and read the information below the map. Click on the state of Florida and click Ft. Mose site. Go back. Find the state of Maine and click Harriet Beecher Stowe House. After you complete the above steps, think about how the Underground Railroad was helped by these places in far northern and southern states.

Science

• Review: The Mysterious Venus Flytrap - The Venus Flytrap is a carnivorous plant that eats bugs. Read all about it on this website and then see if you can answer the following questions: How does a Venus Flytrap attract prey? How does it digest food? Where can a Venus Flytrap be found?

• Review: The Pitcher Plant - The pitcher plant is another unusual insect-eating plant. Instead of using jaws, this plant traps insects inside a tube-like stalk. Come take a look at some other interesting features of the pitcher plant and then try to answer these questions: What lures insects inside the pitcher plant? How does a pitcher plant digest its food? How are insects trapped inside the pitcher plant?

• Review: Plant-Parts Salad - Let's make an interactive salad with the different parts of a plant! Follow the directions on the site to build your salad and learn about different plant parts. After you complete your interactive salad, follow the steps to make a real salad.

• Review: The Great Plant Escape - Click here to help Bud and Sprout help Detective LePlant solve his cases. During your search you will find that plants are an important part of your life. You will need to find clues, do experiments, and solve problems as you journey into the world of plants. Detective LePlant promises that you will have a lot of fun, but you must remember, you are there to solve a mystery! Choose one case at a time and read the mission and the case brief. Next, read about the facts of the case. After you have finished reading the facts, click 'mysteries' on the bottom of the screen and try to answer the questions. There are activities at the end of each case for you to try. After you solve the mystery, click activities to find out what they are. Try to complete each case! The glossary will help you with any terms you are unfamiliar with. Good luck and have fun!

• Animal Habitats - Can all animals live anywhere? Do animals with certain characteristics live in certain environments? Enter here to find out and explore the various habitats of different animals.

• New: Animals That Help People - If you have a pet you know that pets rely on us to feed them, walk them and provide them with a loving, caring home. Did you ever wonder if animals can help people? Click here to read about an amazing dog who works to help sick children.

Social Studies

• Review: New York Colony - Click here to learn more about the settlement of New York by the Dutch.

• Review: The Iroquois Indians - This link will provide you with information about the Iroquois Indians of New York, their society and their culture.

• Review: The Indians of the Eastern Woodlands - This website will help you understand the Iroquois Indians were really a nation of Indians made up of five tribes. After looking at this website you will have a better understanding of the Iroquois, how they lived and their culture.

• Review: The First Explorers - Who were the first European explorers to come to New York? When did they come? Click here and select 'history' from the right side to find out!

• Review: A Virtual Tour of the Half Moon - What do you think sailing on the Half Moon was like for Henry Hudson? Click here to take a virtual tour of the Half Moon.