Links for 3rd Graders

Reading and Language Arts	Spelling City - A fun way to practice your spelling words.
	Reading Comprehension Online -- Read the passages, answer the questions, and click Score Test when you finish.
	Power Proofreading -- Interactive practice on proofreading skills.
	Harcourt Reading Series Online Activities -- Lots of fun and educational activities that go along with the stories students read in class. Click on Grade 3 for 3rd grade activities.
	Main Idea - practice identifying the main idea of short paragraphs. Main Idea - more practice with main idea. Supporting Details - practice identifying supporting details. Interactive Websites - reading and language arts sites to practice a variety of skills.
	Gameaquarium - a variety of language arts games and activities to reinforce English skills
	Vocabulary builder - for each vocabulary question answered correctly, 20 grains of rice will be donated to the UN's World Food Program.

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Math	Factor Bingo - Interactive game reinforcing factors
	Game Aquarium- math games pertaining to a variety of topics: money, place value, basic operations, geometry, etc.
	Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - addition
	Math Playground -- Many fun and interactive math games. Click around and see what you can find!
	Measure It! -- Use this Funbrain game to practice measuring in inches and centimeters. Star with easy and work your way through to hard!
	Input/Output Machine -- Drag numbers over to the funnel to drop them into the machine. Try to figure out the rule by looking at the output. You can also print work sheets!
	Are you a Math Magician? -- Click for multiplication or division practice. You can practice specific facts, or have them mixed. Basic Fact Practice - Choose a game to increase your speed and accuracy. Division games Snowball fight - practice basic multiplication facts Fish Shop - scoop up fish using your multiplication skills Math Practice - games to practice multiplication, division, factors, and other math concepts
	AAA Math -- Practice many different math skills and keep track of how many you get right..
	Draggable Subtraction - practice subtraction with regrouping Draggable Addition - practice addition with and without regrouping
	Arithmetic Workshop --word problems and general math practice
	Practice multiplication facts
	TIME GAMES What Time is It? -- Match the clocks on the left with the clocks on the right. Telling Time -- Click on the correct time that the clock is showing. Quick Time Flashcards -- Practice telling time to the 5 minute mark.

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Science	Simple Machines from Edheads -- Learn about simple machines and you explore this fun interactive site. Check out the other activity choices, too!
	Skeleton Links Skeletons - Discovery Kids -- Interesting article about the skeletal system with some fun "factoids" at the end. Build a Skeleton -- See if you can put the skeleton back together. Make sure to get all the bones in the right place!
	Space and Planets Planet Facts -- Short simple facts about each planet. The Planets -- More information on each planet. Nine Planets -- Detailed information and pictures about each planet. Astronomy for Kids - Very simple sentences about each planet. StarChild -- Great site with TONS of information! Planet Quiz -- Quiz yourself and earn trading cards with each correct answer.. Astronomy.com -- Scroll down and click on a planet to read more information on it. NASA Kids -- Great web site about space exploration organized by skill level. Click and explore! Yahooligans Science -- More information on space exploration, the solar system, and NASA.

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Social Studies

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government -- Great site that explores tons of topics, including the election process, how laws are made, and branches of government. Play some games, too!

Geography World by KBears - Interactive information about each continent and country.

Continent and Ocean Practice - Four different levels for practicing location of continents and oceans

City Creator - Almost like SimTown! Create roads, buildings, etc.

Other	The Three CyberPigs: Privacy Playground -- How well do you know how to use the internet? In this game, you will learn about different things you will see on the web and what to do about them. The Three Cyber Pigs: CyberSense and Nonsense -- Learn important lessons about when to believe or not believe what you see on the internet and internet etiquette (or netiquette).
	Biography Research -- Use these links to research for your biography. Worldbook Kids Biography.com Yahoo for Kids- good search engine for information Yahooligans -- Type in your person's name and click search. Click on one of the links under the heading In the Encyclopedia.
	Jobs to Explore -- What do you like? Click on a topic to find out more about jobs you could have in the future.
	Keyboarding Practice -- Select a drill to practice the keys you need to improve.
	Nickelodeon -- Click to go to the Nickelodeon website.
	Survey
	Third Grade Skills -- Internet 4 Classrooms site with links to games for language arts and math.
	Little Explorers -- An Enchanted Learning children's encyclopedia with links to information and coloring sheets.