Grade 4
2023-2024
Mr.Rockwell's
Educational Links
***If at anytime a link does not work properly, please email me and I will fix it. Thanks!
Language Arts Websites
Database of all quizzes and quiz types: www.arbookfind.com
The Caldecott Medal Home Page: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal
The Newberry Medal Web Page: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
Eric Carle Web Page: http://www.eric-carle.com/index.html
Animorphs: http://scholastic.com/animorphs/
American Girls: http://www.americangirl.com/
Titanic: http://dsc.discovery.com/search.htm?terms=Titanic
Internet Public Library- Youth Division: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Scholastic Network: http://www.scholasticnetwork.com
Character Scrapbook: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/
Favorite Book Activities: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/T_landingPage.asp
Story Starters: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
Sign the Alphabet: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/st.cgi?A1=s&A15=signs&A2=0&Submit=Show+Me+The+Signs%21
Language Arts Games: http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/index.html
Reading A to Z: http://www.readingatoz.com
Scholastic: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/student-activities
Fun Brain: http://www.funbrain.com
Into the Book: http://reading.ecb.org/
Seussville: http://www.seussville.com
Highlights: www.highlightskids.com
Listen to Reading
StoryLine (stories read to you by movie stars): http://www.storylineonline.net
Listen to Tumblebooks on your computer through the Edwardsville Library:
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
http://www.starfall.com
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/online-storytime-books-toys/379003588/
http://abcya.com
http://www.storynory.com/
Word Work
Affixes: http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/readingfun3-6/readingfun_prefixessuffixesroots.htm
Prefixes: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/b/prefix3p.cfm
Suffixes: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/b/suffix3p.cfm
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=kderittesuffix
Vocabulary
}http://www.wordsift.com/ Word maps, word clouds
}http://quizlet.com/ Make flash cards & games
}http://www.vocabulary.com/ More games, including games using Latin & Greek roots
}http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Visual thesaurus
Spelling Web Sites
Houghton Mifflin Company: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/
Online Dictionary: http://wordcentral.com/
Crossword Puzzle: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/crossword/
Word Find: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordfind/
Word Builder: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordbuilder/?g=3#grade3
Word Sort: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordsort/?g=3#grade3
E Word Game: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/ewordgame/
Review Game: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/smg/?grade=3
Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/
Math Web Sites
Addition & Subtraction Videos
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/addition-subtraction/add-with-regroup.htm
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/addition-subtraction/sub-with-regroup.htm
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtraction/sub_borrowing/v/regrouping-from-0-when-subtracting-three-digit-numbers
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/teaching-topics/computation/
Time
Reading clocks to the exact minute video: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/836-reading-the-exact-minute-on-a-clock
Elapsed time video: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/577-solving-elapsed-time-word-problems-to-the-nearest-five-minutes
Graphs Videos
https://learnzillion.com/lessons/2979-draw-bars-on-a-graph
https://learnzillion.com/lessons/2668-display-data-in-fractional-amounts-by-creating-a-line-plot#
Games
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html
http://www.k5learning.com/sites/all/files/sample_lessons/Data%20Analysis%20Lineplots%20L3%20V1%20T1a/Data_Analysis_LinePlots_L3_V1_T1a.swf
Creating Graphs
http://www.commoncoresheets.com/Interactive.php?Worksheet=Math/Interactive/3md3
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/create-bar-graphs
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/create-pictographs
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/interpret-line-plots
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/create-line-plots
Area
Counting Squares video: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/3305
Decomposing video within lesson: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/544396/decomposing-given-large-areas-day-
Area of irregular polygons: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/571703/area-of-irregular-polygon
Area within an area: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/573389/area-within-an-area
Area word problems: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/575659/area-word-problems-days-1-2
Area of names: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/604531/area-of-names
Perimeter: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/597105/perimeter
Area and Perimeter Basic Assessment: http://betterlesson.com/lesson/593719/area-perimeter-basic-assessment
Area and Perimeter game: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html
Fractions
Math Man: http://sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/mathman_fractions_numberline.htm
Animal Rescue: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/AnimalRescueFractionsNumberLineGame.htm
Match the Fraction: https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fractions-match-frac-line.html
Drag and Drop: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level4.htm
Various Fraction Activities: http://www.math-play.com/math-fractions-games.html
Math Facts
Practice math facts: http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
Download "Timez Attack" for your computer- the base version is free
Xtramath.com: https://www.xtramath.org/home/student_sign_in
Multiplication & Division
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nbAsD0iKjo
Misc.
Interactive Dice: http://www.random.org/dice/?num=1
Place Value: http://www.math-play.com/place-value-games.html
Practice Sheets: http://commoncoresheets.com/
Everyday Math Tools: http://www.everydaymath.com/EM_eToolkit_Demo/eTools_v1.html
Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
http://mathplayground.com/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
http://hoodamath.com/
http://www.multiplication.com/
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html
Other Videos
Watch Everyday Mathematics videos on algorithms: http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/teaching-topics/computation/
Everyday Mathematics Activities: http://everydaymath.concordnhschools.net/
Everyday Mathematics Games: https://emgames.everydaymathonline.com/demosite/demo_chooser_3.html
Math Study Jams: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/index.htm
Why we teach math?: http://vimeo.com/110807219
Writing Web Sites
KidNews: http://www.kidnews.com/
The Young Writers' Club: http://www.theyoungauthorsclub.com/
Stone Soup Home Page: http://www.stonesoup.com/
Poetry: http://teacher.scholastic.com/wrItewIt/poetry/index.htm
Mad Libs: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
Wacky Web Tales: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Type Racer: http://play.typeracer.com/
Handwriting Practice: http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/flash/printdots/index.htm
Create a Comic Strip: http://www.pixton.com/
Write a Story: http://storybird.com/
Famous People Biographies: http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
Story Elements Rap Video: http://flocabulary.com/fivethings/
Story Starters: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
Science Web Sites
Weather
The Weather Channel: http://www.weatherchannel.com
Storm Pulse: http://www.stormpulse.com/atlantic
National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Weather Watch: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/
Weather Wiz Kids: http://weatherwizkids.com/
Cool Clouds for Kids: http://www.pals.iastate.edu/carlson/main.html
Storm Safety: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-safety-tornado.htm
Weather Words Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/48078455/weather-flash-cards/
Simple Machines Videos
Bill Nye Magnetism (23:02): YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bppssq4jsI
Simple Machines Song: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Fhs8pXGxM
Compound Machines
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
Animals
Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/29596781/animals-animals-flash-cards/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner3.htm
Identifying Stingrays: http://www.citizensort.org
Live Video Cam: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
http://www.georgiawildlife.com/BerryEagleCam
St. Louis Zoo: http://www.stlzoo.org/
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago: http://www.lpzoo.com/
Insects: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bug/index.htm
Bats: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bats/
Giant Squid: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/squid/
Lizards & Snakes: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/lizards/
Leeches: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7449
Switch Zoo: http://www.switcheroozoo.com
National Geographic Kids: http://www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
Migration: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Food Chains: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm#
Flight
Citizen Science: http://cosmoquest.org
Smithsonian Air and Space: http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Journey Into Space: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/space/
Other
Bill Nye the Science Guy: http://www.billnye.com/
Sand Lot Science: http://www.sandlotscience.com/
Reeko's mad Scientist Lab: http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/
Science Study Jams: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm
Social Studies Web Sites
Economics
Vocabulary Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/27192728/third-grade-economics-flash-cards/
United States Mint: http://www.govmint.com/?ad=GWSEM10G&s_kwcid=TC|6159|US%20mint||S||5110633727&gclid=CMf-j-GWlqQCFVjW5wodJBBlIA
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/
http://www.kathimitchell.com/econ.htm
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/
Government
Lincoln-Douglas Debate: http://www.altonweb.com/history/lincoln/index.html
White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov
Madison County Government: http://www.co.madison.il.us/Find/Find.shtml
Senators and Representatives: http://www.state.il.us/legis/default.htm
If You Were President: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp
Brain Pop: http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/
Early History
Our America Home: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/index_flash.htm
Brain Pop: http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/
13 Colonies Challenge: http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/13_colonies_map/
African American History
Culture & Change: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/index.htm
Underground Railroad: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/
Illinois & Madison County
Illinois Website: http://www.wix.com/asieber0/illinoisunit
Alton Museum: http://www.altonmuseum.com/
Catsup Bottle: http://www.libraryman.com/ilcatsup.htm
Clark Bridge: http://www.altonweb.com/history/clarkbridge/index.html
Lovejoy, Elijah Parish: http://www.altonweb.com/history/lovejoy/index.html
Piasa Bird: http://www.altonweb.com/history/piasabird/index.html
Robert Wadlow: http://www.altonweb.com/history/wadlow/
Lewis & Clark: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
Holidays
The First Thanksgiving: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
Celebrate Winter Holidays: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/pinata/game.htm
Chinese New Year: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/chinese-tangrams.html
Explore Holidays: http://mrsmartinez.wix.com/holidays
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/scramblers/
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/
Current Events
Scholastic News Online: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort|1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News
Dogo News: http://www.dogonews.com/
Abraham Lincoln Virtual Field Trip
Lincoln’s Home
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/liho/index.html
(click on Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln under the AMERICAN PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES heading)
State Capitol Buildings & Law Offices
http://www.springfield-vr.com/oc-1.html
Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices
http://abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sites/law.htm
Current IL State Capitol Building
http://www.ilstatehouse.com/index.htm
Presidential Museum
http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/Pages/default.aspx
New Salem
http://www.lincolnsnewsalem.com/
Lincoln Tomb
http://www.springfield-vr.com/lintomb1-h.html
http://lincolntomb.org/
Under His Hat
http://www.underhishat.org/
Lincoln Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/featurecontent/ncr/linc/interactive/deploy/index.htm#/introduction
Health Web Sites
Drug Resistance
http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html
http://www.dare.com/kids/index_3.htm
Human Body
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/htbw_main_page.html
http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
http://www.adventuretofitness.com/
Nutrition
Vocabulary Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/27995279/nutrition-unit-flash-cards/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/nutritionforkids/index.htm
http://www.bam.gov/sub_foodnutrition/index.html
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
http://www.dole.com/#/superkids
What the World Eats Photos: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html
Games
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/supermarket/
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/lunchomatic/
No bullying!
https://stopbullyingnowcouncilbluffs.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/stop-bullying-now-gov-webisodes-for-kids/
Personal Health & Safety
Let's Move! http://www.letsmove.gov/getactive.php
Fire Safety: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/firesafe/firesafe.html
Federal Bureau of Investigation: http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-safety
Federal Emergency Agency: http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm
Health & Wellness Activities: http://www.mhschool.com/health/2005/student/ejournal.php
Health & Wellness Vocabulary: http://www.mhschool.com/health/2005/student/level1.php?isbn=002280384X
Music Web Site
http://musictechteacher.com/
Recorders: http://www.odogy.com/LearnToPlayRecorderSongs/RecorderAce/RecorderAce.aspx
Miscellaneous Web Sites
Search Engine for Kids- Yahooligans! : http://kids.yahoo.com/
Search Engine for Kids- Ask Jeeves! : http://www.ajkids.com
Scholastic Network: http://www.scholasticnetwork.com
Disney: http://www.disney.com
Puzzle Maker: http://www.apte.com/puzzles
Crayola: http://www.crayola.com
Make Flashcards: http://quizlet.com/
Search Engine: http://www.sweetsearch.com/
Interactive Sites: http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
