4th Graders Rule!

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Ms. Christie-Blick's Class

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CHECK OUT THESE AWESOME WEB SITES

BEYOND COTTAGE LANE      

Ever wonder what it would be like to live in a country on the other side of the world? Check out these sites!

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Join Ms. Christie-Blick in the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador in South America. She was there as part of a teacher group, sponsored by the University of San Diego, studying the ecosystems of the islands.

AMAZON JUNGLE Join Ms. Christie-Blick in the Amazon Jungle in Ecuador, South America. COMING SOON!

NEW ZEALAND Join Ms. Christie-Blick during her year living in New Zealand, and visiting their schools as part of the Global Educators Program. Be sure to look at the map page to help orient yourself.

JAPAN  Join Ms. Christie-Blick as she visits schools in Japan for three weeks, as part of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program.

HONG KONG Join Ms. Christie-Blick in Hong Kong, working at Yew Chung International School for three weeks, as part of the Global Educators Program.

AFRICA See photos of children in some African countries at school and at play. Read about their lives. How are their lives similar/different from yours?

ASIA Visit several countries in Asia. Each one is very different. Check out Oyanga's horse. She is only 7 years old, but she has her own horse to ride into town.

CHINA Lots of fun and fantastic links to sites about China and Chinese culture. See what your name looks like written in Chinese characters. View videos of China. Lots to learn!

EUROPE Learn about the lives of kids living in countries in eastern Europe. Check out Gabriel's pumpkins he grew himself!

SOUTH AMERICA Read about kids living in South American countries. See their pictures. How do their lives compare with yours?

TANZANIA Read a story written by children in the African country of Tanzania. Wow! What a different life they lead from yours.

PEN PALS IN GEORGIA This link will take you to our secure email site where you can send and receive email from your epal. All correspondences are teacher monitored.

TIME FOR KIDS Just like the Time for Kids magazine we get in the classroom, this site will introduce you to fascinating people and places around the world. You do not need to subscribe to use the site.

READING  

BOOK AUTHORS This site has all kinds of information about your favorite authors. Check it out!

BOOK CLUB Use this site as a guide to help you start a book club (sometimes called a literature circle). It has great tips for running a book club, and even questions to launch discussions.

BOOK IDEAS AND AUTHOR INTERVIEWS Want some ideas for good books to read? Want to know what's popular with other kids? Ever wonder about the real life of an author? You'll find this site very interesting.

BOOK SERIES Are you hooked on a book series? Do you WANT to get hooked on a book series? This site will help you find your favorite series, tell you all the titles in the series, and tell you the order they were published. Now you really CAN have it all!

INKHEART BOOK CLUB This site is for those currently reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Pick up the book and jump into the adventure!

SEUSSVILLE Oh the places you'll go inside this Web site!

SPELLING

CREATE SPELLING GAMES Type in your own spelling words and have some fun studying for your Friday spelling test!

SPELLING CHALLENGE So you think you're good at spelling, do you? Try a spelling challenge!

SPELLING MONSTERS Have a frightfully good time at this site (if you dare...).

VOCABULARY

ANALOGY COMPETITIONS Play against yourself, your best friend, bossy sister, annoying brother, or even your parents who keep telling you to get off the computer! With a little practice beforehand, I'll bet you can beat them all!

FUN BRAIN Have some fun and learn new words. Learning doesn't get any easier than this!

SILLY WORD GAMES This is a CRAZY site for learning words. You'll see what I mean when you try it out.

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY and earn rice to help ease world hunger. A company will donate 10 grains of rice to poor countries for every answer you get right. This is a win-win situation! Note that it will tell you the correct meaning of the word if you get it wrong. Memorize it because it will test you on that same word again later. You can also change the level to give yourself harder words to help you learn more.

VISUAL DICTIONARY Type a word into the box in the left sidebar and press enter key. The dictionary will try to find a picture of your word.

WORD GAMES You'll find links to all sorts of fun word games at this site. Email me and tell me which is your favorite.

QUIZLET GAMES for WordMasters Vocabulary Challenge: Part I, December 2009.

GRAMMAR

FUN ACTIVITIES Lots of different fun grammar and language arts activities here. The advertisements are annoying at first, but just ignore them. Soon you'll be so caught up in the games you won't notice anything else!

GRAMMAR GORILLAS ON THE LOOSE Stop monkeying around and go to this site. What a fun way to learn good grammar!

MAD LIBS COMPUTER STYLE Plug in the words and then read your hilarious story! (And learn of speech at the same time.)

WRITING

STUDENT STORIES Student stories will soon appear on this site. Please come back and visit it soon. COMING SOON!

MATH

ADDITION Practice addition facts, or harder addition problems, in a fun way.

FLASH CARDS & MATH GAMES You'll be convinced that learning can be fun after you visit this site.

MAKING CHANGE Like to play with money? Visit this site to put money in your piggy bank and make change.

MATH ARCADE The arcade is tricky and super fun to play. Good luck!

MATH BASEBALL Batter's up! Play baseball and learn math facts at the same time!

MULTIPLICATION PRACTICE Tired of flash cards? You can practice memorizing your multiplication tables online.

PATTERN PLAY Here's your chance to show how well you recognize patterns and make connections. Is it all it's cracked up to be?

PLACE VALUE PUZZLER Play with puzzles while getting better at place value. Choose from levels "Easy" to "Super Brain".

SCIENCE

AMAZING ANIMALS

EXPERIMENTS & DEMONSTRATIONS  Check out these Web sites for fun and interesting science experiments and demonstrations you can do at home! If you find any other good sites, let me know and I will add them to this page.

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE  Want to have fun on the Internet while learning to keep your body healthy? Then try these links! Remember, creating good, healthy habits NOW will help your body stay in good shape and your brain work at its best.

MAGNETISM & ELECTRICITY  Are you attracted to magnets? Do you get a charge out of electricity? If so, check out these great Web sites and then tell the class the most interesting information you've learned.

MARS  What does Mars look like? Why do we care? Is there really such a thing as a Martian? Find out the answers to these questions and more by clicking on the Mars link.

MEASURE IT! This site is for all you Measuring Maniacs who love to measure. You can measure in metric (Hurray!) or standard.

METRIC GAMEQUARIUM Here's a whole aquarium full of fun site for using your metric measuring skills. I'm sure you'll find a great catch!

METRIC RAGS TO RICHES Go to this site and scroll down to the Rags and Riches button to begin playing this fun and challenging game about metric measuring.