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Read Works: Eruption!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Colima Volcano, and active volcano in Mexico called the "Volcano of Fire." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Coral Reef Goes Digital
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sensors placed in Australia's Great Barrier Reef to record changes in the ocean. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Are You a Fit Kid?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the vitamins and minerals your body needs to stay healthy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Lobster Blues
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a rare blue lobster. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Head Count
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who use satellite imaging to count endangered animals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Quia: Super Synonyms Match Up
These matching games challenge student understanding synonyms and aid in expanding vocabulary.
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Wordville: Compound Words
This interactive language arts skill-building site provides a fun activity for creating compound words. Challenge student understanding of compound words and engage in the creation of compound words.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Two Bad Ants
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart correlates with the Scott Foresman Grade 3 textbook. It preteaches the main comprehension skill which is recognizing the aspects of the literary genres realism vs. fantasy; has...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Identifying Traits
Investigate the relationship between shapes and identifying traits or characteristics. A concise lesson that explores physical, chemical, and observable traits in the shapes around us. Build on this knowledge by playing the Web Colors...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice Exercises
Students engaging in these 14 word choice exercises will improve their word usage skills. Topics include spelling mistakes, sound alike words and word confusion. Select the correct word usage for each sentence.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Correct Verb for Sentence Quiz
Clear up the confusion of troublesome verbs with this interactive Language Arts skill-building site. Students' engage in quizzes that tackle grammar usage and the confusing verbs. Students' select the correct verb for each sentence. (is,...
Quia
Quia: Antonym Activity
Students are asked to match antonyms in pairs by clicking on the squares with display the words. Java is required.
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Read Works: The Food Chain
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining important vocabulary involving the food chain. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Theodore Taylor
What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Breaking Up an Hour Into Minutes
Build your measurement and time telling skills in this lesson where the hours are broken down into minutes. Lots of related vocabulary and common time referents presented. There are links available to interactive elapsed time and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Herbie and Annabelle
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the comprehension skill of cause and effect has web links to practice cause and effect, uses a word web to build background knowledge before reading the selection story and it...
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Quia: Synonym Match Up
This is a matching and memory game in which students match synonyms while remembering their location. Java is required.
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Quia: Synonyms
This site offers a matching squares activity in which students match pairs of synonyms. Java is required.