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Mrs. Marcia Jones
Miss Charity White

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Class links

This web page is reserved for student use to aid in completing teacher assignments.

Mrs. Pat Johnson

Mrs. Marcia Jones

Miss Charity White

 
Health

General Sources

Healthfinder for Kids
Everybody wants to be healthy.  This site tells about the good things you can do and bad things you should not do if you want to be healthy.

Kid's Health
This site helps you find out how to be a healthy, happy kid.

Nutrition

Cool Food
Learn all about food safety, nutrition, and exercise.

Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Facts Chart
This chart shows serving size and vitamin A and C information for fruits and vegetables.

My Pyramid.gov
This U.S. government site tells facts about the food pyramid.  Play a game to see if you know how to eat healthy.

Safety

FDA Kid's Safety
Play games to learn about food safety and health facts.

Rapid Fire
Play a game to see how much you know about fire safety.

Safety for Kids
This site will give you hints on how to be safe when you play and have fun.

 
Our World

Family

Childhood Memories
How are these children like you?  How are they different?

Family Photo History
Do these families look like your family?  How are they the same?  How are they different?

When They Were Young
Look at photographs of people.  How are they the same and how are they different from your family?

Farms

4H Virtual Farm
Visit many different kinds of farms, including beef, horse, sheep, dairy, and poultry.

Got Milk
What is it like to live on a milk farm?  Find out at this site.

Honey.com
This site explains all about bees and honey.

The Inside Scoop on Farms
This web quest on farms was designed by four 11-year-old boys.  Maybe one day, you will design a neat web quest.

Kirsten's World
See the farm where Kirsten grew up in 1854.

Play the Wheat Game
Will your wheat crop make you money?  Try the wheat game and find out.

Government

Ben's Guide to the Government
This site will help you with U.S. symbols and community workers.

 
Reading Lists

Award Winners

Caldecott Picture Book
See the 2008 winners of the Caldecott Best Picture Books. Do we have these in our library?

Coretta Scott King Award
This award is given to the best books written by an African American author and an African American illustrator.

Golden Sower Winners
Past winners of the Nebraska Children's Literacy Award.

Newbery Award Winners
The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

2008 Notable Children's Books
This is the list of the best children's books, recordings, videos, and software according to the American Library Association.

Other Reading Lists

Books for Second Grade Children
Do we have these books in our library?   If not, try the Milford or Seward Public libraries.

Book Hive
This site contains hundreds of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading levels and interest areas. Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages, and even favorite illustrator.

Reading Adventure
This Sylvan Learning Center site is a free reading motivation program. Create reading lists by subject, reading or grade level.

RIF Reading Planet
Play games, find great books to read, write stories, do fun activities at this site.

The Spaghetti Bookclub
Do you like to read? Read book reviews written by students like you. You could write a review too after you read a book. 

 
Search the Web

Ask for Kids
Search by entering sentences or phrases.

Awesome Library
Search 14,000 carefully reviewed resources with a focus on current events.

KidsClick
Find kid-friendly sites with grade level content.

One Key
Search Google's partner for kid friendly sites.

   
   
   
   
   
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Art and Music

Art Projects

Children's Museum of Art in Indianapolis
There are great art projects at this site.  Choose your grade under the word kids.

Make-a-Flake
Make a snowflake online.  Post it at their website.

Children's Art

World Art Gallery
Look at the children's art.  Each one is so unique.  You could send your art to the World Art Gallery.

Patterns

Butterfly Wing Patterns
Look very closely to see the patterns on the butterfly wings.

National Gallery Art Zone
Use your mouse to change patterns in the children's art zone.

Patterns in Nature
See amazing animal, plant, water, and mineral patterns.

Songs

Sing Along Songs
There are many songs at this site.  Listen to the music and read the lyrics.

Math

Counting

Bunny Count
You may practice counting using animals.

Count Us In
Play counting games to help you with basic math concepts.

Kidport Math Games
You may find many math games--from counting to addition and subtraction.

More Counting
You may practice counting.

General Sites

Cool Math
Learn math through games, interactive practice, and fun.

Learning Games

MathCat's Magic Chalkboard
This site is a winner.  It has a variety of math games.

 
Reading

Dictionary

Explorer Picture Dictionary
A picture dictionary with over 2000 words--some are linked to more information.

Folklore

American Folklore
Find American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tale, and ghost stories from all 50 states.  Listen to some of the stories.

Jokes

Yahooligan's Jokes
Want to laugh?  Go to this neat joke site.

Reading Stories

Between the Lions
Read and listen to stories and play games at this site.

The Bookhive
Listen to stories told by great American storytellers, read about new books, and play games about books.

FunBrain Reading
Read funny stories at this web page.

Inkless Tales
Read stories and poems, play games, practice tongue twisters at this neat site.

International Children's Digital Library
Read a book online at this library.  The books come from all around the world.

Silly Books
Listen to, read from, and sing along with these silly books.

Storytime Online
Listen to and read stories from the Kennedy Center.

Vocabulary

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
Play games like matching, crossword puzzles, hangman, while learning new vocabulary.

 
Science

Animals and Plants

eNature Animal Field Guides
This site includes the sights and sounds of 5,500 species such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, etc.  Text may be used for projects, but you need permission from the photographers to use the photos.

Kid's Valley Garden
Learn how to plant a garden at this great site.

Ovie's Farm Search Games
Play some fun games about animals and plants.

Zoobooks
How do animals hunt, eat, give birth, and live?  Find out in this outstanding source.

Ask an Expert

Ask Dr. Universe
Ask Dr. Universe a question you've always wondered about.

Butterflies

Children's Butterfly Site
You will find pictures to color, facts to learn, a fantastic butterfly photograph gallery, as well as links to other butterfly sites.

General Sources

Cool Science for Curious Kids
This site has great activities to help you explore science.

National Geographic for Kids
This site contains information, videos, and games about many science fields.

Inventions

How Everyday Things Are Made
This site shows how 40 different products are made and includes almost 4 hours of video.

Oceans

Monterrey Bay Aquarium: Games and Activities
Have fun at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium.  Fun for all ages.

Science for Fun

NASA For Kids
This site provides space puzzles, games, and text for kids of all ages.

Wild Games
There are a variety of animal games at this site.

 
Writing

Dictionary

Merriam Webster Dictionary
This site will help you find what a word means.

Punctuation

Punctuation Games
Play some punctuation games at this great site.

Spelling Help

Spelling Tips
Try these activities to help you with spelling.

Spin and Spell
Play a game to spell words.

Vocabulary

I Spy at Scholastic
See how fast you can find words in a mystery room.

Writing

How a Book is Made
Have you ever wondered how a book is made?

PowerProofreading
Do you want to be a good writer?  Learn to proofread.