4th

Class links

This web page is for use by students when doing special projects.

Mrs. Abbie Baack

Mrs. Lorna Frey

Big Six

Big Six
This site helps with the process of writing a paper.

Health

General Sources

Kid's Health
This site helps you find information about being a healthy, happy kid

10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activities for You
This guide provides you with some very useful advice.

Nutrition

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

My Pyramid.gov
This U.S. governent 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 as you learn about food safety and health facts.

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

Reading

Asking Good Questions

How to Impress Your Teachers by Asking Good Questions
Do you know how to ask good questions?

Folklore

American Folklore
Find American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore 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 stores told by great American storytellers, read about new books, and play games about books.

FunBrain Reading
Read funny stories at this web page.

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

The Moonlit Road
Scary stories from the southern U.S. that can be listened to or read.

Storytime Online
Listen and read stories from the Kennedy Center.

Vocabulary

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

Reference

Almanacs

World Almanac For Kids
Although filled with advertisements, this still presents lots of facts on lots of different subjects.

Atlases

National Geographic Map Machine
This source has outstanding maps combined with information about counties, animals, and people of the world.

Calendars

Book of Days
This site provides information about holidays around the world.

Earth Calendar
This calendar explains seasonal, historic, and religious holidays from around the world.

Dictionary

Merriam Webster Dictionary
This site wll help you spell a word.

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

Encyclopedias

Factmonster.com
This online encyclopedia provides information for reports and fun facts for you to find.

Graphic Organizers

Graphic Organizers
Use these graphic organizers for planning your research.

Nutrition

Fruits and Vegetable Encyclopedia
This is an encyclopedia that tells all about fruits and vegetables.

Photographs

UCAR Digital Image Library
This is a Library of weather, climate, and Earth sysem imagery. This site includes photographs and illustrations of clouds, lightning, tornadoes, floods, storms, air pollution, and more which can be used free of charge by students. Every photo is clearly labeled and described.

Quotations

Thinkexist
These are short quotations from well known people.

Time Zones

World Time Zones
See what time it is throughout the world.

U.S. Government

First Gov. for Kids
This site aims to collect all kid-friendly U.S. government websites under one portal. It includes subjects such as arts, careers, computers, environment, geography, fighting crime, global village, homework and fun stuff.

Search the Web

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.

Ask for Kids
Search by entering sentences or phrases.

Writing

Dictionary

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

Language Use

Gamequarium Madlibs
Use adjectives, nouns, verbs, and numbers to create many funny stories.

The Grammar Gorillas
Have fun practicing the use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Idioms
Find out why you say what you say.

Mad Libs Junior
Write silly stories by using nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Wacky Web Tales
Write more silly stories use the parts of speech. Have fun!

Punctuation

Punctuation Games
Play some punctuation games at this great site.

Spelling Help

Scramblesaurus
There are lots of topics to help you spell better.

Spelling Made Easy
This webquest about spelling was designe by two fifth grade boys.

Spelling Tips
Try these activities to help you with spelling.

Vocabulary

A Game a Day
Play easy to difficult word games. The games are organized by days in the month.

Word Jungle
Help a gorilla swing by choosing the correct word.

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.

Art and Music

All About Art

Inside Art
What if you were trapped inside a painting and had to solve a mystery to get out?

A Lifetime of Color
This site has games, art dictionaries, information about artists, and craft projects.

Art Projects

@the Art Room
Get ideas for art projects and learn about different artists at this website.

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

Hands on Crafts for Kids
This site has lots of art projects.

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.

Fun with Patterns

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

Music

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

Current Events

Newsroom

Kids Newsroon
Provides educational material of kids style news.

Math

Ask an Expert

Ask Dr. Math
Do you have a math question? You may get help from this person.

General Sites

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

Learning Games

BrainOrmous
Practice multiplication tables by playing this game.

Brain Teasers
Try your skills with these word problems.

Chess is Fun
Learn how to play chess by using the instructions at this site. Then play some chess online.

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

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

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 Fourth Grade Children
Do we have these books in our library?

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.

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.

Science

Animals and Plants

Animaland
This Internet resource provides concept and skill development and practice in Mathematics specifically in the areas of Arithmatic, Algebra, and Geometry for Kindergarten through tenth grade students who are at grade level, in a small group, individual user, large group, or computer lab situation.

Animals at the Smithsonian Zoo
Take a virtual tour of the Zoo, watch animals with zoo cams laced throughout the zoo, and see photographs from their photo gallery.

EEK! Environmental Education For Kids
At this site there is lots of information about the relationship between the earth and animals.

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 paint a garden at this great site.

Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, Illinois
This is an outstanding zoo site with lots of pictures, information about animals, and animal learning games.

What's It Like Where You Live?
Explore different beomes including freshwater and marine ecosystems.

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 what you expected?

General Sources

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

Make Science Toys
These cool toys are easy and inexpensive to make.

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 lots of short video clips.

How Stuff Works
Find out how the things we use everyday work.

Oceans

Monterrey Bay Aquarium: Games and Activities
Have fun at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium website.

Ocean Creature Feature
Play a game matching ocean creatures to their descriptions.

Space

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

The Space Place
This NASA site has games, information, projects, and activities about the solar system.

Water

Water Science for Schools: a USGS site
This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center. Were you surprised how complex the water system is?

Social Studies

Government

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

PBS: The Democracy Project
Investigate the three branches of the United States Government.

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.	Class links This web page is for use by students when doing special projects. Mrs. Abbie Baack Mrs. Lorna Frey
	Big Six Big Six This site helps with the process of writing a paper.
	Health General Sources Kid's Health This site helps you find information about being a healthy, happy kid 10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activities for You This guide provides you with some very useful advice. Nutrition Fruit nd Vegetable Nutrition Facts Chart This chart shows serving size and vitamin A and C information or fruits and vegetables. My Pyramid.gov This U.S. governent 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 as you learn about food safety and health facts. Safety or Kids This site will give you hints on how to be safe when you play and have fun.
	Reading Asking Good Questions How to Impress Your Teachers by Asking Good Questions Do you know how to ask good questions? Folklore American Folklore Find American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore 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 stores told by great American storytellers, read about new books, and play games about books. FunBrain Reading Read funny stories at this web page. International Children's Digital Library Read a book online at this electronic library. The books come from all around the world. The Moonlit Road Scary stories from the southern U.S. that can be listened to or read. Storytime Online Listen and read stories from the Kennedy Center. Vocabulary Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun Play games like matching, crossword puzzles, hangman, and learn new vocabulary.
	Reference Almanacs World Almanac For Kids Although filled with advertisements, this still presents lots of facts on lots of different subjects. Atlases National Geographic Map Machine This source has outstanding maps combined with information about counties, animals, and people of the world. Calendars Book of Days This site provides information about holidays around the world. Earth Calendar This calendar explains seasonal, historic, and religious holidays from around the world. Dictionary Merriam Webster Dictionary This site wll help you spell a word. Explorer Picture Dictionary A picture dictionary with over 2000 words--some are linked to more information. Encyclopedias Factmonster.com This online encyclopedia provides information for reports and fun facts for you to find. Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers Use these graphic organizers for planning your research. Nutrition Fruits and Vegetable Encyclopedia This is an encyclopedia that tells all about fruits and vegetables. Photographs UCAR Digital Image Library This is a Library of weather, climate, and Earth sysem imagery. This site includes photographs and illustrations of clouds, lightning, tornadoes, floods, storms, air pollution, and more which can be used free of charge by students. Every photo is clearly labeled and described. Quotations Thinkexist These are short quotations from well known people. Time Zones World Time Zones See what time it is throughout the world. U.S. Government First Gov. for Kids This site aims to collect all kid-friendly U.S. government websites under one portal. It includes subjects such as arts, careers, computers, environment, geography, fighting crime, global village, homework and fun stuff.
	Search the Web 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. Ask for Kids Search by entering sentences or phrases.
	Writing Dictionary Merriam Webster Dictionary This site will help you find what a word means. Language Use Gamequarium Madlibs Use adjectives, nouns, verbs, and numbers to create many funny stories. The Grammar Gorillas Have fun practicing the use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Idioms Find out why you say what you say. Mad Libs Junior Write silly stories by using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Wacky Web Tales Write more silly stories use the parts of speech. Have fun! Punctuation Punctuation Games Play some punctuation games at this great site. Spelling Help Scramblesaurus There are lots of topics to help you spell better. Spelling Made Easy This webquest about spelling was designe by two fifth grade boys. Spelling Tips Try these activities to help you with spelling. Vocabulary A Game a Day Play easy to difficult word games. The games are organized by days in the month. Word Jungle Help a gorilla swing by choosing the correct word. 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.



	Updated October 8, 2009
	by Gloria Godtel District Media Specialist

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Art and Music All About Art Inside Art What if you were trapped inside a painting and had to solve a mystery to get out? A Lifetime of Color This site has games, art dictionaries, information about artists, and craft projects. Art Projects @the Art Room Get ideas for art projects and learn about different artists at this website. Children's Museum of Art in Indianapolis There are great art projects on this site. Choose your grade under the word kids. Hands on Crafts for Kids This site has lots of art projects. 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. Fun with Patterns National Gallery Art Zone Use your mouse to change patterns in the children's art zone. Music Sing Along Songs There are many songs at this site. Listen to the music and read the lyrics.
Current Events Newsroom Kids Newsroon Provides educational material of kids style news.
Math Ask an Expert Ask Dr. Math Do you have a math question? You may get help from this person. General Sites Cool Math Learn math through games, interactive practice, and fun. Learning Games BrainOrmous Practice multiplication tables by playing this game. Brain Teasers Try your skills with these word problems. Chess is Fun Learn how to play chess by using the instructions at this site. Then play some chess online. Cool Math Learn math through games, interactive practice, and fun. MathCat's Magic Chalkboard This site has a variety of math games.
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 Fourth Grade Children Do we have these books in our library? 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. 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.
Science Animals and Plants Animaland This Internet resource provides concept and skill development and practice in Mathematics specifically in the areas of Arithmatic, Algebra, and Geometry for Kindergarten through tenth grade students who are at grade level, in a small group, individual user, large group, or computer lab situation. Animals at the Smithsonian Zoo Take a virtual tour of the Zoo, watch animals with zoo cams laced throughout the zoo, and see photographs from their photo gallery. EEK! Environmental Education For Kids At this site there is lots of information about the relationship between the earth and animals. 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 paint a garden at this great site. Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, Illinois This is an outstanding zoo site with lots of pictures, information about animals, and animal learning games. What's It Like Where You Live? Explore different beomes including freshwater and marine ecosystems. 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 what you expected? General Sources Cool Science for Curious Kids This site has great activities to help you explore science. Make Science Toys These cool toys are easy and inexpensive to make. 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 lots of short video clips. How Stuff Works Find out how the things we use everyday work. Oceans Monterrey Bay Aquarium: Games and Activities Have fun at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium website. Ocean Creature Feature Play a game matching ocean creatures to their descriptions. Space NASA For Kids This site provdes space puzzles, games, and text for kids of all ages. The Space Place This NASA site has games, information, projects, and activities about the solar system. Water Water Science for Schools: a USGS site This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center. Were you surprised how complex the water system is?
Social Studies Government Ben's Guide to the Government This site will help you with U.S. symbols. PBS: The Democracy Project Investigate the three branches of the United States Government.