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Fabulous explorers website

Links directly to activities for grades, 4, 5, 6 from a variety of websites

Word Tamer is an interactive flash-based website where you "tame words and train stories" The site helps students create and develop new writing possibilities. All the ideas can be saved and printed off to be developed off-line. You can even print off certificates! The site contains different sections such as Wild Words, Prowl Through Plot, Capture a Character, Snare a Setting and Grapple With Genre. Each task is simple to get into and fun for children to play. Word Tamer is created by children's author Judy Waite and is born out of the creative writing workshops she delivers in schools.

Click here to experience a virtual tour of an Ancient Egyptian Tomb. Find out more about being an archaeologist, but watch out for snakes and scorpions! This is one of many activities on the education & activities section of the National Museums Scotland website. http://www.nms.ac.uk/education__activities.aspx

From the US Census website, agae appropriate data for each site. Great for data handling. Lots of additional resources for classrooms by gradelevel

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom. GREAT website!

All subject areas for early primary

FREE website developed by group from Finland featuring games designed with AAC device users or folks who use computers with alternative access in mind. The games range from very easy to more challenging and can all be played with a mouse or switch.

I'm not sure if this would be a useful resource or not. You decide! The unit illustrates different ways of organising information graphically and illustrates a range of "concept mapping" applications using examples created with Kidspiration. The unit is not a tutorial in how to use the software, as excellent tutorials are provided with the program. It is intended to stimulate interest and creativity by providing examples and links to websites where there are files that you can download for pupils to use.

Record messages for your website. Teachers can assign students to record messages from the classroom, homework reminders etc.

addition, substraction, mutiplication, division, science, and english games