Thanksgiving Internet Picks

Still my top pick: Plimoth Plantation's You Be the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving.

Interested in knowing what REALLY was on the menu for the first Thanksgiving? Check out the history channel's First Thanksgiving page.

Did you know that the turkey was in competition with the eagle to be our national symbol of America? Read some more interesting Turkey Trivia here!

Take a Thanksgiving Quiz to test your knowledge of this holiday!

Don't forget! Visit our classroom blog (http://mrsperrysblog.blogspot.com/) to write about your Thanksgiving break! Have fun!


Typing Request!

Okay, I am still looking for online typing sites that can help improve your typing skills. I will post them here as I find them.


PowerTyping

Internet Picks: Week of November 13

Wow! There were so many interesting, interactive sites, that I couldn't decide which subject area to focus on. I recommend trying out all these sites this week! I learned more than I thought as I worked through these sites.


As promised, here is the Hubble website Dr. Perry recommended to us on black holes.


Interested in boosting your reading comprehension, vocabulary, or general reading strategies? Try out The Reading Comprehension Connection. Pick a skill and reading level (intermediate = reading at a 4th to 6th grade level, advanced is for those students reading at a 7th - 9th grade reading level). I would start out easy and work my way into the harder levels unless your teacher tells you otherwise.


Want a selection of games to play? Try out BBC's Wheel of Math Games! Simply choose a game a try it out! Keep in mind, this is a British site, so measurements are likely to be in metric units.




In Shoot the Bullseye! you can practice your parts of speech. Sometimes poor Chubs misses his target, even if you get the answer correct! I would recommend fourth graders work at level three, but you may want to try out level two first if your a little shaky on identifying parts of speech.



With Thanksgiving right around the corner, do you ever wonder, "What REALLY happened?" Well now you can! Step back in time and become a Historical Detective in Plimoth Plantation's YOU BE THE HISTORIAN: INVESTIGATE THE FIRST THANKSGIVING!

Special Science Update!

Visit Mrs. Perry's Science Page for TONS of new links to games and simulations about Light!

Website Picks - Week of November 5

This week, try an online word sort! Or, create a word search for your friends to solve! If you want to improve your spelling, try SpellaRoo!

Interested in poetry? Try out Poetry For Kids where you can pick from a wide range of activities, including poetry games, funny poetry, poetry lessons, or access a rhyming dictionary to help you with writing your own unique poems!

Interested in improving your language grade? Try out the Race for the Golden Egg to practice your identification of the parts of speech!

Love practicing your math with Leon? Try out Leon's Math Stories and improve your accuracy at solving word problems. You will need to specify if you would like to practice addition & subtraction or multiplication & division. Can't decide? Play it twice, once each way!