HELPFUL LINKS
Click here to visit the Wissahickon Charter School website.
At PBS Parents you can find a general description of what to expect in fourth grade, as well as how fourth graders learn.
Play games that work your brain in all kinds of ways at FunBrain.
You can place Scholastic book orders here: Scholastic Online Ordering. Our classroom code is HDF2Z. Remember, when you order your books online, Scholastic gives our classroom FREE books to add to our classroom library!
MATH SITES:
Practice rounding at APlusMath.com and play games to review place value and expanded form concepts at Fun Kids Online Math Games.
Get flashcards and worksheets to print at home to help with memorizing multiplication and division facts at Math Fact Cafe.
This site is awesome! Get online practice at the fourth grade level for many of the math skills we will be learning this year at IXL--Fourth Grade Math Practice.
Play with numbers and give your brain a workout at Math Playground.
Learn and practice the Lattice Method for multiplication at CoolMath4Kids. We will be learning this method as well as a more "traditional" method for multiplying.
Get a tutorial on using Partial Quotients to divide larger numbers here. You and your child can practice using this method at the Quotient Cafe.
GRAMMAR & WORD WORK SITES:
Practice Parts of Speech while playing Word Invasion.
Practice punctuating dialogue while playing Rags to Riches.
Practice capitalizing words while playing Magical Capitals.
For spelling and word work practice, check out Cool Reading & Spelling Games. For a real spelling challenge try the Spelling Bee Game.
READING & WRITING SITES:
Use Scholastic's Book Wizard to find out if the books you are reading (or want to read) are at your "just right" level.
Check out Dogeared--A Reader's Best Friend for book recommendations and reviews written by kids. You can even write one of your own!
At Scholastic--Share What You're Reading! you can also write book reviews and publish them online. Other kids around the world can read what YOU think of the book.
RESEARCH SITES:
Fact Monster is a great site full of all kinds of information, including an online dictionary and encyclopedia.
Ask Kids is a kid-safe search engine.
SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE SITES:
Play a game identifying the continents and oceans at All About World Geography.
You can explore estuaries here, or play Thirstin's Word Scramble Game or Matching Fun Facts Game to test your knowledge of water and water use.
Watch the water cycle in action here, or find out how to build your own aquifer.
Find out more about the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon through this fun and interactive website, Earth, Sun, and Moon.
You can check out specific Native American tribes at Native Americans Facts for Kids.
Check out EcoKids, an award-winning educational site for kids.
Try Science! is full of fun, simple experiments and interactive games.
Explore the solar system with the interactive website, Kids Astronomy.
Tour the Solar System is a VERY cool interactive site where you can travel through the solar system and explore different planets. If you are interested in space, you should check it out!
National Geographic for Kids -- Habitats provides plenty of photos and information about habitats and the animals who live there.
At Kids Biology you can discover all kinds of facts and see pictures of hundreds of different animals.
At PBS Parents you can find a general description of what to expect in fourth grade, as well as how fourth graders learn.
Play games that work your brain in all kinds of ways at FunBrain.
You can place Scholastic book orders here: Scholastic Online Ordering. Our classroom code is HDF2Z. Remember, when you order your books online, Scholastic gives our classroom FREE books to add to our classroom library!
MATH SITES:
Practice rounding at APlusMath.com and play games to review place value and expanded form concepts at Fun Kids Online Math Games.
Get flashcards and worksheets to print at home to help with memorizing multiplication and division facts at Math Fact Cafe.
This site is awesome! Get online practice at the fourth grade level for many of the math skills we will be learning this year at IXL--Fourth Grade Math Practice.
Play with numbers and give your brain a workout at Math Playground.
Learn and practice the Lattice Method for multiplication at CoolMath4Kids. We will be learning this method as well as a more "traditional" method for multiplying.
Get a tutorial on using Partial Quotients to divide larger numbers here. You and your child can practice using this method at the Quotient Cafe.
GRAMMAR & WORD WORK SITES:
Practice Parts of Speech while playing Word Invasion.
Practice punctuating dialogue while playing Rags to Riches.
Practice capitalizing words while playing Magical Capitals.
For spelling and word work practice, check out Cool Reading & Spelling Games. For a real spelling challenge try the Spelling Bee Game.
READING & WRITING SITES:
Use Scholastic's Book Wizard to find out if the books you are reading (or want to read) are at your "just right" level.
Check out Dogeared--A Reader's Best Friend for book recommendations and reviews written by kids. You can even write one of your own!
At Scholastic--Share What You're Reading! you can also write book reviews and publish them online. Other kids around the world can read what YOU think of the book.
RESEARCH SITES:
Fact Monster is a great site full of all kinds of information, including an online dictionary and encyclopedia.
Ask Kids is a kid-safe search engine.
SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE SITES:
Play a game identifying the continents and oceans at All About World Geography.
You can explore estuaries here, or play Thirstin's Word Scramble Game or Matching Fun Facts Game to test your knowledge of water and water use.
Watch the water cycle in action here, or find out how to build your own aquifer.
Find out more about the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon through this fun and interactive website, Earth, Sun, and Moon.
You can check out specific Native American tribes at Native Americans Facts for Kids.
Check out EcoKids, an award-winning educational site for kids.
Try Science! is full of fun, simple experiments and interactive games.
Explore the solar system with the interactive website, Kids Astronomy.
Tour the Solar System is a VERY cool interactive site where you can travel through the solar system and explore different planets. If you are interested in space, you should check it out!
National Geographic for Kids -- Habitats provides plenty of photos and information about habitats and the animals who live there.
At Kids Biology you can discover all kinds of facts and see pictures of hundreds of different animals.