Web Resources for Grade 4

Web Resources for Communications

Scholastic News
An online news magazine for kids.  In addition to interesting articles, there are links to surveys, games and quizzes.

Kidport
Kidport is designed to help K-8 students excel in all subject areas of school and have fun doing it. Just click on your grade level and HAVE FUN!

KidsClick
KidsClick was created by a group of librarians to guide young users to valuable and age-appropriate web sites. It contains more than 600 subjects including reading, writing, math, science and social studies.

Harcourt's Language
Click on links that include vocabulary development, grammar, and proofreading.

The Learning Site
Click on links for activities in reading, spelling and language arts.

Scholastic's Annie's Rhyme Time:
Writing rhymes allows students to use their critical thinking skills while building vocabulary.

Writing

Ideas for Writers
Improve your writing skills by linking to information on the writing process, writing strategies, links for writers, and story ideas.

News Writing with Scholastic
Here, students will receive tips on writing a news article. They can write their own article and receive comments on their work from the Scholastic editors.

Wacky Web Tales
Review the parts of speech as you create a "Wacky Tale" (mad libs). Post your story online.

Writing with Writers
At this Scholastic site, students work with famous authors in step-by-step writers workshops to learn how to write different types of stories. This is a great site for preparing for the writing test!

Web Resources for Math

AAA Math
This is an awesome site for interactive practice for students of all grade levels. Select your grade level or math topic to begin.

Ask Dr.Math - Elementary School Level
Do you have a question about math? Submit your question to Dr. Math or read the questions and answers of others.

Brain Teasers:
Help develop problem solving skills for grades 3 and up. Be sure to click on How to Play for tips.

Fun Brain
Here are online activities for words, numbers, science and social studies for ages 6 and up. Be sure to scroll down to see the Parent-Kid Challenge.

Harcourt Math
This K-8 site provides many interactive activities.

Kidport
Kidport is designed to help K-8 students excel in all subject areas of  school and have fun doing it. Just click on your grade level and HAVE FUN!

KidsClick
KidsClick was created by a group of librarians to guide young users to valuable and age-appropriate web sites. It contains more than 600 subjects including reading, writing, math, science and social studies.

Lemonade Stand  (bad link–delete)
Learn the basics of supply and demand by running a lemonade stand online.

Make a Graph
Online Graphing Tools allows you to create a graph and print it.  There are also examples of graphs.

Silver Burdett Ginn Math
This site is designed to correlate with the Silver Burdett math book. These activities can be completed by students working alone, in small groups, or as a class.

Tangrams
Choose from three interactive websites, where you can move and rotate the basic geometric shapes that create a tangram to reproduce a variety of figures.
Tangram Game from PBS Kids
Tangrams at Enchantedmind.com

Web Resources for Science

Enchanted Learning
This site has extensive links to many science and social studies topics for elementary students, beginning with kindergarten. Some of them include animals, dinosaurs, oceans, geography, inventors, explorers, calendars and more! Be sure to check out the Zoom School. Excellent information.

Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory
This is part of the ATOMS Family web site.  Here you will find activities including electrical safety and electricity experiments.

KidsClick
KidsClick was created by a group of librarians to guide young users to valuable and age-appropriate web sites. It contains more than 600 subjects including reading, writing, math, science and social studies.

Little Explorers(Picture Dictionary)
You will find excellent information on animals at this site. The information is also available in other languages: English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, English-Spanish.

Rock Hounds
This is a great page for rock hounds young and old!

Scott Foresman Science
This site allows students to apply what they learn from their textbook. Here students can access Chapter Connections for many online activities that extend and enhance the content of science lessons at school. Click on your grade level. The Spanish version is also available.

Simple Machines
An overview of simple machines is explained at this site.

Web Resources for Social Studies

Carolina Clips
This site was developed by the Educational Technology Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.  It features waterfalls, lighthouses and Raleigh, the state capitol.

KidsClick
KidsClick was created by a group of librarians to guide young users to valuable and age-appropriate web sites. It contains more than 600 subjects including reading, writing, math, science and social studies.

Leaders from North Carolina
This web page will lead students to online biographies about some of North Carolina's state and national leaders.

Moving the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse:  an Animation
This animation of the moving of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse requires Shockwave Flash plug-in in your browser.  You can download it from Macromedia.

NC Wise Owl North Carolina Web Sites
Here are wonderful links to NC web sites including Carolina Clips and State Symbols (with pictures and information on each symbol). For more information on NC Wise Owl contact your school media specialist.

Stamp on Black History
This web site is an introduction to some of the important black men and women who have been honored on United States postage stamps.

Pirate Ships
View examples of pirate ships that sailed the seas long ago.

Web Resources for Reference and Other Subjects

Dictionary.com
Type in any word and get the correct spelling, definition, respelling, part of speech and related words. There are many types of dictionaries at this site such as sign language, translators for languages, rhyming dictionaries.

Kid's Search Tools
Safe Searching for Kids are provided here. Be sure to scroll down.

NC Wise Owl
This is an excellent reference site. It includes encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines and more. Password required for home access. Contact your school media specialist for information on passwords.

PuzzleMaker
Create word searches, crossword, math puzzles and more.

Rhyming Dictionary
Find rhyming words, synonyms, etc. as well as famous quotations from Shakespeare, the Bible, History and others.

Roget's Thesaurus
Find synonyms, antonyms, writing resources and more!

Word Central
This site will make you wild about words!  It has a great student dictionary.  Check out Buzzwords, Verse Composer (madlib poetry), and the Computer Lab for sending secret messages.