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Math Websites
ToonU: Angles |
Description: ToonU: Angles provides children with opportunities to identify and label obtuse, acute, and right triangles. This game reinforces the key vocabulary associated with angles that we are learning. This game can be played individually or with up to three players.
Rationale: This game is appropriate because we are learning to identify the different types of angles in class. Price: Free |
Hidden Picture |
Description: Hidden picture is an interactive game that requires the player to match the word at the bottom of the screen with the associated picture. When all of the pictures have been matched to their flashcard, a hidden picture will be revealed.
Rationale: This game reinforces the visuals that are associated with different geometric shapes. It presents the terms in a pictorial way, rather than just words. Price: Free |
MATH-PLAY.COM |
Description: MATH-PLAY.COM is a website that features many geometry math games for your child. Some of the concepts within the various games include, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, polygons, and angles. There is bound to be a game that your child will enjoy on this website.
Rationale: This website includes many games that are age appropriate and focus on what we are currently learning in geometry. Price: Free |
Shape Lab |
Description: Shape Lab is an interactive game that requires the the player to identify different shapes and their attributes. The game has varying degrees of difficulty. The game also identifies lines of symmetry in the hardest level.
Rationale: This website requires the child to identify age appropriate vocabulary and match it to the visual display. Price: Free |
Hooda Math |
Description: This website has a variety of games that are associated with geometry. Hooda Math provides activities for other units of mathematical study as well.
Rationale: I chose this websites because there are many different activities for children to choose from that specifically focus on geometry for fourth grade. Price: Free |
Literacy Websites
Grammar Ninja |
Description: Grammar Ninja is an interactive website that allows your child to practice different parts of speech. Each level is associated with different parts of speech. Beginner Ninjas are required to find nouns and verbs. Skilled Ninjas must find nouns, verbs, pronouns, articles, adjectives, and adverbs. Master Ninjas must find all parts of speech.
Rationale: This website requires identification of the different parts of speech within sentences. Price: Free |
Poetry Idea Engine |
Description: The Scholastics website, Poetry Idea Engine, presents different types of poetry in an engaging way for children. The child can choose the type of poetry that he/she wants to create. Next, the are given a description about the specific type of poetry. The child chooses words that he/she wants to use in their poem and has the option to save their poem.
Rationale: This website presents children with different types of poetry in an age appropriate, engaging manner. Children can also write poetry. Price: Free |
Jog the Web |
Description: The website, Jog the Web, provides various blogs for children to read. A few of the blogs included are Kid's News by National Geographic, Animal News by Discovery, and PBS News Hour. The blogs provide children with new and exciting material to read. Children can also relate what they are reading to what is happening in the world around them.
Rationale: I chose to include this blog because it provides age appropriate news and reading for children in fourth grade. Price: Free |
Story Starters Scrambler |
Description: The name of this website provides a perfect description of itself. This website is a great start for children's writing. Children can choose their genre or select random. Next they select the format that they want to write their story in. After they write their story, they have the option to download or print their story.
Rationale: This website allows children to make decisions about their writing and encourages creative writing. Price: Free |
Book Adventure |
Description: Book Adventure is a great way to motivate your child to read. On this website, you can search for books, read them offline, return and take a quiz, and earn prizes for individual reading success. If your child has ever been stumped as to what book to read next, this is the perfect website for him/her.
Rationale: This website provides children with many books to read. I chose this website because parents can not always take their child to the library or buy them a new book and this provides them with an alternative. Price: Free |
*All website images are screenshots from each website, referenced below.
References:
Book Adventure retrieved from http://www.bookadventure.com/book_finder.aspx
Grammar Ninja retrieved from: http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html
Hidden Picture retrieved from: http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geopicture
Hooda Math retrieved from: http://hoodamath.com/games/geometry.php
Jog the Web retrieved from: http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/JTMCLc0DvUfu/Blogs-for-Kids#1
MATH-PLAY.COM retrieved from: http://www.math-play.com/Geometry-Math-Games.html
Poetry Idea Engine retrieved from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#
Shape Lab retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/shapes/play/popup.shtml
Story Starters Scrambler retrieved from: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/writing-prompts/
ToonU: Angles retrieved from: http://www.toonuniversity.com/6m_angle_d.html
Book Adventure retrieved from http://www.bookadventure.com/book_finder.aspx
Grammar Ninja retrieved from: http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html
Hidden Picture retrieved from: http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geopicture
Hooda Math retrieved from: http://hoodamath.com/games/geometry.php
Jog the Web retrieved from: http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/JTMCLc0DvUfu/Blogs-for-Kids#1
MATH-PLAY.COM retrieved from: http://www.math-play.com/Geometry-Math-Games.html
Poetry Idea Engine retrieved from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#
Shape Lab retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/shapes/play/popup.shtml
Story Starters Scrambler retrieved from: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/writing-prompts/
ToonU: Angles retrieved from: http://www.toonuniversity.com/6m_angle_d.html