This is a collection of resources to support learning at home for students in Grade Four to Six.
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"Become a geography expert and have fun at the same time! Seterra is an entertaining and educational geography game that gives you access to over 400 customizable quizzes.
Seterra will challenge you with quizzes about countries, capitals, flags, oceans, lakes and more! Introduced in 1997 and available in 36 different languages, Seterra has helped thousands of people study geography and learn about their world."
This site's list of free movie guides can turn any movie or documentary into an opportunity for children to engage, learn and grow. For students of varying ages and abilities
Have fun...build foundational fact skills!
This site offers tons of online digital coloring pages in lots of different holidays and categories.
Students can practice matching words to the correct definition, and donate rice at the same time.
For each correct answer, the United Nations World Food Programme donates 10 grains of rice to a country in need. How’s that for combining word learning with social goodness? When a student plays, there is a visual display of rice (see image) which is added to a bowl each time the student makes a correct response.
Free Rice includes subject area lists in Geography, Science, Math, and others. It is leveled so students can play at just the right level of challenge for them.
If you have an error message just copy and paste this url into your browser: https://freerice.com/categories
Free School is a safe and friendly place to expose children to famous art, classical music, children's literature and natural science. Check out the great videos on a wide range of topics.
This site, provided by Edhelper, offers many great free activities and projects all geared towards a better understanding of social studies topics, including: Canadian Theme Unit (units for individual province, books, leveled reading comprehension activities, maps and biographies), Country Theme Units, Economics, Famous Educators, Geography, History of Mathematics, How Can I Help?, Explorers, Biographies, Crime and Terrorism, Ancient America, Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient India, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, World Religion, Middle Ages, Renaissance, European History: 1600s-1800s, Inventors and Inventions, World War I, World War II, History of Books and Writing, World Wonders.
There are also sections on Document Based Activities, World Problems and Issues, Social Studies Mixed Review Practice (Grades 1-6), Life Skills, and Time Lines.
Ditch That Textbook has tons of great ideas to support teachers in their busy classrooms. One of the many resources offered are FREE templates that will save time and engage students in their learning.To access these free templates (Google Slides and PowerPoint) head on over to https://ditchthattextbook.com/resources/templates or check out the individual sections included in this lesson.
These websites/apps for cultivating compassion are completely free! Teaching ToleranceThe WondermentThe Compassion Project Learn Storm SDG's in ActionCharacter Playbook Story Corps Sit with Us The Harry Potter Alliance Liyla and the Shadows of War
On Translatedict, you can choose from over 50 languages and use auto-detect for your own dialect. Just enter your word, phrase, or even a large amount of text, pick the translation language, and hit the Translate button. You'll see the written translation and can click the sound button to hear it out loud.
If you're using the translation in written communication, you'll see helpful word and character counts at the bottom. This is great for texts or social media posts where you have limited space.
Translatedict also provides areas solely for the voice translator and text-to-speech feature.
This site offers keyboarding practice for all ages.
This fun resource had YouTube videos that encourage students to writing about fun things and topics like a mystery box, shrinking down, a ninja school, invent a new class, etc. Be sure to watch the next three videos after the first one for more writing prompts!
Sample writing prompts are included. Sign up for emails from John Spencer to get 100 free prompts emailed right to you. (He's great, you won't regret it!)
This mansion-turned-museum (and research center) recently had renovations done, so they were already prepared for virtual museum viewing. Click your way through this interactive map for a tour of the beautiful building and collections of art from the likes of Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and more
MathScore helps students acquire a deep understanding of math by providing adaptive math practice that functions like self-guided lessons. MathScore is fun and improves math confidence and grittiness. For any important math concept, we help students achieve mastery in 3 phases:
1. Develop relatable, definition-level understanding:
2. Develop computational excellence: Using adaptive techniques, we efficiently develop strong computational skills.
3. Develop analytical understanding.
Splash Learn offer a complete K-5 math learning program built for your child that will boost confidence, increase scores and allow your child to enjoy a personalized learning path for catching up, enrichment or regular practice.
Parents and teachers can sign up for free.
Games and all sorts of fun math activities to keep skills strong over the summer break!
Kids can use this free template to make up their own game!
This site offers games for students in math, science, the elements, reading comprehension and some just for fun!
The best features of game shows can be used to review and teach in the classroom. Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live, and Gimkit can help. See their pros, cons and what makes them different.