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| Math Self Starts Self Start #1 Place Value Puzzler Play the place value puzzler. Start on Easy and try to move up levels. How far can you get? Self Start #2 Table Trees Click on a tree and practice multiplication facts. Self Start #3 Brain Teasers Click on the Weekly Brain Teaser for grades 3-4. You will need extra paper to work on. Keep your answer in your journal, so you can check the answer next week. If you have time, look at brain teasers from previous weeks. Self Start #4 Number Cracker Complete the number patterns. Start on the Easy level and move up. How far can you go without any mistakes? Self Start #5 Math Word Problems Click on Multiplication and Division Story. It will take to you a page to register. Click on Maybe Later. The story will begin when it finished loading. It takes a minute, so be patient. If you have time, go back and try the Addition and Subtraction story. Self Start #6 Time Mystery Money Mystery Geometry Mystery Multiplication Mystery Addition Mystery Click on a math mystery to solve. Read the story. You will need scratch paper to work on, then answer the question. Did you solve the mystery? | Language Arts Self Starts Spelling Self Start #1 Irregular Plurals Read the rules and patterns for irregular plural nouns. At the bottom of the page, click on First Exercise. At the top, it will keep your score. How did you do? If it was less than 75%, try again. Go to the next exercise. It's more challenging. How did you do? Self Start #2 The Plural Girls Click on Multiple Choice. If you get 8 out of 8 correct, click on play a harder level. If you miss some, click on play Plural Girls again. If you get all of them correct, keep going to the next harder level. Self Start #3 Alphabetical Order Begin on Level 1. How many points can you get? Click on Try Again, then try Level 2. How many points can you get on that level? Try Level 3. Play Again and try to beat your high score. Writing Self Start #1 Wacky Web Tales If you like Mad Libs, you will love Wacky Web Tales. Choose a tale to complete. Fill in the blank with your own ideas. Click on See Your Wacky Web Tale to read your version of the story. Try another tale. Self Start #2 Punctuation Paintball Start on the Easy level. Click on Maybe Later when it asks you to register. Click on Intro to hear and see how to play the game. Have fun! Self Start #3 Grammar Gorillas Start on the Beginner level. If you get 10 out of 10 correct, play again and try the Advanced level. Self Start #4 Cartoon Fill-Ins Choose a cartoon to complete from the list of pictures. Type in your ideas. Try several different cartoons. Print one copy of your favorite one you write to share with the class. Vocabulary Self Start #1 Daily Analogies Choose the correct word to complete the analogy. Be ready to share the answer for today's analogy. Self Start #2 Prefix and Suffix game Choose one player game. Click on the correct prefix or suffix that makes a word with the base word. Carefully read the sentence. If the word makes sense in the sentence, click on Makes Sense. If it doesn't make sense, click on Next to get a different sentence until it makes sense. Self Start #3 Vocabulary Click on this week's Houghton Mifflin story. Click on eWord Game. Practice this week's vocabulary words. | Interconnections Self Starts Social Studies Self Start #1 Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Click on Our Government. What are the three branches of the U.S. government? What does each branch of government do? Write your answers in your journal and be ready to share. Self Start #2 Map Skills Click on Find It Latin America. How many points can you get? Try other map games too. Self Start #3 Test Your Geography Knowledge- South America How well do you know the countries of South America? Try to see how high of a score you can get. Self Start #4 Explore Galapagos - Discovery Channel School The Galapagos Islands are off the coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean. Many interesting animals live there. Explore the Galapagos Islands. Write five facts you learn in your journal and be ready to share with the class. Self Start #5 Incas Read about the Incas, an ancient civilization in Peru. Write 2 facts you learn from each section in your journal. Write the heading such as Family Life, then write 2 facts. The arrows to move to the next page are in the top right corner. We will work on this over several days. This was created by 6th graders. Isn't it impressive? Science Self Start #1 Biomes of the World Click on Rainforests. Use the menu on the left side and click on Types of Rainforests. Write facts you learn in your journal to share. What type of rainforest is in South America? Click on Exploring Tropical Rainforests. What are the layers of the rainforest? What other facts do you learn? Explore other topics for rainforest and learn more about rainforest plants and animals. Which plants and animals would live in South America? Self Start #2 Is It Living ... Or Is It Not? Begin with Are You Dead or Alive? Read carefully and follow the directions in the text and do the activities. Write a list comparing living and nonliving things in your journal. How can we prove if something is living or nonliving? When you reach the bottom click Next to go to the next activity if you have more time. . Self Start #3 How Are Earth And It's Moon Alike? Begin with What Shape Is It? Read carefully and follow the directions in the text and do the activities. When you reach the bottom click Next to go to the next activity if you have more time. Art Self Start #1 Albright-Know Art Gallery Artgames Click on one of the art pieces and follow the directions for the game. Have fun! Self Start #2 The Artist's Toolkit Click on Balance- Symmetrical and Asymmetrical. Watch the short video. Follow the directions to find symmetrical and asymmetrical balance in three pieces of art. Then create your own art using symmetry or asymmetry. |