I will update this throughout the year with different sights that you can visit.
Reading- these sites have books or articles available online to read or listen to. You can count this towards your 30 minutes of reading each night.
Math-
http://www.wizenworld.com/ - math games and app
http://mathmovesu.com - real world math problems
https://www.digitwhiz.com/ (also app) math games- we will use this to be sure students understand math facts this year
https://www.mangahigh.com/en-us/games - more fun math games!
http://gregtangmath.com/games- more math games (good fraction review)
Book Review Sites
Educational Apps
Reading- these sites have books or articles available online to read or listen to. You can count this towards your 30 minutes of reading each night.
- http://www.storylineonline.net/- Listen to popular pictures books for free online!
- http://tweentribune.com/- news articles for "tweens"
- http://middleschoolbook.com/- Go here to read more of James Patterson's Middle School books... there are some free previews.
- http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html- read stories online, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
- http://en.childrenslibrary.org/- This website has books in a variety of languages for students to read.
- http://www.storynory.com/- More free audio stories for kids.
- http://www.epubbud.com/browse.php- Get free ebooks for your IPad. Try searching under "tween" books.
Math-
http://www.wizenworld.com/ - math games and app
http://mathmovesu.com - real world math problems
https://www.digitwhiz.com/ (also app) math games- we will use this to be sure students understand math facts this year
https://www.mangahigh.com/en-us/games - more fun math games!
http://gregtangmath.com/games- more math games (good fraction review)
Book Review Sites
- Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/115374-aac-5th-and-6th-grade Click on this link to join our class goodreads group. You must have an email and parental permission to join this group, so it is optional. Goodreads is available as an app as well.
Educational Apps
- Evernote- allows you to take notes and audio record
- Sound Gecko- This will read websites to you!
- Book Creator- Free version for creating your own ebooks to share
- Weebly- We will use this to make online portfolios later in the year.
- Popplet Lite- You may use this for Vocab Collectors this year.
- Tellagami- Create your own videos.
- Word Word Lite- My Personal Dictionary
- Haiku Deck- Used to create presentations
- Audioboo- record your voice
- Comic Life- create your own comics
- Dictionary.com- another good, free dictionary option
- Brainpop and Brainpop ESL- Educational movies and activities
- Sushi Monster- Need to practice math facts? Try this game!
- Subtext- we may use this app later in the year for reading
- Touchcast- can be used to watch and create videos
- Word Lens- will translate words for free using the camera