Google Earth:
The BIG WIDE WEB. Learn how to ask questions and make predictions.
- Kids search engine. Find out the fact of the day
Story starters:
Write a short creative writing piece
- Into the book: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing.
- Scratch: Make your own video game
Dance Mat Typing !
Learn how to type
Great websites to learn about:
- How technology changes us in unexpected ways
- How inventions change history (for better and for worse) - Kenneth C. Davis
- Video by a high school student on history of technology
( listen to how he changes his voice) - Who wants to be an Engineer?
Look and listen to the pacing of the video. - Technology Timeline; 1920s to Present
- Technology through the ages
- History of Machine Tools
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"Thimble is an online code editor that makes it easy to create and publish your own web pages while learning HTML, CSS & JavaScript."
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"inklewriter keeps your branching story organised, so you can concentrate on what’s important – the writing. It's free!"
- Can you spell interactive games
- Spelling city
- Spelling games
- Character Trading Cards.
- What happens? How do you tell an exciting story? Plot a diagram.
- Bullet Story Mapping - Create a character map, and conflict map, a resolution map, or a setting map -- then print it.
- Try to solve these mysteries- Interactive game with reading and quizzes. Write down the answer to the mystery in your computer binder
Grammar and spell checker.
Copy and paste your text into the window and Spell checker will underline grammar problems.
Diamante Poems
Write your own diamond shaped poem
Shape Poem
Choose a shape and write a poem about it.
Comic Creator
Compose your very own comic strip!
