The following links have been compiled for your convenience. Each link will open a website that is not owned by the Auburn-Washburn school district. USD 437 is not responsible for the content found on these websites. If you find a link that is broken or have concerns about a website please contact the district .

Language Arts	Free Rice - Build your vocabulary skills and give food to the poor!
	Harcourt Trophies Resources - Links to activities for each story in the series.
	Read Write Think - Several activities to do online and offline for Reading.
	Sadlier Phonics - Complete the activities using your knowledge of letters, sounds, and words.
	Spelling City - Type your own list in (or sign in with your teacher's information) and practice and play games! Turn on your sound!
	Figurative Language Jeopardy - Skip the last column, but practice similies, metaphors, and personification.
	Vocabulary Lessons - Practice prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
	Analogies Jeopardy Game - Play this with a partner to practice analogies. Analogies Quiz - Type in your answer for 34 different analogies.
	Power Proofreading - An interactive site with several stories to practice proofreading skills, broken down by skill area.
	Instant Poetry Forms - Choose your poetry form from the list of links provided. Then just add words to make the poem your own.
	Puzzlemaker - Create crosswords, word searches, and more with your own vocabulary or spelling words.
	Harcourt Reading Series Online Activities - LOADS of cool reading and writing activities.
	Quia on the Web - Online quizzes over many subject areas.
	Wordle - Create a word cloud at the Create page.
	Create Your Own Avitar - Select a character, customize it, and give it your own voice.
	Practice Capitalization & Punctuation - Choose your text style (letter, story, newspaper article, and more). Then attempt to edit the text for proper capitalization and punctuation.
	Scholastic Story Starters - A quick, fun writing activity to try every day!
	Character Scrapbooks - An activity used to analyze the characters of any book.
	Comic Creator - Create your own cartoon.
	MrNussbaum - A variety of activities addressing spelling, word family recognition, reading comprehension, and more.
	Punctuation Paintball - Practice your punctuation skills by selecting a level. Then select "Maybe later - Go directly to the activity!"

Math	Interactive Quadrilaterals - Manipulate a square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, and kite to discover its properties.
	Manga High - Great math games for ordering decimals, percentages, geometry, etc.!
	Math Playground - A huge site with lots of interactive math activities.
	Coordinate Planes - Several links to practice working with ordered pairs, including all four quadrants. Billy Bug - Arrow to the correct coordinate. Fun! Maze Game - Type in the coordinates for the path to the green dot, without running into a mine.
	Decimals - Click the links below to practice with decimals. From Kidport (click on menu to find more cool stuff!) Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
	Multiplication Facts Practice - More practice from Kidport. Multiplication Facts Practice 2 - Click in the box and answer 10 problems in a row as fast as you can.
	AAA Math - Online practice with many different math skills. AAA Math - Second site.
	Integer Game - Find the mystery picture by matching expressions with the correct results.
	ConvertPlus - Convert just about any kind of measurement.
	The Ruler Game - Use this activity to improve your ability to read a ruler.

Science	Exploring Nature - Fantastic database with great illustrations and some videos of animals, plants, etc.!
	NASA - Search for and design a habitable planet.
	The Science Spot - Click here for physics and more.
	Periodic Table of the Elements Interactives Periodic Table - Gives basic information about each element, as well various groupings of the elements (orbitals, melting points, boiling points, etc.) Proton Don - FunBrain will show you a periodic table that contains the elements' symbols and their periodic numbers. Identify elements by selecting their symbols or by correctly typing their names. Chemical Elements - Information about each element. Click on the element to find basic facts, and a great picture of the element's energy levels. Web Elements - Information about each element. Click on the element, then click on the left side for more information about that element. Los Alamos Periodic Table - Another good resource for information. Atoms - Build an atom with a different number of protons, neutrons, and electrons and find out what element you've created. The Periodic Table Videos - Videos for the periodic table
	Planet Exploration From Mercury to Pluto - Another great Thinkquest site. Choose the down arrow next to "Make a Selection" in both boxes. Has a good links page. NASA Planet Site - Lots of pictures and information from NASA. The Nine Planets - Pictures and information. StarChild - Good information and pictures (two reading levels).

Social Studies	Ancient Civilizations - A hotlist of links for many of the ancient civilizations.
	Mesopotamia from the British Museum - Try the interactive activities and read the stories. Ancient Mesopotamia - A site from MrDonn.org. Very easy to read information, with cartoon clip art. Click Ancient Civilizations to find more.
	Ben's Guide to U.S. Government - Super site that covers our nation, historical documents, government, how laws are made, election process, and citizenship. Information and games.
	Ancient China - A site from the British Museum that has simple information about Ancient China.
	MapZone - Super site for finding maps of all kinds. Interactive USA Map - Great with the Smartboard 13 Colonies - Discover how the continent was irrevocably changed by European colonization, the events that caused the wholesale displacement and decimation of the land's original inhabitants, and how the 50 states came to be formed.
	Egypt Ancient Egypt - A site from the British Museum. Each section has an interactive story, and activity to try. Hieroglyphic Writing - This is a simple site for explaining how to write and read hieroglyphics. Just for fun, click on this French site to see your name written in hieroglyphics. Guardian's Egypt - A site with many links to study pyramids, mummies, hieroglyphics and other aspects of ancient Egypt.
	National Geographic - Official site for National Geographic. Click on the Student and/or Kids section for great tools for students.
	Time for Kids - Extension on the news magazine. Great up-to-date news that is easy to understand.

Other	INTERNET FOR CLASSROOMS - Internet 4 Classrooms site with links to online activities for every subject! EXCELLENT!
	Glogster - Create an online poster.
	Voki - Create an animated avatar for book talks and more!
	Phil Tulga's Music Resources - Very cool, interactive activities that combine music into language arts, math, and science.
	Funbrain - Lots of games to practice skills in all subject areas. Click on your age.
	NetSmartzKids - An online resource with interactive games and activities which teach Internet safety. NetSmartz - Great videos and information about staying safe and acting appropiately online. B4UCopy - Super site about copyright rules. Take the quiz!
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