Web+sites+for+homework

Here are some useful web sites for homework.

term 3 2013 animal classification theme - science investigations

[] read all about an international space station. [] all about bees, pollination, life cycles and more!!

an exciting web quest for your science investigation! cool bugs! [] [|http://www.enchantedlearning.c]

[] a cool webquest about amphibians [|om/biomes/ocean/twilight/] there is information here about creatures that live deep beneath the sea Hamish and Donald !

[] more information about creatures that live with light [] information about geckos and skinks!! [] lots of interesting facts and other links about all sorts of animals

[] fantastic all round science site with all the different branches of science to explore especially for kids!

[] facts and wonderings about bees/pollen/plants

[] Information about different types of geckos and skinks.... [] create your own amazing animal and learn about its special habitat

[] Term 3 focus Rainforests - fanatastic site

[] wow explore mars this website lets you learn about the hostile environment of Mars and how to survive it!!

[] this web site is full of information and activities connected with the human body and is currently our focus for this term (term 2 2012)

writing..... [] Make your own picture book!! **Olympics A fantastic web site to help children keep up to date with the olympics....**

[] make your own flowers... [|rygames.com/socstudies/olympics/links.htm] [] an after school/holiday programme [] facts about whales and related web sites for kids

. [] fantastic interactive site and useful for our current focus on Antartica (term 4 2011) [] official website of Julie Bertagna a Scottish author who writes books concerned with global warming for children. This earthspace page has interesting information about climate change etc. [] A science based website about weather!! Fun and informative.

[] This web site is about Gareth Morgan and a team that are heading into Antarctica to conduct research and they have developed this web site especially for students and teachers.

[|www.iknowthat.com] [] a fabulous art activity using photos

[] this activity is one we use not just for art (and fun) but to write character descriptions/start to build an imaginative story about our character etc.... **Maths**

[] fast thinking maths addition level 3

[] basic addition and subtraction problems to solve [] [] [] [] lots of addition/subtraction/place value games [] []

[] fractions practise to consolidate what we are doing in class

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[] This is an excellent activity for practising times tables, and fun! []

Keyboard Practise [] this is a free download that can be kept on your desktop and you dont need the internet to access it afterwards. It is excellent for learning about the keyboard and as we use our computers a lot in class it is essential children are familiar with the keys.

[] Website for Jeannie Baker - Australian environmental artist. We are using Jeannie's books this term (term 4 2011) to link into our inquiry about the impacts that people have on the environment. Because she is also an accomplished artist we will use her art works as inspiration to create something that represents our understandings of the key understanding.

Maori []

[] inspiration video clip for children about being a 'real writer' and 'honouring their writing'

[] traditional maori folk songs - often with you tube clips to help with pronunciation. Reading/spelling

[] try and complete the word before the cat catches the mouse!

[] higher level spelling game [] fantastic interactive spelling and reading activities

[] jolly roger phonics

[] putting words in alphabetical order

[|http://www.iboard.co.uk/curriculum.htm#newliteracy-subtopicWordwork2] high frequence word practise all levels - children are currently using this in the reading rotation in class. This web site also has excellent maths games as well.

[][|http://info.infosoup.org/tumbleb] [] spelling circle - can you find the ultimate word!! [|ooks.asp]

[] fun with words how many words can you make from the jumble??

[] spelling and maths games Science []

[] facts and wonderings about bees/pollen/plants