Third Grade

Welcome to Mrs. McCullough's 3rd Grade!

Kathie McCullough

N 2385 Spring Street

Juda, WI 53550

608-934-5251 ext. 114

mccullough@judaschool.com

Reading/Grammar General Use References:

Reading Wonders - Connect Ed

Spelling and Grammar practice from class

SuperKids Online Fun

Reading, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary practice from class

Spelling City/Vocabulary City

Practice current Reading Wonders spelling and vocabulary lists

Freckle

Login for Freckle reading and math practice

IXL

Login for practice of reading, math, science and social studies

MyON (via Renaissance)

Online library

RenLearn

For taking AR book tests and STAR Reading/Math tests

Epic! Online library

Read books you would check out from the library online!

Raz-Kids login

Reading practice-books at your own level

Kahoot!

Click here to sign in to play a class game

Quizlet LIVE

Click here to sign in to play a class game

Reading Comprehension Practice Sites

Instructional videos (Brief videos about reading comprehension skills and strategies from class)

Reading Skills Practice Games

Choose a game by subject area. Please note: Some of the same games can practice several different skills. Be sure to select the skill you wish to practice when you get to the Main Menu!

Context Clues

Sir Readalot

Smash boxes to find a key that will unlock the treasure chest

Radly the Readbot

Blow up the barrel that matches the correct answer

Comprehension Crane

Read the story and drop the claw on the correct answer to the question.

Context Clues

Use clues from the sentence to find the missing word.

Solar Sequence game

Put the directions in the planets in the correct order so they make sense

Author's Purpose

Jumpin Jack

Click on the candy that shows the correct answer.

Author's Purpose Board Game

Try to figure out why the author wrote each passage.

Similes and Metaphors

Reading Ninja

Break boxes to find the correct answer

Jumpin Jack

Click on the candy that shows the correct answer.

Cell Shock

Find and charge the 3 correct power cells to open the exit in one of our most popular figurative language games.

Theme

Kid Heroes-Theme

Read the story. If you pick the correct theme you can place a kid hero on the battlefield to protect the king.

Comprehension Crane

Read the story and drop the claw on the correct answer to the question.

Making Inferences

Trick or Trait

Find the ghost with the correct word in a spooky character traits game

Splash the Sub

Toss the water balloon at the substitute teacher who is making the best inference.

Comprehension Crane

Read the story and drop the claw on the correct answer to the question.

Radly the Readbot

Blow up the barrel that matches the correct answer

Sir Readalot

Smash boxes to find a key that will unlock the treasure chest

Solar Sequence game

Put the directions in the planets in the correct order so they make sense

Fact or Opinion

Sir Readalot

Smash boxes to find a key that will unlock the treasure chest

Fact and Opinion Practice

Read each sentence and determine whether it states a fact or opinion.

Reading Ninja

Break boxes to find the correct answer

General Spelling/Vocabulary Practice Games

Boggle game

Unscramble the letters to make words

Word War

Form words from the letters on the cannon balls to destroy the enemy tank

Radly the Readbot

Blow up the barrel that matches the correct answer

Vocab Vik

Break the rocks that show the correct vocabulary word.

Spelling Bees

Choose 8 letters and then spelling as many words as you can from those letters in 90 seconds.

Bounce

Smash boxes that contain misspelled words.

Wordyloo

Swipe letters to form words.

Rocketship Reader

Smash your rocket into asteroids to form words. Catch the alien for bonus points.

Bad Apples

Pick apples to form words. Any apples that cannot be used become bad apples.

Falling Stars

Click on the stars to form words that are between 3 and 8 letters long.

Egg Heads

Click on the eggs to form words.

In Other Words

Move the letters in the word to form a new word.

Subject/Verb matching game

Find the subject and verb that go best together

Analogies (word comparisons)

Water the flower that best completes the analogy.

ABC order practice

Put your blocks in ABC order

Social Studies Sites

Ducksters: history research site

Monument and memorial photos

Use for Memorial/Landmark pics

National Landmark travel site

Offers virtual tours and information for several national landmarks

Digital photos of landmarks

Ben's Guide to Government Basics

World Geography Games

Practice oceans, continents, maps of different countries

Latitude and Longitude Game

Practice finding latitude and longitude while collecting coins.

Wax Museum Research Sites

Easy Science for Kids-Presidents

Fantastic resource!

America's Library - presidents

USA 4 Kids - president website

Info and biographies of US presidents

Forward test prep

Online tools training

Greek Mythology Research

History of popular Greek Gods/Goddesses

From National Geographic Kids, a brief description of

the major Greek Gods. Pictures of statues as well.

Greek God History for Kids

Offers lots of facts and stories about 12 major Greek gods and

goddesses. Caution: Many ads during search

The 12 Major Greek Gods

Facts and stories. Pictures available as well.

Softschools: Greek gods and goddesses

Very brief facts about several mythological characters

Phonics Practice Sites

Starfall: Sight word matching game

Starfall: Short vowel matching game

Starfall: Long vowel word sorting game

Sort words by their long vowel buddy sounds

Starfall: Lonely long vowel song and game

CV word video and practice

Starfall: Silent e movie

Starfall: Silent e practice

Practice changing short vowels into long vowel words with silent e

Starfall: Long a picture hunt

Starfall: Long e

Practice making long e words

Starfall: Long i

Practice making long e words

Starfall: Long o

Practice making long o words

Starfall: Long o picture

Read the sentences to color the picture filled with long o words.

Starfall: Long u

Practice making long u words

Starfall: Vowel teams video and games

Starfall: R-controlled word game

Starfall: R-controlled -or picture hunt

Practice reading and finding -or words in the picture

Starfall: y as e picture hunt

Science Resources

Astronomy Research Site

DKfindout! The Solar System

Use for space/solar system research

Weather Wiz Kids

Tons of weather and natural disaster information

DKfindout! Weather

Use for additional weather research

Weather facts - Science Kids

Facts about clouds, hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, snow, etc.

Climate Kids Science Games

Online games about science, space, weather, climate

Wild Weather Game

Learn about weather and storms

Inventions

Kids Planet Animal Facts

Some endangered animal information for project

Plant facts

Astronomy

Other Recommended Sites

GoNoodle.com

Classroom exercise with awesome music! Create a free account to enjoy at home!

PBS Kids

Scholastic Books

Online book order website. Please email Mrs. McCullough when you place an order!

Softschools

Starfall reading and math

Other Fact/Math practice

Basketball math fact practice game

Jet ski math race game

Similar to Kitten Hop, only for math fact practice!

Telling time game

Number Race

Race you car and collect even, odd, greater or less than numbers

Number Ninja - Even and odd numbers

Slice up as many even or odd numbers as you can!

Number Bingo

Snowball Fight

Do math facts in order to hit the bad guys with snowballs!

Tic Tac Toe Math

Zombie Paintball

Zap the zombies with paintballs to pick the correct number!

Coins for Candy

Use coins to buy candy

Flash card practice

Play in teams or individually

12 months of the year practice

Days of the Week practice

Math/Coding/Other General Use References

Go Math/Think Central

Online access to class math program

XtraMath

Practice all types of math facts

Prodigy Math Game

Keeps track of your progress as well

Code.org sign-up link only

Code.org

Use to sign into Code.org class activities

Typing.com

Use for keyboarding lessons

Mystery Science mini lessons for at-home use

Kiddle

Kid safe and friendly search engine

Class Dojo

Grammar/Language Arts Practice Sites

Instructional videos (Brief videos about grammar and language arts skills and strategies from class)

Grammar Skills Practice Games

Choose a game by subject area. Please note: Some of the same games can practice several different skills. Be sure to select the skill you wish to practice when you get to the Main Menu!

Nouns

Parts of Speech Asteroids

Use the mouse to shoot the asteroids of the correct part of speech before they fall and hit the planet

Parts of Speech Quest-Nouns

Beat the dragon to get the gold back by answering questions about all types of nouns

Beach Jeep

Drive your jeep punching out signs with the correct part of speech

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Ice Cream Talk: Noun hunting

Find nouns and collect scoops of ice cream!

Word Shark

Eat the fish that has the correct noun

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Bango

Break rocks that show the correct plural noun.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Syllable Slurp

Press a chameleon to make it slurp the fly with the correct word.

Plural Noun Matcher

Click on the boxes to match the singular nouns to their irregular plural form.

Verbs

Later Gator!

Subject/verb agreement: Play Wack-a-Mole based game

Journey to the Past Tense

Subject/verb agreement

Parts of Speech Asteroids

Use the mouse to shoot the asteroids of the correct part of speech before they fall and hit the planet

Parts of Speech Quest-Verbs

Beat the dragon to get the gold back by answering questions about all types of verbs

Beach Jeep

Drive your jeep punching out signs with the correct part of speech

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Ice Cream Talk: Verb hunting

Find verbs and collect scoops of ice cream!

Word Shark

Eat the fish that has the correct verb

Grammar Gladiator

Activate the magma vent that shows the correct answer

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Syllable Slurp

Press a chameleon to make it slurp the fly with the correct word.

Prefixes

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Prefix Popper

Pop the balloon that contains the prefix that matches the meaning.

Prefix Matcher

Click on the boxes to match each prefix with its meaning.

Suffixes

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Bango

Break rocks that show the correct suffix.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Conjunctions

Parts of Speech Quest-Conjunctions

Beat the dragon to get the gold back by answering questions about all types of conjunctions

Grammar Gladiator

Activate the magma vent that shows the correct answer

Homophones

Pancake Panic

Match the correct homophones

Homophone Matcher

Pick the words that have the same sound but different spelling

Grammar Gladiator

Activate the magma vent that shows the correct answer

Wiz Kid

Read the clue, then find the correct homophone.

Contractions

Contraction Action

Choose the correct contraction, then use a slingshot to burst the pinata!

Commas

Grammar Gladiator

Activate the magma vent that shows the correct answer

Compound Words

Slimezilla

Make compound words to earn power to battle Slimezilla

Rough Riders

Drive your 4-wheeler to catch diamond thieves by making compound words

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Adjectives

Parts of Speech Asteroids

Use the mouse to shoot the asteroids of the correct part of speech before they fall and hit the planet

Parts of Speech Quest-Adjectives

Beat the dragon to get the gold back by answering questions about all types of adjectives

Beach Jeep

Drive your jeep punching out signs with the correct part of speech

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Word Shark

Eat the fish that has the correct adjective.

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Adverbs

Parts of Speech Asteroids

Use the mouse to shoot the asteroids of the correct part of speech before they fall and hit the planet

Parts of Speech Quest-Adverbs

Beat the dragon to get the gold back by answering questions about all types of adverbs

Beach Jeep

Drive your jeep punching out signs with the correct part of speech

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Pronouns

Parts of Speech Quest-Pronouns

Beat the dragon to get the gold back by answering questions about all types of pronouns

Grammar Police

Arrest the driver that shows the type of word chosen as the law.

Word Ninja

Destroy box crates to reveal possible answers.

Fools Gold

Find the fake gold, then drag it down to the miners to break apart.

Vowel Sounds

Rough Riders

Drive your 4-wheeler to catch diamond thieves by finding the correct vowel sounds

Vowel Poppers

Practice finding short and long vowel words

Syllable Slurp

Press a chameleon to make it slurp the fly with the correct word.

Syllables

Rough Riders

Drive your 4-wheeler to catch diamond thieves by finding words with the correct number of syllables

Sir Readalot

Smash boxes to find a key that will unlock the treasure chest

Hoppy Syllable Hunter

Find the eggs with the correct number of syllables.

Syllable Slurp

Press a chameleon to make it slurp the fly with the correct word.

Synonyms

Radly the Readbot

Blow up the barrel that matches the correct answer

Ghosts in the Graveyard

Cast a spell on the ghost that shows the correct synonym.

Antonyms

Radly the Readbot

Blow up the barrel that matches the correct answer

Ghosts in the Graveyard

Cast a spell on the ghost that shows the correct antonym.

Antonym Matcher

Click on the boxes to match the words that have opposite meanings.

Math Resources

Online Math Manipulatives

SplashMath/SplashLearn

Similar to Freckle

Online timer

Counting coins

Games for practicing counting coins

Online fraction strips

Use for comparing fractions

Online geoboard

Pick your color and create your shape

Playground equipment for ultimate playground math project

Interactive thermometer and convertor

Type in temperature and convert Fahrenheit and celcius

Math Playground math games

Games for all operations

World of Cents

Match coins and money amounts to earn money to build a playground!

Telling Time Practice Sites

Movable analog clock

Use to help practice telling time or elapsed time

Time Travel Game

Practice telling time

ClockWorks

Choose the advanced game for time to the minute

Choose the challenge game for elapsed time

Time Teller

Multiple choice answers, good for beginner elapsed time

Multiplication Fact Practice Sites

Penguin Jump

Like Kitten Hop, only for multiplication!

Multiplication Connect 4

Earn your move to play Connect 4 by answering a multiplication problem!

Penalty Kicks Multiplication Game

Answer a multiplication problem correct and earn a soccer penalty kick!

Going Nuts! Multiplication

Play Squirrel Pinball and earn nuts!

Cave Run Multiplication Game

Jump to collect coins and answer multiplication problems

Car Rush Multiplication

Answer multiplication problems and race a car to the finish line!

Meteor Multiplication

Blast the meteors with the correct answer!

Math Monster Multiplication

Gather as many monsters as you can!

Cone Crazy Multiplication

Help Penguin scoop the right flavors by answering problems correctly!

Multiplication.com

Lots of multiplication games to choose from (some are listed above)

Math flash card game

Multiplication Flashcards

Quickflash

Division Fact Practice Sites

Farm Escape Division

Demolition Division

Blow up the tanks before they knock down your wall!

Pirate Division

Division Derby

Horse racing

HIdden Creek Farm