Educational Tools

Science Activities: Solar System

Books (library or local bookstore) :
- Dr. Seuss’s There’s No Place Like Space by Tish Rabe
- Magic School Bus Lost In the Solar System by Joanna Cole
- Stanley in Space by Jeff Brown
- Magic Tree House #8 Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
- Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
- Space Boy by Leo Landry
- The International Space Station by Franklyn M Branley
- Usborne’s First Encyclopedia of Space
- What’s Out There? A Book about Space by Lynn Wilson
- Me and My Place in Space by Joan Sweeney
- Star Seeker: A Journey to Outer Space by Theresa Heine

Local Events:
- Planetarium Show: Orlando By Night at the Science Center: First & Third Saturday of each month at 1pm.

Other Activities:
- Make a Solar System Model http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/


Science Activities: Weather

Books:
- Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today? By Tish Rabe
- I Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
- How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
- DK Weather
- What Will the Weather Be Today? By Lynda DeWitt
- Clouds by Anne Rockwell
- Weather Forecasting by Gail Gibbons
- The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm by Nancy White
- Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn Branley
- Groundhog Weather School by Joan Holub
- Fairy Books: Pearl the The Cloud Fairy, Crystal the Snow Fairy, Hayley the Rain Fairy, Storm the Lightning Fairy, Goldie the Sunshine Fairy by Daisy Meadows
- The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola


Local Events:
- Orlando Science Center has a hurricane simulator, tornado machine, and wind tunnel


Other Activities:
- http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
- Weather Art Projects such as paper bag kites, pinwheels, http://www.teachingheart.net/weather.htm


Book Suggestions related to Open Court Instructions:
http://www.opencourtresources.com/

For Unit 6 Journeys
- Toot & Puddle by Holly Hobbie (Orange & Seminole Library)
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Orange & Seminole Library)
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Just us Women by Jeannette Caines (Seminole Library)
- Let’s go Traveling in Mexico by Robin Rector Krupp ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Squanto’s Journey by Joseph Bruchac ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera Williams ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Zoom! Zoom! Let’s Soar to the Moon by Alice Kaplan (Orange Library)
- Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Amelia’s Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik ( Orange & Seminole Library)
- Ferryboat Ride by Anne Rockwell (Orange Library)

Spelling Practice Ideas:

Website: Spelling City www.spellingcity.com allows you to put in weekly spelling list and play games with the words for free.

Buy Alphabet Rubber Stamps (Joann’s for $5-10)…have children stamp out their spelling word as fun practice


Math Activities

Card & Dice Game:
- Dealing with Addition: http://educatingrisa.com/2011/01/21/dealing-with-addition-math-game-part-2/
- Math War
- Three Strikes, Face Off, & Free the Animals http://mathwire.com/games/addsubgames.html
- There are many math card / dice games on this website to teach addition and subtraction http://www.mrsgoldsclass.com/MathGames.htm

Board Games:
- Sum Swamp (amazon)
- Dino Math Tracks (amazon)
- Sequence Numbers (amazon or toys r us)

Website: Xtramath -https://www.xtramath.org/ free math quizzes for addition and subtraction with a progress report card to parents.

Apple App: Rocket Math


Other Activities:
- Daily Word Ladders
- Logic Puzzles