Working With Our Buddies
Web Page and Online Activities Developed by Ms. Mary Ann Rechtfertig

1st and 4th grade buddies meet for about an hour every other week. In the computer lab, students complete
online activities designed to build communication and relationship among buddies. 4th graders serve as cross-age
tutors to help 1st graders learn skills in fun ways.

 


1) Buddies! We are glad to meet you.
To get to know each other better,
let's write a story together.

Young Writers Workshop
For Teachers to Print:
Activity Sheet



2) Trees and Johnny Appleseed
In real life, Johnny Appleseed was named John Chapman.
He was born on September 26,1774.
How many years ago was that?

1. The Story of Johnny Appleseed

2. Trees Are Terrific . . . Travels with Pierre

3. Growing Plants

4. Apple Faces

For Teachers to Print
: Activity Sheet and Coloring Page

3) Life on Farms

Welcome to the Farm

Online Farm


For Teachers to Print: Activity Sheet and Coloring Page


4) Plants

The Life Cycle of a Bean Plant

Great Plant Escape, Case 1

What do Plants Need to Grow?

Let's Play Garden Concentration


5) The Weather

How Do Clouds Form?

How's the Weather Out There?
4th graders, please read out loud to your 1st grade
buddy (or buddies.) Teach them about five different kinds of
clouds.
Next, label the Water Cycle with your buddies.

Interactive Weather Maker
Now, practice with the online weather maker.
Help your buddy understand what is happening.

Tornado Maker

 

6) Autumn
Scarecrow Jigsaw Puzzle
Fall Word Search
Autumn Slide Puzzle
The Anxious Leaf
4th Graders: Read this story out loud to your buddy.
Then, choose another shape to color, if you want.
Color the Online Pumpkin

7) Halloween

Tic-Tac-Toe
Puzzles
The Mystery Message
Star in Your Own Story
Halloween Word Search
Dot-to-Dot
Halloween Scramble
Pumpkin Patch Maze
Carve an Online Pumpkin


8) Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Activities from Scholastic


9) Winter Holidays

Learn about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa

10) Insects

Learn about Insects from Other Kids

What Are Insects?


11) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month

The Dr. King TImeline Page

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Virtual Tour of Dr. King's Birthplace


12) Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year


13) Valentines and Presidents' Day

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Honest Abe

George Washington Word Search

Timeline of George Washington's Life

Valentines Jigsaw

Lincoln Slide Puzzle


14) St. Patrick's Day

Word Search Game

Your Own St. Patrick's Day Story

St. Patrick's Day Hangman

Find the Pot of Gold

Matching Game

End of the Rainbow Game

Tic-Tac-Toe

Play Puzzles



15) Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases

What are the Three States of Matter?

Solids and Liquids

Matter Everywhere: Balancing Act

Describe and Measure Matter

Word Finds: Do Chapter 11


16) Frogs

Life Cycle of the Frog

Read this Life Cycle of a Frog or Toad


Take Frog Quizzes

Froggy Mad Lib

Frog and Toad Checkers


17) Spring Activities

Easter Games

Passover Seek-A-Word



18) Butterflies

Butterflies at Enchanted Learning

Children's Butterfly Site


19) Earth Day and Rainforest Activities

A. Amazon Rainforest

B) Explore the Rainforest

C) Unscramble the Rainforest Picture

D) Rainforests at Enchanted Learning
Scroll down. Click on "animals live in rainforests."
Read about the different animals.

E) Online Rainforest Stories
Read out loud to your buddy.
Maybe your buddy can read some of the words.

F) Rainforest Coloring Book

G) Rainforest Concentration Game

H)
Play Amazon Explorer!


20) Bees

Color a Honeybee, Online


21) Dragons

Snapdragon - Tell the Time

Zach's Lizard Land

Dragon Tales

Dragons of Komodo


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