The following links are student friendly resources to use in your classrooms or in the computer lab. *You can also search the many resources I have bookmarked on my Diigo acount at |
*Classroom Management Technology Tools* http://www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/classroom/management.htm *Technology Center Ideas* |
Research Tools NetTrekker (search engine of school reviewed sites) (you will need the username & password if you are not at school) http://school.nettrekker.com OneKey (google for kids) Ask for Kids (used to be Ask Jeeves) |
All Content Areas: Jump to: Websites for Younger Kids / Math / Reading & Writing / Science / Social Studies / Spelling / Fun Mr Nussbaum (lots of interactive games across the curriculum) Internet4Classrooms (Activities to use in the computer lab or at computer centers - organized by grade level and topic) http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm NC Wise Owl (The Elementary Zone) Apples 4 Teachers (learning games, books, quizes, online activities, worksheet generator tools, & ideas by subject) http://www.apples4theteacher.com/ Mrs. Alline's Directory of Educational Resources on the Web Teachers First (Resources by Subject & Grade) http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.cfm Arcademic Games (addition, subtraction, multiplication, antonyms/synonyms/homophones, speech types, verbs) http://arcademic.altec.org/ Owl & Mouse Educational Software (some online resources and lots of free downloads--reading help, map puzzles, phonics, learning letter etc.) http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm Gamequarium (a variety or games for all subjects) http://www.gamequarium.com/index2.htm Kid Info (homework & student/parent/teacher resources) http://www.kidinfo.com/ Brain Pop Jr. *Short online movies to teach kids about various topics (ex. Plant life cycle, nonfiction text, measurement) with games & other activities to do after watching a movie clip (word wall, write about it, etc.) *This is a paid site but it has some topics for free http://www.brainpopjr.com/ Brain Pop (original site---designed for older kids) *This is a paid site but it has some topics for free (ex. Homonyms,Synonyms,Anytonyms or nouns or multiplication) http://www.brainpop.com/ Scholastic Online Activities Kids Gov Thinkquest ( websites that teach --created by kids)
Interactive Sites ------------------------------------------------------------ Fishy Count Game- You count the fish and click the correct number on a shell **It helps the kid recount if they're wrong http://www.primarygames.com/math/fishycount/index.htm Online Clock activity- telling time to the nearest 5 minutes http://www.primarygames.com/math/timeclock/start.htm Online Even/Odd Storybook- uses to ladybugs to teach about odd & even http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/even_odd/1.htm Online Shape Storybook- Sammy the snake teaches/reviews shapes http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/sammy/intro.htm Literacy Center- numbers, colors, letters, shapes, writing, words (English, Spanish, German, & French) Count Us In (ABC.net)- Basic Number Concepts *currently not working with flash player 10 in Firefox or Safari (you can download the games and play them from the computer) BBC Schools- online activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/index.shtml Clifford interactive storybooks http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Create a Graph (Use simple to follow templates to create many different kinds of graphs.) http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/ Create a Graph Classic (simplified version of the site above) National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (by grade level & math topic) http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html Hundreds board with placeable counters http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/countersquare.html Hundreds boards with splat squares http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/splatsquares/splatsq100.html Count Us In (games for basic number concepts) *currently not working with flash player 10 in Firefox or Safari (you can download the games and play them from the computer) http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm Oswego City School District Online Math Games http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html Kankee School District Math Internet Resources http://www.k111.k12.il.us/departments/instructionalprograms/internetresources/math.aspx Shodor Interactive Math Activities Soft Schools (You can click on your grade at the top for a grade specific list.) Kids Numbers AAA Math (Pages are very busy--may be too much for some kids) Dositey Math Playground Multiplication.com (lessons & ideas, activities, resources, worksheets,games) The Table Trees (multiplication tables practice-practice each fact family) http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html Multiplication Math-O (mixed multiplication facts practice) http://www.aplusmath.com/games/matho/MultMatho.html Basketball Math Interactive http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html Cool Math http://www.coolmath.com/ Math Baseball http://www.funbrain.com/math/ Fact Monstor Flashcards http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html Math Fact Café (worksheets and flashcards) http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ Math Playground (games, manipulatives, short videos) Class Brain Math Games (regrouping) MathEbooks.net (sample problems to solve online & clickable pdfs to download) Glencoe-Virtual Manipulative Bank Jr. (teaches about all aspects money& has online quizes)
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Read/Write/Think
(online templates for graphic organizers,trading cards, biocubes, book covers, etc.)
Magic Keys
(books to read online -some books have click to listen available / some coloring pages, puzzles and games also available)
www.magickeys.com/books Book Adventure (a reading motivation site created by Sylvan Learning Center- teachers create their class & kids can take quizzes on books to earn points) http://www.bookadventure.org/ Starfall (learn to read- phonics stories & activities, books read to you, downloads & reading materials to order cheaply) http://www.starfall.com/
Enchanted Learning Picture Dictionary
(some words have links to more info. or activities for the word--also has dictionary searches for grades 3-8 by subject)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Author's and Illustrators on the Web
Harry Potter-Activities to go along with the most recent book
http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/hogwarts/start.html?CFID=2212118&CFTOKEN=60442521 Storyline Online (books are read to the kids by actors/actresses from the Screen Actors Guild…has activity ideas and downloadable activity guide)
BBC Words and Pictures: Phonics
(Phonics-spelling patterns, consonant slusters, high frequency words, etc.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml Clifford Interactive Storybooks: Phonics Fun (interactive storybooks and games for phonics practice) http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ Reading Games (phonics and site word games, posters, spelling strategies) http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm Kids Lab- Reading workout
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/rcompindex.htm
Between the Lions (Word Games) http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ Between the Lions (Stories) http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/ IPL- Reading Zone (on-line Reading Resources) http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4248&parent=0
Citation Machine
(type in your bibliography information and it formats it for you)
Big Universe- Children's Books Online
Woodlands Junior School - Grammar and Punctuation
Kerpoof- Make a sortybook
Sr. Seuss Story Maker
ZooBurst
Scholastic-Character Scrapbook
Wacky Web Tales (similar to Mad-Libs)
Into the Book
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Kids Spell
(play the games choosing one of their spelling list or typing in your own spelling words)
Spin and Spell
(choose a category and spell the word for each picture in that category)
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------------------------------------------------------------ Science-Ask an Expert http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html Bill Nye the Science Guy http://www.billnye.com/ Science World - Scientist Biographies http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/ Exploratorium-The Museum of Science, Arts, & Human Perception http://www.exploratorium.edu/ *Online Activities http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/online.html *Online Exhibitions http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/exhibits.html Invention Dimension- American Inventors & their discoveries http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html Frank Potter's Science Gems (More than 14,000 Science Resources sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level Search Query) http://www.sciencegems.com/ Science Net (Database of Science Sites for kids) http://sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca/english/welcome/welc_f.html?gatewayNo=11 Tramline- Virtual Science Field Trips http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm Try Science http://tryscience.org/home.html Gamequarium Time for Kids- Teachers Celestia (free download--space simulation) ------------------------------------------------------------ Admongo (game & curriculum about advertising-for 5th/6th grade) Scribble Maps (draw on Google Maps)
------------------------------------------------------------ Switcheroo Zoo- (Play online to create your own zoo animals by switching heads, legs, and tails while learning facts about the animals. Then, create titles and stories to go with the animal you created and print it all out.) http://www.switchzoo.com/ Create Your Own Adventure (Use fun templates to insert your word choices and see what adventure you can create)
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http://www.pdclipart.org/
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