 smART
Kids
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/
smART Kids helps students, particularly 7 to 12 year olds, look at art,
learn art vocabulary, explore materials, and find out about historic
pieces of art. Students can visit an artist's studio, create art, and
are prompted to use a journal to record ideas and answer questions about
art. Created by the education staff at The David and Alfred Smart Museum
of Art, University of Chicago.
Kindersite
http://www.kindersite.org
The Kindersite is a free resource for all with 1,000s of links to
graded content suitable for 2 to 6 year olds. The site is already being
used as a resource by educationalists in about 95 countries. One hundred
ninety participating schools in 31 countries are listed on the site.
ReadWriteThink
http://readwritethink.org
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between
the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.
NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students
with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading
and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.
The
Partnership for Reading
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/
Offers information about the effective teaching of reading for
children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality
research. The Partnership invites you to explore this site for
information on the research, principles about reading instruction
suggested by the research, and products for parents, teachers,
administrators, and policy-makers.
Get
Ready to Read!
http://www.getreadytoread.org
A national campaign to build the early literacy skills of preschool
children. The program brings research-based strategies to parents and
early education and child care providers for helping prepare children
to learn to read and write. Our goal is to ensure that all children
have opportunities to become successful readers.
Teachers@Random
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
Our innovative teachers@random Web site features many teaching tools
and classroom activities including title-specific teacher's guides
developed by leading educators as well as author and illustrator
biographies with exclusive interviews and full-color photographs.
PBS
Kids: Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/
This 2,000 page Web site has a home page for each of the
fifty-five episodes, with interactive games and activities that extend
the curriculum. Here is a site that teachers and parents can feel safe
to let children explore to their hearts' content.
Colossal
List of Book Report Ideas
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/reading/bookrepts1.html
Dozens of these ideas make for exciting, hands-on liter-
ary projects throughout the school year, as an alternative
to the standard book report or for extra-credit work.
Reading
A to Z
http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html
You can actually download thirty books here for various
reading levels, as well as teaching materials related to
each title. Student worksheets and flashcards are also
available.
Interactive
Reading Practice
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/load.htm?f
http://www.starfall.com/n/N-info/download.htm
Watch the movie, practice consonant blends and digraphs,
learn the word family, and more with this online, inter-
active reading resource for primary grades. Use the 2nd
URL above to download print materials related to the books,
including the book itself, writing journals, and bookmarks.
Children's
Books Online
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html
http://www.incwell.com/ERW/index.html
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/eel.asp?themeID=18
Use any of the above URLs to access online stories writ-
ten for primary-aged children, for reading practice.
Word
Helper
http://pbskids.org/lions/words/
PBS provides an online dictionary here for early elemen-
tary students. Including illustrations and sentences to
help define the selected word, Word Helper would be an
appropriate online tool to help build primary level vo-
cabularies.
Learn
to Read Stories Online
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/load.htm
A selection of fifteen interactive stories for grades
K through 2 is available here, with appropriate themes
to meet students' interest levels and focusing on dif-
ferent vowels and consonant blends. Music and phonics
rules introduce the story, then students will click to
read by themselves. At any time during the story they
can create their own "photograph" by clicking on the
camera. Learning games are included with each of the
stories.
Spin
Those Letters
http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/guide_and_archives.html
http://www.meddybemps.com/SpinnerPad.html
Here is a resource to help young students learn how let-
ters are formed. Spinner the Spider will draw the letters
of the alphabet for you, showing correct formation. Your
students can also practice along online with Spinner, by
clicking on the 2nd URL above; choose the thick lead pen-
cil size for your youngest students.
Reading
Clinic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/readclin1.htm
To help address the needs of every student in your primary reading
classroom, this clinic offers strategies in book selection,
prediction, visualization, and more. Teacher record sheets are
included, along with read-aloud resources.
Story
Stretchers for Popular Books
http://www.youcanteach.com/storystretchers.asp
Try these great craft activities with your elementary students as
story extensions for many of the books you will be reading this year.
Selections include "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs",
"Hansel and Gretel", "Stone Soup", "The
Gingerbread Man", "Green Eggs and Ham",
"Cinderella", and several other children's favorites.
Reading
Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/
Information about teaching kids to read and helping those who
struggle.
Bembo's
Alphabet Zoo
http://www.bemboszoo.com/
Very cool... This flash site offers a transforming alphabet--click on
the letters and they will magically contort into animal forms
beginning with that letter sound. Great for kindergarten learning and
first grade reinforcement.
Third
Grade Writing Workshop
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/writers/writer-3.html
Addressing key third grade writing strategies, the writer's
workshop idea covered here concentrates on creating stories
which contain both a voice and a focused story line. Plan-
ning, revision, editing, and mechanics become essential el-
ements in third grade. Find a discussion here to help set
up your own writer's workshop for your classroom.
Message
in a Bottle
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/tales/bottle.html
Everyone knows the story about being stranded on a desert
island, and of course a bottle--complete with a lid--is
available to send messages. Your students have only one
bottle however (as well as paper and ink, thank goodness),
so they have to consider what kind of rescue message they
must send out. Integrated with a geography lesson, have
your students choose an island somewhere on the globe,
and then try and pinpoint its location as exactly as pos-
sible using descriptive words, and latitude and longitude
if your class has covered it. You can also use this les-
son plan in cooperation with another class, using your
messages in bottles to send students on treasure hunts.
They will get a good lesson in using exact language to
both give and receive instructions for locations of hid-
den "treasures" (use printable bookmarks, for example).
Between
the Lions: Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html
Can you scoop letters from your soup to make a word? There are lots of
phonics games to play using Shockwave. (primary)
Online
Practice Reading Tests
http://www.longman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html
These reading tests for grades 1-8 use multiple choice, short-answer,
and long-answer questions. Test tips for students and how to score are
included.
It's
Fun To Read
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/load.htm?f
Click All About Me for some interactive reading about Who Am I? What
Is My Pet? And Where Do I Sleep? Have some fun with Bird Riddles and
Tongue Twisters. (primary)
Reading
Comprehension
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
These stories and follow-up questions teach main idea, inference, and
word meanings from context. (intermediate)
The
Reading Zone (For ELL Students)
http://english-zone.com/reading/index.html
The glasses icon indicates easy, intermediate, and advanced reading
comprehension activities available to guests. Use the Dolch Word List,
or try Reading a Map, Candy Labels, Reading Envelopes, Learn About
Dolphins, Aesop's Fables, and U.S. Presidents Chart Study.
Virtual
Math Manipulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
Because learning and understanding mathematics at every level requires
student engagement, the researchers behind this three-year project
have set out to create a vast library of manipulatives, or learning
tutorials, intended to help students visualize and apply these often
difficult mathematical concepts.
A+
Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Try the math games at this site to improve math skills. Students can
use the Homework Helper to check their work.
Count
Us In
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm
These primary math games include several on counting, patterns,
sorting and grouping, length, and volume.
FunBrain
Math Games
http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html
Pick a game and test your skills. Try Soccer Shootout and Fresh Baked
Fractions. Operation Order uses algebra to build a pyramid, and a
correct answer in Change Maker adds money to your piggy bank.
Count
On.org
http://www.mathsyear2000.org
This site is packed with useful math games, puzzles, and information.
Numberland provides poems and facts about numbers and has special
appeal for young learners. Older students will enjoy the site's games
and activities.
Using
Art to Teach Math
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/04/042501_baltimore.jhtml
The Baltimore Museum of Art has produced an innovative
program to challenge young students with math in action.
Using mosaics, paintings, and sculpture, students will
learn to add, subtract, measure, divide, estimate, fig-
ure proportion and symmetry... The scope, it seems, is
limitless, and sure to provide a challenging method of
presenting real-world mathematics to students. Student
activities with measurement and ratios are included in
this segment.
Math
Symbols and Clip Art
http://208.183.128.3/instruct/math-symbols.html
From calculators, to operations signs, to graphs and
charts, here is a variety of math clipart and images
to use for your student worksheets or your web pages.
Teaching
Time Teaching Tools
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/
Download and print out several worksheets on both dig-
ital and analog time. Worksheets are also available in
the French language. Scroll down past the ads for work-
sheets and worksheet games.
How
Much Money?
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Flashcards/money
In this interactive game, students must add up the value
of the coins and bills shown to enter in a dollar amount.
A tally is kept of the number of answers correct versus
the number of questions attempted--good practice for mon-
ey math skills.
Money
Worksheets
http://www.printablechecklists.com/03/checklist149.shtml
From coins to twenty dollar bills, print out money iden-
tifier checklists for your students, along with a money
and coin image test.
Printable
Money
http://www.abcteach.com/Math/money1.htm
Use these printable full-size dollar values for hands-
on practice with money skills in your elementary class-
room.
Exploring
Volume
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/cubes/index.html
Try this interactive math tool to help your students
understand the concept of volume. They can add on or
take away cubes, rows, or layers, and click to fold
their box into a three dimensional rendition. Size ad-
justments are completed by varying the depth, width,
or height of the cubes.
Problem-Solving
Worksheets
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/math/problem_solving/
Several pages of downloads will help your students to
practice word problems and problem solving skills with
math.
Grade
6 Word Probems
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade6.html
Students often need extra help with word problems. Here
is a resource for student practice, with hints and an-
swers provided. Forty-five problems deal with all facets
of sixth grade math.
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How
Everyday Things are Made
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
...a site with descriptions and
videos of over 40 manufacturing processes, from jelly beans and
chocolate, to motorcycle engines and airplanes, to welding and die
processes. These can be a great series of virtual field trips for
students!
Atoms
Family
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
Atomic theory brought to you by the Miami Museum of Science with every
ghost, ghoul, monster and zombie looking for work.
Boston
Museum of Science
http://www.mos.org/doc/1016
These online exhibits cover a wide range of Science topics, from Aging
and Ice to Robots and Weather.
Columbia
Virtual Body
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Excellent Shockwave-based interactive tour of the human body:
nervous, digestive, circulatory and skeletal systems.
Earth
Floor: Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
Virtual tour of a tropical rain forest, tropical savannah, mid-
latitude deciduous forest, desert, subarctic taiga and polar tundra.
NASA's
Quest - http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
Made for teachers and students, includes online projects and events
which fill your classroom full of excitement and higher level
thinking.
PBS:
Science & Nature
http://www.pbs.org/science/
Highlights and background information on every Science-based PBS
program on the air; check out the Science for the Classroom link.
pH
Factor
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/
This Miami Museum of Science site introduce acids and bases to
elementary and middle school students.
Rockhounds
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/
Geology with a canine twist - lots of good information at a kid's
level plus nicely done teacher lessons and support materials.
Sea
Web
http://www.seaweb.org/
"A multimedia public education project designed to raise
awareness of the world ocean and the life within it."
Ultimate
Science Fair Resource
http://www.scifair.org/
Doing A Science Fair Project, Project Hints, Writing a Report,
Display Hints, Project Categories, "How To" Links, Project
Ideas and
an Idea Board all in one location.
Science
Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
It's around the corner, coming up sooner than you think...
And to help you get your students or class off to a great
start this year, here is the wunder-board of all science
fair resources, with tips, projects, processes, methods--
all collected in one spot.
Volcano
World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
This is a highly graphic and greatly detailed watch on volcanic
activity around the world, as well as archives.
Weather
Classroom
http://www.weatherclassroom.com/index.php
The Weather Classroom presents all kinds of online interactive
resources for students and teachers; worth investigating.
Simple
Machines Activities
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
With a glossary and a teacher's guide on site, this resource offers
plenty of interactive, online learning situations to help your
students understand both simple and compound machines.
The
Great Monarch Migration
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/09/092900_migrations.jhtml
What do Monarch butterflies do when they sense the com-
ing of autumn? They cannot turn up the heat, so they
must travel in search of warmer climes, as they would
become paralyzed and unable to fly in cold temperatures.
Learn about all of the factors involved in the great mi-
gration to California and Mexico, track their expected
latitudes as the fall days pass, and learn how Monarch
habitats are becoming endangered with encroaching human
developments. Three levels of quizzes on Monarch biology
are also included.
The
Amazing Human Body
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bodyintro_34/index.html
Check out this site for interactive games about the brain, the
digestive system, the skeleton, and sensory organs.
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Quick
World Maps
http://www.theodora.com/maps/
If you are looking for world maps, country maps, popula-
tion maps, coloring maps, country flags, etc., then this
is the place. This site offers a huge resource of all types
of assorted mapping and learning tools for classroom use.
History
Interactive
http://www.michiganepic.org/NHA/index.html
... developed to support Michigan's frameworks, this site
includes Flash-enabled instructional modules in both American and
World History for grades K-8
Explore
the Pyramids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html
What can be more fascinating than exploring the mystery
and ruins of Ancient Egypt? National Geographic offers
this online activity to learn about the pyramids--who built them and
how? Who were these kings? Step inside the Pyramid of Djoser, the
Maidum Pyramid, the Bent and Red Pyramids of Snefru, or the Great
Pyramid for an interactive reconstruction, map, and timeline in this
wonderful online journey.
The
GeoNet Game
http://www.eduplace.com/geo/index.html
Questions in the GeoNet game are organized into six groups, following
the National Geography Standards. This is a great place to build an
understanding of geographical concepts in a global context.
Geosense
http://www.geosense.net
Play alone or against an online opponent. Use your mouse to click on
cities around the world and gain points for correct answers.
States
Web Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Learn the locations, capitals, abbreviations and over 500 important
facts about the United States. Try to drag each state to its location
on the map; enter the postal abbreviation for each state; click on the
correct state for each capital; and pick the state that goes with the
clue, by region.
Geography
Quizzes
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/99geography1.html#quiz
Scroll down the list and check your knowledge of Places in the News,
Country Capitals, Historical Geography, and Rivers and Lakes.
Flag
Tag
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/flagtag/frm_ft_intro.asp?score=0&screen_height=768
Choose a level (beginning, intermediate, or advanced) and then let the
computer pick random countries. Identify and click the correct flag.
National
Geographic: Geography Awareness Week
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/gaw.html
National Geographic presents ways for kids to get involved by becoming
a Habitat Hero. Organize a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day in
your school.
Visible
Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Explore this NASA Web site to view amazing satellite images of earth.
Maps
and Map Skills
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/maps.htm
Download map resources of continents and countries.
Perry
Castaņeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
View maps of countries, states, oceans, or national parks! Access
world maps, city maps, and historical maps.
Map
Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
This site displays a map of anywhere in the world. You can view the
map topographically, according to earthquake fault lines or mineral
resources, and choose many other views.
National
Atlas of the United States
http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/natlasstart.asp
Follow the directions to map information about biology, boundaries,
environment, geology, people, transportation, and water.
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