Internet Sites to Support Classroom Instruction/November 2004
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Grade Level(s) |
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A variety of activities for young children. |
PreK-1 |
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You’ll find kids' games, educational and learning games, online coloring books, preschool activities and other games for preschoolers at Kidscom. |
PreK-1 |
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Starfall is a learn-to-read website. |
PreK-2 |
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From Sesame Street this interactive site has engaging educational content. |
PreK-2 |
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If it has to do with the alphabet, you’ll find it here. Mrs. Alphabetmakes the ABCs informative and fun for kids and adults with activities and games, links, worksheets, wordwalls and more. |
PreK-3 |
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Free interactive learning activities and tools; more if you subscribe. |
PreK-6 |
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Everything you’d expect from PBS including a Teacher Source area. |
PreK-12 |
Perry Elementary School Kindergarten Page
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Fabulous resource for kindergarten kids…activities plus links to other great sites |
K |
The Little Animals Activity Center
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From the BBC, a great site for young kids. |
K-1 |
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KinderKorner is a resource website for early childhood education teachers. |
K-2 |
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The Gorilla Foundation's web site made especially for kids. |
K-3 |
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Educational games for primary students. |
K-3 |
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Whitehousekids is a site for young Americans to learn about the White House and the President through fun and exciting features. A teacher guide gives ideas on how to use the site in the classroom. |
K-5 |
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Headbone Interactive and Fleet Financial Group have collaborated to put together this site to teach K-6 kids about the value of money, good citizenship and teamwork. |
K-6 |
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Lively online activities enhance and extend every Trophies literature selection and lesson. Activities include Building Background, Reading Skills Rocket, Test Tutors, Grammar Practice Park, Ideas for Writers, and more! Your password to the site is one of the authors (last name) listed in the cover of the textbook.
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K-6 |
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Over 1000 printable coloring and activity pages including puzzles, word games, quick crafts, learning pages, coloring book pages, and stencils. Online games, lesson plans, teacher resources, card creator, arts & crafts.
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K-6 |
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From Pearson Education, this site has free lesson plans and classroom management resources, educational games grouped by title, subject, and grade level.
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K-8 |
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Online and printable math worksheets |
K-8 |
KidSpace at the Internet Public Library
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The IPL is from the University of Michigan School of Information is filled with many resources and fun activities for kids and teachers. |
K-12 |
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Lots of new ideas and different lessons every week |
K-12 |
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Incredible site! CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric
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K-12 |
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From the NASA Home page be sure to check out the links to NASA for Kids, for Students and for Educators. |
K-12 |
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This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities
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K-12 |
Word Central is a great resource of words that can be found in the Merriam Webster dictionary.
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1-5 |
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This is a kid friendly search engine. Yahooligans can be used by children of many ages to search for research in all subject areas. Students can research history, science, math, and have fun playing games at this site. This search page can also identify links to other helpful sites.
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1-6 |
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Cool Math contains math activities for children age three and up. Students can answer brainteasers, create a business and learn algebra. Each grade level has different age appropriate activities from shapes and number to algebra and geometry.
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1-8 |
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Fact Monster, an outstanding educational resource, is brought to you by the editors at Information Please. A cartoon-like website with features like the math-themed Bug Splat game, a dinosaur quiz and a learned essay on the history of the lunch box also has an almanac, an atlas, a dictionary and an encyclopedia. You'll also find a daily famous birthday, event in history, a quiz, interesting topics in the spotlight, plus Funbrain.com games, and homework help center.
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3-8 |
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Discovery School has excellent resources for teachers and students including study tools and learning adventures in science and history. |
3-8 |
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330 puzzles for students to put together; you will need to sign-in. |
3-8 |
A ThinkQuest exploration of colonial times. Life as a colonist is uniquely presented through the eyes of children who lived during this period of American history. |
4-5 |
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Encyclopædia Britannica presents a special feature that profiles the American Presidency. Read about the presidents and explore the electoral process, election results, images, video, and important documents related to the evolution of the nation's highest office.
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4-8 |
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Original content site focuses on the innovative & intriguing in Science and Technology. |
4-12 |
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A complete online resource for educators…lesson plans, research materials, practical information, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, articles, site reviews, and more. |
K-8 Teacher Resources |
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Provide resources to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students, including a searchable database of lessons, tools and math standards. |
K-12 Teacher Resources |
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Access lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites and other MarcoPolo resources created by the nation's leading education organizations. |
K-12 Teacher Resources |
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Using the Internet to promote inquiry-based learning. |
K-12 Teacher Resources |
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
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Categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. |
K-12 Teacher Resources |