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Ancient Egypt
King Tut
http://www.kingtut.org/education.htm
At the tomb of King Tut
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/
Walk through King Tut's Virtual Tomb
http://www.kingtutone.com/
Resource Sites
http://www.kathimitchell.com/ancivil.html
Explore Egypt in Spanish
http://www.egiptologia.com/index.htm
Back to School Activities
A book about me from A - Z
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1310.html
Fabulous First Day activities
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/fabulous.htm
Who am I and What makes me special printable activities.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/whatmakesmespecial.pdf
Getting to know you checklist. Great for a graphing activity when completed.
http://www.cstone.net/~bry-back/knowyou.html
Practice using the mouse
http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/requested_sites/mousepractice/
Classroom Management
A list of Reward Ideas
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/classman2.html
Downloadable forms, letters, check lists, etc.
http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp
A Game Plan for Success
http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/%7Eelc/gameplan.htm
Language, spelling activities
Alphabet fishing game.
http://www.kizclub.com/activities/alphabetfish.pdf
Sentence at a time paragraph construction.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/7.html
Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/
Teacher Controled Blog Site
http://epnweb.org/blogmeister/index.php
Vocabulary Worksheet Factory
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/products/freeworksheets/vocabulary.htm
Graphic Organizers
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html?detoured=1
Catch the Spelling Thief game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_y6flash.shtml
Writing Competency Assignment Guide-Create A Paper
http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/%7Eelc/gameplan.htm
Complete list of spelling rules for nouns and verbs.
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/susan.htm
Math
Jefferson Lab Speed Math Deluxe. Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide
http://education.jlab.org/smdeluxe/index.html
Brain Teasers: New challenges are entered each Wednesday so check back frequently.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index_sc.html
Printable math worksheet generator.
http://themathworksheetsite.com/
Math SOL K-6
http://guest.portaportal.com/solmath
All about addition.
http://www.aaamath.com/add.html
Change Maker
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/
Mr. Nussbaum
http://www.mrnussbaum.com
Free Math Worksheets
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/products/freeworksheets/mathematics.htm
Free Basic Facts Worksheet Factory
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/products/freeworksheets/basicfacts.htm
Printable Money and Money activities
http://www.moneyinstructor.com/play.asp
Change Maker
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/
Decimal, Percent, & Fraction Charts
http://www.brainegames.com/freepdfs/DecimalFractionPercentCharts.pdf
Practice Multiplication Facts
http://www.multiplication.com/
Fraction to Decimal Conversion
http://www.math2.org/math/general/arithmetic/fradec.htm
Online Money Flash Cards
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money
Count & Match Numbers/Characters. 3 levels
http://www.funbrain.com/count/index.html
Addition with regrouping
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/mathjav.html
Find Grampy. Fraction activity
http://www.visualfractions.com/FindGrampy.html
Virtual Manipulatives. Great site!!
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_1.html
Measurement/Inches/Centimeters
http://www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html
Poetry
30 days of writing poetry
http://www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm
2 poem examples. "I don
http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/i_dont_understand.htm
Auto bio poem template and examples.
http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/auto-bio_poem.htm
Ideas for Writing Poetry in the Classroom
http://www.netaxs.com/~katz/teachers.htm
Acrostic Poems written by students.
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/socant/dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.html
Reading Activities
103 activities to do before, during, and after reading
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=445
Reading Anticipation Guides
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/anticipation_guide.pdf
Six games for reading
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=244
Literature response question cards (ready to go)
http://home.att.net/~teaching/litcircl/responseq.pdf
Free Phonics Posters to print out for class or home.
http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/posters/index.htm
100 Things to do with books.
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/books.html
Here is a great collection of ebooks for students to read
http://www.saskschools.ca/~ebooks/
Put My Book Back Together. Print the pages. Students must cut, fold, and collate reviewing the parts of a book in the process.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/bookback.pdf
Story Patterns. Templates to explore several reading titles.
http://kizclub.com/storypatterns.html
Story Posters. Printable posters to help with retelling, recreating, and story telling. Suggested activities are also included.
http://www.state.ar.us/childcare/storymonth.html
Cyberguides. Great ideas to help develop and teach various literary concepts.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyk3.html
Tate the Advent Calendar.
http://www.advent-calendars.com/
Reading Comprehension Passages
http://education.jlab.org/reading/
Don't Know A Word? Bookmarks
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/word%20skills%20bk.pdf
Dr. Seuss
Lessons
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/dr__seuss.html
Many colored Days bookmark
http://www.seussville.com/titles/days/bookmark.html
Activities for The Cat in The Hat
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/dr__seuss.html
Spectacular Dr. Seuss
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/drseuss.htm
Word Search
http://www.seussville.com/games/pdf/WordSearch.pdf
Activities for Various Seuss Books
http://www.auburn.wednet.edu/homepages/ilalko/Seuss.htm
Green Eggs and Ham Puzzle
http://www.seussville.com/games/greeneggs/shockwave.html
Science- Life Cycles-Butterfly
Monarch Migration
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/voyagers.html
Social Studies
Government in everyday life. Interactive site
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/mygovt/index.html
Government and our Constitution. Many cross curricular activities.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/6623.html?wtlAC=GS_2005-08-01,email-h
Understand the meaning of Memorial Day.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/pdfs/020524pt.pdf
Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Biographies: Notable Explorers
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/scibio3.html
Social Studies posters K-4
http://chumby.dlib.vt.edu/melissa/posters/posterset.html
Interactive Web Based Activities
Build a colony, village, city. Arrive in Jamestown, Lewis & Clark Exploration and more!!
http://www.ballard-tighe.com/eaweb/interactiveonline/ea_activities.asp#
Columbus
Just where was Columbus?
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/columbus.html
Columbus's Unknown Legacy. How food from the Americans revolutionized Europe.
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/columbusfood1.html
Quiz: Explorers & Adventurers
http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/explorers/1.html
Columbus Navigation
http://www1.minn.net/%7Ekeithp/index.htm
Christopher Columbus
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/excolumbus.htm
Christopher Columbus
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/columbus.htm
Interactive Presentation/Movie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml#focus
Explorers
A-Z Explorers Biographies
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
Webquest
j.us/teachers/dfogliano/explorer_tasks.htm
European Explorers
http://users.rcn.com/farrands/explorers.htm
Great List of Explorers and links.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/explorer.html
Kid Info. Famous Explorers. Many links.
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Explorers.html
European Explorers. General Resources and baseline maps for plotting voyages.
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm?
Explorers - A to Z
http://www.42explore2.com/explorers2.htm
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
http://www1.minn.net/%7Ekeithp/index.htm
Jacques Cartier
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_cartier.htm
Ponce de Leon
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm
Christopher Columbus
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/columbus.htm
Christopher Newport
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/bios/newport.htm
Christopher Columbus Interactive Presentation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml#focus
Jacques Cartier
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html
Map Skills
Great site for printable maps.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
State Information
http://www.theus50.com/
Ponce de Leon
Cartier
Jacques Cartier
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/excartier.htm
Jacques Cartier
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_cartier.htm
Jacques Cartier
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html
Christopher Newport
Constitution Day
Understanding the Federal Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/understand03/index.html
Contitution Quiz and various quizes available.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/quiz/
Cool Vocabulary activities
http://www.vocabulary.com/election.html
Double Jeopardy
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/DJ/index.htm
Bird's Eye View of the Federal Court System
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/birdseyeview.htm
Federal Courts in a Nutshell
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/federalcourtnutshell.htm
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Interactive Constitution
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
The Constitution for Kids
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK.html
The Constitutional Convention Play (grades 4-8)
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_38_45.html
Words missing from Constitution--Fill in the Blanks
http://www.edhelper.com/Constitution_Fillins.htm
Constitution Word Wall (easier)
http://www.edhelper.com/themes/Constitution_wordwall1.htm
Constitution Word Wall (harder)
http://www.edhelper.com/themes/Constitution_wordwall2.htm
Reading Passage and Comprehension questions.
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_41_30.html
Making a Constitution, Reading passage and comprehension questions.
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_41_31.html
Our National Government. Reading passage and comprehension questions. (grades 3-5)
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_34_11.html
How Laws are Made. Reading passage and comprehension questions. (Grades 3-5)
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_34_13.html
The Documents that Shaped America. Reading passage and comprehension questions. (Grades 3-5)
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_34_15.html
You Have Rights. Reading passage and comprehension questions. (Grades 3-5)
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_34_74.html
Our Wonderful Constitution. (Reading passage and comprehension questions. (Grades 3-5)
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_34_75.html
Science
Sols K-6 for Science
http://guest.portaportal.com/solscience
Life cycle compare food chain with a food web.
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/ntenvn/2/lcne2_1a.html
Weather and Simple Machines
www.edheads.org
Great interactive activities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
Great interactive activities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
Solar System SOL 3.8 and 4.7
Solar System Exploration
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/index.cfm
Space Thrills Color Booklet.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/download-detail.cfm?DL_ID=102
Astronomy for Kids
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html
Fun with astronomy information and games.
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
View the earth in real (or close to) time.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/
Planet information in Spanish
http://www.solarviews.com/span/homepage.htm
Social Studies
SOL K-6 for Social Studies
http://guest.portaportal.com/solss
Presidential Biographies
http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0760585.html
USI.3a,b
Inuit
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/inuit/people.htm
Kwakiutl
http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/wow/Northwest%20Cultures/northwest.htm
Sioux
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DeerParkES/kids/indianfacts/Plains/sioux.htm
Sioux
http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/plains.html
Pueblo
http://mo.essortment.com/pueblowherecan_riij.htm
Iroquois
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/museum/eastern_woodlands_exhibit.htm
Iroquois
http://www.hhs.homewood.k12.al.us/shadescahaba/Fulda_Website/eastern_woodlands.html
Pueblo
http://www.hhs.homewood.k12.al.us/shadescahaba/Fulda_Website/southwest2.html
Native American Map and Links to most of your groups
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_territories.htm
Native American Links to most of your groups
http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/nativeam/primary.htm
Chart of habitat, homes, food/occupation for many of your groups
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_chart.htm
Other Portaportal Sites
Moncure Elementary
http://guest.portaportal.com/eltrt
Stafford Elementary
http://guest.portaportal.com/sestrt
Good all around site.
http://guest.portaportal.com/ccpstech
Good All around stuff
http://guest.portaportal.com/itrt
K-5 stuff
http://guest.portaportal.com/kjwilliams
Language Arts K-12
http://guest.portaportal.com/ccrews
SS K-8
http://guest.portaportal.com/apeer
Great K-5 site
http://guest.portaportal.com/deschlundt
Biology Sites. Might be a little high for elem.
http://guest.portaportal.com/bphsbiojc
K-5 Science Sites
http://guest.portaportal.com/hessci
Teacher Helps
Learn the parts of a computer.
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/clickjr/clickjr.html
Read Please. Software that lets your computer talk.
http://readplease.com/
Differentiated Instruction Resources
http://www.sde.com/Conferences/Differentiated-Instruction/DIResources.htm
Interactive Skill Builders
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Authors
A variety of Author Links.
http://myteachersapple.com/authors%20corner.htm
Fonts
3D Textmaker
http://www.3dtextmaker.com
Cool Text
http://www.cooltext.com
Christmas Fonts
http://members.fortunecity.com/flindgren/page04mchristmas.html
Art
Famous Artist WebQuest
http://learning.usd383.org/tlcf/tlcf2001/products/hemphill/default.htm
Trees With Emily Carr
http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/emilycarr.shtml
Perspective with Georgia O'Keefe
http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_FamAct3.shtml
Trees with Emily Carr samples
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artist_work_e.jsp?iartistid=915
Looking at Vasily Kandinsky
http://www.guggenheim.org/artscurriculum/lessons/collections_kandinsky.php
Fabric scrap landscapes
http://www.kinderart.com/sculpture/fassem.shtml
Envelope Art
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/artenvelope.htm#envelope%20art
Petroglyph Pebbles
http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2005talkingrocks/
Paper Relief Sculptures
http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2004paperrelief/
Experimenting with Picasso
http://www.guggenheim.org/artscurriculum/lessons/collections_picasso.php
Art Capades in English and Spanish
http://www.kn.sbc/com/wired/capades/arte.html
Smartboard
Various Smartboard Ideas
http://us.f315.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?Search=&Idx=1&YY=18076&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b
SMART Lesson Activities
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+Activities/default.htm
Variety of Lessons
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm
Primary Resources
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx
Ancient Greece
Time Travel WebQuest
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/ancientgreece/
Archaeological Adventure WebQuest
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/archaeology/
Resource Sites
http://www.kathimitchell.com/ancivil.html
BBC Ancient Greece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/index.shtml
Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/ancient/index_uk.asp
Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/ancienthunt.htm
Historical Background to the Olympics
http://www.technologystudent.com/despro2/olymp1.htm
American Revolution
Resource links
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html
Clip Art
Christmas Clip Art
http://www.holiday-clipart.com/christmas/christmas_clip01.html
DK clipart. AWESOME Site!!
http://uk.dk.com/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html
Awesome Clipart for Kids
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/default.cfm?session.which=ACK&CFID=148094&CFTOKEN=91814211
Multicultural
Holidays Around the World
http://www.hummingbirded.com/holidays_around_world.html#ho
ESL
Especially Espanol
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/espanol/
Yahoo in Spanish
http://espanol.paraninos.yahoo.com/
Alta Vista Translation Service
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
The ESL Area a place to learn English
http://members.aol.com/adrmoser/esl.html
Convert notes from English to Spanish
http://casanotes.4teachers.org/
A great site for Spanish Speaking Students and their Parents
http://www.colorincolorado.org/
Self-Study English Vocabulary Quizzes
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html
2006 Olympics
Olympic Classroom Lessons
http://2002.uen.org/html/olympiclessons.html
Olympic Curriculum Guide
http://www.aafla.org/6oic/curric_frmst.htm
Internet Project
http://www.boardman.k12.oh.us/bdms/golubic/olympics/olympics.htm
Detailed history of the Winter Olympics
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/olympic-games/history/8613.html?detoured=1
The Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/ancient/index_uk.asp
Olympic Event Descriptions
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/winterolympics2.htm
Olympic Crossword created by 4th graders
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/crossword.htm
Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/ancienthunt.htm
Historical Background to the Olympics
http://www.technologystudent.com/despro2/olymp1.htm
Olympic Scrapbook
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/scrapbook.htm
Olympic Did you know cards
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/olympicdyk.htm
Olympic Ring Report Form
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/rings.htm
Great Site covering the 2006 Olympics
http://www.southfieldchristian.org/elem/olympics/olympics.html
Worksheets
Word Scramble
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/unscramble.htm
Vocabulary List
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/vocab.htm
Math Word Problems
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/math1.htm
Themed Math Pages
http://kidzone.ws/math/w-olympics/
Word Search
http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/winterword.htm
Free Printable Worksheets
http://www.getworksheets.com/samples/worksheets/index.html
Groundhog Day
Facts and Activities
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/31830.html?detoured=1
Legend of Groundhog Day
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/31829.html?detoured=1
Fun Facts
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/31839.html?detoured=1
Valentine's Day
President's Day
George Washington's Biography
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/148.html?wtlAC=GS_2006-01-19,email-gs_183
Abraham Lincoln's Biography
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/147.html?wtlAC=GS_2006-01-19,email-gs_183
Presidential Clip Art
http://www.americanpresidents.org/gallery/index.asp
Presidential Activities for Grades K-5
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Elect_Act6.html
Abraham Lincoln Online Quiz
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/quiz.htm
Name that President Online Game
http://www.primarygames.com/presidents/question_1.htm
Presidential Activities,Stickers and pages
http://www.homeandoffice.hp.com/hho/html/1101-0-0-225-121.html
Interactive Portrait of George Washington
http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/portrait/index.html
Mainly Lincoln and Washington. Also a few printables.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/presday.html
Dr. Seuss
African American History Month
MLK, Rosa Parks, Underground Railroad tons of stuff.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
Computers
Mac Keyboard Shortcut Commands
http://www.sandpointmacs.com/pages/keycommands.html
Dictionary of computer terms
http://www.maran.com/dictionary/
Office 2002 Keyboard shortcuts
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/shortcuts.html
Microsoft Word XP Tutorial 2003/2002
http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm
Ancient China
Virtual Tour of Chinatown
A Virtual Tour of Chinatown Sacramento
A Virtual Journey Into Chinatown http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/chinatown/intro.html