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MATH
Cyberchase
http:///pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Maths Dictionary for Kids
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Fun with Math
http://wb.glenview34.org/math.htm
Money Slide - from Toon University
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569&engine=
The History of Money
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=208
Prime Factoring
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=499&engine=14
First grade skills - lots of links
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-1st-mathbuilders.htm
Fraction concentration
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/con_math/g03c21.html
Math Lingo
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/mathlingo_grade3.html
Think Central
http://www.thinkcentral.com
Interactive Protractor
measure angles onlinw
http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html
Fraction Frenzy
compare fractions
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp
Cyberchase games
Kindergarten
Pattern Match
http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_pattern.html
Animal Lost and Found
http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_animal.html
Building Sandcastles
http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_sandcastle.html
bugabaloo
addition picture math
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/bugabalooShoes.htm
Kindersite
http://www.kindersite.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES
Movie of our solar system
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=207
The 50 United States
The 50 States the Rhyme Song
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50states.html
The 50 State Capitals Song
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50capitals.html
Mnemonic Devices to Remember the 50 States and Capitals
http://mrsjonesroom.com/themes/usa.html
State Capital Hangman
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/hangman/us_caps.sht
Test your knowledge of the state capitals:
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/capitalgame.html
Matching, Flashcards, Concentration and Word Search
http://www.quia.com/jg/4.html
State Name Word Search
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/words/states1.htm
States and Capitals Memory Game
http://www.webeans.net/hutt/educ/statesmemory.htm
50 States of Mind: Visual Mnemonics: Learn Geography Visually
http://www.papernapkin.com/imagine/index.html
Game: Drag and Drop each state to its correct place on the USA map.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Where Is That? Which state/capital is highlighted?
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/wh.cgi?A1=s&A15=usa&A2=0&INSTRUCTS=1
Official State Nicknames
http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Social_Studies/geo/PDF_word/statenicknames.pdf
List of States and Capitals
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/chart.html
state and capital game
http://www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/states/index.php
Game: Guess the State ~ Guess the Capital
http://www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/states_capitals/states_capitals.php
Penguins
Penguin webcam - Live
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.asp
Emperor Penguin facts
http://nature.ca/notebooks/english/emperor.htm
Emperor Penguin Facts with pictures
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/emperor.html
Emperor Penguin information with bird call
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/emperor.shtml
Emperor Penguin facts
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/7897/penguin.html
Color the Penguin
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/paint/fTTBqzfTd-ZfTiNZfTZsdf/subjects/birds/printouts/Penguincoloring.shtml
General Penguin Links
http://www.penguin-place.com/post/links.html
emperor penguin facts
http://www.emperor-penguin.com/
Penguin activities
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/penguin.html
Penguin activity sheets
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip/us/files/march/MOP_Activity.pdf
movie about emperor penguin
click on link to the right
http://explorations.ucsd.edu/penguins/
Hurricanes
Brain Pop - Hurricanes
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/hurricanes/
National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Weather Wiz Kids - Hurricanes
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm
Mapping skills
Earthquake data
go to regional and then NEIS for list
http://earthquake.usgs.gov
Geology
Geology Games - Plate tectonics
http://www.quia.com/jg/279349.html
Latitude and longitude
http://www.lakelandsd.com/tutorial/lesson1.html
Science Fair
Elementary Project Ideas
http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/elem.html
Science Fair Ideas Exchange
http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html
Discovery Science Fair Ideas
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Cyber Fair Ideas
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/sciencefairzone/topics.asp
Dr. Shawn's Super Science Fair Support
Ideas from kids who won in the past
http://www.scifair.org/studentideaexchange.html
Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org/
Simple to advanced ideas
Submitted by students
http://amasci.com/scifair/chem.html
science fair projects fetching
http://www.scienceprojects.fetching.us/science%20project%20ideas.htm
Timber Ridge projects 5th grade
http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/5proj.htm
Timber Ridge Projects 4th grade
http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/4proj.htm
6th and 7th grade projects
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/Links/sciprojects.html
Free Science Fair Projects
http://www.freesciencefairproject.com/
research
Physics for kids
http://www.physics4kids.com/
Chemistry for kids
http://www.chem4kids.com/
Biology for kids
http://www.biology4kids.com/
How stuff works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Science made simple
Click on project idea for research
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
FT Exploring
http://www.ftexploring.com/
Bill Nye
http://www.billnye.com/
Recycling/ Earth Day
Recycling Videos
http://www.recyclenow.com/fun_stuff/watch_it_here/recycle_now_tv.html
What happens in your compost bin (Video)
http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/composting/what_happens_in.html
See how paper gets recycled
http://www.recyclenow.com/facts/materials_fact_files/paper/paper_process_1.html#slide1
Sort it out Game
http://www.trash4kids.org/sortitout.html
Ants
Ant Webquest
An insects perspective
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/index.htm
Carpenter Ants info
http://www.insecta.com/
Insect parts
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html
Ant diagram and life cycle
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/ant/Antcoloringpage.shtml
Ant pictures
http://www.bugbios.com/entophiles/hymenoptera/index.html
Write a letter to Crickwing
http://stancock.iweb.bsu.edu/CyberLessons/Crickwing/letter.html
LANGUAGE ARTS
K-1
Alphabetical Order
http://www.primarygames.com/ABC%20Zoo/start.htm
Game Goo
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Toon Books
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=464
Jim's Whirlyword Machine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/whirl/gamefs.shtml
Phonics games - a list of sites
http://mrsdell.org/reading/phonics.html
phonics games
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
Phonics Interactives
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm#2
Clifford games and stories
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Silly Books
Have a book read to you
http://www.sillybooks.net/
Bookflix
http://bkflix.grolier.com/
Letter Recognition
Alphabet Activities
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
Letter sounds - woman singing
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f
Matching Kangaroo - upper and lower case
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html
Put upper and lower case in correct box - names letters
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/leo/index.htm
Letters names - pictures turn into letter shape
http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/a2z.html
Practice writing letters on the screen
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/slate/start.htm
Letter Gulp
Listen for letter and click
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/gulp
Dr. Suess color the letters
http://www.seussville.com/university/reading/games/
Initial Sounds and other phonics
Matching initial sounds with letters - Big Bird
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=11114201
Letter names and selecting pictures to initial sounds
http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html
Sassy Seals
Listen for initial sound
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html
Clifford games
Find pictures that have the same initial sound
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm
CVC Words and word families
Phonics - some word families
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
Alien adventure
Find letter is spoken word
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ash.htm
Word Family Sort
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/
Word Build and Bank
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/
Machine - Match picture to CVC word
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/machine.html
Drag and Drop pictures to CVC box
http://www.prongo.com/drag/game.html
Sequencing and logic
Sequencing - clicking 3 things in order
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html
Following Directions and Sequencing
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/nook_new.html?game=2&
What in the Bag - Use the 3 describing words to guess what is in the bag
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html
First Grade mixed up sentences
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/quiz/1st1020.htm
Patchwork Puzzle sentence order
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/patch_game.shtml
2-3
Game Goo - Games for sentence order, antonyms, etc.
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Book survey - matches book to reader
http://www.bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp
Predicting text from a title and table of context
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompstrat.htm
Between the Lions Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html
Advanced Alphabetical order
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=160
Reading Comprehension (not interactive)
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
Phonics and word study
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm#2
4-5
vocabulary games
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Reading comprehension Connection
http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com/reading_lesson.php
Game Goo - Poetry, antonyms, etc.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Between the Lions Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html
Comprehension instruction - Taret skill practice
http://mrsdell.org/reading/comprehension.html
Vocabulary instruction - antonyms, homonyms, etc
http://mrsdell.org/reading/vocabulary.html
Phonics and word study
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm#2
Word Lab
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm
Language Arts Games
http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm
6-8
Word Lab
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm
Iditarod
Official Iditarod site
http://www.iditarod.com/
Current Standings
To check your musher's position!
http://www.iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html
Interactive Map
see elevation of trail
http://www.iditarod.com/flashmap/
BSSD Iditarod Project
live coverage and sign up for online activities
http://mushing.bssd.org/index.php
Iditarod Podcast
http://www.iditarodpodcast.com/
Scholastic Iditarod
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
Cabela's Iditarod Lessons
Mean, Median, Mode plus much more
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/lesson_1.html
PBS Iditarod webpage
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/index.html
Iditarod Information
Answers most of your basic questions
http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/teachers.htm
Jr. Iditarod site
http://personal.my180.net/thesmiths/iditarod/jridit.html
Free video
http://www.iditarod.com/flashmap/free/video_A44EDFBE-3FFF-1FD7-BBC8009F81B4DE3E.html?full=1
18 minute 2008 video
http://www.iditarod.com/flashmap/free/video_E0F3AADA-3FFF-1FD7-BFD5A61EDB31B795.html?full=1
Alaska Podshow
http://www.mevio.com/shows/?sId=362&mId=3487155
Champion and Record holder list
http://www.iditarod.com/learn/awards.html
Musher list
http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html
standings
http://www.iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html
ADN - Alaska Newspaper
http://www.adn.com/iditarod/
special videos
http://iditarod.aprn.org/
Formatting Website
Cooltext: Logo and Graphic generator
http://cooltext.com/
3D Textmaker - make free banners and 3d text
http://www.3dtextmaker.com/index.php
Free Clipart
Kids Domain Clipart
http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip
Barry's Clipart
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
Awesome Clipart for Educators
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
Classroom Clipart
http://www.classroomclipart.com/
Discovery School Clipart
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Pics 4 Learning clips
http://pics4learning.com/
links to other ckip art pages and rights of use
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Flikr - find and share photos
http://www.flickr.com/
Ideas for fifth graders
http://www.lite.iwarp.com/bltgr5.htm
Freefoto
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Photohome
http://www.photohome.com/
Finding Guided Reading Levels
Scholastic Leveled Books
You can scroll through all books
http://guidedreading.scholastic.ca/
Leveled Book List
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/
Beaverton School Database
Search by title, level, etc.
http://registration.beavton.k12.or.us/lbdb/FMPro?-db=lbdb_&-lay=Data_Entry&-format=s_combined.htm&-view
Arranged by Level
http://www.friendshaverford.org/pdfdocuments/academics/guidedreading/booksarrangedbyguided.pdf
Search by Title
http://www.regentbook.com/title.asp
Scholastic Reading Counts
Must click into title to get level
http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/default.asp?UID=7F6F112049CF461E0AFE95E8F09ED97F&subt=0&Test=NA
Free Music to Download
Royalty Free Music
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Freeplay Music
http://freeplaymusic.com/
Maniac Magee Sites
Activities during and after the book
http://atkinson.esu8.org/maniac/Index.htm
Carol Hurst site
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/maniacmagee.html
Vocab, Questions and activities by chapter
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading47/maniac_magee.htm
Enrichment activities with links
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/social-issues/racial-desegregation/8976.html#activities
Compare Maniac Magee to Wringer Across curriculum
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/teachingguides/spinelli.pdf
Novel links
http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading%20strategies/Maniac%20Magee/Index-Sheffield.htm
Webquest research activity
http://www.webquests.ips.k12.in.us/Communities/webquests/Assets/webquests/68/la/spring02/raney/WebQuest.htm
Ideas from Scholastic
http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/teachingwithbooks/producthome.jsp?productID=10893&displayName=Description
Theme openers, research and cross-curricular activities
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=6138&external=http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/maniac/guide.cfm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/070099.shtml&title=Maniac%20Magee
Literature unit with extensions
http://www.edhelper.com/books/Maniac_Magee.htm
online hangman game of characters
http://www.quia.com/hm/23147.html
Audio Clips
Wisdom in America - mini sound bits of famous people
http://www.wisdommadeinamerica.com/archive.html
celebrity addresses
Celebrity addresses - Actors, Atheletes Politians and authors
http://www.celebritiesfans.com/
Write to a celeb
http://www.writetoaceleb.com/
Seeing Stars - Celebrities nailing addresses
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Search.shtml
Fan mail
http://www.fanmail.biz/
HOMEWORK
Fact Practice
http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00091/toepassing_wisweb.en.html
blog
blog help
http://www.blogmeister.com/
Mrs. Holtsbery's Blog
http://holtsbery.blogspot.com
Mrs. Holtsbery's AIS Blog
http://holtsberyais.blogspot.com
teachers
grants for teachers
http://216.130.185.103/resources/grants.php
Social Studies
google map with transparencies
http://www.kokogiak.com/gmaps-transparencies.html
Academic Intervention Services (AIS)
Interventions Central
http://www.interventioncentral.org/
A guide to AIS (NYS United Teachers)
Frequesntly asked questions
http://nysut.org/ais/faq.html
Checklist of what you are doing
looks at ELL, reading and Math - must be adapted - from Texas
http://www.texasreading.org/downloads/special_ed/serp_prereferral_booklet.pdf
NYSED Reading and Writing continuum
http://weblink.scsd.us/~humanities/NYSED%20Reading%20&%20Writing%20Continuum.htm
Intervention Strategies
http://www.lehigh.edu/projectreach/teachers/teachers_reach.htm
A review of existing reading programs
Includes many Reading First programs and their effectiveness
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/CReportsCS.aspx?rep=supp
Teachers
Poll Everywhere - text choice
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Prezi - the new PowerPoint
http://prezi.com/
Gapminder - World data
http://www.gapminder.org/
Larning Forward NY PD
http://nyssdc.org/