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Technology
Abstract Textures, Background Photos - free stock images
Anitmoto
Submit your photos and videos online and they create you a unique movie
Aviary
Photo editing online.
Blabberize
Take a photo and in seconds make it talk.
BonzoBox
Bookmarking site. Saves a picture of the website.
Build Your Wild Self
Create your own wild self.
Computer Tutor
Interactive, very basic computer skills site that walks you step by step.
Dumpr - Photo Fun
Create puzzle, avatars and things with your pictures.
Effects of Technology
The Educator’s Reference Desk- Articles about the effects of technology in the classroom
Fill Any PDF Form
Upload and PDF Form and you can fill it in by just typing.
Flixtime
Video Slideshows made easy! Upload photos, videos and text. Choose your music and create a movie within minutes.
Free Fonts Download
fur.ly
Shorten multiple urls into one url.
GoAnimate
Make your own cartoons and animations easily.
Grabba Beast
Students can create their own monster.
Icon Finder
Search by topic to find different icons. Great for graphic design.
Icones.pro
Search engine for icons.
Integrating Technology
The Educator’s Reference Desk- Resource Guide to Integrate Technology
Lifeblob
Create your own timeline with your photos.
Listhings
Create your own sticky note to do list. Log on from any computer and see your notes. Invite others to collaborate on a project.
Makeup Photo!
Automatic online photo retouching. Free online face retouch.
Masher
Create free online video, photo and music mashups.
Memoov - Animation Studio online
Create your own animated movie.
Microsoft 2007 Feature Finder
This site helps Office 2003 users understand Office 2007's layout better
Microsoft Office Quick Reference Card
pick a program and it will give you a quick reference card of features and shortcuts.
Microsoft Word 2007
Online resources for Word 2007. Arranged by topic.
Movavi
Gives you the ablility to convert videos downloaded from various websites.
MultiURL
Enter in several urls and it creates a link for all of those sites. Similar to Shartabs.
My virtual city
Build your own virtual city - Free virtual game
Myoats
Create your own line art.
Panoye-360° virtual panoramic tour
Make your own panoramic tours out of photos.
Password Bird
Creates strong passwords for you.
Photoxpress
Free stock photos to use for projects and presentations.
Picnik
You can do a lot to cool stuff with photos that you upload.
Pikikids.com
Students can upload pictures to create a cartoon strip.
Pixlr
Photo editing online.
Poll Everywhere
Use text messaging to conduct live, interactive polls with your students for free. The results can be view in your web browser
Postica- stick it!
Create and share your notes, reminders and files fast and easy with your co-workers.
PowerPoint in the Classroom
Self-pace tutorial on how to use PowerPoint.
PowerPoint in the Classroom
Self-pace tutorial on how to use PowerPoint.
Riverdeep
SchoolTube
Similar to YouTube, SchoolTube has educational videos and student created videos.
sketchfu
Create your own drawing and then play it back.
Survs
Online Survey Tool, Collaborative Web Survey Software
TinyURL.com
TinyURL takes long URLs and shorten them.
United Streaming
Untiny
Untiny will take small URLs and extract them to their orginial long URL.
Woopid Video Tutorials
Free technology tutorials videos. Has a great selection of videos for Office 2007.
Word It Out
Transform your text into word clouds. Very similar to Wordle.
WordSift - Visualize Text
Students type in a word and they get a list of words that provide meaning to that word.
You Quote it, You note it!
A tutorials to help students understand plagiarism.
Zamzar
Gives you the ablility to convert videos downloaded from various websites.
Portals and Blogs
Bev Spencer's Portal
3rd Grade Math
Ciara Teel's Portal
Coach's Corner
Coleen Vannoy's Portal
Connie Hays' Portal
Connie Miragliotta
Jeanne Bead's Portal
Josh Pauley's Portal
KCS Title I Math's Blog
Lori Whitt's Portal
Maria Southall's Portal
Mel's Delicious Bookmarks
Mel's Website
Melissa Given's Blog
Melissa Given's Portal
Melissa Godfrey
WV Title I Technology Coordinator
Resources for Scott Foresman
2nd Grade~by unit and story
Smartboard Portal
Activites for Smart software
Stacia Lamb's Portal
Talking SMARTBoards & Much More!
Blog about Smart Board ideas and activities.
Coach's Corner
A wonderful site full of resources for classroom teachers.
Resources for Teachers
3-5 Math Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
Do2Learn
Games, songs,coloring sheets and activies for primary grades
E-Mints
Lesson plans and actives that incorporate technology
eduTecher
A website to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms and schools. Has blogs, links and tech reviews.
Forvo
A pronunciation guide. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers
Inaugural Words - 1789 to the Present
From NY Times, word clouds from all the inauguration speeches from US Presidents.
K-2 Math Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
Quotesea
Search-able database of quotes by author or topic.
Scholastic
Online Activities and Interactive Learning by Grade Levels
Scholastic: I Spy
Scholastic: Min- Dictionary Maker
You can add your words and then select which form of speech you want.
Scholastic: Vocabulary Quiz Maker
Teachers add their vocabulary words and the site creates a vocab. test.
The Educator’s Reference Desk
Lesson plans and activities for all subject area
The Wise Owl Factory
Teacher resources for primary teachers. Includes SmartBoard activies and printable activities.
Thinkexist.com
A great way to find quotes.
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
The Visual Thesaurus helps you find related words for the word you typed in creating a visual map.
Timetoast Timelines
Students are able to create interactive timelines.
Teacher Book Wizard
Find Children Books by Reading Level, Topic, Genre. Provides teachers to search for books to incorporate into their lessons.
RubiStar
Teachers can create rubrics to assess students' learning for free.
RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
Enter in a word and it will create a list of rhyming words.
OLogy
American Museum of Natural History
Newsmap
Displays all the up to the minute news stories on one screen.
Search Engines
MelZoo
Search engine with a unique feature. It comes up with a split screen with the search results and the actual website of the other
Number Gossip
Search engine for number facts.
Sweet Search
Kid safe search engine.
Wolfram Alpha
This is a knowledge search engine. Type in your birthday for an example of what it does.
Stuff That Drives Me Nuts
A Million Thank Yous
Bubble Wrap
Flags
You must move the flags as the directions tell you.
Frog Leap Test
Switch the frogs to the opposite side within 2 minutes. It took a while but yes I can do!
Simon
A large interactive Simon. Great for SMART Board.
Web Cams
Northern Lights Webcam
Porjus, the Northern Lights village
Africam
Live web cam from African waterholes & bush
Videos
How Stuff Works
Sqooltube
Educational videos for stories and skills for the students to watch.
neoK12
Educational Videos and online games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English.
Photo and Photo Editing
SMART Board Activities
SMART Activities for Back to School
Smart board Activities
Calendars, KWL Charts, and other extra activities for Smart boards.
SMART Board Templates
For elementary, middle and high school
SMART Board Website Resources
Interactive Internet Resources to use with a Smart Board
Teqsmart Educator Resource Center
Registration required, but it's free. This site has great SmartBoard activities and games for all grade levels.
Interactive Whiteboard Games | PBS KIDS
Games from PBS that is great for SmartBoard activities.
SMART activities from SMART
Activities for elementary level using Smart software.
SMART Board Games
Flags
You have to move the flags as directed.
I Spy Online
Students can play I Spy online. This would be a great smart board activity.
Koala Checkers Game
Interactive game of checkers.
Parade of Games in PowerPoint
Download the games and add your own questions for your students.
PowerPoint Games
Jeopardy, Who wants to be a Millionaire,Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? and Wheel of Fortune Powerpoints that you can downlo
Whack a Capsule
Students have to whack the capsules as the pop up. Good activity for learning how to use a mouse or even a smartboard.
SMART Board Language Arts K-5
Alphabet Speed Test
Students have to click on the letter that comes after the letter given.
Cloud Dreamer
Students can create their own cloud. This would go great with the book "It looked like spilt milk",
Kindergarten SMARTboard activites for Reading
Notebook activities that you can download.
Letter Quiz
Students have to give words that begin with the letter selected. A team game for the Smart board.
Make a Word
Take the letters of a word and see how many other words you can create with those letters.
Punctuation Campground
Students have to add punctuation to the sentences given.
Rhyme Race v1.0
"Rhyme Race" is a four-player, fully interactive game designed to promote a better understanding of rhyming. Players make their
SMART Board Activities for Phonics from Scholastic
Vowel Blends
Students have to take the vowel digraphs given and quickly spell a word using them.
Word Jumble
Students solve anagram using math vocabulary.
Words and Pictures
Students can listen to poems and then find words with different vowel digraphs in it.
SMART Board Math K-5
Add Like Mad
Click on the numbers that add up to clear the board before time runs out.
Add Like Mad Advanced
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
Ann and Addem's dartboard game
Student have to throw darts to create math problems.
Bracket Basics
Students have to add the brackets to the math problem.
Clock
An interactive analog clock. A good SMART board activity.
Coin Madness: Addition
Add the vaules of the coins up to clear the board before time runs out.
Cone Crazy
Students must solve multiplication problems to build ice cream cones for the penguins.
Count Your Chickens
Students have to click the number of chickens on the screen. Great Smartboard activity.
Division Station
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
Division Station Advanced
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
Divison Factory
Students have to find the division answers quickly, before the balls return to the sphere.
Everyday Math Resources
Everday Math resources K-5 from Center School District.
Everyday Math Smart Board Activities
A list of downloadable activities to match the skills taught in Everyday Math.
Fishy Count
Student must click on the number of fish in the ocean.
Flitting with Fractions
Students have to catch butterflies and then figure out the fraction.
Fraction Monkeys
Hang the monkey on the fraction numberline.
Fraction Tutorial
A good tutorial for students to help them understand fractions.
Fractions Strips
A great way to explain fractions, decimals, ratios and percentages using these interactive fraction strips.
Fun with Addition & Subtraction v1.0
Use legos to solve addition and subtraction problems. Great smartboard activi
Hang out the shirts on the washing line
Students have to put the shirts in order on the wash line.
Interactive Clock
Students can move the hands of the clock to show the correct time.
Interactive Games
Interactive math games on additon, subtraction and muliplicaiton
Interactive Hundred Square
An interactive hundreds chart.
Interactive Number Line
An interactive number line that you can adjust how far the grasshopper jumps.
Kindergarten Math SMARTboard Activities
Activities for kindergarten that can be downloaded for the Notebook software.
Learn Your Tables
An interactive way to practice multiplicaiton facts.
Make 24 -- Level 1
Use playing cards to make 24 using different orders of operation.
Make 24 -- Level 2
Use playing cards to make 24 using different orders of operation.
Make 24 -- Level 3
Use playing cards to make 24 using different orders of operation.
Matching Money--level three
Match the value and the coins in this matching game.
Matching Money--level two
Match the value and coins together in this matching games.
Math Games: Subtract Like Mad with coin
Solve the problems by using subtraction with money to clear the board before time runs out.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Addition Level 1
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest sum.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Addition Level 2
Pop the balloons in order of smallest to largest sum before the time runs out.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Addition Level 3
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest sum before the clock runs outs.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Addition Level 4
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest sum before the clock runs outs.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Multiplication Level 1
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest product before the clock runs outs.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Multiplication Level 2
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest product before the clock runs outs.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Multiplication Level 3
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest product before the clock runs outs.
Math Games:Balloon Pop Math - Multiplication Level 4
Pop the balloons in order from smallest to largest product before the clock runs outs.
Mission: Magnetite
Students have to match the percentage, fraction and graphic to help fill up the rocket.
Multiplication Station
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
Multiplication Station Advanced
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Interactive math activities for K-12 for all the math standards.
Number Lines
Create number lines by 1's, 10's, decimals, or negative numbers. The students have to figure out what numbers are hiden by the b
Number Sequences
Students have to figure out the number pattern.
Number Track
Students have to add the missing numbers on the track.
Number Train
Students have to put the numbers on the train in order. Great Smartboard activity.
Odd and Even Sort
Students have to sort the numbers by odd and even.
Penguin Party Addition
Feed the penguin the fish that has the answer to your math problem. There are different levels.
Purpy's Shapes
Students will sort and find shapes.
Put it on the Shelf- Numbers
Students must match the number found on the game board. Great Smartboard activity.
Put it on the Shelf- Shapes
Students must match the shapes found on the board. Great mouse and Smartboard activity.
Quizville: Area
Students have to find the area of different items given.
Quizville: Fractions
An interactive site where students can practice working with fractions.
Quizville: Paint Ball
Interactive site where students have to threw paint balls to equal the number given.
Quizville: Percents
Interactive site where students can practice percentages.
Quizville: Three Equations Algebra (Multiplication)
Students have to figure out the numbers in the math problems represented by shapes.
Quizville: Times Tables
Students can practice the multiplication facts using the SMART board.
Rabbit Takeaway
Students solve subtraction with run away rabbits.
Resource Survey
Pick between a couple of survey questions and tally the answers. It will the make a graph for the results.
Shark Number
Students have to look at the place vaule blocks and find the number.
SMART Board Activities for Math from Scholastic
Subtraction Action
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
Subtraction Action Advanced
Solve the problems quickly to clear the board before time runs out.
Subtraction Harvest
Use apples falling from the apple tree to help solve subtraction problems.
Time Works
Students must put the numbers on the clock face in the correct order. Great Smartboard activity.
What Time IS IT?
Interactive site to help students practice telling time.
SMART Board MISC K-5
Build a Snowman
Students can decorate their own snowman.
Carve a Pumpkin
Crave your own jack O' lantern. This is would be great for primary kids using the smartboard or airliner.
Carve-a-Pumpkin
Students to drag and click to make their own Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween.
Crayola Digi-Color
Students can create their own drawings online.
Halloween Clip Art
Halloween clip that you can download.
Halloween Hangman
Students can play hangman with Halloween words.
Thanksgiving Puzzle
An animated Thanksgiving puzzle.
Valentine's Day Jigsaw Puzzles
Students have to put the jigsaw puzzle of a heart back together.
SMART Board Science K-5
Earth Day Activities
SMART activities from Scholastic
Edheads
Students learn about simple machines.
Hubble Telescope
The official site for the Hubble Telescope. Students are able to view images from space.
International Space Station
A 360 Virtual Tour of the International Space Station.
Kindergarten SMART board Activities for Science
Activities that you can download for the Notebook software.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA's official Facebook page. This will be block at school by the filtering system.
Science Smartboard Activities
A list of download-able activities for K-5 for Smart board.
Science Smartboard Activities from Scholastic
SMART Board Social Studies K-5
iKnowthat.com - Geography
Students have to put the globe back together correctly.
Kindergarten SMARTboard activities for Social Studies
Activities that you can download for the Notebook smart software.
Place the State
Help Ben Franklin place the state on the US map correctly.
Presidential Portraits
Take a quiz on facts about the Presidents.
Quiz Hub: U.S. States & Capitals Game
Students must match the capitals to the correct states.
SMART Board Activities for Social Studies
Famous people lessons from Scholastic
Social Studies Smart Board Activities
A list of download-able activities for K-5 for Smart Board.
Printable Activities and Worksheets
Free Worksheets and Printables For Teachers
WorksheetWorks.com
Printable Games
Sight words, rhyming words, BINGO, etc.
Web 2.0 Tools
You Sent It
Online File Sharing, Send large files, Managed File Transfer, FTP Replacement, with No Email Attachments
Elementary Langage Arts
Carol Hurst's Childrens Literature Site
This is a collection of reviews of books for kids, ideas of ways to use them
Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra
This site has interactive reading games, literacy worksheets, songs and activities that can be used with a SmartBoard.
Language Arts at ppst.com
Mrs. Walkek
Wonderful resource for Scott Foresman
Phonics at pppst.com
Random House Book Search
search by theme and grade level for books on different themes
Scholastic: Computer Lab Favorites
Activities for K-2 and 3-5 that take about 15 to 30 minutes to complete.
Sesame Street Videos by Subject
Video clips by subject area.
Wimp Yourself
Create your own Wimpy Kid just like the characters in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
ABC Order
Alphabetical Adventures
students must put the words in ABC order to play a tune
Alphabet Zoo
Students put the pictures in ABC order.
Pawpark 2
Students must put the bears in ABC order.
Alphabet
ABC 123 Puzzles
ABC Match
match the letter to a picture that begins with that sound
ABC Order Train
Students pick the next letter to go on the train.
Alphabet Action
Students click on the letter and hear the sound and what starts with that letter.
Alphabet Goop Game
Alphabet Order
Students put the letters in the correct order.
Animal Who Game
Big Bird's Letters
Students type a letter and see appear on the screen.
Create-A-Reader
Students find letters of the alphabet.
Dot to dot with Winnie the Pooh
Connect the dots to make a picture.
Kangaroo Confusion
Students match letters of the alphabet.
keyboard-A-Rama
Students type a letter and Elmo tells them the letter name.
Letter Memory
Students must match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Letterella Game
Letters to Big Bird
Students click on a picture and Big Bird tells them the beginning sound.
Literacy Center: Lowercase Letters
Literacy Center: Upper and Lowercase Letters
Literacy Center: Uppercase Letters
Magic Mailbox ABC's
Mr. Elephant's Matching Game
A memory game with letters, shapes, colors, and numbers.
PBSKids-ABCD Watermelon
Students must find the missing letter in the alphabet.
Saxon-Reorder the Alphabet
Students put the letters in the alphabet in the correct order.
Spelling Bee
Students have to take the letters to the bee hive in the correct order.
Starfall
great way to introduce or review a letter and it’s sound
Teddy Bear Pinic
Match the bear to the letter on the drink.
The Alphabet
States the alphabet in order.
Uppercase and Lowercase T-Shirts
Students have to color the shirts to match each other.
Comprehension
English
Alien Punctuation
students must correct the missing capital letters and punctuation in order to talk to the aliens
Alien Word Mine
Balloon Joining Words
students must choose the correct conjunction to help the hot air balloon go higher
Kung- Fu Sentences
student must put the words in correct order to make a complete sentence
Matching Word Golf
Students must choose the correct synonym to get the golf ball in the hole
Proper Noun Word Search
A word search for each letter of the Alphabet.
Travelling Pronouns
students must choose the correct pronoun to finish the postcards
Phonics
Beginning Letter
Click on a letter, then click on the pictures that begin with that letter. Audio included to name pictures.
Between Lions- Vowel Boot Camp
Reviews short and long /a/ sound.
Chicken Coop
Students play a phoneme matching game.
Cliffords Make a Word
Students pick the correct vowel sound to make CVC words.
Cliffords Sound Match
Construct A Word
students must create words from different word families to put the words in the word bank
CVC Machine
Students identify CVC words.
Fishing with Phonics
Help Garfield fish for the beginning or ending sound of objects he catches.
Fuzzy Lion Ears
Students add beginning sounds of words.
Gus and Inky's Underwater Adventure
A story with activities in it that asks the students to help them identify beginning sounds.
Gus and Inky's Underwater Adventure- Rhymes
Students identify rhyming words.
In the Nick of Rhyme
Students help Groover if items that rhyme.
Kazound
A Simon Game - musical memory game that gets you to copy the sounds you hear.
Kid's Lab: Beginning Consonants
Students can take self paced test on different beginning sounds.
Lanolin's Greenhouse
Click on the object that matches the new word with beginning letter replacement.,
Little Animals Activity Center
Students have to pick words that rhyme.
Long Vowel Match
Students find the pictures with the long vowel sounds.
Magnet Letters
Students to use magents to spelling different words.
Make to Rhyme
Students help Elmo match rhyming words.
Match of Mystery
Review short vowels, long vowels, vowel diagraphs, vce patterens, dipthongs and diagraphs.
Meet the gang
Students pick words that rhyme.
Phonemic Processing with Word Building
Great word building activity. The student is given a word and they have to move the letters to spell the work. Great for SMART
Phonics Cards
Printable signs for different phonics rules.
Phonics Word Match
Phonics Word Search
Picture Match
Match pictures to their sounds. Review beginning sounds, short vowels and long vowels sounds.
Pumpkin Patch
Click on the object that matches the new phoneme without the beginning letter sound.
Put it on the shelf
Sound out CVC words and match with correct picture.Drag and Drop mouse skills needed.
Reggie Loves to Rhyme
Students pick words that rhyme with different pictures.
Rhyming Rhyme-bot
Students help find rhyming words.
Saxon Phonics- Count the Vowels
Students count the number of vowels on the balloons.
Saxon Phonics- Rhyming Words
Students play memory using rhyming words.
Saxon Phonics- Sorting Vowels and Consonants
Students sort the letters by vowels and consonants.
Saxon Phonics- Wild Colt Words
Students must pick wild colt words out of a group of words.
Saxon Phonics-Vowel Rules Game
Students must pick the vowel rule for words selected.
Saxon- Blending Memory
Students match pictures to there beginning blend.
Short and Long Vowel Sounds
Students find words with different vowel sounds.
SMART Board Activities for Phonics from Scholastic
Sound Fun
Student pick the letter for each sound made to help the monkey from falling out of the tree.
TV Brick Wall
Students pick the CVC words.
Wild West Phonics
students must select the letter to complete to word to send a smoke signal
Word Blender Game
Students pick the beginning blend to create a word.
Word Box #5 4x4
Missing Vowels
Word Box #6 4x4
Missing Vowels
Word Box #7 4x4
Missing Vowels
Word Builder
Word Cards
Printable word cards that can be used for centers or guided reading activities.
Word Square #1 4x4
Missing Vowels
Word Square #1 5x5
Missing Vowels
Word Square #3 4x4
Missing Vowels
Word Square #4 4x4
Missing Vowels
Word Square #8 4x4
Missing Vowels
Fearless Frieda - Skillful Surfer
Type the words that is given to help the surfer surf.
Fearless Frieda- Skillful Skater
Type the words that are given to make the skateboarder jump high.
Reading
3-5 Language Arts Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
Alphabet Soup Word Find
this is an interactive word search
Between the Lions
PBS Kids
Binky's Story Scramble
Click on sound button to hear story then move pictures in order.
Houghton Mifflin First Grade
Activties for HFW and phonics skills.
K- 2 Language Arts Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
Letter/Sound Review
Starfall.com
Peasonsuccess.net
Printable Little Readers
Profession Garfield's Storybook Reader
Reading Racers
Program to increase students success in reading.
Scrambled Stories
SF Reading Street 1st Grade
Word lists, printable books, and activity sheets.
SF Reading Street 2nd Grade
Word lists, printable books, and activity sheets.
Time Sequence Game
Students must put the pictures in order.
Spelling
Pirate Spelling
student must add the missing letter to spell the word
Spelling City
Spelling Jeopardy
Download to Word.
Spelling Connections
Great spelling and reading games from Zaner-Bloser. For grades 1-8. Great for SMART Board activities.
Alien Scavenger Hunt II
Students click on the letters to spell the word given. Great practice with digraphs.
Alien Scavenger Hunt
Students have to click on the letters to spell a word as they fly by the alien.
Videos
Between the Lions
Various video clips dealing with language arts.
Hooked on Phonics
Hooked on Phonics video clips on YouTube.
Vocabulary
Create-A-Reader: Word Families
Students match words in different word families.
Dolch Words Activites
Printable activity sheets, writing paper, etc.
Drag and Drop Sight Words
Students must match the pictures to the sight word.
Fry Word List Activities
Flash required.
HFW- High Frequency Words
Signs, booklets, activity sheets for HFW.
Literacy Center: Words
Word Carnival
Studnets have to figure out the word playing a hangman like game.
Word Wall Menu
Word wall activites for literacy stations.
Word Wall Sort
Word wall activity for literacy stations.
RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
Enter in a word and it will create a list of rhyming words.
Writing
Literacy Center: Writing
Scholastic: Descriptive Writing
The Story Starter
The site creates a random story sentence for students to start their story.
The Write-n-ator!
From New Hampshire Public Television- video clips and writing and vocabulary.
Poetry Splatter
Student create poems by adding words to line to the poems.
Elementary Math
Exploring Math With Technology
A big list of online sites grouped by standards.
Interactive Games
Kids' Place Houghton Mifflin Math
Standards based activities for K-6
Blackline Masters for Math
From the Department of Ed. in Nova Scotia blackline masters for their math program. They are free to download.
Math Dictionary
An interactive math dictionary to help explain terms and problems.
Template Library
PDF templates for all kinds of math activities.
Number and Operations
Circle Fractions Introduction
An interactive way to explain fractions using a circle.
Connect Sums
You have to click on the dice to equal the sum given. The dice have to be neighbors.
Flitting with Fractions
Students have to catch butterflies and then figure out the fraction.
Fractions Strips
A great way to explain fractions, decimals, ratios and percentages using these interactive fraction strips.
Number Jump
You have to move the ball up and down the number line to squash the fly.
Sum Stacker
You are given three numbers and you have to move the dice to equal that number. Great for a Smart Board activity.
Math Zapper!
Interactive explanation of decimals, fractions and percentages.
Valentine Candy Fractions
Printable PDF file with problem solving problems using candy hearts.
Algebra
Data Analysis and Probability
Estimate
Students look at the number line and estimate what number the hand is pointing to.
Solve a problem!
Flip a coin! Toss a coin to get a yes or no answer to your question.
Geometry
Polyomino Shift
You have to maneuver the polyomino to cover the area shaded.
Mr. Elephant's Matching Game
A memory game with letters, shapes, colors, and numbers.
Mr. Elephant's Matching Game
A memory game with letters, shapes, colors, and numbers.
Shapes in Space
Students have to match and sort different shapes.
2-D Shape Animation
An animated explanation of polygons. The voice over voice is a little annoying, you might want to mute the sound.
Shape: Guess who
Students have to match the name of the shape by the clues that is given.
Polygon Matching
Students have to correctly label the different groups of polygons.
Polygon Sort
Students have to sort the polygons by the number of sides it has.
Measurement
Interactive Clock
An interactive clock that allows to add or subtract a minute, 15 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour off the time displayed.
Exact time
This site givens you the extra time and tells you if your computer clock is off.
The Ultimate Unit Converter
Enter in a measurement and it will convert it to objects and other measurements.
Elementary Science
3-5 Science Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
Children's Museum
Build your own robot, All Aboard!, Haunted House, etc.
Color Mixer
Google Sky
Explore the stars with Google sky.
Hubble Telescope
The official site for the Hubble Telescope. Students are able to view images from space.
International Space Station
A 360 Virtual Tour of the International Space Station.
K-2 Science Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA's official Facebook page. This will be block at school by the filtering system.
Scholoatic: Computer Lab Favorites
K-2 and 3-5 Activites that take 15 to 30 minutes to complete.
The Children's University of Manchester
Good interactive sites about science, social studies and health.
When pigs fly
Student create their own Wright Brothers style plane and try to fly it.
The National Zoo
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
OLogy
American Museum of Natural History
Physics Games
online physics-based games
Test
test
Elementary Social Studies
3-5 Social Studies Powerpoints
from Gaston County Schools
A Day at the Roman Forum: Public Life in Rome
Lesson plan and activities for a day at the roman forum.
American Symbols Game
This game is so simple to use. A question is asked about an American symbol and students drag the symbol to the appropriate box.
Ancient China
Lesson plans and websites about Ancient China.
Ancient China - History for Kids!
This site is full of information about Ancient China.
Ancient Rome
Lesson plans and activities dealing with Ancient Rome.
Ancient Rome Lesson Plan- Dictator for a day!
A lesson plan from Discovery Education where the students experience what it would be like to be a dictator for a day.
Bill of Rights Match Game
This game review the Bill of Rights and has an elementary and secondary level.
Branches of Power
Students must use the US Constitution to restore the Tree of Democracy.
Constitution Relay Game
This is a neat game you could project and do as a large group. Questions are asked about the Constitution and you would type in
Design Your Coat of Arms
Students can design their own Coast of Arms.
Egypt Fun Guides
Facts and games that deal with ancient Egypt.
Flag Tag
Student must select the of the correct country.
K-2 Social Studies
from Gaston County Schools
Let's Journey Back in Time to Ancient Rome!
Webquest for Ancient Rome.
President for a Day
Students select the activities for a day if they were President, while learning facts about past Presidents.
Romans - Invasion
Interactive site about the Roman Invasion.
Scholatic: Computer Lab Favorites
K-2 and 3-5 activities that take 15 to 30 minutes to complete.
States and Capitals Quiz Hub
Students must match the capitals to the correct states.
Where Did They Come From?
Students will analyze data and create a bar graph showing the home states of U.S. Presidents.
WorldImages
Images that may be used freely for non-profit educational purposes.
The Children's University of Manchester
Good interactive sites about science, social studies and health.
Picturing America
Picturing America is from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
American Memory from the Library of Congress
Thematic Units
100th Day of School
I can write 100 words
A PDF file that you can print for the 100th day of school. The students can write 100 words that they know.
Apples/ Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed's Birthday
Ideas and activities for Johnny Appleseed.
Back to School
Back to School Word Search
SMART Activities for Back to School
Switch a Smiley
Switch the smilies to make lines of 3 or more matching smilies.
Christmas
Christmas Activity Sheets
Coloring sheets, mazes, clipart
Christmas Crossword Puzzle
Christmas Gifts for Mom Word Search
Christmas Magic Square
Christmas Shuffle
Switch the Christmas decorations to make lines of 3 or more matching symbols.
Elf Maze
Santa Coloring Sheet
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss Hat Patterns
printable PDF file
Seussville
Ideas for Dr. Seuss Day
Printable activities and craft ideas for Dr. Seuss Day.
Easter
Colored Egg & Jelly Bean Match Up
Easter Bunny Maze
Easter Chick Maze
Easter Chick Sliding Puzzle
Easter Crossword Puzzle
Easter Egg Mahjong
Easter Egg Sliding Puzzle
Easter Flip
Arrange the objects so that there are 3 or more in the same row.
Easter Maze
Easter Word Search
Funschool
Games, puzzles, coloring sheets for Easter
Peep Research
Science experiments that you can do with Peeps.
Fall/Pumpkins
Fall Word Search
Harvest Word Search
Pumpkin Jigsaw Puzzle
Farms
Farm Animal Word Search
Vegetable Word Search
Harvest of History- The Farmers' Museum
Students can learn about where your food comes from and how it grow. They also can compare life in 1845 to our modern life.
Fire Safety
Fire Safety Song
Elmo's Fire Safety Game
Students visit a fire station with Elmo.
Halloween
Spooky Switcheroo
Flip the spooky objects around to create lines of 3 or more matching images.
Pumpkin Patch Memory
Halloween Maze
Hallooween Jack-O-Latern Maze
Halloween Word Search
Presidents
Where Did They Come From?
Students will analyze data and create a bar graph showing the home states of U.S. Presidents.
School Bus Safety
School Bus Safety Song
Space
Hubble Telescope
The official site for the Hubble Telescope. Students are able to view images from space.
Mixed Up Space Words
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA's official Facebook page. This will be block at school by the filtering system.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A 360 Virtual Tour of the International Space Station.
Space Cross Word Puzzle
Spring
Funschool
Games, puzzles, coloring sheets, crafts and quiz for Spring
Flippy Flowers
Flip the flowers around to create lines of 3 or more matching symbols.
Spring Crossword Puzzle
Spring Word Search
Spring Word Link Puzzle
St. Patrick's Day
Funschool
Games, puzzles, coloring sheets and quiz for St. Patrick’s Day
Shamrock Shimmy
Arrange the objects so that there are 3 or more in the same row.
St. Patrick's Day Mahjong
St. Patrick's Day Jigsaw Puzzle
Shamrock Patterns
printable PDF file
St. Patrick's Day Mixed- Up Words
St. Patick's Day Crossword Puzzle
St. Patrick's Day Maze
Thanksgiving
Giving Thanks Word Search
Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzles
Thansgiving Word Search
Under the Sea
Treasure Flippers
Flip the treasures around to create lines of 3 or more matching treasures.
Valentine's Day
Candy Heart Slide Puzzle
Heart Jigsaw Puzzle
Valentine Concentration
Valentine Candy Fractions
Printable PDF file with problem solving problems using candy hearts.
Winter
Funschool
Games, puzzles, coloring sheets and quiz for Winter
Zoo
Zoo Animals Scrambled Words
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