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A. Math

math kids place
interactive games for students
multiplication.com
multiplication practice
fun school
math games
fun brain
math activities
Sail On
Great activities on different skills
meteor multiplication
multiply and shoot targets
grand prix multiplication
race cars powered by your right answers
matching fractions
game for matching fractions
ABCya
lots of activities for third graders
multiplication.com
work on multiplication skills
Great Martini Company
Math practice with flashcards
Weigh it Up Game
practice balancing the scale
kids know it
fun math games
flowering fractions
match the correct petals to win
FRACTION BARS
printable fraction bars
balance scale
Use math skills to balance the scale
eduplace
math resources
place value activity
check your skills with place value
growing patterns on mathwire
growing patterns
think math
math games
math lingo game
use math words in a game
Give the Dog a Bone
Lots of fun with a 100s chart
play kids games
timed fact drills
Calendar game
Robo Packer
slides, flips, and turns
Math Magician
timed math game
race with addition
boat and car races
kids numbers
subtraction games
National Library of Virtual Math
great math activities
plave value game
count with marshmallows
Alien Munchtime
subtraction game
mister teacher
rotation, reflection, translation
calendar practice
answer questions about the calendar
shapes that I know song
song about 3-D shapes
IXL Games and links
Great activities for each standard
super sequencer
Beat the clock and say the next number
Math games from PBS
great math practice
catch the fruit bar graph game
Dream Box Math
Cool math games
Place value hockey
answer questions and earn a shot
What Was the Day of the Week?
Find what day you were born
Math Trainer Multiplication
5 minute game
Fractone Game
Fractions game add to one whole
Cool Math 4 Kids
Fraction Lessons
Kakooma
Kakooma on Greg Tang's site
apples 4 the teacher
printable flashcards
Math GAMES.com
standards-based games

MEASUREMENT

Measure It Game
measure to 1/2 in
Teddy Bear measurement game
measure with teddy bears
Concentration Measurement Game
match equivalent measurements
Game Aquarium
various measurement games
Soda Jerk Game
fill cups with different ounces to earn more money
Curious George - How Tall?
predict then measure
metric measurement #2
podcast on liter, milliliter
metric measurement #3
podcast on mass gram and kilogram
missing side on perimeter
one at a time activity

time

Number Nut Clock Match
Match the correct time on the clocks
Math Quiz with clocks
time to 5 minutes and elapsed time
Math play TIME
Match words to clocks
Time basketball
Time to the nearest minute
Clockworks game
Set the clock to the correct time - also work on elapsed time
Elapsed Time clock game
Two clocks- how much time has passed?
Elapsed time clocks
How much time is passed?
ABCya time practice
set time to hour or half hour
time hour and half hour
choose the time shown
IXL Elapsed time
elapsed time activity

money

counting money with a friend
choose the correct coins
room 108 money game
add coins to bank
math worksheet game
add the coins and type your answer
math worksheet with coins
add coins and type answer
toy store
use coins to buy toys
counting coins
count the coins and type the answer
piggy bank coins
put the right coins in the bank
money flashcards
total the coins
ABCya counting money
earn a fish by counting coins
dimes or nickels from pennies
change pennies into dimes or nickels
Space Toys
choose 1st grade math space coins

Moby Math

Moby Math
Practice your math skills

multiplication

Distributive Property Kahn Academy
instructional video on distributive property
Distributive Property Learn Zillion
instructional video Distributive
Classroom Caboodle
Area model of multiplication
kahn academy
area model of multiplication
classroom caboodle
partial product method of multiplication
Classroom Caboodle
Standard Algorithm for Multiplication
Pac Man Math Games
Cool Pac Man game for Math
double digit box multiplication
Use the box method to multiply
math games
variety of math games printable etc
mathmagician
product game
try to get four products n a row
concentration
match equations, products, and arrays

data - graphs, charts, line plots

IXL Create a line plot
line plot practice
line plots video
instructional video

Fractions

comparing fractions
unlike denominators and numerators
assortment of fraction games
good practice
Learn Zillion fractions on a number line
instructional video
Math ABC
links for fraction games
equivalent triplets
match three equivalent fractions
Fraction practice
a collection of fraction games
fraction puzzle
Greg Tang numtanga

Splash Math

Splash Math
individualized activities

geometry

polygon game
answer the clues
polygon shoot
hit the correct polygon
quadrilateral sort
drag and drop quadrilateral game

place value

Math Coach Rounding
Teaching video about rounding 10s
Math Coach rounding 100s
teaching video round 100s

First Grade Math

Ten Frame counting
count the circles in the tens frames
Math Playground
number bonds and math monster
teen song
cute song about teen numbers
Scrambled Egg City
Teen number practice match dots and numbers
base ten bingo
great practice for place value
Hit the Button
work on missing addends and other skills
Doubles Monkey Barrel race
race the car and match the doubles problem
Add ten more
Jack Hartman song
10 more or less song
song for 100s chart about 10 more or 10 less
missing addend story
What is a missing part?
IXL math complete the subtraction sentence
finding the unknown whole number
subtraction basketball
Drop ten
add up to ten in each column
matching addition game
fill in the grid
Math Playground
subtraction tug boat game

B. Reading

main page mcgraw hill
teacher view
student view mcgraw hill
student view
mcgraw hill leveled reader search
leveled readers for series
fun school
reading activities
fun brain
reading activities
kid zone
a variety of activities for second graders
brain pop
word girl
magic school bus
I Spy
Story online
reads stories to you
linebaugh library
speakaboos
reads stories sings songs
reading site
eduplace reading
reading eduplace
PBS Arthur sequencing stories
put short stories in the right order
vocabulary word game
space game
Reading Book vocabulary games
vocabulary game
Treasures McGraw Hill
games for reading series
MAIN IDEA Harcourt
main idea puzzle
Main idea tutorial and quiz
Main idea quiz
Eric Carle Homepage
Learn about Eric Carle
Drawing conclusions PPT
Riddles to solve with the baby
Jeopardy games to go with stories
Fun review games
Frog game
Antonym, Synonym, Homophone
Antonym Matching Game
Match and Drag the Antonyms
Antonym matching
match all words showing
sequence game
several sequence games
Antonym memory game
match the antonyms
synonym matching game
memory game with synonyms
phil tuga riddles
riddles
Main Idea Tutorial
main idea practice
Mighty Books
Online stories
Read aloud Aesop Fables
reads fables to you
Between the Lions
folk tales and stories
Linebaugh Library Bookflix
listen to books online
RIDDLES
Guess What
Main idea passages
Try to figure out the main idea
Main Idea Hamburger Game
Which is the Main Idea?
SEQUENCING ACTIVITIES
Quia sequencing games
Folktale about El Capitan
A story to compare to Inchworm's Tale
Dr. Seuss site
Dr. Seuss site

poetry

shel silverstein
silly poems
Poetry Between the Lions
poems on PBS
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Artist draws during the story

vocabulary

Word Wordy
crossword like vocabulary game
Anker's tests
fun practice for vocabulary
idiom game
choose the right meaning for the idiom
compound boogie
compound song

Anansi the Spider

WhyAnansi has 8 thin legs
Anansi Goes Fishing
Anansi video
anansi steals the wisdom of the world
Why Anansi has 8 Long Legs
Video
Anansi video
video - no talking
storyteller telling Anansi story
Storyteller
Anansi and the Hat Shaking Dance
Video storyteller about 7 minutes
spider facts
cool spider facts
Anansi's Rescue From the River
video of a storyteller about 11 minutes
Anansi and the Pot of Beans
video about 7 minutes
Anansi and the Sky Kingdom
video about 5 minutes
Anansi Goes to Lunch - or Why Anansi has a Small Waist
video about 5 minutes
Anansi website
Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner
video about 6 minutes

phonics

digraph silly story
cute story with ch, sh, th, wh
postcard practice
practice with phonics skills
sandcastle practice
practice with phonics s
AW is awesome
awesome song from Electric Company
half a minute ie game
long e sound ie game
long e anagram game
long e spelled ie
Cleo and Shush
Cleo sings about SH sound
Goodbye Chimp
Dixie Chimps sing about CH
Cha Cha Cha Between the Lions
CH sounds
bossy r video
a little boy is bossy r
Bossy R Electric Company
Miss Bossy R
silent e video
electric company school dancing
silent e is a ninja
ninja guys

penguins

Tacky the Penguin
A play by small children
Tacky the Penguin
Story read aloud
kid zone
penguin information
penguin planet
more penguin information
video of the blue penguin
video from a zoon
adelie penguins
video and pictures of this kind of penguin
Emperor Penguins
pictures and information about Emperor Penguins

fairy tales and tall tales

Rumpelstiltskin online book
Walt Disney book
video of rumpelstiltskin part 1
video of rumpelstiltskin part 2
video of rumpelstiltskin part 3
zip a dee doo dah song
song
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
6 minute video story

Online stories

Saturdays and Teacakes
Lester Laminack reads his book
Beatrice's Goat
someone is reading the story
CBS 60 Minutes Beatrice's Goat
Beatrice's Goat interview on 60 Minutes

safety

US Fire Safety
Lessons and quizzes about safety

Aesop's Fables

biographies

Cesar Chavez
interesting info on Chavez
Delores Huerta
info about Delores Huerta

songs

Pentatonix Sing
with words
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Coke Commercial
Sing Carpenters
song no pictures
Paw Power song
words and music to Paw Power

Odysseus

Odysseus
video of cyclops
Who was Odysseus
video
Odysseus Facts

C. Language Arts

mcgraw hill language arts
Cando helper
Sight word practice
A B C ya
Many third grade activities
letter writer
fill in the blank letter
story starter
create your own
Noun Basketball
Dunk and name the nouns
types of sentences
game
pronoun balloon game
pop all the pronoun balloons
I and Me PPT
Practice with I and Me
Rock and Roll Adverb Song
Song about adverbs when, where, how
plural speed spelling
speed spelling game with plurals
plural fishing
fishing with gnomes
suffix game ful, less, ly
fill in the blank sentences with suffixes
possessive turtle game
find the correct possessive
Balloon Pop Game
Pop the balloon verbs
Noun and Verb Cleanup Game
Collect and sort nouns and verbs
verb Concentration
irregular verb concentration game
School House Rock Nouns
School House Rock Noun song
subject predicate song
song to Happy and You Know It
pronoun game board
roll and move with pronouns
pronoun clubhouse
build a clubhouse with correct pronouns
Help Dino C ross the Bridge
Choose the correct pronoun
concrete abstract video
little girl
concrete abstract video
two boys
Monkey irregular verbs
drag and drop irregular verb game
quotation marks electric company
short video - momma
Nessy's pluralator s es
practice s and es
plurals with s es song
song for plurals hand motions

D. Spelling

interactive games
games
spelling city
spelling activities with your own words
magnetic letters
spell your words with magnets
spelling text sight
eduplace site
2nd grade spelling city
spelling games with our lists
sign language alphabet
sign language ABC
Construct a Word
see how many words you can make
Zane Bloser
Handwriting site

E. Social Studies

online SS textbook link
will read text
brain pop
Kids Know It
cool movies and activities
types of landforms
continent map game
Label the continents
ss textbook
student text
newspapers around the world
papers from around the world
50 states
find info about our states
net state
more state info
state flags info
look up info about your state flag
Geo games
add parts to the worls
TN History for Kids
history videos and stories
Harriet Tubman
National Geographic for Kids Article
50 Nifty United States Song
song with lyrics and good map
El Capitan Mountain
El Capitan in Yosemite
Natchez Trace Bridge
photos of the bridge

North America

Regions of the US Flowcabulary
Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee
Scholastic Thanksgiving activity
Thanksgiving journey
Sacagawea Flowcabulary
rap about Sacagawea

Asia

Silk Road Activity
Travel and trade on the Silk Road
Great Wall of China
video about the Great Wall
10 facts about the Great Wall of China

NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES

F. Science

science text site
online Mcgraw Hill interactive site
national geographic for kids
science and social studies information
World wide telescope
awesome views
planet facts
information about our solar system
kids astronomy
great information
nine planets
planet information
animal facts
lists of animals on each continent
planet information
great facts
bat facts
brain pop
magic school bus
science topics
Kids know it
cool movies and activities
nature works
matter video and song
song and movie
kids astronomy
info about planets and solar
models of solar system
shows sizes of things in our solar system
EAGLE
Live Camera on an Eagle's nest
Smokey the Bear
Smokey the Bear information and activities
Winter's Tail from Scholastice
Winter's Tale
study jams rocks
watch the slide shows or sing
Weather Wiz Kids
Great informative weather site for kids
Phil Tuga sound guy
water bottle xylophone
EEKO WORLD
Cool games and videos about our world
Solids Liquids Gas Study Jams
Video and song about Matter
Turning plastic bottles into clothes
you tube- how do they make that?
Tiger Beetle
speedy tiger beetle running around
Meerkats video
Move it Move it
magic school bus plants
Gets Planted
video from International Space Station
night video of the Earth
Space rap
rap of the planets
Straw Flute
how to make a straw flute
Colorado State Wildlife
great research site
Landform Matching game
Landform memory game
Study Jams Landforms
A slide show about landforms
The Cloud Song
names the clouds
inherited traits
what types of traits are inherited
Elephant Sanctuary
Howenwald Tennessee's Sanctuary
living and nonliving video
traits of living and nonliving
turtle diary
living nonliving quiz

Endangered or Extinct Creatures

recently extinct creatures
a slide show of newly extinct creatures
extinct animals
good pictures of extinct animals
super croc
lots of information about super croc
Prehistoric Park super croc
part 1 super croc
endangered animal list
click to find out about endangered animals
endangered species
good pictures
Whooping Cranes
Short video about Whooping Cranes
Video on Manatees
Dragon Fly TV for kids
Whooping Cranes in flight
Good video of whooping cranes
Sci Show Kids
Endangered animals video

F1. Ecosystems

Geography for Kids
info about ecosystems
geography for kids 2
info for ecosystems
http://capita.wustl.edu/ME567_Informatics/concepts/ecosys.html
definition of ecosystem
journey to planet earth
nature works
MBG net ecosystems
ecotypes
types of ecosystems
Today's Teacher biomequest
lots of links for ecosystems
Biomes
types of biomes

F2. Deserts

F3. Grasslands

F4. Oceans

Life in Deep Ocean
Reading A-Z Sample poem
sample ocean poems
enchanted learning oceans
oceans
ocean info
MBG net oceans
MBG net tropical oceans

F5. Rainforests

F6. Temperate forests

tundra

Camp Invention

Cuttlefish
Fish that can blend into its environment
Fire Beetles
good picture and article
iron plated snail
cool snail!
White faced hornets
paper wasps building a nest
troubles of paper wasps
National Geographic
paper wasp videos
Great pictures and videos
Hexagonal homes
hexagonal shape of the wasp nes
incredible gecko feet
look at the tiny hairs on the gecko feet
fascinating facts about Geckos
Interesting information about different kinds of Geckos
Gecko
More Gecko info
Cone snail you tube video
Cone snail attack
Cone snail AWESOME Youtube video
YouTube video of cone snail
Cone Snails in Action
very deadly cone snail killing its prey

life cycles

metamorphosis video
28 minute video of metamorphosis
Painted Lady video
a quick video of butterflies emerging
painted lady emerging
cool video of butterfly
monarch life cycle
pictures and info about life cycle of a monarch
kid zone life cycles
explanation of several different types of life cycles

recycling

Plants

Time lapse bean sprouting
bean in soil
Time lapse Mung Bean
bean sprouting on paper towel
time lapsed sunflower
from seed to sunflower
video life cycle of plants
turtle diary
Sid the Seed
Sid and his friends change
Five things a plant needs song
song about plant needs
clay animated seed to flower
clay animation
time lapse pumpkins growing from seeds
22 pumpkins grow in a man's garden

sound

weather

Windy TY
cool weather maps of world

Earth's surface

heat

insulators and conductors
video about insulators and conductors

G. Parent resources

Florida Center for Reading Research
great articles and ready-to-use resources
Reading Rockets
terrific source of information
You've Got a Friend in Me
you tube of song with lyrics
You've Got a Friend Sign language
sign language video
Cando helper page
sight word lists
Test
Test

H. Teachers

Certificate maker
design certificates
story starters
writers' site
Math worksheet site
create a variety of free worksheets
speakaboos
recorded stories
vocaroo
record your voice
shape books
with and without lines
Greek and Latin roots
core standards
Windows to the Universe Newsletter
informative newsletter about world and space
teen number resources
Florida fluency passages
Ready Central
Math instructional videos
Ohio ELA test
wild bird passages to compare
PARCC ELA test
mystery and penguin passages to compare
Engage NY passages on poison dart frogs
Reading Vine
leveled nonfiction and fiction passages
scholastic SS site for activities
k-5 teaching math
great site for math stations

I. Student achievement

Pete's PowerPoints
Free Power Points for students and adults
Internet4classrooms
teacher site links for spi resources

INTERESTING NEWS

CHANNEL 5 NEWS STORY
Good Friday Celebration
dog and orangutan
2012 Panther Prowl Awards
Mr. Duke's team doing Chicken Dance
Put on a Happy Face
Scene from Bye, Bye, Birdie
Lascassas Elementary Paul Heggen
channel 4 Paul Heggen
Heifer International
Article and pictures of Beatrice
video about heifer international
Alton Brown

review

Sail On 2nd grade
all kinds of games
currency test
online money quiz
place value quiz
online place value quiz
odd and even practice
online odd and even quiz
test practice
practice on all our math skills
AAA Math
practice on 2nd grade skills
Eduplace
online chapter quizzes