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1st Grade - SFSD

http://guest.portaportal.com/tb109
2nd Grade-SFSD

http://guest.portaportal.com/ng024
3rd Grade - SFSD

http://guest.portaportal.com/sf3rdgrade
4th Grade - SFSD

http://guest.portaportal.com/4thgradesf

Math

A+ Math
Improve your math skills interactively!

http://www.aplusmath.com
AAA Math
Basic math skills, interactive practice, explanations and examples, and Games

http://aaastudy.com
Cool Math site
games and much more!

http://coolmath.com
Math Games
Many math games to use with your students!

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/
Telling Time
time to the hour

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_what_time_is_it.html
Math games
Variety of math games

http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/math/index.html
Counting practice to 10
Counts out objects for the child to 10

http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1643&s=1&category=0&level=1
TimezAttack video game
Great video game version to help students learn their math multiplication facts...FREE!

http://www.timezattack.com/index.php
Interactive Math Sites
Web page with many great Math sites to use with SmartBoard

http://www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/minus2/index.html
Math websites
Interactive Math sites unless noted

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm
Math sites
Good sites interactive and non interactive

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml
Virtual Manipulatives
Pattern blocks, base ten blocks and integer blocks

http://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/talks/nctm2000/nctmch00.htm
Upper Grade math lessons for Smart Board
Lessons are categorized by themes...lots of Geometry

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001794.shtml
Ghost Busters
Reinforces Odd & Even number sense

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/GhostblastersOdd/ghostodd.html
SMART Board lessons
All levels

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/longsmart.html

Technology Integration

Lee's Summit, MO School District
super sites by category

http://www.sfinstructionalresources.wikispaces.net/
Technology Integration Matrix
Super examples of each level

http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/
Technology Integration Defined
Super resources for what it "looks" like in classrooms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_integration

Smart Resources

Virtual Dissection Site
Explore the demos of Frog, pig and squid.

http://www.froguts.com/
Interactive Games and Activities
Math, Science and Literacy

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/
Two Minute Tutorials
Smartboard, Senteo, and other software apps from Smart

http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter/tutorials.asp#
SMART Board lessons
All levels

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/longsmart.html

Language Arts

TumbleBooks
Listen to books read to you with activities

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
Dolch Word Lists
A vast collection of Dolch Word lists with voice

http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/Links/DolchProject/index.html
Vocabulary links

http://hes.pasco.k12.fl.us/Vocabulary.html

Science

Virtual Fish Tank
Awesome site

http://www.virtualfishtank.com/
Train Trekker
early childhood activity of building a track and running a train

http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/creative/traintracker/traintracker.shtm

Math

Science

Food Game
Play the food game using good choices and knowledge of food pyramid

http://www.welltown.gov.uk/school/dining.html
Season Exploration

http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=165&
Interactive Science Links
All ages and many areas to choose from

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-science.htm
Virtual Dissection Site
See the demos of dissection of pig, frog, and squid!

http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html

Social Studies

Map skills-Intermediate
maps of world, state profiles, can go down from continent-country-state

http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/
Map skills-Primary
street map - read directions and find monster

http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/iggy.html

Language Art

Starfall Literacy Activities
Fun early learning activities for literacy

http://starfall.com
PBS Kids site
Fun games for PK-3rd

http://pbskids.org
Jan Brett, Author official website
Activities that go along with her children's books

http://www.janbrett.com
Offical BC Cbeebies site
Songs, activities, and downloads for kids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
ABC practice
choose and locate letters, hear sounds, pick the beginning sound

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordBuilder&Cook=
Letter practice
pick a letter, see a video, hear the sound

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f
Literacy Link
Lots to do at this site!

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
Magnetic markerboard

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
Sight word practice
sight words in shape boxes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/innovation/public/wordsandpictures/hfwords/starwords/game.shtml
Rhyming practice
rhyming machine - pick the real words

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/whirl/game.shtml
Letter match
Match the upper and lower case letters to uncover the puzzle

http://www.kinderplanet.com/alphlett.htm
Kangaroo Match
upper and lowercase letter match

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html
Letter Sounds
Match letters to pictures

http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html
Beginning letter sounds
sort pictures by beginning sounds

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm

Specials

Music-Jazz interactive learning

http://pbskids.org/jazz/
My Pyramid Site

http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html#

Links to Standards

Activities for Art
activities that are aligned to national standards

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/arts.htm
Math Activities
math activities linked to standards

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/month2month.htm
Many links

http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html
English Language Learners

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/esl.htm
Juice Bottle Jingles
make music with juice bottles

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/shockwave/jar.html
To Learn English
This site is great for ELL students-FREE

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/

Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

Comments for Report Cards

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/reporting.htm
Report Card comments

http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/endofyear/personalcomments061400.html
Comments for Art Teacher

http://web.archive.org/web/20040221115153/http:/www.dreamscape.com/ymrugg/Report_card_comments.htm
Report Card Comments: Elementary

http://www.rayslearning.com/comment.htm
Math comments

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/reportcards.shtml
Writing Effective Comments

http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/reportsam/

Professional

IMMEX
cooperative learning/problem solving site

http://www.immex.ucla.edu/
Virtual Math Manipulatives
A variety of math activities using manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
More Math manipulatives
pattern blocks and base 10 blocks

http://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/talks/nctm2000/nctmch00.htm
Math activities
Linked to NCTM standards

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=1
Smart Website
SmartBoard site with educator resources

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/
Smarttech Link

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/
Game site for Early -Kindergarten Kids
great games that work on cognitive skills

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Graphic organizers
Great place to get various types of graphic organizers

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/
My classroom webpage

http://pb025.k12.sd.us

Technology w/CITW

My Portaportal
Web based platform that any internet connected computer can access and edit

http://myportaportal.com
Free Email site
You can set up your students with emails for free

http://www.gaggle.net
Free Blogs
This is a free blogspot for your classroom, but you must register before posting

https://www.blogger.com/start
PBwiki site
You can set up your own classroom wiki!

http://esa2.pbwiki.com/
Free Google documents

http://docs.google.com
Notestar

http://notestar.4teachers.org
Lesson Plan Template
Type your information in the necessary spaces. Click

http://esa2.k12.sd.us/mcrelform.html
Dakota Valley Blog

http://esa2technology.blogspot.com/
Thinkfree - online office
No Microsoft office package? Use this as a way to create office documents

http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo
NETS - National Educational Technolgoy Standards
National standards for technology education

http://cnets.iste.org/index.html
SD Technology Standards
Dept. of Education's site for Technology Education Standards

http://doe.sd.gov/octe/teched/index.asp
Lennox Blog

http://esa2technology.blogspot.com/

Summarizing Links

Into the Book
Great links to help students with summarizing

http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/summarizing/summarize_links.html
Summary Frames
Summary frame templates

http://homepage.mac.com/bobbdarnell/Show/Web%20page/sumframelist.htm
Educational Technology That Works
Great with Marzano's strategies!

http://ed421.com/edtech/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26
Sample word list for Webpages

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/act/strategies/Sample_Word_List.doc
Make your own flip book
Use this site to create your own flip book!

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/flipbook/
Summarizing Strategies for Younger Students
Good resources to help your students understand the strategy of summarizing

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps2summary.htm
Summarizing activity
Activity that helps students summarize by using Shel Silverstein's poem "Sick"

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=893
Using the 3-2-1 Strategy
Use the 3-2-1 strategy to help students read and understand informational texts

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=951
Reciprocal Teaching
This site offers the rationale to why and how to use reciprocal teaching with your students to help them understand the text

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at6lk38.htm

Note Taking

Cornell Notes Template
Use this template to take notes the Cornell way!

http://ed421.com/edtech/docs/Cornell%20Notes.doc
Data Chart for Notetaking
Great chart to use for taking notes.

http://162.127.6.150/Gems/instructionalstrat/DataChartforNoteTaking.doc
Notetaking and Summarizing Templates
Great templates to help students with these strategies

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/templates/summarizing_notetaking.htm

Similarities and Differences

Exploring Compare and Contrast Structure in Expository Texts
Students can work individually and in groups to practice the use of this strategy

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=54
Making Metaphors
Students can use metaphors to get their thoughts and vivid wording to set the tone for their poetry.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0STR/is_5_108/ai_53649876
Graphic Organizers Galore
Graphic organizers of all kinds for all ages

http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
Interactive Venn Diagram
Easy way to use technology and visual display of comparison and contrast strategy

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn/index.html
Analogy Quiz

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/analogies/analogiesx.htm
Analogy Activities

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz67fck.htm
Analogy Quiz Too!

http://www.infoplease.com/analogies
Metaphors

http://www.scienceforamerica.com/professional-development/metaphors-in-science.html
Articles for comparison and contrast format
great web resouces for this strategy

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson54/articles.html

Differentiated Instruction

DI sites for teachers
This site helps teachers find resources to adjust to the learner's needs

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/di.htm
Hot list of websites for DI strategies
Great sites to help you differentiate teaching and learning for your students

http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/rfmslibrarylab/di/differentiated_instruction.htm
Explaining Differentiated Instruction
Good solid explanation of DI

http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiating.html
Can Novice Teachers Differentiate Instruction? Yes they Can!
An article by Holly C. Gould

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/differentiated/gould.htm
Differentiated Classroom Structures for Literacy Instruction
Article

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/264