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Lego Robotics Club

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Our favorite internet websites
Scholastic Homepage Builder

English Language Learners

Cody's Cuentos
Learn English--Kids
Kids Path
Los Bloguitos
Maya & Miguel
Lee y seras (Read and You Will Be)
Make Your Own Comic Strips!
Colorin Colorado
Bilingual website for parents and educators who wish to help children become successful life-long readers
Chicos
allows viewers to ask questions in a variety of subject areas, also has games!
Artenautas
Read animated stories, jokes, poetry and more on this Spanish-language website

Games

Health

History

Plimoth Plantation Virtual Fieldtrip
The First Thanksgiving Website
Plimoth Plantation Video Clips
short videos about life in Plimoth, Massachusettes
S.Studies Interactives
Thinkfinity offers some of the best interactive games and websites that are specifically designed for the Social Studies curricu

Library

Kid's Library
The Internet Public Library
Simple Search International Children's Digital Library
Children's Choice Book Awards
International Children's Digital Library
Fact Hound
research site to find facts about most anything!

Literacy (Reading, Writing, Listening)

Harcourt Reading
Between the Lions Phonics Games
Silly Sentence Maker
Spelling with Clifford
Storyline Online
Dot's Story Factory
Reading is FUNdamental
Seussville
Starfall Reading
Kids Reads
Read, Write, Think
So many fun literacy activities and games!
Between the Lions
Book Hive
Children's Book Awards
Childtopia
Grimm's Fairytales
A Website for Guys
Make Your Own Comic Strips
Fun With Spot
LITTLE EXPLORERS Picture Dictionary with Links
Click on a letter of the alphabet to see a list of words with pictures
Disney Stories
Sesame Street Central
Ultimate Resource Guides for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE
How to cite your sources
Mad Libs
BBC-KS2 Bitesize: English

Math

Music

Science

Magic School Bus
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Science Experiments
Kids Planet
Exploratorium
NASA Kids
Yucky Stuff & Grossology
Web Weather for Kids
Low Life Labs--OMSI
Simple Machines
Simple & Complex Machines
Design Your Own Car!
What's Inside a Computer
Invention Playhouse
Arty the Part Time Astronaut
Animal Classification
Animal Camoflauge Game
Fieldtrip Earth
First Hand Learning Mini-Journals
EcoKids.com
The Weather Dude
Weather Wiz Kids
Wildlife Film Maker
Windows to the Universe
Astrology, Solar System, Planets
George Washington Carver
All System are Go!
students in grades 3-5 will help Arnold find his missing body parts and put them where they belong
BBC-KS2 Bitesize: Science
Learn how things work!
KOG Ranger

Social Studies

Teacher Sites

Lakewood Harcourt Resources
Reading A-Z
Think Central
basal resources
Vocabulary & Spelling Websites
from Web English Teacher
Prefixes and Suffixes
worksheets and resources
Root Words
from Fun Brain
Handwriting Worksheet Maker
Reading Interventions
from Free Reading
Literacy Professional Development
from Choice Literacy
Read Write Think
Huge database of lessons, resources, professional development, parent resources, etc.
BBC-KS2: Literacy
lessons, games, activities, worksheets!
Additional Practice Stories and Books
Printable stories and books for additional practice (Read Well)
4th Grade Spelling City
Linked with Storytown's spelling and vocabulary words, for review/practice
Story links
comprehension trifolds, interactive games, etc. This is from Scott Foresman series but a lot of the same stories as Storytown
Storytown Wiki
all sorts of links to helpful websites that supports the skills/strategies in Harcourt Storytown
Longman English Dictionary Online
Webster's Online Dictionary
A lot more than just definitions (pictures, synonyms, translations, videos, pictures, etc)

Art Resources

ARTSEDGE
Provides resources and examples for teachers to teach in, through and about the arts
Crayola Art for Educators
lesson plans, color science, certificate maker, art techniques, etc.

Assessment

RubiStar
Search pre-made rubrics or make your own custom rubric (scoring guide)
Project Based Learning Checklists
Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation
Assessment and Rubric Information
Kathy Schrock's HUGE lists of rubrics and scoring guides for anything under the sun!

Clipart

Clipart for Teachers
High quality photos that print out beautifully
Classroom Clipart
A Source for Free Clipart, Clip Art Pictures and Illustrations
WP Clipart
A collection of high-quality artwork and photos optimized for use with word processors and inkjet printers

Literacy Instruction Videos

Teaching Reading 3rd-5th Grade Best Practices
A video workshop for grades 3–5 teachers; 8 half-hour workshop video programs, 8 half-hour supplemental classroom video programs
Teaching Reading K-2nd: A Library of Classroom Practices
A video library for K-2 teachers; 12 half-hour video programs, one half-hour overview video, library guide, and Web site
Teaching Reading K-2nd Workshop
A video workshop for K-2 teachers and reading specialists; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site; graduate cre
Engaging With Literature: A Video Library, Grades 3-5
A video library for grades 3–5 teachers; 9 twenty-minute video programs, library guide, and Web site
Engaging With Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grade 3-5
A video workshop for grades 3–5 teachers; 9 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site

Math

Interactive Math
virtual manipulatives
Illuminations--Resources for teaching math
104 online activities and 579 lessons for preK-12 math educators
Dynamic Paper
Create customized activity sheets for your classroom! Nets of 3‑D shapes, tessellations, coordinate graphs, and more — all
Investigations Resources (Virginia School Dist.)
Lots of Investigations resources for all grades!

Particulary Kindergarten

Excellence in Kindergarten and Early Literacy
by Nellie Edge--free poetry, ebooks, picture recipes, video clips, read & sing little books, seminars, etc.
Picture gallery of ideas for kinder
monthly ideas, science ideas, fun with math, etc.
Kinder by Kim!
ideas for every month!
Mrs. Jump's Kindergarten
an example of an exemplary classroom website
Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children

SmartBoard

Math- Interactive Clock
Math- Interactive 100's Board
Math- "Splat Square" Interactive 100's Board
Math- "Cash Out" Money Game
Math- Interactive Math Sites for the Smarboard
Math- Interactive Probability Spinner
Literacy- Interactive Literacy Sites for the SmartBoard
Literacy- ReadWriteThink Interactives
Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals
Thinkfinity's Interactive Whiteboard Resources
All subjects
Science NetLinks Interactives
Lessons straight from SMART

Teaching English Language Learners

Reading to Learn: ELL's in Grades 4-6
Video featuring Dr. Nonie Lesaux, addressing the challenges facing English language learners — and their teachers in grades 4-
Teaching English Language Learners to Read
Video featuring Diane August, Margarita Calderón, and Fred Genesee discussing best practices for teaching English language learn
Comprehension: Helping ELLs Grasp the Full Picture
Video that discusses effective reading comprehension strategies for teaching English language learner students.
Assessment of English Language Learners
Video featuring Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce, discussing effective classroom strategies for assessing English language learners.
English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
Video featuring Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan discussing effective assessment and instruction strategies for English language learners
What's 'Normal,' What's Not: Acquiring English as a Second Language
Very good article!

Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

School-Home Links

School-Home Links for Kindergarten (English Version)
The SHL Reading Kits are a collection of research-based activities designed to help families reinforce the reading and language
School-Home Links 1st Grade (English Version)
School-Home Links 2nd Grade (English Version)
School-Home Links 3rd Grade (English Version)
School-Home Links for Kinder (Spanish Version)
School-Home Links for 1st Grade (Spanish Version)
School-Home Links for 2nd Grade (Spanish Version)
School-Home Links for 3rd Grade (Spanish Version)

Tip Sheets for Teachers

Tips for Educators of ELLs: What To Do First in Grades 4-12
Before you begin to work with your ELLs, these preparation strategies will make your reading instruction more productive and eff
Vocabulary Instruction
Research shows that vocabulary development is one of the most important skills students need to acquire to become English-profic
Reading Instruction in Grades 4-6
The tips below offer some great ways to help your ELLs become confident and successful readers.
ELL Starter Kit for Educators
Tools for Monitoring Language Skills

Science

BBC KS2: Science
Objectives and teaching activities for living things, materials and physical processes
SIEMENS "We Can Change the World"
lesson plans, videos, reading passages, e-books to incoporate into your daily lessons

Technology

Bio-Cube
summarizing biography or autobiography
All About Me Acrostic
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
for use with acrostic poem
5th Grade Technology Work Sample
4th Grade Technology Work Sample
Fact Hound
online resource
George Washington PowerPoint
Example of a presidential powerpoint
George Washington PowerPoint
An example of a presidential powerpoint
Spring Postcards

Typing

Dance Mat Typing
We use this learning to type program in our technology classes
Typing Bubbles
Typer Shark
Keyboarding Games!
fun games to practice typing
E-Learning for Kids
typing course
Z-type