Reading and Language Arts

Reading Online—Webquest for Because of Winn-Dixie

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/boswell

100 Best Books—broken down by ages

http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm

Get Ready to Read online games—preschool and up

http://www.getreadytoread.org/content/view/101/317/

Collaborations in Poetry Writing—Grades K-2

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=301

Video interviews w authors

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews

International Reading Association—recommended lesson plan ideas

http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/lessons/index.html

Storytelling lesson plans—includes story starters—Grades K-5

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts/Story_Telling

DIBELS—Includes information on retelling fluency

http://dibels.uoregon.edu/measures/orf.php

International Children’s Digital Library—online books—amazing!

http://www.icdlbooks.org/

Thinking Things from Snaith Primary—look for nursery rhymes

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm

Academic Skill Builders—language skills

http://arcademic.altec.org/

Printable Writing Paper with Pictures

http://www.alphabet-soup.net/ttools/ttools.html

Reading Comprehension Tools

http://www.rhlschool.com/

Dictionary Skills, Vocabulary development

http://www.rhlschool.com/research.htm

Analogy Quiz—online

http://www.factmonster.com/analogies

Clifford

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/flash.htm

Seussville

http://www.seussville.com/main.php?section=home&isbn=&catalogID=&eventID=

Seuss

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/fun3200/

Research Skills

http://www.rhlschool.com/research.htm

African-American History

http://afgen.com/history.html

Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Meet Amazing Americans

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa

Find Famous People Fast!—Biographical information about a wide range of people

http://www.who2.com/

Biographies—Long list of categories and people that fit that category

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

Science

Biomes of the World—great stuff—resources pre-K—5

http://www.mbgnet.net/

BrainPop:  Science Animation Sites

http://www.brainpop.com/science/seeall/

Wacky Animal Facts

http://www.funology.com/thatsodd/odd_animals008.htm

Science Experiments for Kids

http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/

NASA Quest—Antarctica and more!

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/

Thinking Things from Snaith Primary—look for water

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm

KidsClick!  Planets

http://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=planets&title=Planets

Living Things:  Habitats & Ecosystems

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html

EEK! – Critter Corner

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/index.htm

The Nine Planets—Solar System Tour

http://www.nineplanets.org/

Our Solar System

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html

Welcome to the Planets

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

HubbleSite—Out of the ordinary.  . .Out of this world

http://hubblesite.org/

Social Studies

Snuffy’s Safari—great for preK/K—integrate science and language arts

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=11944623

Empty Bowls—Social Studies lesson to link with Empty Bowls project

http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/chat/chat123.shtml

GeoNet Game—Interactive

http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/

Rosa Parks—Will need some teacher assistance—Good information for elementary

http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm

The Melba Pattillo Story

http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/index.htm

Top Ten African-American Inventors

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm

Jackie Robinson letter

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/jackie_robinson_letter/

Building a Sod House—Interactive

http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/buildsodhouse.html

NASA Quest—Antarctica and more

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/

Thinking Things from Snaith Primary—Vikings and more

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm

This Day in History

http://www.refdesk.com/

States and Capitals—Virtual Tours of Each State’s Capital

http://www.50states.com/

Ask Earl. . .     Assorted questions with answers provided online

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference

Introduction to Latitude and Longitude

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/longlat.html

Facts About the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/

The US 50—A Guide to the Fifty States

http://www.theus50.com/fastfacts.shtml

Famous Iowa People

http://50states.com/bio/iowa.htm

Learn About the 50 States

http://www.netstate.com/states/

Class Time Capsule

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/capsule.html

Art, Music, PE Sites

Meet Matisse—designed for grade 2

http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/meetmatisse.shtml

The Story of the American Gothic

http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/wood/gothic.html

Louis Armstrong biography

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_armstrong_louis.htm

Pedometer Prediction—link math with physical education

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=2954

Teacher Tools

Templates:  Awards, Calendars, Assessments, Bulletin Boards—tons of stuff!

http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml - awardCertificates

Reference Tools, Preparation Tools, Search Tools—all linked

http://www.myteachertools.com/

Creating a Climate for Learning

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr155.shtml

Classroom and School Pledges

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/classman6.html

Teacher’s Corner—Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans and More!

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/

Power Tools—Ideas to Simplify Your Job!

http://www.teachnet.com/powertools/index.html

Assessment

Project Based Learning Checklists

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml

Paragraph Writing Rubric Generator

http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/paragraph/

Behavior Rubric Maker

http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/behavior/

Report Card Comments

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

Learning Skills Rubrics

http://www.englishbulldogs.ca/scienceguy/pdf/Learning Skills Rubric.pdf

6 Trait Writing Rubric

http://www.middleweb.com/ReadWrkshp/RWdownld/MvaleRubric.pdf

List of Rubrics—Lengthy!

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html - go