Elementary Websites

 

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Keyboarding

• Dance Mat Typing - where kids learn to keyboard the right way!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

 

Math

 

OPERATIONS: ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION: 

• Meteor Multiplication (gr 2-5)

      http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/meteor/meteor.html

• Math Magician (gr 2-5)

  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsmulti.html 

• Times Tables Grid (gr 2-5)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/flash3.shtml

• Arcademic Skill Builders – Addition / Subtraction / Multiplication (gr 1-5)

  http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/wiilist.htm

• Multiplication Games – lots of good ones! (gr 2-5)

  http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

• Carroll Diagrams (gr 2-5)

  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf

• BBC Math (gr 2-5)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number.shtml 

• Batter’s Up – Addition & Multiplication (gr 1-5)

  (Scroll down so the advertisement doesn’t show during game play)

  http://www.prongo.com/math/ 

• Fact Dash (gr 1-5)

  http://www.mhschool.com/math/2003/student/factdash/popup.html

• Odd or Even / Multiplication / Sorting by Two Attributes (gr 1-5)

  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf

• Timez Attack (gr 2-8) – very similar to popular video games

  http://www.bigbrainz.com/SoundsTooGoodToBeTrue.php

 

TELLING TIME:

• Clockwise (gr K-4)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/clock/index.htm 

• Classroom Clock: elapsed time (gr 1-5)

  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/ClassClock/clockres.html

   

MONEY:

• Counting Coins (gr 2-5)

  http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569&engine 

• Money: counting (gr K-2)

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/counting_money/ 

• Money: counting and comparing (gr 1-3)

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/lets_compare/

   

FRACTIONS:

• Fractions: color in a fraction / name the fraction (gr 1-3)

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bowling_for_fractions/ 

• Fractions and Percentages – comparing / equivalence (gr 3-5)

  http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/percent/percent.swf 

• Making Smoothies (gr 5)

  http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/html/object_interactives/fractions/use_it.html

 

ODD AND EVEN:

• Odd or Even / Multiplication / Sorting by Two Attributes (gr 1-5)

  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf 

• Odd or Even? (gr 1-2)

  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=npmenu

 

SORTING BY ATTRIBUTE:

• Odd or Even / Multiplication / Sorting by Two Attributes (gr 1-5)

  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf

 

PROBABILITY:

• Handling Data – Probability (gr 4-5)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/probability.shtml 

• Dice / Spinners – to teach probability (gr 1-5)

  http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ExpProbability/ 

• Dice: input your own numbers – can be used to teach probability (gr 1-5)

  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=worddice 

• Spinning Spinners

  http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/spinners.html 

• Heads or Tails

  http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/coins.html

   

GRID COORDINATES:

• Billy Bug and His Quest for Grub (gr 1-3)

  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html 

• Hidden Craft (gr 1-3)

  http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/ss3/playground.htm” title=”Hidden Craft 

• Follow a Path (gr 1-2)

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/follow_a_path

   

GREATER THAN, LESS THAN:

• Greater Than / Less Than (gr 1-4)

  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ncmenu

   

PLACE VALUE:

• Place Value Practice (gr K-5)

  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/PlaceValueChartv4.swf

   

ORDERING NUMBERS:

• Number Track – Ordering Numbers to 20 (gr K-1)

  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ntrack

 

STORY PROBLEMS:

• Story Problems (gr 1-5)

  http://www.kidzone.ws/math/wordproblems.htm

 

INTERPRETING DATA – TABLES AND CHARTS:

• Grapher (gr 1-5)

  http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html 

• Handling Data – Reading / Constructing Tables & Charts (gr 1-5)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/interpretingdata.shtml

   

MEASUREMENT

• That Quiz: Measurement (gr K-5)

  http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practice.html?measurement

 

USING A CALCULATOR:

• Online Calculator (gr K-5)

  http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/BigCalculator.html

   

SITES WITH MANY SKILLS:

• Houghton Mifflin Eduplace: eManipulatives & eGames (gr K-5)

http://eduplace.com/kids/mw/ 

• Houghton Mifflin Mathematics (gr K-5)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/index.html 

• Math Playground (gr 3-5)

http://mathplayground.com/

 

 

Reading / Language Arts

 

BEGINNING READERS (preK-1) 

• Word Build & Bank (gr K-3)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/index.html 

• Word Family Sort (gr K-3)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/  

• Rhyming Words from Sesame Street’s Elmo’s World (gr preK-1)

http://pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/index.html 

• Rhyming Words – from Little Animals Activity Centre (gr K-2)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg3.shtml 

• Between the Lions – from PBS Kids (gr K-2)

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ 

• Starfall (gr K-1)

http://www.starfall.com 

• Letter of the Day from Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster (gr preK – K)

http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/i.html  

• Letters, Numbers, Shapes – from KinderWeb (gr preK-K)

http://bright-productions.com/kinderweb/index.html 

• Literacy Center (PreK-K)

http://literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#

• Spelling City (gr K-5) 

http://www.spellingcity.com/index.php

• Spin and Spell (gr K-3)

http://www.spinandspell.com/

• Phonics and Word Study (gr preK-5)

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm

 

SPELLING: 

• Spelling City (gr K-5)

http://www.spellingcity.com/index.php

• Spin and Spell (gr K-3)

http://www.spinandspell.com/

 

MAIN IDEA:

• The Journalist’s Desk – main idea (gr 3-5)

http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/langarts/langarts_lessons/langles3/journald.html  

• Main Idea (gr 3-5)

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/GetTheIdea/

• Main Idea (gr 3-5)

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/mainideaprac.htm

• What's the Big Idea - Main Idea (gr 2-5)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html

 

RHYMING WORDS: 

• Rhyming Words from Sesame Street’s Elmo’s World (gr preK-1)

http://pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/index.html 

• Rhyming Words – from Little Animals Activity Centre (gr K-2)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg3.shtml 

 

WRITING PROMPTS:

• Writing Prompts – from Houghton Mifflin English (gr 1-5)

  http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/brightideas/index.html

 

PARTS OF SPEECH:

• Verb Power from Harcourt School (gr 3-5)

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html 

 

WORKING WITH WORDS:

• Word Build & Bank (gr K-3)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/index.html 

• Word Family Sort (gr K-3)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/ 

• Spin to Win: Making New Words with Prefixes and Suffixes (gr 3-5)

http://www.e-gfl.org/e-gfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/other/spark/spinwin/spinwin.html 

• Arcademic Skill Builders (gr 2-5)

  (Word Frog: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms)

  http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/wiilist.htm 

• Phonics and Word Study (preK-5)

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm

•  Compound Words (gr 1-2) 

  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=compound%20words

 

DOLCH SIGHT WORDS:

• Dolch Sight Words

http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm 

 

PROOFREADING:

• Power Proofreading – from Houghton Mifflin English (gr 1-5)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

 

 

Science

 

• BBC Science Activities (gr 2-5)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science

• Simple Machines (gr 2-5)

  http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm

• Arty the Astronaut

  http://www.artyastro.com/artyastro.htm

• ByteSize Science (gr 2-5): podcasts

  http://feeds.feedburner.com/bytesizescience

• Solids and Liquids (K-2)

  http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html

• Science Fair Central (from Discovery School)

  http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

• Science Fair Project Ideas (from Science Buddies)

  http://www.sciencebuddies.com/

• Science Fair Central

  http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/sciencefair/sciencefair.html

• Science Fair Resources

  http://www.scifair.org/

 

 

Social Studies

 

TENNESSEE

• Tennessee – LOTS of great info here!

  http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/cat_index_49.shtml

• Tennessee State Geography

  http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/Facts/Tennessee.htm

• Tennessee’s Landforms

  http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landforms/

• Tennessee Geography

  http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/tn_geography.htm

• Tennessee Facts

  http://www.50states.com/tennesse.htm

• Tennessee History for Kids

  http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/ 

 

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

• Black History Biographies

  http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/

• Black Scientists and Inventors

  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html

• Notable African-Americans

  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/afroambios.html

 

MAP SKILLS / STATES

• America's Story

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

• HRW World Atlas

http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/usa.htm

• Photo-Gallery: United States of America

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/gallery/unitedstates_adirondack-mountains.html

• City Data

http://www.city-data.com/

• Quick Facts: Learn About Your State

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/index.html

• Fifty States and One District

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-state.html

• Stately Knowledge

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/

• State Reports

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/

• All About the United States – lots of map skills here! (gr 3-5)

  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

• Map Test (gr 3-5)

  http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

• FactFinder Kids’ Corner (from the U.S. Census Bureau)

  http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/funfacts.html

• ZIP Skinny (info on zip codes)

  http://zipskinny.com/

• 50 States

http://www.50states.com/

 

OTHER TOPICS

• Community Helpers (K-2)

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

• Voyage Back in Time: Ancient Greece and Rome (Grades 3-5)

  http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/

• Kids Dig Reed: Reed Farmstead Archaeological Site (Grades 3-5)

  Explore daily life on a Virginia farmstead over 150 years ago.

  http://www.kidsdigreed.com/default.asp 

 

 

Stories Online

 

• Read-a-Story

http://goodnightstories.com/read.htm

• Short Stories for Kids

http://bygosh.com/kidsstories.htm

• Children’s Classics

http://bygosh.com/childrensclassics.htm

• Bedtime Stories

http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/indexmain.htm

• Li’l Fingers Storybooks

http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.html

• Aesop’s Fables

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php

• PBS Kids – Stories (from Between the Lions)

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/

• WonderVista

http://www.wondervista.com/html/wv1.html

• BBC Stories

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/rolymo/library/

• Children’s Storybooks Online (from Magic Keys)

http://www.magickeys.com/books/

• Books, Stories, and Historical Documents

http://www.kidcrosswords.com/books_and_vocabulary_lists/books_and_vocabulary_lists_script.pl

• Google – Online Stories

http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Online_Stories/