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A Note to Primary Teachers

This year, the generic computer log-on for primary students gives them access to selected websites. Below are the websites that are available for your students with this log-on. This page is intended for your information as you plan. If you would like to have your students access one of these pages, your LMS can work with you to create a link that is accessible to your students. If you would like to add a site to this list, let your LMS know.

Subjects categories:

Literacy

Starfall
Lots of great activities to promote early literacy.

ABC Ya
Activities, by grade level, for a variety of subjects.

Book Adventure
This site helps students select books based on their reading level and areas of interest, and then offers comprehension quizzes.

Jan Brett
Lots of printable games and activities, as well as some online games and activities based on Jan Brett's books. A favorite online activity for primary kids is decorating a gingerbread house.

Read Write Think
This site from the International Reading Association and NCTE has lesson ideas and a variety of online student resources such as graphic organizers, letter/sound games, tools for creating book covers, etc.

Seussville
Have s0me fun with Dr. Seuss.

Peter Rabbit and Friends
Games and stories related to Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit. Click on Fun, then Storytime, to hear the stories read aloud.

Rainbow Magic

Visit this site to find about the Rainbow Magic book series about fairies, and try out some fairy games and activities.

Wired for Books
Find links to online audio books, including Peter Rabbit Stories, some Grimm fairy tales, and some Kipling Just So Stories.

Scholastic.com
Games and activities based on books published by Scholastic.

Magnetic Poetry
Create poems with Magnetic Poetry online

Compound Words Walk the Plank
Test your skills with compound words.

Math

Illuminations from NCTM
Click on Activities to see some online math activities for students. Patch Tool, Five Frame and Ten Frame seem most appropriate for primary students.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Many online math activities, organized by grade level and math strand. Excellent online manipulatives and teaching ideas.

Internet Math
Internet 4 You! Math activities, by grade level, to support your math program

Primary Math
Activities for math practice.

Make Five
A tic-tac-toe type game. Choose addition, subtraction or multiplication, then match problems to solutions to get five in a row.

AAA Math
Math activities sorted by subject and grade level. Plenty of facts practice!

MathGym
Mathematical games and puzzles, including Connect 4, Tetris, Mastermind, Battleships...

Educational Java Programs
Interactive activities to explore money, time pattern blocks, base 10 blocks (as well as base 2, base 5, base 8 blocks), etc.

Pongo.com
Contains jokes and games for kids. There are some math games, as well as some with no educational value.

Fractions

introduce fractions with these very visual activities.

Roz's Math-o-rama

Math related games and activities organized by grade level. This site has some good online versions of manipulatives and other math tools including counters, connecting blocks, coins and bills, hundreds charts, etc.

Pattern Blocks

Arrange and turn pattern blocks to create designs.

Count On

Some unusual math games and puzzles.

Visual Math Learning

Understanding Mathematics through Insight, Concept and Perception. Some very unusual online math activities that explore number concepts.

Pictogram Graph

Create a pictogram online. Students enter a title for their graph, and a description of what each picture in the graph represents, as well as the value for each picture.

 

Science

-Weather

Winter Weather Glossary
From USA Today

Weather Wiz Kids
Learn all about weather from a TV meterologist.

Kids' Crossing
From the National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR - some great weather information, games and activities, pretty advanced reading level.

Scholastic Weather Watch

Observe, gather data, investigate, and analyze the weather.

Web Weather for Kids

Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather on Web Weather for Kids!

 

-Animals

BioKids
Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species - The Critter Catalog is a great resource for research on different animal species. The site also includes field guides of tracks and signs, and invertebrates. All information is based on ecosystem in southeast Michigan.

ENature.com
Explore field guides for all sorts of plants and animals, identify animal tracks, or learn more about local birds.

Insecta Inspecta World
Information and pictures of a variety of insects.

Butterflies

Learn about butterfly species and life cycle at this site, hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences.

The Butterfly Farmer

Learn about butterfly species and butterfly farming.

Amazing Insects

A table of insects, click on each one to find photos and facts.

Spiders of Kentucky

Learn about various spiders. Includes a spider identification page.

Florida Panther Net
Learn about Florida panthers.

The Wild Ones
Children's education program from The Wildlife Trust. Find out about bioscapes, wildlife species, etc.

Welcome to the Watery World of Whales
Learn about whales, view a photo gallery.

Whale Times
Learn about whales and other sea mammals, explore a whale glossary, and play whale related games and activities.

Whale Watch
Listen to whale sounds and explore a whale photo gallery. Be sure to click on Kids' Stuff to find more whale information.

Salmon, the incredible traveling fish

Learn about salmon species, life cycle, conservation, etc.

Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries

Learn about Pacific salmon habitat, the history of salmon fishing, etc.

Zoobooks.com
Learn about animals in the online companion to Zoobooks magazine.

National Geographic
A great resource for primary research, particularly on animals. There are also videos on various science topics. Games and stories are more geared for intermediate students. Also check out the crittercam.

Canadian Geographic Kids

Lots to explore, including Animal Facts, which features information on an animal of the month. You can explore all previous animals of the month as well. Also, look at Games and Contests for games such as matching animals to their tracks.

The Barred Owl
This ThinkQuest site was created by students, for students. A good resource for research on owls.

Migration Game

Learn about bird migration while answering questions to help a wood thrush along her migratory route.

The National Aviary

Learn about the birds housed in the National Aviary.

Emperor Penguins
Beautiful photos of emperor penguins, and one page of written information at an advanced reading level.

Bats: Why Should We Care?
Good resource for research about bats.

Bats 4 Kids
Another resource for research about bats.

Bat Quiz
An online quiz about bats.

Interactive Froggy Fun and Games

Games and activities related to frogs.

 

 

-Ecosystems

Nature Grids
The Caterbury Environmental Education Center, the kids' pages let students explore various ecosystems through activities such as a virtual pond dip.

MBGnet

Learn about biomes and ecosystems of the world.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Many interesting activities, including Make a Tidepool.

-Other

Foss Webs
Find photo galleries, videos, activities, Q&A, and links to relevant websites, all related to Foss modules.

Starchild
Young astronomers can learn things here!

Green Hour
This site, from the National Wildlife Federation, promotes the idea of a "green hour" every day for kids - an hour of unstructured time to interact with nature. Click on Discovery Journal and Activities for activities and ideas that lend themselves to classroom use.

Environmental Protection Agency for Kids
Look for links to find out about endangered plants and animals, garbage and recycling, an interactive water cycle activity, etc.

EcoKids
This Canadian site provides environmental education resources for classrooms. Under "Homework Help" you will find resources for research on environmental issues. "Games and Activities" includes activities dealing with food chains, the water cycle, energy efficiency, land use, and more. Much of this site is more appropriate for intermediate students.

Discovery Education
This site requires a membership in order to have full access to the educational resources. It includes articles, videos, and interactive online activities in physical science, life science, and Earth and space science.

Museum of Science and Industry
Information about this Chicago museum, including some virtual exhibit tours.

World Wildlife Federation
Learn about wildlife and global warming

The Resource Room, Nassau-Spackenkill School

Learn about birds, butterflies, moths, and weather

Great Plant Escape

Learn about the importance of plants as you solve these plant mysteries. Includes ideas for manyhands-on activities.

 

Social Studies

Culturegrams
Resource for research on countries and cultures.

Cool Antarctica
Facts, history and wonderful pictures of Antarctica.

Mexico for Kids
Learn about the history, culture, and ecosystems of Mexico. Site may be viewed in English or in Spanish.

Kids Web Japan
Learn about Japan's culture, folklore, language, and more.

VA Kids
Kids' page from the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Community Helpers 
Explore the roles of different members of a community.

Money Factory.gov

Learn about U.S. currency, including a look at the new five dollar bill.

H.I.P. Pocket Change

Explore money through games and activities at this US Mint site.

Community Walk

Students can create interactive maps. You choose the map, they log in and add photos, comments, and interactive media.

Multiple Curriculum Areas

ABC Ya!

Learning activities in mulitple curriculum areas, organized by grade level. Primary students can practice counting, do holiday related puzzles, find 100 day activities, etc.

Enchanted Learning
Scroll down to find free patterns and activities.

Highlights Magazine Online
Just like the paper version there are lots of activities at this site.

Literacy and Numeracy
This site is designed for young children. Scroll down the page to find a variety of activities.

Gamequarium
This site contains a list of games appropriate for various age levels. Includes phonics, ending sounds, words families, blends, rhymes, etc. Caution - Many of the games in the list link to other web sites, not hosted by Gamequarium. Test the games first! Not all will be on the primary allowed list!

Meddybumps
Games, puzzles and online stories

ABC.net
Sites and resources based on ABC television children's programming.

PBS Kids
Sites and resources based on PBS television children's programming.

BBC/children
Many educational games and activities based on BBC children's programming. Find activities related to counting, telling time, health, sentence structure, adjectives and adverbs.

Kid Zone
Activity site arranged by subject and by grade level. Does have advertising and pop ups.

Fun with Spot
Activities based on Spot the Dog books. There is a matching game, a counting game, etc.

BillyBear for Kids
This site has some online games (addition, what's the same/different) and storybooks. Note - many popups and items to download!

Weekly Reader.com
A variety of games and puzzles (math, geography, crosswords, word searches), coloring pages, and opportunities to read/write letters to the editor.

Harcourt Learning Site
Online activities related to math, reading, spelling, social studies, science, health and art.

Primary Resources
Online activities in many curricular areas. Note - some of these activities are for download, others are available online.

Sadlier Oxford
Online activities in a many curricular areas.

Fun Brain

A variety of interative games in various curricular areas.

Harcourt Learning Site

Learning activities in various curricular areas.

Kidport

Click on a grade level, then a subject area for activities.

Thinking Fountain

Ideas, information, and project ideas, mainly focused on math and science.

Usborne Quicklinks

A variety of activities that support Usborne books.

Reference

Worldbook Online
An online encyclopedia

Biography.com
Brief biographies of over 25,000 people, arranged alphabetically and by category. Reading level is for intermediate aged students and older, but there are photos and animalographies (bios of famous animals) that might be useful for primary students.

Other

Play Safe, Be Safe
Games and activities for teaching fire safety. Some activities are for kids (dress the fire fighter, Keep Away card game), others are for teachers to use as a teaching tool (crawl low under smoke story board).

National Fire Protection Association -
Look under Learning for student fire safety activities.

McGruff
Learn about fire safety with Fire Dog McGruff.

Puzzlemaker
Teachers and students can create puzzles to print - crosswords, word finds, etc.

Groundhog.org
The official site of the Punxsatawney Groundhog Club. Learn about the history of Groundhog Day, learn about the Punxsatawney celebration, and find some lesson ideas and student activities to print.

FEMA
Information about natural disasters from the Federal Emergency Management Association. There is a lot of info to read, but also photo galleries, online coloring books related to disaster drills, et.

ChessKid
L earn to play chess.

National Gallery of Art for Kids

Learn about the National Gallery, and use online tools to manipulate or create art online.

Make-a-Flake
Cut a paper snowflake online. Another link to the same site is - Make-a-Flake.

National Kite Month
This site includes a "fun for kids" section, with information on how kites fly, safety, etc.

MooMilk
A dynamic adventure into the dairy industry.

Language Guide

A great resource for kids learning a second language. Click on a language, then a category (such as pets, foods, clothing). Move your mouse of images to see the word and hear a pronunciation. Languages include English, Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and others.

For Teachers

Discovery Education
This site has many resources for teachers (Kathy Schrock's guide for educators, for example), as well as Puzzlemaker, in which students can create crosswords, word searches, and other puzzles.

Kaboose
Holidays and Fun - This site has some good craft ideas and information about holidays. Looks like a good place for teachers to gather ideas, not necessarily a place for students to visit.

Internet Public Library
Great site for reference information with links to other content sites.

Kids Turn Central
Useful site for teachers looking for content related activities.

Education World
This educator's resource is designed to make the Internet more accessible to teachers. Find lesson plans, tech integration ideas, and professional development information.

Seattle Times
The Seattle Times online


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