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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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