Web Links for Elementary School Teachers
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Universally Designed Website - These websites are designed in tiered levels to support the diversity of reading levels.
Favorites
Daily Activities
Integrate technology and engage your students with these daily activities.
Lesson Plans, Activities, Ideas and Resources
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Read. Write. Think - K-2 Standards-based Lesson Plans
Literacy Guide: Strategies for Successful Readers and Writers
Language Art Skill Development and Activities by Grade Level
Early Connections: Technology in Early Childhood Education
Jan Brett’s Pages of Activities and Projects
Enchanted Learning: Picture Dictionaries, Activities and Projects
The Literacy Center.net: The Early Childhood Education Network – Curriculum in English, Spanish, French and German
Rubistar – Rubrics for all content areas that be customized
PBL Checklist – A tool to help students perform self-assessments; in English and Spanish
Interactive Websites – All Content Areas
Interactive Resources – Over 300 interactive sites with links to publishers and interactive whiteboard resources
Jefferson County Interactive Resources – Excellent links categorized by content and grade level with descriptions of what you find there
Safe Research Sites for Kids
Reading, Literature and Poetry
View a complete list of electronic books with and without audio.
Starfall – Phonemic awareness, phonics and reading skill development; pre-K to 2
StudyDog – Phonemic awareness, phonics and text comprehension; K-2
Interactive Language Art Activities for K-2
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
International Children’s Library – Children’s books in 10 different languages
Children’s Online Books in Multiple Languages
The Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
Eduscapes – Activities for early reading and primary grades
Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
Words and Pictures: Literacy Activities from the BBC
Writing, Grammar and Vocabulary Development
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
Literacy Guide: Strategies for Successful Readers and Writers
Math
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – Interactive math activities with standards-based lessons and instructions
AAA Math – Hundreds of math activities and interactive math practice
WebMath – Demonstrates math processes and more
Math Lessons that are Fun – Created by a teacher; English and Spanish versions
NCTM Illuminations – Excellent resource on standards-based lessons with interactive activities
King’s List of On-line Math Activities – Many interactive activities in math
Funbrain – Interactive activities to build basic math skills
US Mint for Kids – Excellent teacher resources and student games to reinforce an understanding of currency
Social Studies
National Museum of American History: Educational Resources
Ben’s Guide to Government – Tiered according to grade levels
Science
Starchild – Audio narration provided
Animal Database – Tiered at 3 levels
NASA for Kids – Information, activities and stories
Windows on the Universe – Tiered at 3 levels
The Brain from Top to Bottom – Tiered at 3 levels
Science-Related Websites for Kids and Young Adults
Science NetLinks – Standards-based lessons, interactive activities and resources
Science Learning Network – Extensive resources, links and virtual fieldstrips to science museums
Technology Standards for Grades K-5
ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students
Profiles for PreK-2 – Also click on scenarios from this site
Profiles for 3-5 – Also click on scenarios from this site
Freeware
ReadPlease 2003 – This basic reader can support fluency and reading comprehension with its highlighting feature as it reads. There are free voice downloads in British English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. ReadPlease Plus 2003 has additional features with options to purchase natural voices.
Natural Reader – Free download. This reader with highlighted text reads MSWord files, text files, Adobe PDF files, web pages and emails where you can change the voice, volume and speed. Natural Reader Professional and Enterprise versions can also be purchase that offer natural voices.
HearIt for the Mac – Free reader. This program uses the MacIntalk or PlainTalk voices to read highlighted text in almost any application.
WordWeb – A free dictionary and thesaurus for Windows. It includes a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, and can be used to look up words from within most programs and the web. WordWeb works from a small icon in your computer’s system tray.
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