Here
is the list of all kinds of web sites that I have. It’s a work of a
life time. Hope it works for you. Ideas are useful and great!! I am
working on
another list. So give it time. Hopefully you’ll find everything here!
Thanks to all! ~Barbara Ortiz (now at
Chestnut Elementary in Osceola County)
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From the Webmaster:
The list below is based on Barbara's original list, but has been
annotated, rearranged, and added to. Please send thanks to Barbara, and
suggestions or concerns about the list to me.
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| Computer
Lab Resources |
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sites
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| Ideas
& Activities |
- Gamequarium -
portal for reading, preschool through 6+ games
- Teacher
Resources - lesson plans, online collaborative activities,
assessment tools, copyright information, technology tutorials
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Internet
Safety
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- CyberSmart! -
free K-8 curriculum to help students use the Internet safely
- GetNetWise -
information about protecting yourself, your kids, your information and
your computer; also includes how to report
problems
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Keyboarding
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| Math |
- 2 Player
Math Game - test your adding skills
- AAA Math:
Grade 3 - demos and exercises to practice a wide range of math
skills
- Alfy's
Clock - change times on a digital or analog clock and see the
corresponding change
- Cool Math 4 Kids -
games, lessons, jigsaw puzzles, brain teasers, for all ages
- Create
a Graph - create 5 different graphs online
- FunBrain:
Change Maker - make change at different levels, using different
currencies
- FunBrain:
Shape Surveyor - calculate the area or perimeter of a rectangle to
see a piece of an archeological puzzle
- Funbrain:
What's the Point? - practice graphing skills
- Harcourt
School: Buzzing with Shapes - tic-tac-toe game for 2 players that
involves identifying the number of sides of a shape
- Harcourt
School: Multiplication Mystery - find the 2 factors of a product to
create a mystery picture
- Kidport:
Grade 3 Math - practice addition, subtraction & multiplication
- KidsBank.com - learn
all about banking through stories and games
- LearningPlanet:
123 Order - given 2 numbers in sequence, find the 3rd
- Math
Mayhem - practice basic skills in a fast-paced, multiplayer format
- Math Playground
- math games (including Math Olympics), word problems, and logic games,
recommended for grades K-6
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Mouse Skills
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- Mouse
Practice - has a couple of activities online, plus a program to
download
- Mouserobics
- helps increase mouse movement and clicking skills
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Music,
Health & Art
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| Printables,
Worksheets, Ideas |
- English
Worksheets - from The Kid's Page Archive: alphabetizing, grammar,
rhyming, vocabulary
- Free
Online Books
- download sample Leveled Readers books from Reading A-Z, including a
few in Spanish (you do have to register & provide contact
information to download)
- Free
Online Worksheets - randomly generated math (grades K-5) and
language arts (K-4) worksheets
- Free
Worksheets for Elementary Grades
- Lesson
Plan Search: Printable Pages & Worksheets
- Kids'
Corner - printable coloring pages and worksheets, as well as lists
of books and online games
- Kids
Page Archive, Geography - free printable worksheets
- Manuscript
Hand Writing Worksheets
- Print and Learn -
reference sheets and worksheets
- Printable
Worksheets - long list of links
- Printables
at the Virtual Vine - well-labelled list of links
- Printables
for Elementary Teachers - links to sites for handwriting, maps,
puzzles, graphic organizers, etc.
- Rubistar
- create rubrics online
- Schoolhouse
Printables - worksheets for young children; also has some free clip
art
- Sentence
Writing Practice - vocabulary sentence writing worksheets
- Sites for
Teachers - hundreds of sites, listed by rank
- Teacher
Helpers - worksheets, certificates, multimedia resources and
PowerPoint games
- Tooter4Kids
Worksheets - categorized and arranged in chart form
- Worksheets
- calendars, activity sheets, colouring pages, teacher tools, graphic
organizers, rubrics, maps
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| Reading,
Writing & Grammar |
- ABC
Reading - word search, word builder, word match games
- BBC:
CBeebies Storycircle - listen to stories while you read
- Clifford's
Make a Word - add vowels to make 3-letter words
- Clifford's
Sound Match - match beginning sounds
- FunBrain:
Grammar Gorrilas - identify parts of speech
- Giggle Poetry -
poems to read, rate & help write
- Harcourt
School: Noun Dunk - classify nouns
- Kid's
and Teens Online Stories - LONG list of links, some interactive,
some with audio
- Kid's Corner
- see pictures & text of classis children's stories in English,
Japanese; hear selected stories in English, French, German or Japanese
- LearningPlanet:
ABC Order - given 2 letters in order, find the 3rd
- MightyBook -
subscription site of online storybooks, with 3 demos to view
- PBS Kids - games,
stories, music and pages to print and color
- PBS
Kids: Between the Lions; Clucky's Chicken Stacker - finds words
with short vowel sounds
- PBS
Kids: Between the Lions; Fuzzy Lion Ears - make words by adding
missing letter
- PBS
Kids: Between the Lions; Lookout Below - identifying small words
that can be made from larger words
- PBS
Kids: Between the Lions; Pounce - identify heard words
- PBS
Kids: Between the Lions; Word Play - see words acted out
- PBS
Kids: Binky's Story Scramble - put 3 parts of a story in order
- Phonics
Interactivities - games & activites for grades preK-6
- Reading is Fundamental -
children's literacy organization, with areas for kids & teachers
- Quia: Matching;
Changing y to i - match cards
- Sandcastle
Quiz - practice for different spellings of vowel phonemes
- Starfall - phonetic
reading practice, beginning with letters and progressing to stories
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| Science |
- BBC
Schools Science - Activities, factsheets and tests
- Bill Nye The
Science Guy - demos & episode guides
- Extreme
Science - "home to the biggest, baddest, and the best in the world
of extremes;" science fair and homework
help, as well as just plain cool stuff
- Hummer
Nest '05 - a hummingbird nest, from egg to leaving the nest; click
"next page" at the bottom to see all 5 pages; be sure to check the link
at the end [Jane Youtsey]
- National
Geographic Kids - news stories and games
- Neuroscience
for Kids - information about the brain and spinal cord
- Ology
- By the American Museum of Natural History, this site presents
information and games on Archeology, Astronomy, Biodiversity, Earth,
Einstein, Genetics, Marine Biology and Paleontoloty
- Science
Vocabulary Hangman - see a vocabulary definition & try to guess
the word (be sure to select the word set you want to use)
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| Students
& Teachers |
- Ask an Expert -
if you don't find your answer on an FAQ page, then ask your question;
you'll receive an answer by email
- ABC Toon Center
- games, puzzles and cartoons
- BES
Computer Lab Curriculum Links - links for grades 1-5
- Billy Bear's
Playground - games, clipart (to purchase), etc.; LOTS of advertising
- Book Adventure
- sponsored by Sylvan Learning Center, students K-8 take quizzes on
books they've read to earn points towards prizes
- Brain
Candy -
- BrainBashers -
puzzles, games, illusions [Barbara Daniel]
- BrainPop - health,
science, technology, math, English animation and educational site for
kids; subscribe for more access
- Building
Language for Literacy - language development, great for helping
younger LEP students
- Cool Kids
Sites - long list of links for kids from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls
Public Libraries
- FableVision -
stories, games & activities that encourage creativity
- Fact Monster -
online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia & homework help; fun &
useful
- FCAT Explorer -
critical practice for the FCAT, from 3rd grade reading to 10th grade
reading & math
- FunBrain:
Cookie Dough - spell numbers or write digits on checks
- Fun School
- games for students from pre-school to 6th grade
- Humphrey's
Counting House - online activities of young children
- Internet
4 Classrooms Resources - links for skill assessment prep, arranged
by grade level from first through high school
- K-5
Computer Lab Activities – links to activities, by grade &
subject
- Kidzone: Fun Facts for Kids
- information for kids to read, activities to do online and off,
printables, games, etc.
- Lil' Fingers
Storybooks - storybooks, games, and coloring pages for toddlers
- Little
People Fun Activities - online games, coloring and stories, as well
as printable coloring and activity pages
- My Wave on Riverdeep.net
- Look under Educator Tools & click on My Wave to access Bytes
(trivia),
Just Kidding (fun stuff you'll want to read!), and Explorations (read
about kites, ozone, and others)
- Primary Games -
games for all areas; includes teacher's guide which matches games with
grade levels and skills used
- Professor
Garfield Web Site - activities for beginning readers, artists, and
trivia-lovers
- Seussville - games
based on Dr. Seuss books
- Smithsonian - art &
design, history & culture, science & technology; see it all!
- Storybook
Web - story-based activities for children 5 - 8
- Suggestions
to Complement Curriculum - links to sites to use in lab, K-5th
grade, by
marking period
- Thunk.com -
create and decode secret messages, read jokes (you have to use the
unscrambler to see the answers!), and find out how codes are used
- Up to Ten Kids -
games, animated cards, online coloring pages (for ages 0 - 10!)
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| Teachers |
- Awesome
Libraryfor Kids - K-12 directory
- Back
to School Lesson Plans and Activities - Rules - great idea about
class rules from The Teacher's Corner; also check out the Lesson Plans
listed on the left
- Business
Education Lesson Plans & Resources - high school level
resources, including bulletin board ideas (adaptable to other levels)
- Business
Education Resources
- Christine's
Lesson Plan Page - links, strategies, and pages of month-themed
links
- Classroom
Management Links - from the Busy Teacher's Cafe
- Clipart
and Graphic Links - not all are free, so be sure to check the
website
- Computer
Lab / Curriculum Resources - for elementary, arranged by subject
- Computer
Science and Business Education - website for a middle school
curriculum, including handouts; very complete
- Crescent
Media Center Teacher Resources - lots
of links for lesson plans, online projects, copyright info, tutorials
and more
- Curriculum
- Lesson Plans - tons of links to lesson plan resources for every
curriculum
area
- Donna Young's
Printables and Resources - for homeschools and classrooms
- Education
World: Teacher Tools & Templates - awards, signs, icebreakers,
worksheets, calendars, and more
- Free
Sounds and Sound Effects - links to sites (be sure to check the
copyright before using a file)
- iKeepBookmarks.com
- keep your bookmarks online to be viewed from other computers; make
them public so everyone can see them!
- Just in
Time - lessons, print materials and online activities for telling
time
- K-12 Weblinks
Database - a searchable database of internet resources for Florida
teachers, by Florida teachers
- Links
for Business Educators
- Middle Web
Resources: Technology/Internet - links to resources
- PowerPoint
Games - link to several PowerPoint games to download, including
Jeopardy
- Printables
for Elementary Teachers - links to sites for worksheets, patterns,
activities, lesson plans, graphic organizers, etc.
- Resources,
Lesson Plans and Activities - an Internet hotlist for Kindergarten
- School-Home
Links - reading activities for students to bring home to do
- Study
Stack - online activities for studying vocabulary; use existing
ones by
clicking the subject areas on the left or sign up so you can create
your own
- Sunsations
- a searchable database of Florida's
Sunshine State Standards
- Tammy's
Tidbits - annotated links to websites
- Teachers Pet -
download a
free MS Word template which uses macros to create puzzles, flashcards,
tests and exercises; site includes useful links
- Teachers.net
Gazette Printables
- Teaching Heart
- free printables, lessons, ideas, teaching tips, units, themes &
more
- The
Teacher's Attic - website that sells "gently used" classroom items
- Thematic
Units - online units for elementary grades, from Tooter4Kids
- Tools
for Teachers - how to use Microsoft products in the classroom; can
search by grade level, subject and/or product
- Vicki
Blackwell's Internet Guide for Teachers - links, staff development
materials, tech tips, technology integration activities
- Writing
Links - links, worksheets, ideas
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