Tar Heel Reader
http://tarheelreader.org/ Developed at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, this tool allows creation of a captioned slide show for beginning readers, with features designed for accessibility (text to speech, reader selected font and background colors) and offers downloads of stories in PowerPoint, Flash, and Impress Format. Pictures can be used directly from flickr, and the tool tracks the photo credits.
Example: Biography
http://tarheelreader.org/2009/04/20/stevie-wonder/
TikaTok
https://www.tikatok.com/login
Example: http://www.tikatok.com/view/pick/musician-from-the-heart
Sign up for a free account. The site is designed to allow children to create their own story books, which can be shared or printed as a real book (since the time this site was created, Tikatok was bought by Barnes & Noble). Images or drawings can be uploaded, arranged, and placed within text.
The tool provides much of the structure to make it book-like- including title pages, places to feature author names, etc
Before the student starts, you can click on Print Worksheet and use it as a storyboard. Additional, unused pages can in the book can be deleted.
Unfortunetly, the book can not be printed. Even the digital version costs 2.99.
YouTube tutorial 1 – navigaiting the site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS3843NP0nU
Tutorial 2 – create and publish a story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_kOKuq0YYY
Comic Writing With Make Beliefs Comix
YouTube tutorial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTt5327UAc
Have you ever thought about introducing comic strip writing into your classroom? If you haven’t you may change your mind after you take a look at http://www.makebeliefscomix.com. Make Beliefs Comix was introduced to me by Dan Papa, MS Social Studies teacher in our district. After spending some time exploring this new resource i felt compelled to share it with you.
This site allows any user to create a multi-strip comic. There are a number of characters, emotions, thought bubbles,speaking balloons and background colors to choose from. Students can organize the characters on each strip and add text. They have some controls with regards to layout of the characters within the strip.
After adding the content to the comic the students have the option to print the final comic or email it. By using the print screen command on the keyboard the students can also paste the comic into word or PowerPoint.
This site has a number of applications for education. The website has a page of resources that lists 21 classroom integration ideas. Some of my favorites are listed below:
- Have students create a comic as a first day back project to discuss their summer.
- Students create a comic that depicts a conversation between characters in a story or historical figures.
- Teachers create comics with various emotions to teach behaviors to special needs students.
- Students create a comic to kick off a creative writing assignment.
- Students create a comic using new vocabulary words that are being taught.
- Students in a world language course may create a comic that contains text written in the language studied.
- Have students create a comic to demonstrate knowledge of life skills such as speaking with a bank teller, ordering at a restaurant, speaking with a doctor or going on an interview
Descriptions for Make Belief Comics taken from Mr. Wa;lker’s Technology Blog
MATH
Labyrinth - math virtual game
Register as a Kid (age 13 or under) - make up an email account (ex. tom@yahoo.com)
http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/
Arcademic Racing Math Games
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
FUN WITH PICTURES/PHOTOS/IMAGES
Big Huge Labs
Use photos/images to create motivational posters, hallway pass, puzzles, etc..
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
INTERACTIVE MAPS
http://www.jonasson.org/maps/
http://www.flashearth.com/
http://maps.live.com/
http://maps.google.com
INFORMATION ACCESS
Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com
Kid News
http://www.kidnews.com/
HISTORY/GOVERNMENT
United States Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html
History Channel
http://historychannel.com
YOUR TOWN
Find out about your town and your country.
Zip Skinny
Learn about your town and compare it to other towns
http://zipskinny.com
Ten by Ten
Learn about current affairs
http://tenbyten.org
CREATIONS
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net
Shape Poems
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape
AMUSEMENT PARKS
World's of Fun
http://www.worldsoffun.com
COOL! WEATHER PHOTOS
Extreme Instability - scary AND cool weather photos
http://www.extremeinstability.com
PICTURES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Earth Album
http://www.earthalbum.com
SPORTS
Sports Illustrated
http://www.sikids.com
ePals
http://www.epals.com
College Football
http://collegefootballhistory.com
National Football Stadiums
http://football.ballparks.com
Animation
create your own character and add animation (you may use Mrs. Tush's account)
GoAnimate allows you to easily create computer animated stories. Fun and easy to use, this website is a great way for you to create your own stories that can be published for everyone to see. GoAnimate compliments any lesson on narrative elements, sequencing and can be used in other content areas such as science and social studies. Use the vast collection of animated characters that GoAnimate offers, or you can upload your own images from your computer. To jazz up your story, add movements and animations to your characters, use different backgrounds or settings, and even add some background music!
Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, for story retelling and character descriptions - need a free account (you may use Mrs. Tush's account)
SEARCHING THE WEB VISUALLY
Visually search
Seach Cube - a visual way to search the web
http://search-cube.com/
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GRADE K-1-2-3
Learn more about Reading and Phonics
http://starfall.com
ABC’s, let’s get ready to read
Learn to read.
It’s fun to read.
I’m reading.
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/timetofightafire.asp - also found in the student's corner, grade K - Story Time (firefighters)
if time
Bananas For Lunch story - found on same page AND PS Library - older themes - choose a story
3. http://spellingcity.com- find a list - IH - search - week 12
Reading Planet
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/content/read_aloud_stories.mspx
http://www.littlefingers.com
ABC, phonics, counting, telling time, memory skill building and more with these online games.
http://www.poissonrouge.com
trackpad and mouse practice, fun
Interact with Clifford and stories about Clifford - The Big Red Dog
Colors
Grade K - ALL ABOUT COLORS
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/colors_math_kindergarten_k_grade.htm
http://uptoten.com/
counting, other math, one-to-one, fun, interactive
http://pbskids.org
Exciting online educational games for primary students, word world, cooking, problem solving, etc.
http://www.literacycenter.net/
ABC fun and phonics.
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp
ABC letter recognition with pictures
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/interactive-alphabet/
Interactive abc letter - coloring pages online. Choose a letter to paint online.
The rest of the apples4theteacher.com site offers great teacher resources.
Extra math for grade 3
3 digit additions
Dragable Addition - grade 3
Dragable subtraction grade 3
MATH GAMES: ADDITION, SAME/DIFFERENT/SUB - grade 1
1. IH - grade K - K-1 Math - start at #3 Count the ants, then click on the hand and do other activities: http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/Pages/studentlinks/math/K-1math.htm
2. Grades K-3 folder A to Zap - explore - grade 1
Properties os solids, liquids and gas
http://www.kindersite.org/ - click on properties of solids, liquids and gas
Online Stories
Online stories from the author of brainpop
http://bookpop.com/chooser.htm
online stories
http://www.storylineonline.net/
http://www.pbskids.org/lions
educational online stoies, games, video clips
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/content/read_aloud_stories.mspx
Online stories read and narrated to students.
online read aloud stories
http://www.berenstainbears.com/theater.html
Mighty Book
http://www.mightybook.com
Grade 2
Online Stories
http://www.storylineonline.net/
online read aloud stories
http://www.berenstainbears.com/theater.html
online read aloud stories k/1/2
Mighty Book
http://www.mightybook.com
Grade 2 - language
SMARTBOARD activity – identifying adjectives
I saved this lesson in the M (common) drive – IH – tush – smartboard – grade 3 adjectives
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd_lang.htm
Grade 1 -Site words - listen to them
http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_First-Grade_1_funWords.html
Grade 1
Addition - http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/first/ - choose B1-B18 (must have log in cards) - grade 1
Math Games - IH - Math Games - Begin at the top and work down: http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math2004/math2004_gr1.html\
1. Grade K-3 Folder - Bailey's Book House -explore
Grade 2 & 3
Related Math Facts - grade 2
Arcademic Skill Builders - grade 2
Math - Fact Families (often blocked) - grade 2
Smartnotebook - grade 2
Nouns and Verbs - located in the common drive (M), grade 2 folder
AND
Related Math Facts - grade 2
CREATE YOUR OWN WORD SEARCH PUZZLE
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp
personalized story creator
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/storymaker/default.aspx
Story Starters - Creative Writing - very fun
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
2. Learn more about Math
Grade 1 - Math Sites
Grade 1 - http://sites.google.com/site/grade1math/
Try out these websites in math, reading, science, social studies
Math/Reading/Science/Social Studies
ABCya - math activities
http://www.abcya.com/first_grade_computers.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml
really fun – videos on math, games on math, songs on math
http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp?lev=1
learning planet activities
Arcademic skill builders - arcade style math games - 1 and 2 players on separate computers
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm
ABCya - a wealth of math & reading interactives for Kindergarten
http://www.abcya.com/first_grade_computers.htm
ABCya - a wealth of math & reading interactives for 1st grade
http://www.abcya.com/second_grade_computers.htm
ABCya - a wealth of math & reading interactives for 2nd grade
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/Pages/studentlinks/math/K-1math.htm
excellent math activites/interactives for K/1/2
Math Interactives
http://teacher.scholastic.com/max/
Countdown - times lets you match numbers to number words - not real exciting but good practice
http://www.aaamath.com/k2e-count.html#section3
Grade K - shows examples first, then scroll down to practice
http://www.aaaknow.com/kinder.htm
Grade 1 - shows examples first, then scroll down to practice
http://www.aaamath.com/B/grade1.htm
Grade 1 Math skill builders
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-1st-mathbuilders.htm
MEASUREMENT
http://teacher.scholastic.com/max/measure/index.htm
k math skills with internet4classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-k-mathbuilders.htm
K/1 Math Interactives
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=6276927723a6927c942bf423a10c0db8&number=374521&password=
K/1 Trackstar - math interactives - good for K at the end of the year
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=6d981ec15f30e1811043780dd7fe809f&number=380653&password=
3. Learn more about Telling Time
Learn everything you could want to know about the concept of time using this interactive clock!
http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf
Drag the hands of the clock to tell the correct time.
http://www.lil-fingers.com/games/time/content.html
Match the time
http://www.primarygames.com/time/start.htm
SOCIAL STUDIES
Native Americans Webquest - grade 5
http://tinyurl.com/y9ahfsx
For students Native American links - grade 5
http://sites.google.com/site/nativeamericans1/
Science
Grade 2
http://tinyurl.com/njott3 - Animal Adaptations: Science
Grade 3
Insect research with flip book - ask.com
Learn more about Ocean Animals
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/
interactive activities for science
great for Kdg and 1st – search by grade level
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer
Extra
http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp?lev=2
reading, science, math student activities
OTHER ANIMALS
Dinosaurs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html
5. Learn more about Scholastic and Weekly Reader
http://scholastic.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Interactive stories and phonics games.
Weekly Reader
http://www.weeklyreader.com/
Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/
Online National Geographic stories that are read to you.
Fun with Educational Games
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/PreK-G2.html
6. K-2 Interactives
UEN K-2 Interactives
ABCs, Reading, Listening, Writing, Words, Arts&Music, My World, Math, Brain Games, Health, Fun, Tumbletown Tales
http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/index.shtmlhttp://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp
All subjects with interactive games
Grade K/1
Student, Teacher, Parent SECTION
A.http://4teachers.org/
Resource for teachers and parents. Look up specific subjects for prebuilt tracks at grade levels, or build your own, create rubrics and more
B.http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
Several large collections of links for K-12 teachers.
Step-by-step tutorials for learning applications.
C. http://springcove.schoolnet.com/outreach/district/technology/links/
A huge collection of resources for students, parents and teachers.
GRADE 3 -8
Learn more about Educational Games
http://www.primarygames.com/
http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/stories.asp
Kids stuff
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/kidstuff.html
Grades 4-6
http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp?lev=3
Grade 7-8
http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp?lev=4
Interactive Games
http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/cat.asp?lev=4⊂=&cat=328
A) Use this track for
4th grade Science Standards
- Food Chains, Web of Life, Wildlife, Animals
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=240a12e2a5bed7cb1cf5c137aac90a61&number=377778&password=
Author's Exploration
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
B)
4th Grade Science Standards
- Animals, Food Chains
http://www.indianhillselementary.net/sites/4th_Grade.php
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=e94b9d68ed962bd1981402f9118332c4&number=377853&password=
C)http://www.google.com/
use this search engine to find out important facts about your animal
D)http://gamequarium.com/languagearts.htm
Language arts activities at a 4th grade level
Author's Purpose - grade 4
Free photos - http://www.freenaturepictures.com/animal-pictures.php or http://tinyurl.com/y94xnrc
Use with declaritive, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
5 questions
10 questions
Context Clues – read the passage – click on the first mistake that you see – it will appear in the box – make the correction, click ok (it can be a spelling error, possessive error, extra word, misspellings – YOU MAY NOT CLICK QUIT UNTIL ALL LIGHTENING BOLTS ARE YELLOW
Grade 3 Math Interactives based on math standards
1. Math Computation - Fun problems to solve - grade 5
2. Multiplication and Division - very fun games - grade 5
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Weird Animal Ppt.
http://tinyurl.com/nst4xj
Grade 4
4th graders: Today you will go to the link found below this and do activities 1-7. Mrs. Tush
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfsr92b5_28nszc5dm
Math Acrademic Skill Builders
Interactive site for grade 4
http://www.indianhillselementary.net/sites/4th_Grade.php
KEYBOARDING DRILLS ONLINE
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d1homerow.html
Learn more about Math
Grade 3
Math Interactives
Do only the Math activities (in the yellow)
http://www.mathplayground.com/
Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
Arcademic skill builders - arcade style math games - 1 and 2 players on separate computers
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
If you are a student in need of help, just click on a quick link below.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/students.html
FunBrain is an Internet Resource with lots of Math fun and Reading
http://www.funbrain.com/
Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/
ABCya - a wealth of math & reading interactives for 3rd, 4th, 5th
http://www.abcya.com/third_grade_computers.htm
http://www.abcya.com/fourth_grade_computers.htm
http://www.abcya.com/fifth_grade_computers.htm
Grade 5
http://www.quia.com/rr/225737.html
Rags to Riches/Millionaire Math Game
http://www.quia.com/rr/225721.html
Millionaire Game with word problems
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr5/1.html
Harcourt School math activities - need Thousandths recording sheet (in folder for March 23-26)
http://www.quia.com/cb/203922.html
Double Jeopardy rounding game
MathsNet
Use this crossword to check your knowledge of names and properties of points, lines, curves and graphs...
http://www.mathsnet.net/crosswords/graphs.html
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/addition_regular.php
Are you looking for a place to practice your rapid recall of addition facts? Then this is the perfect site for you!
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/addition_missing_number.php
This website has addition equations with the total sum. This time you need to find one of the missing addends.
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/addition_timed.php
Are you up for a mathematical challenge? Time yourself and see how many addition problems you can solve in one minute.
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/add_it_up.php
Are you up for another challenge? This is a fun site to practice your addition facts.
Geometry
Learn more about Geometry and Shapes
http://www.tessellations.org
Triangle Alley
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=106&
Assemble the Square
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/square.html
Bowling
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=18&
Function Machine
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/fm/index.html
Angles
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/angles/index.html
Area Explorer
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/perm/index.html
Tanagrams
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/area/tangram.html
Other MATH
http://www.webmath.com/index3.html
http://www.coolmath.com/
http://library.thinkquest.org/2647/geometry/geometry.htm
The little explorers dictionary can be found at:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Animal Bytes from Sea World and Busch Gardens
http://www.seaworld.org/animal_bytes/animal_bytes.html
Click on the name of an animal in the list.
Learn more about English Skills
4th - internet4classrooms state standard skills
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-4th-langbuilders.htm
Learn more about THE SENTENCE
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=1&Topic=The
Sentence
Learn more about NOUNS
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=2&Topic=Nouns
Learn more about VERBS
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=3&Topic=Verbs
Choose the Correct Verb
http://www.funbrain.com/verb/index.html
Learn more about ADJECTIVES
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=4&Topic=Adjectives
Learn more about CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=5&Topic=Capitalization
and Punctuation
Learn more about PRONOUNS
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=6&Topic=Pronouns
Learn more about ADVERBS AND PREPOSITIONS
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=7&Topic=Adverbs
and Prepositions
Search Cube:
http://www.search-cube.com/
A new way to search - try out KU Basketball, American Idol, Quarter Horses, Kittens, Sweet 16 Basketball
Forward Thinking Museum (Virtual Museum)
http://forwardthinkingmuseum.com/
internet4classrooms - state standard based
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-8th-langbuilders.htm
Learn more about SCIENCE
Physic simulations
http://www.myphysicslab.com/
you'll see them animating in real time, and be able to interact
with them by dragging objects or changing parameters like gravity
All subjects, great resources.
http://www.funology.com/
K-8 fun science games, math, reading
http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp
All subjects with interactive games
http://www.scholastic.com/learningarcade/select.asp
fun - all subjects and most grades
POPULATION DATA
Below are some websites for population data:
http://nationmaster.com
A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
http://census.gov
Check here for the official results of the 2000 census.
http://quickfacts.census.gov
Also from the census bureau in a more visual layout.
http://unstats.un.org
Use the following websites to acquire information on the town/city that you live in.
Compare your town with one other town. Fill out the sheet provided.
http://zipskinny.com
get the skinny on where you live
http://tenbyten.org/
100 words and pictures that define time
TUSH TRACKS - TRACKSTAR
Grade 5 Mean, Median, Mode, Range - Tush Track
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?number=367698&password=
Grade 5 Letter Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies Standards based Interactives
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=9e540ca63d0b27dda38901f7882982b5&number=368445&password=
Grade 3 - All about me scavenger hunt
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=f6d1edaa2ab2b2b106b515ac38e89f14&number=373291&password=
.
Choose a Shape and Create a Poem
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/
B. "I Am" poem - online poem generator
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm
EXTREME INSTABILITY - great weather photos
http://www.extremeinstability.com/
Earth Album
http://www.earthalbum.com/
6th Language Activities
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th_lang.htm
HCG http://hcgdiscount.com/buy-now/
Flip Video http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/register?step=3&county=974
Meaningfulbeauty http://www.meaningfulbeauty.com/order.php
WEB2.0
http://www.capzles.com
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