Integrating Technology -- Educational Websites

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Mrs. Soprano’s Favorite Web Sites

Just for Fun

Sand Art http://hicards.com/games/sand.html

On Line Etch A Sketch http://www.etchy.org

Rabbit’s Carrots http://disney.go.com/disneychannel/playhouse/bop/bop_rabgrdn.html

Cloud Dreamer http://www.inventionatplay.org/playhouse_cloud.html

The Smilestones Teeth Cleaning Game http://www.thesmilestones.com/game.htm

Garden Concentration http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/concentrateapplet/concentration.htm

CyberChase Quest at PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/quest/index.html

Alphabet

Bembo's Zoo - Click on letters and see a wonderful animal appear.http://www.bemboszoo.com/

Chicken Stacker http://pbskids.org/lions/games/stacker.html

Clifford's Confusable Letters http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/confusable/index.htm

Play Kids Games (Alphabet) Many games including Whack-a-Mole and the Frog game
http://www.playkidsgames.com/alphabetGames.htm

Junkyard ABC's Puzzle type game. Find the letters and put them back together.http://www.orgdot.com/abc/

Haunted Alphabet http://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/learn-abcs/games/game_haunted_alphabet.html

Sounds

ABC Order http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp?contentid=172

Sound Match - Find the words that begin with the same sound as the picture name. http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/read/roadtoreading/soundmatch/game4_flash.htm

Fuzzy Lion Ears (letter/sound identification) http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html

Picture Match (3 games - Beginning letter sounds, short vowel sounds, long vowel sounds) http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/

Word Families http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/play.htm?f

Beginning Digraphs (Click on the digraph that is at the beginning of the picture's name) http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/begin_dia.htm

Ending Digraphs (Click on the digraph that is at the end of the picture's name) http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/final_dia.htm

Bear Wear (Letter sounds) http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/bear

Wee Webbies (Match the letter & picture to it's beginning sound) http://www.weewebbies.com/htmls/web42900.htm

Word Family Sort (Read Write Think) http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/

More Word Families – use your fingers on the keyboard http://www.dositey.com/language/phonics/phonics2.htm

Math

My favorite list of Math sites for elementary students: :http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm

The Web's #1 math practice website

Words

Word List Game Word Families - find letters that will make a word with the chosen ending. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/construct/index.html

Alphabet Soup find the mixed up words. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/soup.html

Word Play - Click on a word and watch it play. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay.html

Puppy Letters - Listen to a sentence. Find the lower case letters to complete the missing word in the sentence. http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/index_puppyletters.html

Power Proofreading – many grade levels http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm

Word Family Jeopardy (1 or 2 Players) Use your fingers on the keyboard http://www.quia.com/cb/129172.html

Interactive Crossword Puzzles http://www.smartcrossword.com/interactive_Level1/Level1Puzzle1.php

Wall of Words – Putting words into the correct order to make a sentence. http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html

Categorizing

Flood –http://pbskids.org/lions/games/flood.html

Alphabet Bears (alphabetizing words) http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html

Oops Hoops (place objects into venn diagram) http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/play/oopshoops/play_oopshoops.htm

Reggie Loves to Rhyme (Choose a place to match the rhyming words) http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/home/index.htm

Wacky Web Tales (mad libs) http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html

FunBrain Reading http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html

Online Stories

Online Stories http://web.bsu.edu/00smtancock/EDRDG430/430stories.html

Make a Story (Early readers) From Bailey’s Book House http://www.riverdeep.net/language_arts/edmark_lang_arts/MakeAStory/MakeAStory.html

The Story Place – Preschool and Kindergarten readers http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/preschool.asp

Seussville http://www.seussville.com/

Writing

Mystery Cube http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/mystery_cube/

Letter Generator http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

Crossword Puzzle Generator – good for many grade levels http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/crossword/

Fractured FairyTales http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/fairytales/

Create a Timeline http://www.brrsd.net/curric/kareng/language_arts_sites.htm

Postcard Creator http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/postcard/

Create a BIO-CUBE http://readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/

Character Trading Cards - This is a good activity to use when the students have a favorite character from a book.
http://readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/

Interactive Shape Poem Generator- Students write poems and type them into the shape poem generator
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/

Graphic Map Organizer - Create a family timeline http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/graphicmap/

Other

Babelfish Language Translator http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Social Studies/Government

Our Flag's History http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/flag/flag3.html

Make Your Own Flag http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/flag/factory.html

Flag It Up http://www.flagitup.com/countries-a-b.htm

Alphabetical List of countries and a picture of their flag. This site includes a quiz.
Students are able to pick their own level. President's Day (Virtual Museum for Primary Students)
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday/

Tour Ellis Island http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm

Immigration Slide Show http://library.thinkquest.org/26786/en/media/view.php3?meKey=7&toKey=58&torKey=0&tolKey=10

Congress for Kids http://www.congressforkids.net/index.htm

Congress for Kids - Legislative Branch http://congressforkids.net/Legislativebranch_index.htm

Mr. President (Profiles of our Nation's Leaders) http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/president/gallery/main.cfm

Spotty's Whitehouse Tour http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/

Presidents of the United States http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html

White House for Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html

Three Branches of our Government http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/1.htm

Democracy Project
This simple website explains the requirements for president, how the government affects the people and how the voting works.
http://pbskids.org/democracy/

Social Studies/Famous People

Martin Luther King – I have a Dream Speech with video (played through YouTube)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Abraham Lincoln (Why Lincoln grew a beard...) http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton1/Lincoln50.html

Pioneer Life http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm 100 Years of Flight http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flight/index.htm

Betsy Ross Homepage http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html

Top Ten African-American Inventors http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm

The Underground Railroad & Harriet Tubman http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j2.html

Guide to Black History http://search.eb.com/blackhistory

Social Studies/Maps

Free Blank Outline Maps http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm

Map Machine – National Geographic –This is a great site to explore world maps. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine

UN Cyberschoolbus Click on a country to see the facts. http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp

Countries A to Z Atlapedia online- more detailed information on countries. Reading level 4 –6. http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm

CIA World Fact Book Great site for researching countries. Reading level 4 – 6. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Animated Atlas Animation of how the U.S. grew from 1790-2000 – Great site with sound http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Go George Go (Help George find the shortest route) – Helps young children with map skills in a game form.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/gogeorgego/gogeorgego.html

Find the States Game – drop the name of the state on the correct place on the map. http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

Map Clip Art – Find maps and flags http://www.worldatlas.com/clipart.htm

Over the Edge – teaching directions in a game (Interactive Compass Game) http://www.childu.com/sample_act/23ss_edge.html

Map of the US (Shows states & capitals) http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm

All About World Geography (Identify the continents and oceans of the world - tutorial and 3 levels of play)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

Social Studies/Native Americans Lenape http://www.lenapelifeways.org/index.htm

Social Studies/New Jersey

Hangout NJ http://www.newjersey.gov/hangout_nj/

NJ Scavenger Hunt Check out the online lesson – ready for the kids to begin! http://www.newjersey.gov/hangout_nj/njkids_scavenger.html

Science

Lunar Cycle Challenge Interactive game - 3 levels - Drag the moon into its proper place in the lunar cycle. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html

Phases of the Moon http://www.brrsd.net/curric/kareng/science_sites.htm#planets%20&%20space

Planet Pop-up – A game to identify the planets. Grades 2- 6 http://www.scholastic.com/play/prePlanet.htm

NASA for Kids http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

The Planets http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/planets.html

Kids Astronomy http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

Science/Weather

Birth of a Hurricane http://www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/hurricane_dw.htm

Snowflake Maker
http://interstitials.kaboose.com/zeeks/poptarts08.html?url=http%3A//games.zeeks.com/game.php%3Fg%3D1389%26s%3D4%26category%3D4%26level%3D0

Fema for Kids
http://interstitials.kaboose.com/zeeks/poptarts08.html?url=http%3A//games.zeeks.com/game.php%3Fg%3D1389%26s%3D4%26category%3D4%26level%3D0

Predict the Weather – This site has teacher’s guides and print-outs for lessons.
The students will find the state on the map to predict the weather.
Great site
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm

Snowflake Pictures http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

Magic School Bus What On Earth Tour http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?earth

Earthquakes http://iknowthat.school.aol.com/AOLAtSchool/earthquake/science_desk.html

Volcanoes http://iknowthat.school.aol.com/AOLAtSchool/volcano/science_desk.html