Teacher Suggested Web Sites

 

Lesson Plans and other Resources

Language Arts Lesson Plans:  

  1. http://www.pbs.org/readingrainbow/
    From the television show, this site has activity suggestions to accompany programs that involve writing and print awareness. Site also includes links to writing contests and samples of children’s writing. This can really enrich the reading program if you follow their book lists.
  2. http://yn.la.ca.us/cec/ceclang/ceclang-elem.html
    There are links here to mini-lessons for grade levels K-5 for many different aspects of writing. It includes whole-language experience, vocabulary development, creating books, listening exercises, photo essays, writing auto-biography, spelling, character studies, and grammatical devices. These lessons suit a wide variety of teaching and learning styles and would be useful for almost anyone teaching in an elementary classroom.

 

Lesson Plans for ALL Subjects:

http://www.proteacher.com - Lesson plans

 http://www.rhlschool.com-RHL School, Free Teaching Resources: Your place to get an enormous supply of free quality worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review. Free worksheets that are truly unique! Many of these worksheets can serve as the basis for lessons.

http://lessonplanz.com-LessonPlanz.com is searchable directory of free online lesson plans and lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects. Launched on May 1, 1999, LessonPlanz.com was designed to provide an easier way for teachers to find online lessons and teaching resources! By eliminating search results that aren't relevant to teachers, you also save time. 

http://www.dositey.com -Interactive lessons, games, exercises, printable worksheets, open-ended questions, and more…

http://www.learningpage.com - Lesson plans, books, worksheets

http://quizhub.com - The Quiz Hub is a collection of fun online interactive learning quizzes that help K-12 students enhance their core knowledge of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, geography, government, history, art, music, math, earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics. The Quiz Hub also promotes analytical, thinking, memory, and typing skills.

http://www.realkids.com/lounge.htm - resources for teachers

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com - lesson plans

http://www.scholastic.com - lesson plans, On-line book club ordering.  It is so easy and saves a lot of time!

 

WebQuests:

20. http://www.edhelper.com - Lesson Plans - Worksheets - Teacher's Lesson Plans - WebQuests - Primary Teacher Resources - Math Lesson Plans - Writing Lesson Plans - Reading Lesson Plans - Science Lesson Plans - Technology Lesson Plans - Social Studies Lesson Plans

21. http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/matrix.htm - Webquests on recycling, rain forests, and more!

 

Websites for Students:

        Language Arts:

  1. http://www.write4kids.com
    This is one of the most useful writing sites for children on the web. It has a free library of how-to info, a chat room for children’s writers and illustrators, writing surveys for kids, and a question board for children to ask questions to children’s authors and receive responses. There is also a link to writing tools for children’s authors including books and addresses.
  2. http://www.comenius.com/index.html
    This site is a great resource for your gifted students who need enrichment in the regular classroom. It will be a little advanced in some parts, but the weekly idiom and fable are great! There are on-line exercises to do with the fable that enrich vocabulary and comprehension. It has a great deal of potential to improve writing with enrichment for style and vocabulary.
  3. http://www.toonacat.com/index.html
    This site offers many opportunities for students to use their writing skills in a context that they will find enjoyable. It offers a chance to write to Tuna Cat, ask him questions, read writing by other children, enter contests, and write stories and poems. It is definitely easy for students to navigate, no matter how narrow their knowledge of computers.
  4. http://www.ezschool.com/worksheets/ - comprehension stories to read and take a quiz.

 

Math Websites:  

  1. www.multiplication.com - tricks, rhymes, flash cards, quizzes, tests
  2. http://www.mathstories.com - Math word problems
  3. http://www.funbrain.com/ - This site allows teachers to enter their own quizzes and gives passwords for student access.  Great for review.
  4. www.coolmath4kids.com - an amusement park of math and more!
  5. http://mathstory.com/storyindex.html - Math stories including problem solving.

 

Science Websites:  

1.       http://school.discovery.com/ - resources for teachers, students, and parents 

2.       http://www.epa.gov/kids/ - The Environmental Protection Agency’s Explorers’ Club.  These pages are filled with interesting things kids can learn about the environment and fun things we can do to protect it. 

3.       http://www.americanbear.org/math.htm - This sight ties into a fourth grade story about bears.  It has general information about bears.