Jenna Barber

Internet Resources

February 16, 2010

1.       The School Bell

·         The school bell contains different resources to use in a first grade classroom.  There are monthly theme ideas, Dolch Word ideas, math ideas, a word detective activity, and some other language arts ideas.  There are also links to other websites that may be useful, especially when planning units of study. 

·         http://theschoolbell.com/          

2.       Jan Brett’s Homepage

·         Jan Brett’s homepage references all of her books and give different teaching ideas to accompany each book.  There are also teaching resources that correspond with the each book.   There are also games for kids that can be played online, and some that can be printed out.

·         http://www.janbrett.com/        

3.       Reading A-Z

·         Unfortunately to use reading a-z you have to pay, however this sight has a lot of great language arts resources.  I love the printable books, both leveled and decodable.  I also enjoy using the leveled fluency pages.   Everything is very easy to find, access, and print out.

·         http://www.readinga-z.com/   

4.       ABC Teach

·         ABC Teach has a lot of free printable worksheets and activities for all grade levels.  You can also create your own activities and worksheets.  There are flashcards, clipart, theme ideas, center ideas, and other teaching resources. 

·         http://abcteach.com/   

5.       Hello First Grade!

·         This website is for first grade teachers, created by a first grade teacher.  It has a lot of good information on it about language arts ideas including center ideas, readers’ workshop, writers’ workshop, poetry ideas, word work, and many more.  It also has a lot of great resources for math. 

·         http://www.hellofirstgrade.com/           

6.       Busy Teachers Café

·         This website contains free printables, teacher resources, and theme ideas.  It also has links to other helpful websites.  This website has ideas for all grade levels from kindergarten through sixth grade.

·         http://busyteacherscafe.com/   

7.       Carl’s Corner

·         Carl’s Corner has some good theme ideas, center ideas, poetry, and spelling and writing ideas.  What I like best about Carl’s Corner is that it has all of the Dolch Words broken down into lists.  For each list there is a series of activities and resources that can be used including books, fluency passages, and other activities.  They also have similar activities available for short and long vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, and digraphs. 

·         http://carlscorner.us.com/         

8.       Writing Wizard

·         Writing Wizard is great because you can type in your own words and you can make different kinds of worksheets.  There is also a link to different skills at each grade level.  The link takes you to different games that you students can play.

·         http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html

9.       Website for the Primary Grades

·         This website is organized by grade level and for each grade they have compiled a list of different links to other websites.  Some have resources, while others have activities for students.

·         http://www.suelebeau.com/primary.htm

10.   Game Goo

·         This website has language arts games for kids to play online.  There are three different levels; beginner, intermediate, and advanced.  The games are very colorful and appealing to kids.  Most of the games focus on letters, making words, opposites, sentence order and other language arts activities. 

·          http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html          

11.   Read Write Think

·         This website allows for students to work online to create different words.  They first pick a word family to work with and then they are asked to make several words for each word family.  The character in the game repeats the words and lets the child know if they are correct. 

·         http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/construct/index.html 

12.   National Geographic Kids

·         This site is great for science.  The website is very eye catching with a lot of great pictures.  There are different games, videos, stories, and activities for kids that relate science and other areas of education.  You can also learn about a specific animal such as polar bears or penguins. 

·          http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/    

13.   Weather Channel Kids

·         This website is also great for science.  There are a lot of games, activities, and photos to support different weather concepts.  There are also sections on the environment, going green, and animals in relation to the climates they live in.  Students can also read about careers in meteorology and build their own weather forecast based on the clues given. 

·         http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/        

14.   Teacher Tube

·         Teacher tube has anything and everything to visually aid you in any type of lesson or unit you may be teaching.  It’s great to have a site that has appropriate video clips to aid you in any lesson you may be teaching.  It’s very convenient to be able to pull up a quick video clip during a lesson.

·         http://teachertube.com/            

15.   Yellowstone Kids Site

·         This site offers good information about Yellowstone National Park both for younger kids and older kids.  Its scavenger hunt is designed more for older students and requires them to answer five questions about Yellowstone National Park by searching their website to find the answers. 

·          http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/kidstuff/scavhunt/index.htm