Reading Rules!!

www.thinkcentral.com This is Harcourt's website.  Parents can access just about everything that goes with our new reading series.

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp This site has of e-books.  You can have the e-book reader read the book, or turn off the sound to have students read the book themselves.

www.starfall.com Excellent site for the emergent readers.

http://pbskids.org/lions/ This site has games, stories, and video clips that are great for the beginning reader. Check out the PBS Kids site while you are there.

http://pbskids.org/wordgirl/ Another PBS site is Word Girl.  There are lots of opportunities to practice and enhance your child's vocabulary.  Another great site is the PBS Reading Rainbow section.

http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html This is a great site for practicing and reinforcing the initial sounds. 

Story Place This website has some cute stories that the studnet could access.  I loved the section "Book Hive."  It had a great sections where students could create their own story.

 KidZone --- Grade 1  This site had phonics activities as well as letter recognition activities.  It also had a section for Kindergarten review.  Those activities would be a great way to begin the First grade year.  There are pages that cover from pre-school to fifth grade.

Carl's Corner  Here you will find lots of reading activities.  I especially liked the alphabet sites.  They also have a list of INTERVENTION links.  

http://www.seussville.com/ Our students love Dr. Seuss books.  Check out the official "Seuss" website for lots of fun reading activities.

ReadWriteThink This is the link to the Read Write Think Student Materials.  It has graphic organizers and activities for the beginning reading as well as for a more experienced reader.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/ This is a cute activity for analyzing characters.

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/ Reading and writing activities featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog.

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/index.html This site has a variety of activities.  I put it under my reading because they have some good examples when teaching "purposes of author."

http://www.kidsreads.com/ This site has lots of information about authors, books, etc. It has book reviews, excerpts from books, author pages.  It seems to be geared for the older students --- maybe 3rd grade and up.  I want to check back here later because it has a lot of pages that say "coming soon."

 Math Magic    

 http://resources.kaboose.com/ This site has lots of Math practice.

http://www.interactive-resources.co.uk/mathspack2/tally/tally.html This

is an interactive site to practice counting tally marks.

 KidZone --- Grade 1  Notice that I listed this site in both the math and reading sections.  It also had a section for Kindergarten review.  Those activities would be a great way to begin the First grade year.  There are pages that cover from pre-school to fifth grade.

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/index.html Good 100's day activiites.

 Games that Teach

 www.iknowthat.com Games and activities in all subject areas from easy to more difficult.

http://www.gamequarium.com/ This site has educatonal games in all the major subjects.

Just for Fun

http://www.missoandfriends.com/ (FOR GIRLS ONLY!!)

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/ (The Yukiest Site On the Internet!)
Funschool  The funschool site had a lot of activities for kids of all ages.  The students will be learning without even realizing it.  They also had a GREAT section for the Pre-K students.

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=236 Kids can create their own comic strip here.

 http://www.roythezebra.com/index.html Lots of of games to enhance Language Arts Skills.

Carl's Corner  In addition to a lot of great reading activities, this site had links for a lot of the topics that we will be covering in language.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesizeprimary/ This site has a game to help students with putting words in order to make sentences.  It also has a time game, a counting game, mean/median/mode, and a health game.

http://www.abcya.com/second_grade_computers.htm 

http://www.computerlabkids.com/worksheets.htm This site has a lot of worksheets, powerpoints, etc.  to help learn about the computer.  This is an excellent site for teachers.

http://www.safekids.com/quiz/ An online quiz about intenet safety.

http://www.abcya.com/second_grade_computers.htm Cute activities for learning the basics of the computer while also practicing math and language concepts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ This site has activities to help students learn and practice computer typing skills.

http://www.gman.tv/kids/Elmo-Keyboard-O-Rama.htm This is geared for the younger kids (3,4, & 5 year olds).  Elmo, a favorite of kids everywhere, helps the kids learn about the keyboard.

http://www.tuxpaint.org/  This has a FREE paint program for kids.

Search Engines for Kids

 KidsClick --- This is a websearch that was created from librarians. Students can search in 15 different categories.

http://www.askkids.com/ 

Science and Social Studies

http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html This site is for the

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/  Lots of activities to check out that help to enhance our science and social studies curriculum.

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ This is one of my favorite sites for student research.  It's kid friendly and up-to-date on current events.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm This is my favorite site when it comes to teaching students about the weather.  It's kid friendly and easy to use.

http://science.pppst.com/watercycle.html This has a lot of powerpoints to help you review the water cycle.

http://pbskids.org/democracy/ The kids get a virtual tour of what it's like to "Be President for a Day."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ This site has lots of information about the White House and the presidents --- both present and past.

 Websites for Teachers --- My collections of websites for other teachers was getting out of control.  So I moved them to their own page.

Parents Resources

http://resources.kaboose.com/ This site has a parents section with tips for homework, behavior and learning development, nutrition, etc.

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/homework/homework1.htm This is an awesome site geared for first grade students.  It contains lots of activities that they can do at home to enhance our curriculum.

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/resources/parentresources.htm This is the Parent Resource page from Vermllion Parish Schools.  Some of the links are just for parents in that parish, but they have other links that would be helpful to all parents.

http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org/index.php Lots of information about internet and child safety.

Reading Aloud With Your Child  This website discusses the importance of reading aloud with your child. It has suggestions for reading to children from birth to teen years.

 High School Helpers (Jr. High also)

http://www.sosmath.com/ This site has help for high school students.  They have tutorials for algebra, geometry, calculas,trigonometry, and more.

http://www.gomath.com/ Another site to help with math.  They have a whole lot of links to click if all of those Math FORMULAS are confusing you.

http://www.timeticker.com/ This is just a really cool site that can tell you what time it is anywhere in the world.

http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html Click on this site and it will bring you to a page with links to a lot of experts.  You can ask a scientist, an astronaut, a biologist, and a lot more.