Fantastic Websites
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I have spent a great deal of time searching the Web for appropriate sites to use during our weekly Computer Lab time. From experience, this is one of our learner's most favorite learning times during the week as I have been fortunate to find links that match almost every content area of our learning! The kids will be able to navigate this page independently and will learn to navigate the sites we use.Please feel free to use these sites at home with your learners during any allowed Computer time.Also, if you come to find any sites that you think we could use to support our school day please share. There are some really great resources out there!
Math
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Dance Matt Typing
Careful when you are listening, the character has a British accent, but it's a fun place for us to start our keyboarding skills. -
A Walk In the Woods
A chance to build schema and "outdoor and nature" safety before venturing out into the woods for your own adventure! -
Math Flashcard Activities
Mathematicians can show off their basic facts skills as they race against the clock!
Reading Online
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Simple and Sweet Animated Books
Your child will enjoy listening to these simple stories come alive online. -
Tumble Books
Go to the Southfield Library, click on kids and the Reading Online. This is an AMAZING site that allows children to read along with animated stories on line. -
Star Fall
A place to explore basic phonics, read texts along with animated pictures and play supporting Language Arts games. -
Storyline Online
Site can be a bit slow but it's fun to hear some of the kid's favorite actors reading their favorite books. -
Raz Kids
When prompted to ask for your username it is Tulley. Then go in and find your reader's name and click on this. Your child's personal reading level will appear with books that are at their "Just Right" reading level. This is a great site to use if pressed for time or if your child forgets their "Just Right" reading book bag at school for some reason.
Science
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Connected to Content
Student and Teacher sites and activities that link to our Science Curriculum. -
Build a Catepillar
As you build a catepillar information pops up about the type of catepillar they build. -
Seasons
Each of the four seasons has games that can be played during that season to build Schema and awareness of unique features of each of the seasons.
Plants
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Watch Plants Grow - Foss
Learning that matches information from the FOSS kits available. Watch the plants grow. -
Grow a Virtual Plant
Great little activity that shows the cause and effects of our actions as they relate to how our plants that we nurture grow (or don't grow). -
Growing Plants
A great resource that simulates what it takes to successfully grow plants.
Word Working
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Construct a Word
Students can work on buiding words that all match a particular word ending. This supports not only spelling, but rhyme understanding which is a critical component to early reading success!
Health
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Nourishing Health Games
Many "health and nutrition" related games to teach students about healthy habits and choices. -
HEALTH
Many games focused on health topics for our students to learn about making healthy choices for life.
Spelling
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Web Word Find
Word Searches support our learners in making one to one letter correspondence as well as learning to spell words that support themes being studied in our classroom. -
Spelling Practice
After you type in the words that you want to learn to spell the site will play games with you, test you, read for you the words and use them in sentences! Great practice site!
Coins
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Thumb in Money
Once students can recognize coins and their values then they can make choices about what coins to put into the jar in order to arrive at the stated amount. -
Count Money and Compare Values
Real looking coins. A great way to practice both money and greater than and less than! -
Count US Coins
Real looking money. A better game if you play with your child with some items that you can put a value on while playing the game (a bit like shopping). -
Counting Money
No frills and no thrills but this site will give your child practice in counting up the coins.
Language Arts
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Story Setting
This is a fantastic way to support our Reader's deeper thinking about the stories they are reading. This online resource will help them to be accountable for paying attention to those elements of a picture-book so they can then incorporate these learned elements into their own writing. -
Little Bites Literacy Links
A variety of appropriate games to build phonics, spelling and other Language Art skills.
Telling Time
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Telling Toon Time
The words might be a bit of a challenge but the game is self correcting which is great for students as they practice telling time to the hour and half hour.
Fractions
Literature Links
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Ivy and Bean
Take advantage of an author who is so accessible by e mail to have a "pen pal" experience with. I did this as a kid and still have these letters to this day! They inspired me to love reading and writing which also continues to this day!
Following Oral Directions
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Follow Directions
A great site to help build a student's ability to follow 3-step directions. This also supports listening to oral directions (processing oral language) and building direction vocabulary essential for school success.
Earth Day
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Eco Kids
Interactive games to support learning how to better take care of our Environment. -
A Walk In the Woods
An interactive way to build "schema" and nature safety before heading outdoors for your own adventure!
Poetry
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Magnetic Poetry
FANTASTIC!! A very kid friendly way for our young poets to explore with words, word spacing, line breaks and sound without worrying about spelling. Click words around to create unique poems on fun looking backgrounds! -
Poetry 4 Kids
All about words. All about the sound and rhythm words can create. All about making poems from these words that have rhythm and sound.
Make a Story
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Create a Story
This neat site allows children to get a firm grasp on story structure in a fun and interactive way.
Mrs. Tulley's Resources
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All subject internet resources
A place where each grade level has appropriate sites to support content. There are also sites for categories of learning.
Geography
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Landform Nonfiction Picture Examples
Simple, yet clear pictures of the landforms we are studying to help build our learner's schema. -
Look of Landforms
This gives students a real-world picture of the different landforms. -
Make a Map
Do your characters travel across the U.S? Draw out the traveling map of any cross country adventure!
Core Democratic Values
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Let's Explore Government
Activities aligned with the beginning steps to understanding our Nation's government.
Author's Purpose
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Author's Purpose Is....
Students are given a passage to read and they are to determine the author's purpose or intent for writing what they did.
Measure
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Pan Balance
Build up to algebraic thinking by exploring this balance tool using shapes of unknown weight. Challenge yourself to find the weight of each shape in one of six built-in sets or a random set.
Add and Sub with Regrouping
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Addition and Subtraction Double with Regrouping
Very simple - drill and practice addition and subtraction with regrouping.
Keyboarding Skills
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Dance Matt Typing
Careful, the character has a British accent, but it's a fun place to begin our keyboarding practice.