Interactive+Websites

Interactive Websites
Interactive Whiteboard Links There are lots of links here to some great interactive sites that work well on a board.  Introducing continents in the world Hundreds chart All kinds of patterns and math games Make a graph Telling time game with 2 players or teams Center activity: Word work I Spy Shopping Math Count the money and buy items for the exact amount Construct a Word Select an ending and add the beginning letter to make words Word Family Sort Sort words by short vowel sound Synonym Sam’s Lab Find the matching synonyms to the words given Sandcastle Quiz Choose a phoneme. A word containing a gap will appear in the sand. Listen to Colin the Clam say the complete word then click on the sandpie with the right spelling for the missing phoneme. Word Blender Help Wordblender make words by choosing a start sound (onset) and an end sound (rime) to blend together. Living things-Help Plants Grow well Make the plant grow to it’s full healthy height Food Chains Spot and click on 8 living things then put them in the order as the food chain works Health and growth Help keep Ben health by providing what he needs.   **Primary Reading Sites** [|www.roythezebra.com] The site has several games to teach capital letters. I would use the one titled: Zara’s Capital letter game #1 This game teaches that each sentence begins with a capital letter.
 * 2nd grade**

[] This site is full of games, etc. to teach reading skills. I found several on teaching the alphabet and rhyming words. [] This site has lots of helpful ways to teach the alphabet, and beginning reading skills. [] this is a site where you can make your own word lists, etc.. [] [] I joined this site and am able to download lots of interactive activities to help teach Kindergarten and 1st grade students. There are several on long and short vowels that should go with our new phonics program (Pathways). [] A great site for teaching reading skills. The one called –PHONICS ZONE goes along with the vowel sounds our new Phonics program teaches. They also have a sound game that would help phoneme segmentation.

  **__Speakaboos__** This website will support he 3rd grade library curriculum area of genre: folktales and fairy tales in preparation for the Sunflower Reader Award. The stories are read aloud and have related activities.  ** Interactives: Elements of a Story ** The read-aloud book, Cinderella, is presented and the following story elements are described: setting, characters, sequence, exposition, conflict, climax and resolution. This supports library curriculum as well as classroom reading standards and objectives. StoryLine Online  Several interactive books are available at this website.
 * Literature Sites for K-3**

3rd Grade This is a fabulous site in which students search for words needing to be capitalized and sentences that need to be punctuated. They may choose from a formal letter, an email, a kid’s story, an accident report, a holiday brochure or a newspaper article. What is so great about this site is the fact that it will read the text for the student! If you have students who are struggling readers, they do not have to concentrate on decoding words but only focus on capitalizing and punctuating the text. This activity is a great way to assess and reinforce students as they continue to learn how to edit their writing and the writing of others.
 * //What is a Sentence?//**


 * //Types of Sentences://**

[] At the beginning of the school year, we usually discuss the different types of sentences found in text and used in writing. In this activity, students can read about types of sentences, see examples and then quiz themselves on what they learned. This is a great way to also talk about expression and how each sentence should sound as it is being read. In our classrooms, we could actually start with this activity as a whole class and then branch out to write our own sentences. Each student could present their sentence and the rest of the class would need to determine what type of sentence they wrote.

[] One of the hardest concepts for third graders is to determine the main idea of a passage. This is listed as one of our state standards and is one that many students struggle to understand. This is a great activity that can be done as a whole class. The passages are about Benjamin Franklin and so would be great to use for expository text. The students read a passage and then choose the main idea of that passage.
 * //Main Idea/Show What You Know://**

[] In this activity, the students choose the correct main idea and you may click to find out why your answer was correct. It gives you instant feedback as well as reinforcement with each answer chosen. During this activity, our class could also determine which sentences are supporting details as well. This is a great way to cross the curriculum by bringing our interesting science standards into our reading standards.
 * //Main Idea/Volcanoes://**

 4th Grade __ Math: __ __Multiplication Games:__ This site is the home page for about 30 themed basic multiplication facts games – racing themes, alien themes, shopping at the mall themes, etc. [] This is an example of one of the games – alien theme. __Telling Time__ This time-telling site has kids stop the hands of the clock when they match the time shown on the digital clock. __Estimation__ Estimation Golf – practice rounding and estimating answers – correct answers earn a swing in a game of golf __ Science: __ __Frog Dissection__ (and thank goodness that we can do this virtually now!) This also has dissection labs for other insects/animals, which would be a great recess or at-home extra. __Adaptation__ In this site, you can build your own fish, with the adaptations you’d like to test, and then “release” them into the water to see how they fare. You can experiment with different adaptations. [] This website has links to several games/activities: adaptations, green plants, and also nutrition. __Simple Machines Games:__ Two “houses” that have machines in them – comparing simple vs. complex machines. __Plant Life Cycles:__ [] 3 activities about plant life cycles and seed dispersal. [] This is called an “E-word game” – it is a matching game with vocabulary. It has a skateboarding animal theme. __Water Cycle:__ In this NASA sponsored site, the kids can “be” a drop of water and experience the water cycle. __Static Electricity__ This game about static electricity is structured like the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”. __Electricity__ This game is called “Save Silicon City” and focuses on your knowledge of electricity. I think the kids will like being spies/fighting spies in this game. __Weather__ This is a British game where the kids battle against bad weather – format very reminiscent of old PacMan/Pong sorts of games. __A Fabulous Mix of Activities:__ This is called the Exploratorium – it has tons of science activities & games! __ Social Studies: __ __US History__ [] This PBS site has many links for students focusing on different aspects of American history, with an emphasis on the Presidents. A Mix of Everything [] This website lets you choose a grade level, and then a subject area, and has links to all kinds of games and learning experiences – what a resource!