Interactive Sites - Reading
& Language Arts
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Alphabet
Literacy Center - choose English or French to practice letters, colors and more
Alphabet Action
Alphabet Game
Alphabet Sites - various resources for learning the alphabet
Interactive ABC's - a list of web resources from Scholastic
Poetry
Giggle Poetry - an award winning site of humorous children's verse
Poetry 4 Kids - lots of funny children's poems, lessons, a rhyming dictionary, streaming audio, and more.
Children's Haiku Garden - verses and illustrations created by children
Mama Lisa's Nursery Rhymes - go on a scavenger hunt to find the embedded treasures as you enjoy the rhymes
Christine O'Connell George - this author reads her potery aloud and shares her inspirations for her poetry
The Poetry Zone - go to "Classroom Resources" to find templates for creating an adjective poem, animal poem and many more! "Poetry Challenge" invites children to submit poems.
The Web Poetry Corner - devoted to publishing student poetry
General Interactive Sites for Language Arts
Starfall - Learn to Read - online animated stories with catchy songs dealing with reading concepts (e.g., silent e). Reinforces phonetic skills.
iKnowthat -
sign up for this free site of educational interactive learning
activities
Scholastic Language for Literacy - identify objects, categories and more
Little
Explorers Picture Dictionary with Links - from Enchanted
Learning
Zoom
School - Zoom School is an on-line elementary school
classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language
arts, and early childhood activities.
Puzzlemaker -
Create a Creature Kathy Schrock's Site
FunSchool - interactive
games for Preschool through Sixth grade. Choose the game you want students to play to reinforce their skills.
BrainPop - Check
this site out! Mini movies on a variety of science, technology
and health topics. You will need to download Shockwave
if you don't already have it and this site requires the
poser on an Imac to view.
Literacy Activities from BBC -
Bitesize Literacy Games from BBC - phonics, ABC order, rhyming words and more
Game
Goo - Educational Games
Funbrain - games
and paperless quizzes
Prongo for Kids -
games, ecards, jokes and brain teasers
Time
for Kids - interactive online Time magazine for young
children - listen to a news story
Sesame Street Workshop -
various learning activities for primary students.
Time
for Kids for K-1 - Time magazine has a special edition
for K-1 students where they can read and listen to top
news stories.
Time
for Kids Gr.2-3 - News scoop edition for the Grades
2-3 level students.
FunSchool - Lots
of interactive games and activities for pre K through elementary
grades.
Dr. Seuss:
Seussville - Games, both printable and interactive,
good resource to compliment your Dr. Seuss unit of study.
Mother
Goose Rebus Rhymes - Rebus Rhymes is designed for children
who are learning how to read. Preschoolers and Kindergartners
enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favorite
nursery rhymes.
Spell
Check - Four words are given, one is incorrect, students
need to select the incorrect word and type in the correct
spelling
eBooks
Author Studies & Novel Studies
Favorite Authors - links to various author web sites
Charlotte's Web - an animated interactive site promoting the movie. Submit fanfiction to this site.
Character Sites from Random House - Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree house and many more!
Writing
Cartoon
Factory - a great writing starter from National Geographic
- add the speech to the bubbles, print and then let the
story writing begin!
ePALS Classroom Exchange- Provide students with an authentic audience for their writing through online epals. The site also includes a searchable database of other schools looking for e-pals and grade-level projects in which you and your class can participate.
International Kids' Space - Younger students can submit drawings and writing to this neat site.
Inspired Writing - use Inspiration Software in the classroom to support the many stages of your writing program
KIdsWWwrite - accepts story and poem submissions (up to 1,000 words) from students up to 15 years old. The Web site takes care to protect the privacy of students and allows writers copyright ownership.
Canadian Culture eCards - promote writing with a Canadian focus
Nature eCards - promote writing with a nature focus
Aboriginal Resources
Various Language resources for the different dialects: Woodland Cree, Swampy Cree, Plains Cree and Dene. Example - learn the cree words for colours as spoken in Cree. Also in this resource:
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Interactive Sites - Math
Interactive Sites - Science
| Science Resources - Created by Saskatoon Public teachers, these resources are organized by grade level for each of the curriculum units. |
General Resources
National Geographic for Kids - activities, games, cartoon factory and more
Kinderweb
Space
PlanetPals -
reading level at Grade 3- 5 level - various resources
NASA Kids - log
on for student activities and teacher resources
Solar System - created by a grade 2 class - read their riddles, play word games, go on a treasure hunt, or take the solar system quiz
How Old Would You Be on Another Planet? - An interesting site to add to your space or math unit. Days and years on other planets are very different. Some planets have very long days or years, and some are very short. Type in your birthday and click on a planet. Then you will see how old you would be if you had been born there!
Animal Life and Nature
Naturescapes - resources differentiated by reading level and compexity on living things, living spaces, and living together
Animaland - an interactive site for young people with information on animals, pet care, careers with animals, and interactive animal games
Learn About Animal Habitats - various activities to demonstrate, practice, extend and test
Creature Features - from National Geographic. Images and video clips on animals and their habitats
eNature - an excellent resource on North American plants and animals, photographs, audio links and web cams
Design a Habitat - an interactive resource from the Smithsonian Institute
Kratt's Creatures - great site for students Grades 1 - 5 with information and trivia on animals around the world as well as interactive activities
Animal Pictures Archives - a resource of over 20,000 animal photographs and images as well as animal sounds, movies and clip art
Animal Planet - has links to related Discovery Channel shows, animal sites and interactive activities.
Jeff Corwin Experience - from Animal Planet - interactive game featuring animal facts from around the world
Cycles of Life - explore the life cycles of caterpillars and more
Yuckiest
Site on the Net - for independent readers this site
is loved by kids - recipes, experiments and activities
Penguins
Around the World - photos, habitats, resources, quizes
and activity ideas on penguins
Welcome
to Frogland! - your students will have plenty of fun
discovering frogs
Kid's
Farm
Kid's Planet -
interactive activities to learn about animals and our world
Just for
Kids - Join Professor Parrot and learn about nature
and the importance of creating safe places for nature.
E-Patrol -
learn about endangered animals and about ways to help save
the earth
The Adventures
of Herman the Worm - information, pictures and movie
clips to learn about worms
Bats Bats Everywhere! -
Welcome to this special website about bats, designed for
all children, and created with the hope you will like,
respect and help protect these endangered species.
Bee images
Bees for Kids - poetry, trivia, about bee keepers and bee stories.
Seasons
Why
do Leaves Change Color?
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Interactive Sites -
Social
Geography Resources
National
Geographic for Kids - great resource with creature features,
amazing facts and much more.
Google Maps - use standard or satellite imaging to visit the world!
Google Earth - You can also download the more advanced program for satellite imagery.
Culture and its Meaning – intended for primary years students interested in learning about Aboriginal culture in Alberta and across Canada. Click on Grade 1 or 2 in the top right corner. Main Index
ePALS Classroom Exchange - Provide students with an authentic connection as they learn about their world through online epals. The site also includes a searchable database of other schools looking for e-pals and grade-level projects in which you and your class can participate.
Learning About Others
Houses Around the World - Text needs to be read by teacher but accompanying images are helpful
Aboriginal Resources
Various Language resources for the different dialects: Woodland Cree, Swampy Cree, Plains Cree and Dene. Example - learn the cree words for colours as spoken in Cree. Also in this resource:
What Can You Make from a Buffalo? - interactive
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Interactive Sites - Arts Education
Theme and Seasonal Resources
| Theme Resources
A to Z Teacher
Stuff Themes - These themes feature quality links to thematic
units & lesson plans, resource pages, book activities, books,
and professional resources organized by theme.
Geocities:
Enchanted Forest - A wealth of sites for many themes
and subject areas.
Little
Explorers - makes surfing the Internet very easy. A
picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of
carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world.
Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf
with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite
adult. Older kids can use Little Explorers as a school
reference.
Theme
Resources at Kid's Domain - interactive activities,
teaching ideas and holiday icons, clip art, and more.
Arctic
Theme Page
Fall
Pumpkins
and Hallowe'en - A current site with many links for
Hallowe'en activities.
Christmas
Claus.com - The merriest place
in Cyberspace! Choose your very own Elf Buddy.
Play games in Elf School. Print your Honorary
Elf Diploma. Sing along with new original Christmas
songs. Try funny holiday recipes. Visit the
amazing Toy Workshop. Send E-mail to Santa
Claus. Follow Santa Claus in his sleigh on
Christmas Eve. See how many cookies Santa Claus
eats on his trip.
Hooray
for Elfie
December
Holidays - Numerous links to check out
for your December units of study!
Santa Claus and Christmas at the North Pole
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Santa-at-Home
Santa
Claus Live! Click
on the flag on the fence post to select the
English version. Games, history and even
a web cam!
Christmas Trivia
Spring
Earth
Day -activities and resources
E-Patrol -
learn about ways to help conserve energy, endangered
animals and other aspects of our environment
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Interactive Sites for Health
Dole
5 a Day - Bobby Banana and his pals encourage you to
eat at least five servings a day of fruits and vegetables.
Play games, learn stuff or just hang out!
Nutrition
Cafe - learn about nutrition through games such as
the meal-planning Have a Bite Cafe, the trivia challenge
Grab a Grape, and Nutrition Sleuth, a find-the-missing-
nutrient game.
School
Menu.com - Children will have fun learning about proper
nutrition while visiting this site.
Bones
Exhibit - click on "Bones - An Exhibit Inside You" and find several wonderful
interactive games
Nervous
System - drag and drop story board game to learn how
the nervous system works
Sesame
Street Senses - find our how our bodies work with the five
senses
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