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Reading

Math

Finding the Moon

Patricia Polacco

Dr. Seuss

Black History Month



The Pig by Roald Dahl

ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS

Destiny Online Library Catalog:find out what ISD has in the media center.

GPS Research Tools: PASSWORD: research

Lonely Planet: This site has excellent maps . Click on the continent or search by keyword. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

World Atlas.com: Maps from all over the world. Printable maps. http://www.worldatlas.com/

Country Reports:Information on countries of the world USER NAME: isdlab PASSWORD: isdib http://www.countryreports.org/

Connecticut Digital Library: Magazine articles, newspapers and many other free resources. Use your library card no. or connect directly from ISD. http://www.iconn.org

READING SKILLS


Game Goo Choose from a number of games such as opposites, adjectives, putting words in order, etc. http://www.gaillovely.com/gamegoo.jpg

Gawain's Word Blender: From PBS Help a great knight to make excellent words.http://www.gaillovely.com/gamegoo.jpg

The Little Animals Activity Center: End, First Sounds and Rhymes from PBS UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml

FuzzyLions' Ears: Betweeen the Lions (PBS): Help Liona label the pictures. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html

Potato Detective:Between the Lions (PBS). Correct Sam's spelling mistakes http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/lions/spud.pl/g_duck

Matching Games: Between the Lions (PBS). Rhymes, synonims, short vowels, initial letters. http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/games/matching.html

Stories: Between the Lions (PBS) Stories to read and follow up games. http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html

Kiz Club: Stories to hear and read along. http://www.kizclub.com/Sbody.html

Wonderblender: From PBS Help Wonderblender mix sounds to make words. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/game.shtml

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MATH SKILLS

Count By Fives and Tens: From Drew's Animals. Practice counting to 100
http://www.drewsanimals.com/

To count by 1's,2's, 5's and 10's http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/dot2dot/samp.html

Everyday Mathematics: This page has games for the whole family and excellent links. http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/students/index.shtml

Illuminations from the NCTM. This interactive site is aligned with the School Standardsfor Mathematics from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Choose interactive games by clicking on the options on the left hand menu. http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter4/index.htm

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics:
Award-winning site from Utah State University. this project began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis) http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Tell Time: From Teaching Time Software http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec1.html

Math Flash Card - Grades 1 - 6: Students can practice mental math involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using numbers from 0 to 100 with this interactive flashcard activity. Enter a name, choose a math function and difficulty level, then start the game. Students can play independently or against a classmate - the site keeps track of accuracy and speed!
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/flash-cards.html

Practice your math minutes with this site created by a teacher. http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/MadMath/mmm.htm

Odds and Evens: Can you recognize them? http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/mathart/info.html

AAAmath: This site offers hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills with Interactive Practice on every page.
An Explanation of the math topic on each page and several Challenge Games on every page. http://www.aaamath.com/

 

Coolmath: A kid's favorite, make sure to go to the Kids page. Try the brainteasers! http://www.coolmath.com/

 

This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Grade levels are specified on the top navigation bar. Try the Games link. http://www.aplusmath.com/

AAAmath: This site offers hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills with Interactive Practice on every page. http://www.aaamath.com/

Primary Resources in Math U.K.: This site is organized by concept. After picking a concept, look in the bottom of the page for the key to the symbols in order to choose an activity at the correct level for your student.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/

Online Sites for Home and School: http://www.everydaymath.org/trial.htm

Everyday Math Resources from Center School District http://www.center.k12.mo.us/Edtech/everydaymath.htm

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Black History Month


Harriet Tubman: The students in Mrs. Taverna's second grade class at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York have been learning about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.They have created this excellent site to share what they have learned. http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html

Children of East Africa: A Teacher Connection Project. Learn about children in East Africa today.http://www.ccph.com/coea/

Africa: From Zoom School and Enchanted Learning, a child friendly site. http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/Africa/

 

Patricia Polacco


Patricia Polacco:Try this great site and, for every story that Patricia has writen, you can do a puzzle, print coloring pages, download a poster or bookmark, read about the story, and look closely at the artwork. http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

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Finding the Moon


Space Day:

What is Space Day? Since its launch in 1997, the Space Day educational initiative, which takes place on the first Thursday of each May, has evolved into a massive grassroots effort dedicated to the extraordinary achievements, benefits and opportunities in the exploration and use of space. The ultimate goal is to promote math, science, technology and engineering education by nurturing young peoples' enthusiasm for the wonders of the universe and inspiring them to continue the stellar work of today's space explorers.
http://www.spaceday.org

Earth and Moon Viewer: This site allows you to view images of the Earth and Moon.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

NASA Kids: Where you can go to find out kid-friendly information about NASA. Lot's of games and activities.
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov

The Old Farmer's Almanac: Click here to access various information about the Moon such as rise & set times, pictures, dates, etc.
http://www.almanac.com

The Nine Planets: The Moon: This site provides general information about the Moon.
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/luna.html

U.S. Naval Observatory: Timetables and images of the Moon.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data

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Dr. Seuss


Welcome to Seussville! A comprehensive site featuring games, a biography, events and
much more!
http://www.seussville.com

Games Lots of fun online and printable games.
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games

Seussentennial Celebrate Dr. Seuss' 100th Birthday!
http://www.seussville.com/seussville/seussentennial

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