White's Weekly

 

Reading/Language Arts

Spelling City (gr K-5)
http://www.spellingcity.com/index.php

Between the Lions – from PBS Kids (gr K-2)
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

Kids’ Lab – main idea (gr 1-3)
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/mainideaprac.htm

The Journalist’s Desk – main idea (gr 3-5)
http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/langarts/langarts_lessons/langles3/journald.html

Internet 4 Classrooms – Grade Level Skills Activities (gr K-5)
http://internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm

Starfall (gr K-1)
http://www.starfall.com

Word Build & Bank (gr K-3)
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/index.html

Word Family Sort (gr K-3)
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/

Spin to Win: Making New Words with Prefixes and Suffixes (gr 3-5)
http://www.e-gfl.org/e-gfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/other/spark/spinwin/spinwin.html

Verb Power from Harcourt School (gr 3-5)
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html

Letter of the Day from Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster (gr preK – K)
http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/i.html

Arcademic Skill Builders (gr 2-5)
(Word Frog: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms)
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/wiilist.htm

Rhyming Words from Sesame Street’s Elmo’s World (gr preK-1)
http://pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/index.html

Phonics and Word Study (gr preK-5)
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm

Letters, Numbers, Shapes – from KinderWeb (gr preK-K)
http://bright-productions.com/kinderweb/index.html

Rhyming Words – from Little Animals Activity Centre (gr K-2)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg3.shtml

Power Proofreading – from Houghton Mifflin English (gr 1-5)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

Writing Prompts – from Houghton Mifflin English (gr 1-5)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/brightideas/index.html

Dolch Sight Words
http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm

GameGoo (PreK-1)
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
(most games)

Literacy Center (PreK-K)
http://literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#

Compound Words (gr 1-2)
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=compound%20words

Science

 

BBC Science Activities (gr 2-5)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science

Internet 4 Classrooms – Grade Level Skills Practice (gr K-5)
http://internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm

Simple Machines (gr 2-5)
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm

Arty the Astronaut
http://www.artyastro.com/artyastro.htm

ByteSize Science (gr 2-5): podcasts
http://feeds.feedburner.com/bytesizescience

Solids and Liquids (K-2)
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html

Science Fair Central (from Discovery School)
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

Science Fair Project Ideas (from Science Buddies)
http://www.sciencebuddies.com/

Science Fair Central
http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/sciencefair/sciencefair.html

Science Fair Resources
http://www.scifair.org/

Math

• Arcademic Skill Builders – Addition / Subtraction / Multiplication (gr 1-5)
  http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/wiilist.htm
  
• BBC Math (gr 2-5)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number.shtml
  
• Batter’s Up – Addition & Multiplication (gr 1-5)
  (Scroll up so the advertisement doesn’t show during game play)
  http://www.prongo.com/math/
  
• Fact Dash (gr 1-5)
  http://www.mhschool.com/math/2003/student/factdash/popup.html
  
• Multiplication Games – lots of good ones! (gr 2-5)
  http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
  
• Odd or Even / Multiplication / Sorting by Two Attributes (gr 1-5)
  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf
  
• Multiplication Games (gr 2-5)
  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsmulti.html
  
• Times Table Practice: a whole class, beat-the-clock activity (gr 2-5)
  http://www.deltamicro.co.uk/primary_online/tablechant.html
  

TELLING TIME:

• Clockwise (gr K-4)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/clock/index.htm
  
• Classroom Clock: good for teaching elapsed time (gr 1-5)
  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/ClassClock/clockres.html
  

MONEY:

• Counting Coins (gr 2-5)
  http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569&engine
  
• Counting Coins (gr 2-5)
  http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569&engine
  
• Money: counting (gr K-2)
  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/counting_money/
  
• Money: counting and comparing (gr 1-3)
  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/lets_compare/
  

FRACTIONS:

• Fractions: color in a fraction / name the fraction (gr 1-3)
  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bowling_for_fractions/
  
• Fractions and Percentages – comparing / equivalence (gr 3-5)
  http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/percent/percent.swf
  
• Making Smoothies (gr 5)
  http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/html/object_interactives/fractions/use_it.html

ODD AND EVEN:

• Odd or Even / Multiplication / Sorting by Two Attributes (gr 1-5)
  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf
  
• Odd or Even? (gr 1-2)
  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=npmenu

SORTING BY ATTRIBUTE:

• Sorting Shapes (PreK – K)
  http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/mathematics/12884/nns_useict0260002venn.swf
  http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/mathematics/12874/nns_useict026000carroll.swf
  
• Odd or Even / Multiplication / Sorting by Two Attributes (gr 1-5)
  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf
  

PROBABILITY:

• Handling Data – Probability (gr 4-5)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/probability.shtml
  
• Dice / Spinners – to teach probability (gr 1-5)
  http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ExpProbability/
  
• Dice: input your own numbers – can be used to teach probability (gr 1-5)
  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=worddice
• Spinning Spinners
  http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/spinners.html
  
• Heads or Tails
  http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/coins.html
  

GRID COORDINATES:

• Billy Bug and His Quest for Grub (gr 1-3)
  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html
  
• Hidden Craft (gr 1-3)
  http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/ss3/playground.htm” title=”Hidden Craft
  
• Follow a Path (gr 1-2)
  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/follow_a_path
  
• Catch the Fly (gr 4-5)
  http://www.hanssoft.com/html/games/ctf/ctf_hans.swf

GREATER THAN, LESS THAN:

• Greater Than / Less Than (gr 1-4)
  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ncmenu

PLACE VALUE:

• Place Value Practice (gr K-5)
  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/PlaceValueChartv4.swf
  

ORDERING NUMBERS:

• Number Track – Ordering Numbers to 20 (gr K-1)
  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ntrack

STORY PROBLEMS:

• Story Problems (gr 1-5)
  http://www.kidzone.ws/math/wordproblems.htm

INTERPRETING DATA – TABLES AND CHARTS:

• Grapher (gr 1-5)
  http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html
• Handling Data – Reading / Constructing Tables & Charts (gr 1-5)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/interpretingdata.shtml
  

Websites with skills in multiplce subject areas:

Houghton Mifflin Eduplace: eManipulatives & eGames (gr K-5)
http://eduplace.com/kids/mw/

Houghton Mifflin Mathematics (gr K-5)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/index.html

Internet 4 Classrooms – Grade Level Skills Practice (gr K-5)
http://internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm

Interactive Math Games – from Oswego (gr K-5)
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/techno/games.htm

Math Playground (gr 3-5)
http://mathplayground.com/

Math Worksheet Wizard (gr K-5)
http://www.mathworksheetwizard.com/

Social Studies

Tennessee – LOTS of great info here!
http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/cat_index_49.shtml

Tennessee State Geography
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/Facts/Tennessee.htm

Tennessee’s Landforms
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landforms/

Tennessee Geography
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/tn_geography.htm

Tennessee Facts
http://www.50states.com/tennesse.htm

Black History Biographies
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/

Black Scientists and Inventors
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (podcast series)
http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/17687/the-rise-and-fall-of-jim-crow–pbs/recent

Notable African-Americans
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/afroambios.html

All About the United States – lots of map skills here! (gr 3-5)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Map Test (gr 3-5)
http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

FactFinder Kids’ Corner (from the U.S. Census Bureau)
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/funfacts.html