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Ideas
from Local Teachers:
Artsy
Tall Tales...
When
Becky Jarvis is teaching about tall tales, it's fun to visit her
classroom at Ophir
School in Oroville. Her walls are decorated with colorful tall
tale characters that her students have created from adding machine
tape and construction paper. Her students write their tall tales
on the long strips of machine tape. Then they glue on their tall
tale character's head at the top and appropriately matching shoes or
feet at the bottom. You can tell that Mrs. Jarvis'
5th-graders really like this activity because many of their tall tale
characters are very, very, very tall! Thanks to Becky Jarvis and
her class for sharing this great idea!
If you have a
favorite teaching activity/lesson that you would like to share with
us, I would enjoy posting it to this site. More and more
teachers and parents are discovering this site, so the more
tried-and-true lessons, the better! Just e-mail
your ideas, and I'll
post them as soon as possible.
Thanks, and have
fun making more and more discoveries on the World Wide Web!
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Gallery of Graphs:
Inform and impress
your classroom visitors with an array of schoolwide statistics
presented through student-made graphs. Brainstorm with students
to decide on topics. Categories might include: class
enrollments; library circulation data (most-used books by subject, for
example); percentage of school day spent on various subjects at the
different grade levels; number of participants in specific sports;
costs of such items as textbooks, art supplies, etc.
Have students collect
the data and construct the graphs. Younger students might do
picture graphs; older students, line or pie graphs.--Thanks to Mary E.
Gerth, Ormond Beach Fla.
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School
Newscast...
Choose a few students
to film a newscast for the week's news at school. Have them pick
important events that are taking place that week and work as a news
team to present the news on videotape. Each student should
create a short speech about his/her topic (school events, sports,
weather...) One of the reporters can also serve as director,
while another student can be the camera-person. The total
newscast should be less than 10 minutes long and can be shown to the
class and/or other classes on Friday. (Five to six students make
an ideal news team. It takes about 20-30 minutes on Monday
through Wednesday to write and practice their newscast.
Then allow 30 minutes for filming on Thursday.) As the weeks go
by, you will notice a definite evolution in the quality of reports and
filming. Also, the personalities of the different teams really
start shining through! (Note: These news teams work exceptionally well
with a parent supervisor. However, some 5th-6th grade teams can
do most of the work, practice and newscast on their own.)
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a Geologist Scientists
from all over the US answer your questions about the earth.
Maintained by US Geological Survey scientists.
Ask
Dr. Universe Dr. Universe
answers your questions...plus has a web site full of interesting
science facts and features.
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations Do
you need the perfect quote for your report? Click here!
Barry
R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation ~Tigers in Durham! Click
here to see all the fantastic big cats at Kirshner's wildlife reserve
in Durham.
Berit's
Best Sites for Children
This is a directory of safe, recommended
Web sites for children up to age 12. Each selected site has been
carefully reviewed and given a rating out of 5.
Cool
Math: An Amusement Park of Mathematics
The greatest math web site ever!
Really! Have fun with basic arithmetic or advanced calculus.
Puzzles, games, fractals, contests, and LOTS more!
Cricket
Magazine Super
online magazine for kids!
CyberKids
Games, art, chiller stories,
contests, Kidzeen...lots of exciting info!
Dig,
Disney's Internet Guide Dig
This! lists top sites recommended by Disney's editors. Check back
often for new picks, links, and descriptions. Happy surfing!
Encarta
Online Encyclopedia
Endangered
Species Online
coloring book. Just click on the full page picture, print it out
and start coloring! Bald eagle, grizzly, panther, tortoise,
manatee, and many others...
FunBrain.Com
Play games:
Math Baseball;
Grammar Gorilla: Where Is That, etc. Test yourself. Make a
quiz. Take a quiz
Gifted
Resources Home Page This page is intended to
be a convenient starting point for gifted students, their parents and
educators to access Gifted Resources, whether on the internet or
otherwise.
Homework
Help: All Subjects Use this homework help
page for all of your classes...from pilgrims to presidents, grammar to
Shakespeare, addition to calculus. They've got it all!
Just
4 Kids Sponsored by
the California Dept. of Fish and Game, this site has lots of great
links to sites about endangered species, facts about California and
its ecology, a wildlife gallery and much more.
Kids
on Campus
Kids
Web Lots of links to cool sites
for kids who want to learn, learn, learn! Links to information
that is understandable and interesting to schoolkids.
Mad
Scientist Network Ok, Kids, here it is!
Science with a sense of humor! If you like science, and you have
a sense of humor, you're going to love this site!
National
Geographic Amazing
Facts; Pen Pal Network, Cartoon Factory!
National
Wildlife Federation Kids Page
Mad-libs, riddles, mix and match games...all about wildlife.
National
Zoo Lots of great
exhibits about animals at the zoo. Also, take a look at a live
video camera at the zoo! Fun!
Neuroscience
for Kids Created for
all students and teachers who would like to learn more about the
nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to
learning more about the brain and spinal cord. These experiences
are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in your head...your BRAIN!!
No
Sweat.Com Homework
Central! Online help for all ages and subjects. Great
activities for learning basic and advanced math, reading and language
skills.
Poetry
Super-cool site! Click and
drag words to make your own poems. Then you can
submit them for publishing online.
Ranger
Rick The #1
nature magazine for kids!
Scholastic
Cool games, activities, and
more! Star Wars: The Ultimate Reading Adventure!
Scientific
American: Ask the Experts Just
write in your question about anything in the fields of astronomy,
biology, chemistry, computers, environment, geology, mathematics,
medicine, or physics, and an expert will answer your question!
- Sesame
Street Alphabet Coloring Page For
tots! Print out a favorite Sesame Street character for your
little brother or sister. They'll think you're great!
StarChild
Fantastic site for young
astronomers! All about the solar system and the universe...from
the people who know... at NASA. Great links to other sites, such
as The
Best of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Time
for Kids All kinds of
great news stories written at different reading levels. Would you
believe a 3.7 ton burrito made the news?
U.S.
Census Bureau Want to
know the U.S. population? It's updated every 5 minutes! Also,
get the very latest facts for your State Reports here.
US
Geological Survey Learning Web Explore
things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as plants and
animals, land, water, and maps.
Volcano
World All you
ever wanted to know about volcanoes! Fascinating!
Welcome
to the Alphabet Superhighway Learn to be a
good searcher! This is your home for help on searching the
Alphabet Superhighway and the entire World Wide Web for information.
Wild
Ones Learn about
endangered animals from around the world.
WonderKorner
Don't miss this
site! Lots of games, fun activities as well as links to other
great sites.
Family-Friendly
Links...
World-Wide
Earthquake Locator
Yahooligans
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A+
Math Create and print
practice problem sheets for your child or student. Great
for students, too: interactive games, flashcard printouts, and more.
Blue
Web'N is
a searchable database of outstanding Internet learning sites
categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities,
projects, resources, references, & tools).
The
Children's Literature Web Guide Internet
resources related to books for Children and Young Adults
Classroom
Connect G.R.A.D.E.S.
is our hand-picked selection of quality education-related Internet
sites.
Discovery
Channel School Online Lesson
Plans, Web Links, School Store...Great search tools available!
Ed's
Oasis To
help teachers know where to go on the Internet by providing links to
high-quality, curriculum-aligned, standards-supporting,
student-centered web sites: The
Treasure Zone
Education
World: Where educators go to
learn... Worldwide School Sites... Cool Schools... Database of 110,000
sites.
Educational
Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Need to know the latest information on special education, curriculum
development or other education topics? Just AskERIC!
Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
Explore this site for the best selection of K-12
mathematics and science resources on the Internet!
Family
Education Network This
site is crammed with uptodate information for parents, teachers and
students. Vote on many current education issues. Home of
Funbrain.Com
and QuizLab:
Assessment made easy... Ready-made quizzes; create a new quiz; print
quizzes... Super site for parents and teachers!
Franklin
Institute Organized lists of resources
on the Internet that science educators, as well as science
enthusiasts, may find useful. To make the list, a resource needs to
stimulate creative thinking and learning about science.
Helping
Your Child Learn History Lesson
plans to help your students/children learn about time and historical
relationships.
Helping
Your Child Learn To Read Enjoyment
is essential in the process of helping your child become a reader. All
of the activities at this site are written with this thought in mind.
LD
Online Interactive
guide about learning disabilities... for parents, teachers and
students. Lots of great information and activities!
Library
of Congress A comprehensive record of
American history and creativity; a universal
collection of human knowledge
National
Informational Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHCY is the national information and referral center
that provides information on disabilities and disability-related
issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Their special
focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).
National
Parent Information Network The purpose of
NPIN is to provide information to parents and those who work with
parents and to foster the exchange of parenting materials.
Net-Mom
See Net-Mom's Nice Sites: Best of the Web for Kids for
1999...the results of her checking out over 4,500 kid sites.
Super effort and great job!
Parents
and Educators Resource Center Schwab
Foundation for Learning offers a wide range of services for parents
and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve
the lives of students with learning differences.
Parent
Soup Education Central Goal:
"Let's work together to find the key to everything our kids can
be!"
Public
Broadcasting Service TeacherSource:
activities for every subject and grade. "TV for
Teachers!"
S.C.O.R.E
~Schools of California Online Resources for Education: links to
quality Internet resources and teacher-developed lessons.
Smithsonian
Education on the Web Step-by-step
instructions for interviews, simulations, role plays, and experiments
that involve students in active learning.
Special
Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) A
collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to
those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This
collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources
more easily and readily available in one location.
Teachers
Helping Teachers Popular
site! Lesson plans in every area of the curriculum.
Tools
for Teachers Online Smart
ideas for busy teachers! Lesson plans, teacher to teacher talk,
Thematic
Unit Archive Contains educational lessons
archived for all grade levels and subject areas.
U.S
Children's Book Awards Would
you like current lists of a multitude of honor books, such as
Newberry Medal Awards, Caldecott Medal Awards, Coretta Scott King
Awards? This is the site for you!!
WonderKorner
Don't miss this site! Lots
of games, fun activities as well as links to other great sites.
Family-Friendly
Links... I liked this site so much
that I put it in both columns!
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Wheatland School District
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