Character
Web Sites
because
Character Counts at Westwood!
Help
these Veggie Tale Characters make good choices. The books are interactive. You
decide what the character does.
http://www.bigideafun.com/veggietales/stories/jr_adventure/info.htm
Do
you know yourself? What are good character choices? Take this "Think
Quest" to find out?
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001675F/
What
is Character Education? Read about the traits of good character.
http://charactered.net/main/traits.asp
Take
this Quest for RESPECT with the Grouchy Ladybug Web Quest
http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfrey/webqsfrey.html
This
Web Quest builds your Citizenship.
http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfreymeier/webqsfreymeier.html
Character
Counts. Take this Web quest on good character traits.
http://www.rvschools.org/lhoffman/CharacterEdWebquest/Character%20Education.htm
Whootie
has classic stories that help to build character.
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/
Listen
to "A Tale for All Seasons". This is a story about peace and
forgiveness.
http://www.peacetales.org/listen.html
Computer
& Keyboarding Links
The
URL abcya.com is a great keyboarding site. Click on your grade level to start
the fun!
http://www.abcya.com/index.htm
Here
are several keyboarding activities online.
http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/mce/keyboarding/keyboarding.htm
This
site has some keyboarding activities. It is also a fun way to look at other
things that are happening technology.
http://growing.course.com/
Mr.
Kent's Typing Tutor has some neat online quizzes for you to try.
http://www.mrkent.com/kb/keyboard.htm
What
time is it? It's typing time! If you like High School Musical, you will love
this site. Improve your keyboarding skills by dancing with the stars of High
School Musical!
http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/originalmovies/highschoolmusical2/ncds/index.html
Check
out these cool Internet activities.
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm
What
is inside of a computer? Click and learn to find out.
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
Learn
to be safe on the Internet by visiting Surf Swell Island
http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html
Check
out Dance Mat Typing. I love this site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
A
U.S. standard keyboard is also known as Qwerty keyboard. Why is the keyboard
called QWERTY? Look at your keyboard. The first 6 letters in the top row are
Q-W-E-R-T-Y.
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty.html
Practice
your keyboarding skills with this power typing exercise.
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html
Test
you skills with this power typing game.
http://www.powertyping.com/trees.shtml
How
good are you at Keyboarding? Can you beat the Power Typing barracuda? Check it
out!
http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm
It's
not over yet! Another Power Typing Game! Foggies typing game-a free typing game
to learn and practice typing on a computer keyboard.
http://www.powertyping.com/fog/foggies.html
Learn
to type with Alphabetic Rain typing game. It is a part of Power-Typing, an
online learn-to-type tutorial that focuses on learning typing with the rhythm
of music.
http://www.powertyping.com/rain.shtml
Find
out your wpm (words per minute) by taking this Power Typing tests. You can
check out the other tests too!
http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml
Holiday
Fun Links
Try
out this fun word search.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/word-finds/christmas-fun-wordsearch.html
Visit
the North Pole. Find out if you are Naughty or Nice. Have some Q & A with
Santa Claus.
http://www.northpole.com/Overview/Kid.html
Check
out the cool Martin Luther King Links!
http://holidays.kaboose.com/martin-luther-king-jr-day.html
Visit
this link for some fun Christmas activities.
http://www.claus.com
Christmas
stories to read online
http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/chr/stories.html
Check
this out for Christmas fun!
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/christmas/index.html
Build
your own virtual snowman.
http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/online/virtual_snowman/
Have
some fun with Christmas Concentration.
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/ChristmasConcentrationGame.htm
Make
a Christmas Mad Lib starring YOU!
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/CreateASillyChristmasStory.htm
It's
almost Christmas. It's time to decorate our tree!
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/christmas/decorate-a-tree/
Try
these Christmas jigsaw puzzles.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/christmas/jigsaw-puzzles/
Interactive
Links
Animal
Switcheroos
http://www.harperchildrens.com/games/switch/animals/
Crayola
Kids
http://crayola.com/kids/
Sesame
Workshop
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/
Idea
Box
http://www.theideabox.com
This
is the Girl Scout's Official Web Site. Check it out.
http://www.gogirlsonly.org/
Preschool
Learning
http://www.meddybemps.com/
Kiddles,
a fun kid site
http://www.kididdles.com/index.html
Up
to Ten
http://www.uptoten.com
Build
a Bear. Cool Site.
http://www.buildabearville.com/
Great
Math Site for third grade on up!
http://www.kidinfo.com/mathematics/mathematics.html
This
site is just for fun!
http://www.candystand.com/
Create
your own monster here. DO NOT USE your real name or information when filling
out your monster ID card.
http://www.moshimonsters.com/
Language
Art Links
Animated
Picture Book-Opposites
http://www.liveandlearn.com/bigsml.html
Arthur:
The World's most famous Aardvark
http://www.pbs.org/arthur/
Author-Jan
Brett
http://www.janbrett.com
Bernstein
Bears
http://www.berenstainbears.com/
Children's
Storybooks Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Curious
George
http://www.georgeworld.com
Eric
Carle website-the official one!
http://www.eric-carle.com
Grandpa
Tucker's Rhymes and Tales
http://grandpatucker.com/
The
Internet Library site has a cool kid section.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Kids
Corner
http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm
Check
out this cool interactive reading web site.
http://www.starfall.com/
Check
out these cool online stories. Movie stars read them to us.
http://www.storylineonline.net/
Check
out these cool reading activities!
http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/
Math
Links
A+
Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Check
out this web site. Click on your grade level. Find your topic and go!
http://www.aaamath.com/
Count
the Bunnies
http://www.magickeys.com/books/count/index.html
Math
Forum
http://mathforum.org/students/elem
Math
Surf
http://www.mathsurf.com/
Practice
Math Facts
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3797/bppracticefacts.html?tqakip=1
Cool
Cats Love Math
http://www.mathcats.com
Do you love money?
Check out this site to learn about coins.
http://www.usmint.gov/kids
Create a graph or
chart online. Then, print it out. Cool.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/
Cool Link. Defines
geometry terms and gives examples. Appropriate for Third grade on up.
http://www.mcwdn.org/Geometry/GeoFrame.html
Highline Math. A fun
math enrichment program for kids in grades 5-7, this is a good site for our
students in 3rd grade who are advanced in math.
http://home.blarg.net/~math/index.html
Sam the Chameleon
introduces kids to coordinate planes. Cool!
http://mathforum.org/cgraph/cplane/
Explore these math
manipulatives on line! Click on your grade level and topic and go!
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Here are some fun
math problems for your entire family to work on. Have fun!
http://www.figurethis.org/
Math
Night Links
http://www.mathplayground.com
Math
Night Links
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com
Math
Night Links
http://www.meganova.com/megakids/flash.htm
Math
Night Links
http://www.coolmath4kids.com
Math
Night Links
http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html
Check
out Rainforest math.
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
Practice
your Multiplication tables by downloading the game TimezAttack. It is FREE!
http://www.bigbrainz.com/Download.html
Mrs.
Poole found this fun math URL.
http://www.playtolearn.com/
Check
out these Houghton Mifflin eGames for First Grade. They go along with the
concepts in our
Math
textbook.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmtxm/egames/ega_1.html
Check
out these Houghton Mifflin eGames for Second Grade. They go along with the
concepts in our math textbook.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmtxm/egames/ega_2.html
Check
out these Houghton Mifflin eGames for Third Grade. They go along with the concepts
in our math textbook.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmtxm/egames/ega_3.html
Learn
how to count your change. This game is a fun way to learn the difference
between a penny, nickel, dime and a quarter!
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/counting/money.html
Practice
counting your change!
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money/
What
time is it? This game is for students who are new to telling time.
http://www.primarygames.com/time/start.htm
Here
is some more practice with telling time.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/clocks.html
Test
your knowledge of telling time with this online time quiz.
http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/hour_quiz.html
You
can practice telling time with the Cyberbee.
http://www.cyberbee.com/games/timeteacher.html
Teacher/Parent
Links
Science
teachers, check this out for activities, lesson plans and resources for your
classroom.
http://www.Teachervision.com/tv/lounge/newsletter/science/index.html?s5
Jungle
Mate-use this to save your Bookmarked sites to the web
http://www.junglemate.com
Technology
Applications for Educator Development
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/
This
is a cool site. The DOLCH Word list link lets you print out word cards for your
child/student to study.
I
like the "month" links. There are cool activities for each month.
http://www.theschoolbell.com/
Do
you needs some great photographs for projects?
Check
out this site.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
Check
out this site for teacher/student support for online lessons.
http://hprtec.org/
Check
out these web quests!
http://www.webquest.org/
Check
out the Kiddy House for some great "thematic" lessons and ideas. I
love the holiday section!
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/
Great
resource for online lessons and teaching ideas
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Homework
help site
http://www.askforkids.com/
Reading
Links
The
organizations below provide reading list and other reading suggestions for
young readers.
American
Library Association
http://www.ala.org
International
Reading Association
http://www.reading.org
Houston
Public Library
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/
Reading
is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org
U.S.
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads
Friendswood
Public Library
http://www.friendswood.lib.tx.us/
Science
Links
Check
out these science activities
http://www.kidport.com
Rocks
& Minerals. Find out cool facts here.
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html
Star
Child: A Learning Center for young Astronomers!
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Explore
this collection of online and offline activities for health, biology, and life
sciences.
http://pbskids.org/backyardjungle/
Social
Studies Links
This
site is useful for studying the states from a historical perspective.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
This
site is a collection of data on the states.
http://www.50states.com/
This
site has the current United States population count on the main page with a
date and a time stamp.
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
This
is a great site! Learn about the U.S.A.!
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
This
is another great site.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Click
here to find out some quick facts about our Presidents of the United States.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Are
you interested in current events? Check out this cool site. It's Time for Kids!
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Watch
how our Nation began its growth.
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
What
happened today in history? Click here to find out!
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
Search
Engines for Kids
Surfing
the web is a great way to find information. Kids, never get on the Internet
without an adult being with you. Have fun searching
Do
you need to do some research? Use nettrekker. It's safe and fun.
The
user name is fisdww. The password is student.
http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/
Kid
Safe Search Engines
http://www.safekids.com/search.htm
Yahoo
for Yahooligans!
http://www.yahooligans.com
Googles!
Cool Site!
http://www.google.com
Ivy's
Search Engine Resources
http://ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html