Teacher support sites:

(On-line dictionary with English experiments, a daily buzz word, a coding chamber where you can encode or decode a message, a verse composer, and you can even build your own dictionary.)

http://www.wordcentral.com/

Alpha Dictionary Dr. Goodword

(Improve your vocabulary by playing games, doing puzzles and more!)

http://www.alphadictionary.com/ww/

Funbrain Spelling

( words to choose from and asks the student to select the one that has been misspelled, and retype it with its proper spelling)

http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html

Education Place – Graphic Organizers

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

Power Proofreading

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

Wacky Web Tales – practice parts of speech

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Spelling Match

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/index.html

A ton of Writing Prompts

www.creativewritingprompts.com

Classroom Tools:

Book Cover Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bookcover/

Elements of Book Covers

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bookcover/guide/

CD & DVD Cover Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/cd-dvd/

Writing Sites:

Character Analysis (interactive trading card creator)

http://readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/

Comic Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/

Tweak a Fairy Tale Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/fairytales/

Letter Creator (Friendly & Business)

http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

Postcard Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/postcard/

Book Making Sites:

Flip Book Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/flipbook/

Stapleless Book Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/

Printing Press (newspaper, brochure, booklet and flyer creator)

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=

Research/Non-Fiction Sites:

Timeline Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

Note Taker

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722&title=

Finding Facts in Non-Fiction text (how to take notes)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/idiom_1.html

Finding the best print materials for research

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/hints-on-print/

Reading Practice:

Alphabet Match picture to letter

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/abcmatch/

Alphabet Organizer – create letter sheets/make your own flash cards

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/alphabet/

Early Reader Skills (beginning letter sounds, short vowel sounds, long vowel sounds)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/

Mad Lib Fun

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html

Vocabulary Practice:

Word Wizard (letter unscramble- 1st/2^nd grade)

http://readwritethink.org/materials/wordwizard/

Word Family Sort (find words with common endings - 1^st/2nd grade)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/

Word Building Practice (making words by using prefixes & suffixes - 1^st-3^rd grade)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/

What’s in the Bag (vocabulary building through puzzles & clues)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/

Prefix, Suffix, and Root Practice (3^rd-5^th)

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/flip/

Idiom Practice

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/idiom_1.html

Prefix/Suffix Practice (4^th-6^th)

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/root.cgi?A1=s&A2=2&A3=1

Spelling Practice (Beginner & Advanced)

http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html

Grammar Practice:

Capitalization Practice (4^th-6^th)

http://www.quia.com/mc/3522.html

Capitalization Rules (reference site)

http://englishplus.com/grammar/captcont.htm

Parts of Speech Practice (Beginner & Advanced)

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Plural Practice

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

Math Practice:

Sudoku

http://www.funbrain.com/sudoku/Sudoku.html

Fraction Practice (matching equivalents)

http://www.funbrain.com/fract/index.html

Fraction Practice (+, -, x, /)

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

Change Maker (working with money, Beginner – Advanced)

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html

Decimal Practice (+, -, x, /)

http://www.funbrain.com/football/index.html

Whole Number Practice (+, -, x, /)

http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html

Counting Objects (K-1^st)

http://www.funbrain.com/count/index.html

Number Sequences

http://www.funbrain.com/cracker/index.html

Math Fact Practice (+, -, x, /)

http://www.funbrain.com/tictactoe/index.html

Using a number line (K-1^st)

http://www.funbrain.com/linejump/index.html

Area & Perimeter (4^th-6^th)

http://www.funbrain.com/poly/index.html

Order of Operations (4^th-6^th)

http://www.funbrain.com/algebra/index.html

Place Value

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

Mr. Nussbaum (variety)

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathcode.htm

Social Studies Sites

National Symbols, Citizenship, Historical Documents, Map Making and More!

http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml

Branches of Government

http://www.govspot.com/features/kids.htm

National Holidays – facts, activities & additional links

http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/holidays.htm

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Lesson Support & Activities by grade level

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/

California Local History

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/ca/index.html

Continent Maps

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/index.html

Time For Kids – Teacher site (K-6 worksheets, mini lessons, & graphic organizers)

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers

Community Helpers, Chinese New Year, Historical Figures, and More!

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/socialstud.html

Social Studies Interactives (Collapse of 4 ancient civilizations, Middle Ages, Renaissance, U.S. History Map)

http://www.learner.org/interactives/index.html

Geography

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/geography.htm

Modern Maps

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/mapsmodern.htm

Historical Maps

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/mapshistorical.htm

U.S. Government

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/government.htm

U.S. Presidents

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/uspresidents.htm

50 States

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/usstates.htm

Revoluntionary War

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/revolutionarywar.htm

Archaeology

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/archaeology.htm

History for Kids (Egypt, China, Greece, India)

http://www.historyforkids.org/

Ancient Civilizations

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ancientcivilizations.htm

Explorers

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/explorers.htm

Colonial Times

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm

Colonial Williamsburg for Kids

http://www.history.org/kids/

Children’s Literature with Social Studies

http://www.udel.edu/dssep/literature.html

Science Sites

Animal Classification, Dental Health, Plants and More!

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html

Houghton Mifflin Science (Simulations, eGlossaries, puzzles)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/

NASA for Students

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html

Science News for Kids (variety of topics)

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

Wide range of Science sites – detailed descriptions

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm

Steps and Ideas for Science Fair Projects

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/

New Cool Ideas in Chemistry, Sound, Structures, 5 Sense and more! J

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

Dino Quest

http://www.discoverycube.org/exhibit.aspx?q=11

Bill Nye the Science Guy (check out the Home Demo tab for cool experiments)

http://www.billnye.com/

Cool Science for Curious Kids

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Extreme Science

http://www.extremescience.com/index.html

Types of Energy, Photosynthesis, Food Chains and More!

http://www.ftexploring.com/

Funology! Check out the Teacher link in the purple section

http://www.funology.com/

Human Anatomy Online

http://www.innerbody.com/index.html

Infrared Zoo (compare warm & cold blooded animals)

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/

Popular Science (great for 5^th & 6^th grades)

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/

The National Science and Technology Center

http://www.questacon.edu.au/index.html

Robot Construction

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/R/robots/constructor.html

Science Experiments (so easy you could do them at home!)

http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/

Science Interactives (Amusement Park Physics, DNA, Dynamic Earth, Garbage, The Periodic Table, Rock Cycle, Volcanoes, Weather)

http://www.learner.org/interactives/index.html