List of Websites for Elementary Students and Teachers
General
teAchnology http://www.teach-nology.com/
A resource for teachers with lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, games,
as well as webquests for free. With subscription you can access more online tools.
United Streaming http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm
United Streaming has much more than just video streaming capabilities.
This site is available by subscription and includes videos, clip art, lesson plans, worksheets and much more.
iKnowthat.com http://www.iknowthat.com/com
This site has lots of games covering all the subjects to reinforce
skills and concepts that are being taught.
TLSBOOKS http://www.tlsbooks.com/
Various printable worksheets divided by grade level as well as subject.
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/
This site has lots of great games and activities for students to practice
reading, writing, science, social studies and math skills
Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com/
Fun games to practice skills
BBC Schools http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/index.shtml
This site has lots of great games and activities for students to practice
reading, writing, science, social studies and math skills
Ed Helper http://www.edhelper.com/
Lots of free worksheets can be found on this site
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Lots of free resources can be found on this site but to assess all
the printouts you most subscribe. Lots of great information on animals and other creatures are available as well as worksheets
and books
Coloring Castle http://www.coloringcastle.com/
This site has hundreds of coloring pages including maps and flags.
Kid Friendly Search Engines
Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and homework help
Kid's Websites http://www.linkopedia.com/kids.html
Kids Click http://www.kidsclick.org/
Think Quest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/search.html
Dog Pile http://www.dogpile.com/
Alta Vista http://www.altavista.com/
Surfing the Net with Kids http://www.surfnetkids.com/
A guide for the best websites for K-12 teachers
Math
A Maths Dictionary for Kids http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
A website that has all the math terms an elementary student could
possible need to know. There is also an interactive piece to create the math term and try out the math concepts.
AAA Math http://www.321know.com/
This website has great explanations of how to do most math problems
as well as many games/activities to practice those math skills
Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Have a math problem you cannot solve ask Dr. Math
Math League http://www.mathleague.com
A website full of great math problems and explanations. Polygon definations/explaintions:
http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/polygons.htm#polygon
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/
A fun way for students to practice math skills, solve logic puzzles,
and learn some programming. Teachers can also create their own worksheets.
Kids Zone Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
This site walks students step by step how to create a graph on the
computer. Students can also find out more about what graphs are used for and how to interpret data from a graph.
Math Cats http://www.mathcats.com/grownupcats/ideabankfractions.html
This site has lots of great ideas on how to teach fractions.
U.S. Mint http://www.usmint.gov/kids/
Lots of fun activities for students to do when learning about money
There are also many resources for teachers on this website
Place Value Mats:
http://www.kathimitchell.com/mathfolder/Place%20Value%20Mat.doc,
http://www.auburn.wednet.edu/everydaymath/images/gmast222324.pdf
http://www.mathwire.com/templates/placevalue.pdf
About Math http://math.about.com/od/wordproblem1/Worksheets_for_Word_Problems_Various_grades.htm
Printable word problems divide by grade level.
Mixed Addition Subtraction Practice http://www.teachrkids.com/pdf/3rd.pdf
A printable PDF document
Word Problems http://www.tlsbooks.com/problemsolving23.pdf
A printable PDF document
Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Math lesson, standards, activities, and virtual manpulatives library
Kindergarten Math Worksheets http://www.kidzone.ws/math/kindergarten.htm
Percents http://amby.com/educate/math/4-2_prop.html
Using the Proportion Method to Solve Percent Problems
Brain Booster http://school.discoveryeducation.com/brainboosters/
Lots of brain teasers in the follow categories: Categorization, Lateral Thinking, Logic, Number and Math Play, Reasoning, Spatial Awareness, and Word and Letter Play
Brain Teasers http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
Brainteasers for grades 3-8
Figure This http://www.figurethis.org/
Math challenges for families. Good for students to try at home.
WebMath http://www.webmath.com/
A site designed to help students who are stuck on a math problem
Math Mysteries http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/
This site has lots of great stories with a
mystery the student must solve. It requires students to read carefully and pay careful attention to detail.
Math Stories http://www.mathstories.com/
Lots of great word problems can be found here
Math Problem Solving http://www.rhlschool.com/math.htm
Word problems on from all different subjects and types of math
Math Problems http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~lori/mathed/problems/problist.html
A database of 101 math problems and warm-ups with available answers
Word Problems http://www.hawaii.edu/suremath/k4_12dir/k4_12menu.html
Lots of word problems for all different ages.
The development of the solution is also available
Money Unit http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/money.htm
This website has lots of great ideas for teaching
early elementary students about money
Nation Library for Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Cut the Knot http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml
This website has lots of great math games for all ages.
History
Nova Medieval Siege http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/
This site allows students to explore what it was like to live in the
Middle Ages, try lunching a catapult and many other activities.
Hand Writing
Cursive Writing Worksheets http://www.kidzone.ws/cursive/index.htm
A good site to find cursive worksheets for students that need more
practice or more support in learning cursive
Reading
Starfall www.starfall.com
This site has lots of different reading activities, including interactive
books. For teachers there are also printable books and materials.
Reading A-Z http://www.readinga-z.com/
This website is by subscription but it has some great free samples
of leveled books and activities.
Jan Brett’s Site http://www.janbrett.com/
Information and activities from all her books
Laura Numeroff’s Site http://www.lauranumeroff.com/
Information about her books
Eric Carle’s Site http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Information about his books
