Butterfly WebQuest

Using a PowerPoint, the recorder, and a digital camera, the teacher can create a slide show presentation explaining the life cycle of a butterfly.  In addition the teacher can narrate the presentation and have a computer center where students can view the presentation as many times as they need to. In order to assess the students, the students can create a drawing of the life cycle using the appropriate names of each stage.  Northside ISD (San Antonio, TX) has a WebQuest with a PowerPoint presentation and a Butterfly Research Guide that has already been created.

Parts of a Plant

Student can use Paint or another drawing program such as KidPix, TuxPaint (free painting program), or BillyBear4Kids Color and Paint online drawing softare to draw a plant and label its parts.  The teacher could also prepare an Excel spreadsheet where students can move the labels to match the parts of a plant.  See my sample.

Insects and Spiders

Students will compare and contrast insects and spiders by dragging tiles under the correct categories.  This activity uses an Excel spreadsheet.

Life Cycle of a Frog

The teacher can print out a blank life cycle of the frog from enchantedlearning.com and have the students fill in the stages.  The printout with the answers is found here.  Students can watch an animation of the life cyle of a frog (select frog in the Life Cycle drop-down menu).

Ocean Habitat

The Reading Rainbow web site has an interactive game for students to build an ocean habitat by clicking and dragging the animals into the ocean.

Build a Habitat

Coral Reef Habitat

Students learn about different types of fish by helping Squish the Fish hide from Big Tooth Blob.  

Squish the Fish

Fish Anatomy

Students can click on the different parts of a fish, and roll mouse over the part to learn more about it.

Fish Anatomy

 

English Resources

 

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

 

http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/leadingtoreading.htm

 

http://www.literacycenter.net/

 

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/timer.html

Class Timer

 

http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/dynamic.htm#Worksheets

Preschool Printing Practice - beginning writing skills worksheets

 

http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/multi-word_handwriting_worksheet_maker.html 

http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/javascripts/_my8linestext.htm

Block Handwriting - create customized worksheets to practice handwriting (e.g. students' names for homework binder)

 

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/printing.html

Handwriting practice for letters of the alphabet (lowercase and uppercase) and the numbers 

 

http://pbskids.org

PBS Web site for kids - has many interactive learning games

 

http://www.pipoclub.com 

For Spanish speakers - students will have to create a username and password (unless the teacher creates a generic one). Also, there is a limit to the number of free educational games - a subscription may be required to access more resources.

 

http://www.funbrain.com

This site has educational games for all grade levels and in different content areas.

 

http://www.kindersite.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm

This site has games, songs, and stories for kindergarten.

 

http://macmillanmh.com/math/2009/tx/

Web site with math adoption

 

http://animals.pppst.com/

This site has different PowerPoint presentations on animals that can be downloaded.

 

http://www.pppst.com

This site has PowerPoint presentations in different subjects and topics.

 

http://www.rif.org/leadingtoreading/en/

Reading is Fundamental has interactive features such as read aloud, sing-along songs, learning games, and much more.  In the preschoolers section, student can listen to stories and watch the words light up as they are read.  In addition, the student has the option to stop, go back, or proceed to the next page. Other activities that preschoolers can do on this site are doodling and coloring online.

 

http://www.billybear4kids.com/Learn2Draw/PaintProgram/drawing.htm

This site has an online drawing and painting program for elementary students.  Although it does not have as many features as KidPix, it allows students to draw, stamp, type text, add shapes, etc., and it's free.

 

http://www.little-g.com/games/games1.html

Littlefingers.com has made some games available online for different grade levels.  Some of these games include the colors, patterns, syllables, and which one is (smaller, full, empty, below the line, etc.). 

 

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/

This site has printable worksheets for the letters, word families, and much more.

 

http://firstschool.com/First%20School%20Index.htm

First School

 

http://primeraescuela.com/

Primera Escuela - resources in Spanish

 

http://gcompris.net/

Free educational software

 

 Spanish Resources