weblinkbibliograghy

WEBLINK BIBLIOGRAPHY

This site has been created for teachers and students in the elementary grades. I have located numerous sites for teachers to use as resources in and out of the classroom, and for students to link to for help, or just to find some interesting information. The sites involve language arts, math, science, social studies, teacher sites and fun sites. I hope you have as much fun using them as I did!

LANGUAGE ARTS

These web sites are particularly useful for teachers with author studies or to supplement the ILA curriculum.

Author Studies Homepage

This is part of the Scholastic website. It lists some of the favorite children's authors and information about them. The site offers tools to help with writers workshops and transcripts of author interviews.
http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.html
Date visited: 9/23/04

Carol Hurst’s Children's Literature Site – Reviews and Teaching Ideas for Kids Books

This website had book reviews of children's literature and provides other links related to the topic of the book. Activities are included that go along with the subject of the book and hints are given to teachers on where to focus their instruction with the book.
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Date visited: 9/23/04

Eric Carle Website

This website allows teachers and students to find out all there is to know about one of the most popular children's authors. Eric Carle’s books are famous for showing kids different skills in hands-on fashion. Each book is full of colorful illustrations that appeal to children.
http://www.eric-carle.com/
Date visited: 9/23/04

KidsClick
    This is a valuable resource for students to use to further their learning in the classroom! This site allows students to search just about any subject for information. The site is organized by theme and sub categories.
http://www.kidsclick.org/
Date visited: 9/24/04

The Reading Corner
    The Great Mona Kerby has created a website that is filled with terrific books to read. This site includes book reviews and interesting literature information. There is a section to meet children's authors and illustrators and links to other websites are provided. This is an excellent resource for media specialists and teachers.
http://ccpl.carr.org/read/
Date visited: 9/24/04

Scholastic Kids
    This is a great website for Elementary kids. It could be a useful program for kids during ILA. The site is easy to navigate so students can have fun while they learn. A word of the week section is provided to help students extend their vocabulary. Links to popular book websites are also provided. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/home_flash.as
Date visited: 9/23/04

MATH

Here is a list of great Math websites that provide interesting and innovative lesson plans, extra help activities for the students, or just helpful ideas for teachers, parents and students.

AAA Math
What a great interactive site! AAA Math provides hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills. Each page includes Interactive Practice, an Explanation of the math topic, and several Challenge Games!
http://www.aaamath.com/
Date visited: 9/23/04

Aplusmath.com
This is another great interactive math site that will help young children. Aplus math has on-line flash cards, homework help and a game room. It is easy for kids to navigate.
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Date visited: 9/23/04

Illuminations

This is a specific and important part of the National Council of Teacher Mathematics (NCTM) website. This site provides resources to help improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. It also contains lesson plans, web resources and interactive math tools. I really like this site, because there is a definite link to the standards, and the lessons come directly from the best math experts in our country.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/index.html
Date visited: 9/23/04

The Math Forum

This site is great for teachers who need some ideas for math lesson plans. The Math Forum is an Internet Mathematics Library. You can easily enter the grade level you are looking for or click on the subject you need and receive tons of lesson plans.
http://mathforum.org/library/

Date visited: 9/23/04

MATH Mini-Lessons
You can pull a mini-math lesson from this website when you have need a short lesson. There are lots of interesting ideas here for grades K-5! The lessons are short, yet meaningful and important.
http://www.youth.net/cec/cecmath/math-elem.html
Date visited: 9/23/04

Mrs. Glosser’s Math Goodies

This all-inclusive website helps teachers, students and parents in many math areas. There are interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets, and discussion forums.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/
Date visited: 9/23/04

TeacherSource.Math PBS

This is another great resource for the math educator! There are a lot of different areas to choose from that will help with instruction. A bonus for this page is that it links to the math standards. This website also shows you how you can incorporate your math lessons into other subject areas!
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
Date visited: 9/23/04

SCIENCE

These websites are useful for teachers and students to explore the many topics in Science.

Amazing Insects
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs... This site has a list of insects to look at. The links to the insects have wonderful real life pictures to use in a classroom. A list of links to other insect sites are also provided.
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
Date visited: 9/23/03

Cool Science

This is a cool site for curious kids! The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between. You can find out Why snakes are like lizards, and monkeys are like moose, and much more!
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience
Date visited: 9/23/03

Franklin Institute On-Line
    Explore science on-line through Philadelphia's Franklin Institute website. Many topics in science are available to experiment with or you can read many interesting articles.
http://sln.fi.edu/learning.html
Date visited: 9/23/04

Frogs and Toads
    Can you tell the difference between a frog and a toad? This site provides information about each of them. The anatomy, diet, and life cycle of the frog and the toad are discussed.   This site can be used for either teachers or students to obtain information on many different creatures and subject areas. It also contains links to printouts for students’ use.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/amphibians/frogs.shtml
Date visited: 9/23/2003

Kid Wizard Spells
    This page has a lot of experiments for kids to do... and they are easy enough that kids can do them on their own. The site makes each experiment seem like a "spell". It explains the “spell” and then it explains the science behind it.
http://www.kidwizard.com/spells.asp
Date visited: 9/26/04

Ladybugs
    Want to learn all about ladybugs? This is the place! This site includes facts, anatomy, life cycle, and more! There are also crafts and games all on ladybugs. The information given is short and easy to understand. It is a good site for both teachers and students.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/schoolyardscience.htm
Date visited: 9/23/04

Lawrence Hall Science
    This interactive website is great for those science lovers! For example you can build a fish, learn about acids and bases, PLUS many other science experiments!
http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/
Date visited: 9/23/04

Space
Kids Astronomy
    This site is FULL of information! It has sections on the solar system, deep space, space exploration, and how big is the universe. There are also games that students can play. This site can be used for both teacher and student research.
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
Date visited: 9/23/04

Nasa Kids
    This site has a lot of information on the students' level. The site talks about a wide variety of topics related to space. Videos such as a shuttle launch, are also available for students to watch.
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Date visited: 9/23/04

Solar System Tour
    What an interesting site! You can go on a virtual tour of the solar system. You can listen to and watch a film about ~ any planet, the sun, the moon, a comet, and the Astrid belt. The tour of the planet includes an introduction and it discusses the subjects many unique features. Then you can explore it on your own!
http://www.spacekids.com/solarsystem/index.html
Date visited: 9/23/04

Education World – The Educator's Best Friend
This website is useful for everything a teachers needs. The site highlights school issues and includes a section for educators to talk to one another, share experiences, and ask questions. This is a great resource for looking at journal articles, lesson plans, finding links to other websites, and keeping up with current events in the teaching field.
http://www.educationworld.com/
Date visited: 09/24/04

Web Cam
Earth Cam for Kids
This is where you can find a web cam to just about anywhere. There are cams for viewing the weather, traffic, space and science, news, animals and much more!
http://www.earthcamforkids.com
Date viewed: 9/28/04

Yucky.com
Wendell the Worm will answer your gross questions about the human body. You can find out why you get the hiccups, pimples, and many other gross things our bodies do. You can also play yucky games and quizzes.
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
Date visited: 9/24/04