Laura Adams
SLM 521
June 2002
Elective 2 -
Worksheets
Teachers use worksheets everyday, in every subject
area. The web provides many valuable resources
for pre-made and user-generated worksheets, puzzles, activities, etc. and many
sites offer information in multiple subject areas. Listed below are several
sites I have found that have specific activities for grades K-3.
Puzzlemaker – Generate and
save your own puzzles with this site.
Options for puzzles include wordsearch, word merge, letter tiles,
cryptogram, etc. Last visited June 2002. http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
abc teach
– This site contains reading comprehension worksheets categorized by grade
level. The portion of the site
designated to K-2 includes worksheets for both fiction and nonfiction text. The worksheets include a story and associated
questions. Access to all information
requires membership for a fee. Last
visited June 2002. http://www.abcteach.com/directory/reading_comprehension/k2/
Learning Page –The
Learning Page provides a variety of resources including
- basic worksheets – alphabet, time, money,
calendar, etc.
- theme pages – concentration on animals
includes facts, fun, lesson plans, recommended readings
- e books
- clip art
It also provides a link to
lesson plans sorted by grade level, preschool to 2. Membership to this site is free. Last visited June 2002. http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/home.html
Reading a-z - Reading a-z offers limited
access for non-members and membership requires a fee. It contains leveled readers with can be
downloaded directly from the site, one book from each level is free. In addition, each book also has a Spanish and
French version and a corresponding running record worksheet. The site also offers information on phonics,
alphabet, etc. Last visited June 2002. http://www.readinga-z.com/
Busy Teacher’s Café - This site is
designed specifically for the K-3 teacher.
It provides web sites for teachers and students, unit and lesson plans,
worksheets, internet activities, etc. http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/
LessonPlanz -
LessonPlanz offers specific lesson plans and resources for lower elementary
grades K-2. Areas of information include
Health and Nutrition, Language Arts, Science, Physical Education, etc. http://lessonplanz.com/lowerelementary.shtml
Nancy Keane’s Booktalks –
Quick and Simple – This site offers many annotated bibliography for books
of interest for K-3 students. Subject
areas are provided for each title and other suggestions for use in the
classroom are included for some. Last
visited June 2002. http://www.nancykeane.com/booktalks/k_3.htm
Enchanted Learning – This
outstanding site has a wide variety of information on themes for K-3. It is divided into specific areas such as
birds, colors, geography, etc and has activities associated with each. Crafts, jokes, rhymes, quizzes, and coloring
printouts are a few of the many resources available at this site. Last visited June 2002. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/
Education Place –
Graphic Organizers – This site contains many types of graphic organizers in
a PDF format. Some examples of the
organizers provided include Venn diagrams, story maps, sequence charts,
ice-cream cone, flow chart, etc. Last
visited June 2002. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html
The Educators Network – The
Educators Network main page provides links to their different web
resources. These include lesson plans,
worksheets, theme units, tools, rubrics, posters, news and even humor. The worksheet link in particular provides
create your own and ready made sheets for math, calendar, maps, etc. with many
more subjects listed as coming soon.
Last visited June 2002. http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/