Text Box: Stacey Kahler

SLM 521

Web Bibliography

 

Schedule:

 

8:45- 11:00 Integrated Language Arts

 

 

Language Arts Online Clips  This website has a wonderful variety of favorite books that are made into videos.  Students can get on independently and listen to their favorite stories and then write about the story elements or talk to a friend about the story.  5/20/06  http://www.thinkport.org/classroom/onlineclips/languageartsclips.tp

 

Reading Rockets: Books and Authors  Authors actually talk to kids about how they get ideas and other interesting things that students need to learn when becoming good writers.  I would use this as a whole group lesson to get inside the mind of a famous children’s book author.  5/20/06  http://www.readingrockets.org/books/

 

School Wordsearch Puzzle Maker  Teachers can makeup a word search to help kids identify and read spelling words or high-frequency words.  Just type in the words you want to find!

5/20/06  http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/worksheets/schoolwordsearch.html

 

Magnetic Chat  Ever hate getting out manipulative letters for the students?  Well here is a hands on activity where students can play with words without getting those letters out.  You can make your own “magnetic board” so you can control the words your students make. 

5/20/06  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/mag/spelling.html

 

Author Studies:

Doreen Cronin

 

“Diary of a Worm”: A Children’s Tale with a Twist  Doreen Cronin talks about her book, Diary of a Worm and how she came up with the idea.  I would use this for an author study so that the kids can actually hear what she has to say about creating a book.

5/20/06 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1429458

 

Click, Clack, Moo: Reading Word Family Words  This lesson plan will help me use Click, Clack, Moo in a word play lesson.

5/20/06  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=847

 

Author Websites:

These websites will help engage the student and give the teacher some more information on the authors used in class.  Next year, my goal is to have the kids learn about a new author every month.  Together, we will create a non-fiction book about that author using things that we learned.  These websites have biographical and book information.  All were last visited on 5/20/06

 

Kevin Henkes

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

Doreen Cronin

http://www.doreencronin.com/

Audrey Wood

http://www.audreywood.com/

Junie B. Jones

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/

 

12-12:40 Social Studies and Science

 

   

 

Fingerprints:

 

FBI Kids K-5th grade: About the FBI: What We Do  This website shows the students why fingerprints are important and how you can solve crimes using fingerprints.  If you click to the next page it also tells you the three different fingerprints you can have. 

5/20/06  http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/whatwedo2.htm

 

Thanksgiving:

Plimoth Plantation  Wow!  I can’t wait to use this website during Thanksgiving!  This shows what it was like when the pilgrims and the Indians at the harvest celebration.  This site also includes a teacher’s guide.  I would use it in a whole group setting.

5/20/06  http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html#

 

Japan:

Asia Video Gallery  You can take your first graders on a trip to Japan.  Through these Travelocity videos your students can take a trip on the bullet train and explore Japan for themselves.

5/20/06  http://dest.travelocity.com/DestGuides/multimedia_video_gallery/1,3319,TRAVELOCITY|2731|Asia,00.html

 

Mexico:

Holiday Traditions: Mexico  You can create a new tradition in your classroom by teaching about Mexico during the holidays.  This website has recipes that you can prepare and what Mexicans do to celebrate the holiday.

5/20/06  http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-mexico.htm

 

1:45-3:00 Math

 

 

Max’s Math Adventures  This site has an abundance of math problem solving stories that go with the first grade curriculum.  Have students start thinking outside the box to solve these problems!  Why didn’t I find this website before?

5/20/06  http://teacher.scholastic.com/max/

 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives  You can have your students use manipulatives on the computer!!  This comes in handy when you are low on manipulatives.  This website caters to not only 1st grade but all grades through high school.

5/20/06  http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

 

Primary Games.com: Math  Playing games is a fun way of reinforcing math facts.  Students will have a choice of games and be able to enjoy learning math.  Watch out though, Da’Numba is a very addictive game for adults too!!

5/20/06  http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm

 

ict games  This website has more games then your students could ever play in a school year.  With that said, there is a lot of variety and if you are looking for that perfect game to go with your concept then look here first!  It has the game Mucky Monsters and the students have to identify more or less by looking at the monster’s hands after using the bathroom.

5/20/06  http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

 

The Learning Box  If you are looking for fraction practice or tens and ones practice then come here.  These games have many levels for your higher and average learners.

5/20/06  http://www.learningbox.com/i_index.htm

 

h.i.p. pocket change  This is perfect for teaching money.  It gives you information about all the coins, games, and cartoons that tell about how a coin is made.

5/20/06  http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm