Curriculum Websites

Curriculum Websites
An Internet Hotlist on Websites

created by MrsTK
South Elementary School Library

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Websites, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Site for younger readers from Enchanted Learning.
South School Library - Quick Search, our computer catalog
The Holiday Zone - Not just for teachers. Lots of information on all the holidays, with activities, crafts, and games.

Grades K and 1

Alphabet Goop - Beginning letter sounds. Two letters appear. Students have to drag the picture that appears into the correct letter box.
Author Kevin Henkes' Website - This is the section for young readers, featuring books like Chrysanthemum. Fun and games.
Bees and Honey - Students improve mouse skills by clicking on the bees.
Billy Bear Make a Snowman - Make a snowman without the cold!
Billy Bear Snowman Stomp game - Snowman stomp game -- a game where you have to repeat the snowman's steps.
Billy Bear Snowman puzzle - An interactive online puzzle
BillyBear Butterflies - Life cycle, butterflies to print and play, crafts, online games.
Build a snowman - Drag pieces to design a snowman.
Can you place me? - Drag items to their correct places based on clues within the pictures (winter, summer, eg.).
Contraction practice - Contraction practice pages. Website says it's for grade one.
Enchanted Learning Butterflies - Learn all about butterflies from this great site!
Fascinating Butterfly Facts - Some really interesting facts about butterflies. Also includes links to pages showing the pupa of a monarch butterfly being formed and a Giant Swallowtail emerging from its chrysalis.
FunSchool Snow Fall Game - Help get your baby brother home without getting cold!
Funschool - All kinds of great stuff, preschool to sixth grade
Game Goo - A fun site with all kinds of educational activities/games including alphabet, opposites and more.
Hatatoposit's Hat Hunt - Students improve their mouse skills by clicking on Hatatoposit's hats in the park. A very short game.
KidZone Monarch Butterflies - Lots of good information here on Monarch Butterflies.
Kids Numbers - Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, basic math concepts and facts. All kinds of good stuff!
Kidzone Monarch Butterflies - Monarch butterflies-- coloring pages, b&w mini-books. Link to National Geographic Kids Monarch Butterfly page.
Kindersite - Directory of Kindergarten and preschool stories.
Learn to Count Money - A good basic site on counting money. The teacher can customize how many coins and which coins or combinations of coins get counted.
Letterella - Meet the letters of the alphabet. Basic alphabet skills.
Little Fingers software - All kinds of educational activities/games: beginning sounds, counting, alphabet, alphabetical order, etc. Grades K and 1.
Marc Brown's Arthur website - Contains author information, games and other stuff.
Math Games and activities - Geometry and Geometric Shapes Games, Interactive 100 Number Charts, Measurement Games, Money Games, Number Sense Games, Operations (+ - * ) Games - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Telling Time Games
Money and personal finance - About halfway down the page, you can find money and coin learning games. Mrs TK signed up for a free membership -- email address kautzj@peabody.k12.ma.us and password is books.
North Pole Christmas activities - This site is fun, but it focuses just on Christmas.
Nursery rhymes - Collection of Mother Goose and nursery rhymes to read from the computer screen.
Peep and the Big Wide World - 5 adorable games.
Polkaroo's Polkadot shorts - Help Polkaroo find the patterns.
Primary Games and Drills Math - Games and drills for very young students: Two Minute Warning (drills addition and subtraction); One Little Ball (numbers 1-5); Sammy's Shapes (geometric shapes); Take It Away (subtraction); Add 'em Up (addition)
Rhyme time - Read along of nursery rhymes.
Satellite photos of us -
Science Games - Animal Classification, Dental Health, Ground Hog's Day, Human Body, Plants, Solar System and the Nine Planets, Weather
Shapeville - See how many shapes you can find.
Simple addition - Eggy's School is a funny place to practice simple addition.
Snowball toss -
Tic Tac SnowBall - Play Tic Tac Toe with snowballs!
Time Clocks - A fun clock game.
Up, Down and All Around - Use the mouse to put objects in, on over, above, beside the person.
Where do butterflies come from? - A simpler page with a good description and an art project for showing the stages of a butterfly's life.

Grade 2

Animals information pages - Animals information pages at Enchanted Learning. Good info here!
Antarctica Virtual Tour - Words are too hard for children, but the pictures are excellent!
Clifford Interactive Story Books - Read along with Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Contractions - Online contraction test for 's and 've
Contractions - Online test on contractions can be graded (subject 'nt-- as in 'don't' for 'do not'
Contractions Concentration - Grammar parts of speech concentration game.
Contractions: Fly By game - This is another cute game on contractions with planes flying by with different choices.
Education Place - HoughtonMifflin's Education Place, contains sections for Pre-K, Reading/Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science. Pre-K to grade 6.
Ezra Jack Keats - Author Ezra Jack Keats has a basic website.
Frank Asch - Author Frank Asch has a website full of wonderful things!
Grammar: Contractions - Read the lesson then take the quiz.
Harriet Tubman - Website created by a second grade class on Harriet Tubman.
Kid Zone animals - A great site for info on all kinds of animals. This is the main page.
KidZone animals pages - Bats, polar bears, penguins, monarch butterflies, sharks, and many kinds of birds.
Kids Go Wild: Animal Facts - Birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians -- lots of good animal info here!
Kidzone Bats - Bat activities, facts, photos.
Kidzone Penguins - Penguin activities, facts, photos.
Kratt's creatures - Creatures by continent.
Kulture Kids Black History Month - A kid-friendly site for younger readers.
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School - Links to textbook-related math, language arts, social studies, science, health, music.
Math - Mrs. White's second grade math. Many of these are products available for sale, but there are a few available for tryout, like the pennies program.
Robert Munsch's Page - Author Robert Munsch has his own wild and wacky website! Take a visit here!
Scholastic Home Page Log In - Look down the page on the right side for the 'Class HomePage Log In.' Ask your teacher what her/his log in information is.
Seussville University - Basic math concepts done Dr. Seuss style!
Starfall - Learn to read at Starfall.com
Test Tutor Contractions - This is adorable! Website with directions and a cute test. Highly recommended!! Best one so far.

Grade 3

American's Homepage: Pilgrims of Plymouth - Gateway to the past, present and future of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Civics Lesson Plans: US Constitution - Youth Leadership Initiative, based at the University of VA Center for Politics provides info on a host of civics-oriented stuff: mock elections, mock congress and campaign simulations. Includes a host of downloadable lesson plans.
Columbus Day Crafts and Activities - Contains geography crafts, Native American crafts, activity books, alphabetical order activities, synonym activities, and others.
Columbus Day History and Information - A great site for grades 2 or 3 to read with their teacher.
Constitution Day - *The* site for Constitution Day activities in the real world, as well as Constitution information.
Daily Life for the Pilgrims - Compares Pilgrims and Wampanoag lives: clothes, food, houses, learning, chores, games.
Fact Monster - Anne Hutchinson encyclopedia article.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia - Very good encyclopedia for young people!
Fact Monster Encyclopedia Anne Bradstreet - Anne Bradstreet encyclopedia article.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia Anne Hutchinson - Encyclopedia article on Anne Hutchinson.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia John Harvard - Encyclopedia article on John Harvard
Fact Monster Encyclopedia John Winthrop - Encyclopedia article on John Winthrop.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia King Philip (Metacom) - Encyclopedia article on King Philip's War.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia Massasoit - Encyclopedia article on Massasoit.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia William Blackstone - Encyclopedia entry on William Blackstone.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia William Pynchon - Encyclopedia article on William Pynchon
History Channel's Thanksgiving - A meal without forks and other Thanksgiving facts.
Mayflower History - All about the ship and the people who sailed in her.
Mayflower History site - Author Caleb Johnson's webpage all about the Mayflower, her crew, the people who sailed in her and the famous Pilgrims.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick's Home Page - Contains Mrs. Fitzpatrick's Homework, the school lunch menu, important dates, class schedule, teacher info, parent links, computer lab links, math links, language arts links, social studies links.
Parts of Speech Word Search - Word Search for parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, interjections, prepositions).
Parts of Speech matching game - Game to match parts of speech with their definitions (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, interjections, prepositions).
Parts of speech reference page - Student-created page with parts of speech and their definitions.
Pilgrim Hall Museum: First Thanksgiving - Lots of information about the first Thanksgiving on this page!
Plimoth 1621 - Find out about the daily lives of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag as you go back to the year of the first Thanksgiving.
Plimoth: You are the Historian - 2 children are our guides through Plimoth Plantation and Wampanoag life. This website reads aloud to us.
Plymouth Plantation's website - Includes photos of the 1627 Plantation, Hobbamock's Homesite (Wampanoag Indians), Mayflower II.
Plymouth: Its History and People - Mrs T-K's good rated site for finding out true information about the Pilgrims. Difficult for third graders. They will need adult assistance.
Puritans - FactMonster is a great site for kids. This page is an encyclopedia page on Puritans and their influence on America. Links to Thomas Hooker, John Cotton, Roger Williams, Increase Mather, and Cotton Mather.
Salem Village interactive map - A map that lets you click on the accusers, the accused, the village and other things. Shows what happened to whom on a day-by-day basis.
Salem Witch Trials - From the teacher workbook. Lots of good stuff here for all those research projects!
Salem Witch Trials - Website about the Witch Trials from the Salem Witch Museum.
Salem Witch Trials Frequently Asked Questions - Frequently asked questions about the Witch Trials from the Salem Witch Museum site.
Salem Witchcraft Trials - This site is a little difficult, but students should be able to understand it with help.
Thanksgiving Info from the Native American point of view - A fascinating look at what the Native American tribe already living here might have thought about the Pilgrims.
Thanksgiving Information - An internet for classrooms site.
Thanksgiving crossword puzzle - Play this Thanksgiving crossword puzzle online.
Thanksgiving hangman game - Play hangman online with Thanksgiving words.
Thanksgiving site -
Thanksgiving story - Page containing other links to Thanksgiving information
Thanksgiving word search. - Play this Thanksgiving word search online.
The truth about the First Thanksgiving - Mrs T-K's best starred site for finding out the truth about that first Thanksgiving day.
Turk-tac-toe - Play tic-tac-toe online with the turkey.
US Constitution Day - Mrs. Fitzpatrick found some neat websites where we can learn more about the United States Constitution.
Voyage on the Mayflower - Explore the Mayflower's nooks and crannies and find out what it was really like to sail on her.

Grade 4

Annie's Hurrican and Weather Links Page - Weather and hurricane sites, includes some hurricane games. Also has links to major news sites for current information.
Black History 101 - Each clue tells about a famous black American. Use the list of internet links to connect to a short biography of each person. On the line next to each clue, write the name of the person that the clue tells about.
Change Maker - Slightly more difficult website about making change.
Constitution Day resources - Many resources --beyond just Constitution Day.
Constitution of the United States of America - From White House Kids -- a kid-friendly site about the Constitution.
Contractions Interactive Crossword puzzle - Exactly what it says it is.
Electronic Ellis Island - A website created by children for immigration/family history.
Encarta Encyclopedia - An online encyclopedia good for most ages.
Fact Monster States - The 50 states, includes information on state flags, history, mottoes, regions of the country, and other stuff.
Fun for Kids State Info - Some interesting information about each state: state flag, fast facts, people, interesting things to see in that state.
Geo Net - Cute game on map skills.
Grammar Gorillas - Game for learning nouns or verbs at the beginner level (or) all parts of speech at the advanced level.
Immigration - Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century.
InfoPlease Encyclopedia - Better for older readers.
Kidipede: History for Kids - Roman, Greek, Middle Ages, including Greek myths and other cool stuff.
KidsClick States - 50 states
Library Congress Immig. Interviews - Lists some questions students may ask as they talk with their families about their own or their family's immigrant experience.
Library of Congress Immigration site - Lots of information and interactive activities around immigration
Map skills page - Map skills page with links to other sites.
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map! - Different types of maps and information on maps.
Massachusetts Fun Facts - Work on your Massachusetts scavenger hunt here! Look for the state bird, state song,even the state muffin!
Math baseball - A baseball game using Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, or All of the Above in 3 levels.
National Archives: Constitution Day - Neat information about the Constitution and its signers.
Parts of Speech concentration game - Game to match parts of speech with their definitions (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, interjections, prepositions).
Plural Girls - Fun game teaches pluralizing nouns.
Rock Hounds - Site for rocks, minerals and all kinds of info on sedimentary, igneous, and metammorphic rocks.
Rosa Parks - Brief history of Rosa Parks' life and her contribution to the struggle for equality.
Rosa Parks for kids - Very simple, short page, describing what Rosa Parks did.
Social Studies games and activities - Community Helpers, Cultures Around the World - Chinese New Year, Cultures Around the World - Costa Rica, Cultures Around the World - Ireland, Cultures Around the World - Mexico, U.S. History - Historical Figures, U.S. Presidents, U.S. States - Geography and Facts, World Geography, George Washington Color Page, President color pages
State Government Kids State Pages - These links are to Kids' Pages sponsored by State Government in other states.
State Websites - FirstGov for Kids. Here are the state websites listed alphabetically by state. Find yours!
States - Activity about the states where students plan a trip, including sites of interest in various states.
Tropical Storm Tracking Map - Tracks tropical storms and hurricanes on an easy-to-read map.
U.S. states - A great site for the states!
Wacky web tales (Parts of speech) - Choose a tale, fill in the parts of speech, and read your wacky web tale.
We the People: Celebrating Constitution Day - Compelling lessons on the U.S. Constitution, its architects, its meaning and its magnitude.
Web Weather for Kids - Contains info, activities and games about clouds, thunderstorms/tornadoes, hurricanes, bblizzards/winter weather.
WebQuest for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - Answer questions about Martin Luther King Jr by using the website link on this page.
Where I come from - Lesson plan site in immigration with interesting stuff!
World Almanac for Kids States - Click on any state for data and facts galore!

Grade 5

Adaptations for survival in the sea - There are many ways of hiding, defending, and feeding, and every different technique has advantages for different animals. In this film we will explore some of the adaptations used by various sea creatures to survive.
African American History Month Interactive Challenge - An interactive check on students' knowledge of famous African Americans. Comes in three levels. For older students.
American History - An encyclopedia of people, places and events in American history.
Animal Adaptations - Includes information on many animals and how they adapt to their habitats.
Aztec, Inca and Maya - Maya Ceramics - Hudson Museum, University of Maine Look at ceramic bowls to see aspects of Mayan religion, what animals they saw, and what they used the bowls for.
Aztec, Inca and Maya-- Maya - Lost King of the Maya This PBS site has video clips about Copan, brief descriptions of cities, and a �guess the glyph number� game.
Aztec, Inca and Maya--Maya1 - The Maya Calendar Find information about calendar and mathematical systems from the Maya World Studies Center in Mexico.
Aztec, Inca and Maya--Maya3 - Maya Ceramics - Hudson Museum, University of Maine Look at ceramic bowls to see aspects of Mayan religion, what animals they saw, and what they used the bowls for.
Aztec, Inca, Maya -- Links for all 3 cultures - Links for all three cultures: Aztec, Inca, Maya.
Aztec, Inca, Maya --Aztecs4 - Links to Aztec webpages to try.
Aztec, Inca, Maya --Inca5 - All kinds of info about the Inca Empire.
Aztec, Inca, Maya --Maya5 - Mesoamerica Many aspects of Mayan life are covered at this University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology site.
Aztec, Inca, Maya-- -
Aztec, Inca, Maya--Aztec2 - The Ancient Aztecs-- covers religion, rulers, calendar, sports, game, food, school, farming, art, and other things.
Aztec, Inca, Maya--Inca2 - Inca Civilization
Aztec, Inca, Maya--Inca3 - Inca religion, government, art, family and social life, food, clothing, shelter, communication.
Aztec, Inca, Maya--Maya4 - Maya Civilization This site from the Canadian Museum of Civilization has information about many aspects of Mayan life.
Aztec, Inca, Maya--Maya6 - The Sport of Life and Death This site about provides great information about the Mayan ball game and the religion behind it. Sponsored by the Mint Museum of Art.
Aztecs - Nice-looking website about the Aztecs created by elementary school children. Contains information about people, events, arts and crafts, daily life, military, Tenochtitlan, Games and Web links.
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids Pledge of Allegiance - Brief history of the Pledge.
Biomes -- What's it like where you live? - Learn about the biomes of the world: rainforest, tundra, taiga, desert, temperate, grasslands, rivers and streams, ponds and lakes, wetlands, shorelines, temperate oceans, tropical oceans. From Missouri Botanical Garden.
Columbus' Lost Ships - In 1492, Cloumbus sailed the ocean blue. He also sailed in 1493, 1498 and 1502. Over these four voyages, he lost 9 ships. Have they been located?
Constitution Day - Videos from NPR that you can download and use free of charge.
Constitution and Citizenship - Includes links to Constitution Day websites. (as well as other links of interest to teachers)
Creature World --Adaptations - Each continent contains information about animals, their climate, and adaptations to specific environment.
Dirtmeister's Science Reporters - Studernts investigate problems of erosion, animal adaptations, erosion, simple machines. The popular science character leads the way to data collection and posing scientific questions.
European Explorers/Vikings - Important European explorers, such as Cabot, Cook, Drake, Hudson, Cartier, Champlain, Polo, Columbus, Magellan, Cortes, da Gama and others. Contains all kinds of great stuff!
Explorers - Covers European explorers such as Columbus, Spanish, French, British explorers. Includes activities and quiz for each webpage. Grade 5
Fact Monster Almanacs - Fact Monster is a great site for kids. This part of the site is the online almanac. Take a look at some of the interesting and weird stuff here!
Grammar Contractions Interactive Quiz - For older children.
History Mystery Game - The mission: to identify selected historical periods, places, and people by analyzing clues, and conducting internet searches. Problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills are a must!
InfoPlease Almanac - This site is more adult in content and presentation, but it still has some good almanac stuff on it.
Map Skills 'Where is That?' - From Level 1 (simple) to Level 5 (hard), this website asks students to identify the correct country (or state). It was fun! Grades 4 and 5
Map skills: Where is that? - From Level 1 (simple_ to Level 5 (hard), this website asks students to identify the correct country (or state). It was fun!
Math Maven's Mysteries - Help solve these mysteries by using fractions, algebra and geometry. A variety of real-world situations test students' logical reasoning and critical thinking skills.
Math Skills: Fractions and other stuff - Section 6 of this page contains fraction fun stuff!
Multiplication for Kids - Practice multiplication skills
National Archives: Constitution: Charters of Freedom - More information about the Constitution.
National Geographic Map Machine -
National Geographic Xpedition Atlas - All kinds of printable maps.
National Institute on Drug Abuse Information - Information on all kinds of drugs that can be abused: smoking/nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, steroids and others.
Numbers - All kinds of number games; everything from word problems to fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement, and many others. For grades 4 and 5
Outline maps to print -
Peters Projection Map - The Peters Projection is an area-accurate map.
Pledge of Allegiance - Encyclopedia article. History of the Pledge.
Pledge of Allegiance by Red Skelton - This amusing monologue by comedian Red Skelton highlights the meanings of the words we take for granted.
Rainforest Animals Adaptations - Tropical rainforests are home to many of the strangest-looking and most beautiful, largest and smallest, most dangerous and least frightening, loudest and quietest animals on earth. How can they survive in the rainforest?
Viking Name Converter - This is fun! See what your name would have been if you were a Viking.
Viking plans - A read-along site about the Vikings with questions to answer and some great photographs and illustrations!
Visual Fractions - All about fractions.
What is a Mercator Projection? - A Mercator projection is a mathematical method of showing a map of the globe on a flat surface. With graphic.
Who wants a pizza? - Students are introduced to fractions. Site from Rice University.
World Press Map of the World - Click on the country and follow the links to get information about a country.

Teacher stuff

I Have a Dream - Full text of Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.' Long.
Martin Luther King JR - Song in tribute of 'I have a dream' speech.
Martin Luther King Jr Chronology - Important dates in Martin Luther King Jr's life.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Interactive Timeline - Amazing site from the Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute. For upper grades.
Martin Luther King, Jr. photos - Photos from Life magazine.

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Last revised Fri Aug 15 11:03:56 US/Pacific 2008