Below shows some useful websites to use during instruction or assessment in elementary classrooms!
Time for Kids Time for kids is a great website for students to practice reading news and navigating around various tabs and articles. It provides current and history news written in students' leveled vocabulary. http://www.timeforkids.com/ Wonderopolis Wonderopolis is a fun website for students to use metacognition skills about their learning. It is a safe site for students to use and type in something they "wonder" about in the world. The search engine take students to a video, audio, or text that explains their question in student language. Wonderopolis Read, Write, Think This website provides a variety of tools for students to use as assessments. Some of the tools available are timelines, webs for organization, poetry templates, vocabulary games, and a comic creator to name a few. This is definitely a gem in the world of a teacher! http://www.readwritethink.org/ ABCya! This website is a great tool for students to practice their knowledge and skills. It is also iPad friendly for students to use in small group settings. The website also provides grade directed games and tools. Students love it! http://www.abcya.com/ Learn N.C. For North Carolina teachers, this website provides authentic pieces of history for students to read and view. This website also has a vast amount of materials for educators to search and choose from when teaching anything North Carolina. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/projects/history/ Discovery Kids Discovery Kids is a safe place for students to research and engage in a multi-tabbed web browser. There are games to practice different skills, videos to watch, and a search bar to research a question or topic. Educators are comfortable in the fact that students will not be taken to an insecure web page or will be viewing inappropriate content. http://discoverykids.com/ Starfall Starfall is a golden site for younger elementary grades. Phonics and early reading instruction is the main topic on this website. An app is also available for teachers to download on a tablet for center work. http://www.starfall.com/ Edutopia Edutopia provides resources about teaching, especially incorporating modern times instruction and tools. Teachers have opportunities to watch a variety of lessons, research different lesson plans, and chat with other teachers. This is a great place for teachers to deepen and develop their profession and be part of an active community of educators. Support is always a plus! http://www.edutopia.org/ |
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