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Wonderful Websites

Here are some great websites and activities to help students practice important skills in first grade. I have visited each one. We also use some of the websites in class. You can use them as a fun way to practice skills at home!

Reading and Writing Sites

Starfall http://starfall.com This an excellent website! The leveled reading stories and interactive games help students practice a wide variety of reading skills.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary.html

A picture dictionary on the Internet!  Use this dictionary for research or

just for fun!  We have used this site for research in class.

Activity sheets are provided for gaining practice in using the

dictionary to find information.

Rhyming with Reggie http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/

Help Reggie the Rhino find rhyming words.

can't she'll it's

Contraction Matching
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/matchgeneric.asp?filename=contractions

See 'N Spell http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/see-n-spell.htm

Interactive spelling practice.  Short vowel words, long vowel words, plurals,

and more!

Dolch Sight Word List

Dolch Words (The School Bell)http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/Links/DolchProject/index.html Listen and practice reading dolch words with other first graders who drew pictures for each word as well as reading their sentences to you.

PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/lions/games/lookout2.html What words can you make from the given word?

ake

Spelling Board http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/mag/spelling.html

Use letters, blends, and digraphs to make as many words as you can with the

same word endings.

? . !

Grammar Gold

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g1c26/nadia.htm

All sentences must end with a punctuation mark. Read each sentence. Can you choose the correct end mark?

On-line Stories (Between the Lions -PBS Kids) http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html Students can read a variety of stories. Each story leads into an adventure of related games.

Songs (Between the Lions- PBS Kids) http://pbskids.org/lions/songs/ Movie clips with songs to help students learn phonics sounds and rules.

Sites

	Math Baseball http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html Play baseball as you practice your addition and subtraction facts!
	Houghton Mifflin Test Prep Practice http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testprep/gr1/index.html These test prep practices can help you practice lots of math skills!
Count by 5's	Spooky Sequence http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/spookyseq/spookycf5.html One of the ghost in the spooky sequence is missing a number. Count by 5's to find the missing number.
Count by 10's	Spooky Sequence http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/spookyseq/spookycf10.html One of the ghost in the spooky sequence is missing a number. Count by 10's to find the missing number.
	Numbers to 100 http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/BaseTen.html Use tens and ones blocks to build numbers to 100.
	Shark Pool Place Value http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html Match numeral with tens and ones graphics.
10-3=	Subtraction Practice http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/mathssub.html
5+4=	Addition Practice http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/mathsadd.html
	Willie The Watchdog http://www.hbschool.com/activity/willy/willy.html Games about telling time to the hour and half-hour.
$	Coins for Candy http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/CoinsForCandy/money002a.htm Learning about pennies, nickels, and dimes makes candy shopping easy!
	Piggy Bank http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/money/money.htm Figure out which coins will equal the total value and break the Piggy Bank!
	Shape Patterns http://www.primarygames.com/patterns/question1.htm What shape would come next in these patterns?
	Pizza Party http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/question1.htm Practice fractions with pizzas! Can you tell how much pizza is left?

	Life Cycles http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1077&category=0&level=4 Show your knowledge of life and growth cycles of plants and animals.
	What's My Class? http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1183&category=0&level=4 Drag pictures of animals to their correct class (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, or insects).
	My Pyramid Blast Off Game http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html Fuel the rocket ship with foods from all the basic food groups. When the rocket has enough food from each group it will BLAST OFF!
	Food Groups http://games.funschool.com/game_food_groups.html?g=1069&category=0&level=3 Can you place the foods in the correct food group?
	Gregory's Grub Cafe http://ada.lesley.edu/faculty/ftboswel/lburnga_05/cb050418/quest/ A nutritional Webquest based around the book Gregory the Terrible Eater
	Forces and Movement http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement.shtml Discover pushes, pulls, and friction with this interactive game!
	Magnets and Springs http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/magnets_springs.shtml Explore magnets and discover what magnets are attracted to with this interactive game!
	Growing Plants http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml Experiment the growth of a plant. What does a plant need to grow?
	Sound and Hearing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml Listen to a variety of instruments and soft and loud sounds to experiment with sound.
	Investigating Insects http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/tharring/lilburn/th060208/insect_webquest/ Become an insect detective! Research five different insects in this webquest.
	Liquids, Solids, and Gases http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/08_act.shtml Learn facts and see animated graphics to help learn about solids, liquids, and gases.
	Web Weather for Kids http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/ Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and forecast the weather on Web Weather for Kids!
	Weather Wiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm Meteorologist, Crystal Wicker, designed this website especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather.
	Eye On the Sky http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/first/EyeontheSkyWeatherJournal/ Create your own weather forecast.
	Natural History Notebooks http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm You'll find lots of interesting facts about 246 animals species.

	The First Thanksgiving http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/pictimeline/index.htm Learn about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians by viewing a picture time line of the first Thanksgiving.
	U.S. Symbols Match Game http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/july4/games/match_up/start.htm A concentration game matching U.S. Symbols. Can you name each symbol you match?
	Time for Kids - Mexico http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/goplaces/main/0,20344,591663,00.html Explore our neighbors to the south with this interactive site.
	Canada's Treasure Trek http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=9& Explore and learn facts about the provinces and territories of Canada.
	Canadian Animals http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/animals/index.html Learn the enemies, food, habitat and other interesting facts of many Canadian animals.
	A Step Back in Time http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/history/stepback.shtml Josie and her alien friend go back in time to see what life was like in the 1900's.

http://www.funbrain.com/	http://www.funschool.com
http://pbskids.com	http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
http://theschoolbell.com	www.yahooligans.com
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm	www.enchantedlearning.com