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Early Learning Activities
Intermediate Learning Activities
Long and Short Vowel Activities
| Starfall – Word Families – Activities and Stories | Short vowel interactive activities |
| Between the Lions . Pounce! | Sound/letter |
| Between the Lions . Hopposites | Short vowel sounds |
| Between the Lions . Word Play | Word meaning |
| Between the Lions . Alphabet Soup | Scrambles words |
| Picture Match | ReadWriteThink- Student Activity |
| Super Why | Key reading skills, including alphabet, word families, spelling and reading comprehension |
| Clifford Interactive Storybooks | Clifford The Big Red Dog: Interactive Storybooks! Phonics fun, games, and stories |
General Links
| Ferry Beach Ecology School | |
| Time For Kids | Time for Kids online Resources |
| Enchanted Learning | Online educational resource for K-12 |
| Weather Bug | Weather Bug achieve – student tools |
| Discovery Education | Homework Help for students |
| Character Traits | |
| Fast Food Research | |
| HTML Color Codes |
Research
Keyboard and Mouse Skills
| ABCya! Keyboard Challenge | Label the keys |
| ABCya! Find the Technology – Computer Vocabulary | Computer device search |
| ABCya! Technology Vocabulary Slider Puzzle | Tech vocabulary puzzle |
| Dance Mat Typing | Students 4-6 fun keyboarding lessons from BBC |
| Peter’s Online Typing Course | Students 3-6 An online course with proper ten-finger touch typing technique. |
| Touch Typing Lessons/Practice | Selection of touch typing lessons |
| Bubble Typing | Practice the keys – Push your typing skills to their limits by playing the popular Bubbles typing game. |
| Test of Speed and Accuracy | Self-evaluation |
| Touch Typing Exercises | List of many websites in support of Touch Typing and the keyboard |
| ABCva! Primary Activities | Computer activities with mouse maniputlation |
| Mousing Around: Mousercise! | Mouse skills- Early point and click |
| Popit | Point and click mouse skills |
| ABCya! Take a Trip! Mouse Coordination | Mouse skills |
| Bees and Honey -click, drag, drop | Mouse skills |
| Berenstain Bears . Games | click, drag, drop | Mouse skills |
| ABCya! Take a Trip: Food Pyramid | |
| Mouse Exercises | Collection of mouse practice activities |
| Big Brown Bear Typing Lessons |
Math
| ****DOE – Math**** | Massachusetts Department of Education Mathematics Curriculum Framework |
| ThinkCentral |
Math in Focus resources for grades Kindergarten through five
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| Holt McDougal Online |
Math in Focus resources for grade six
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| Bitesize Maths | Students 3-6 BBC modules focusing on Number, Shapes, Space, Measure and Data Handling |
| Multiplication.com 1 | 3-6 Students– interactive games appropriate for students to interact with the times tables. |
| MultiFlyer – Math | Practice multiplication facts in a space adventure |
| Math Playground | Variety of interactive activities |
| Fun for the Brain -Addition & Subtraction Practice | Select the operation – variety of activities with basic facts. |
| CyberChase Math Games | Math activities, problem-solving from PBS Cyberchase |
| Fun Brain Math Arcade | Students 2-8 math activities |
| Math Game Classroom | high-quality educational Math games for grades K-6 |
| Cool Math for Kids | Many math and problem solving activities |
| Sudoku Puzzles | Math puzzles |
| The Maths File Game Show | Students 4-6 Math adventures from the |
| SuperMath | Thinking Skills activities |
| Select Math | Select Math – Boston Public Schools virtual manipulativesmath connections for grades 6-8 |
| Harcourt – Multi-Media Math Glossary | Harcourt Multi-Media Math Glossary Grades 1-8 |
| Illuminations | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics of standards-based materials and resources |
| Shodor – Interactivate | Shodor Interactivate is a set of online courseware for exploration in science and mathematics- activities, lessons, and discussions |
| Math Cats – Math Explorations | 3-6 Students Creative open-ended math explorations. |
| Gamequarium | Resource for interactive math games and instructional videos |
| Decimals and Fractions | Variety of activities on topics |
| PGS Math Weblinks | Numerous resources on Math topics |
| MultiFlyer – Math | |
| Rainforest Maths | |
| Timeline Maker – autobiograghy |
Graphing
| Create a Graph | Graphing utility from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) |
| Data Picking | Tallying – create a frequency table and select graph to show data |
| Graph – Bugs in the System | Cyberchase game – create a bar graph of captured bugs |
| The Data Bank Research Company | Collect data, organize, create graph interpret |
| Animal Island- BBC | BBC Bitesize activity -creating tables and bar graphs |
| Graph Gremlins | Line Graph interpretation and manipulation |
| Perfect Pies | Interpretation and manipulation of pie graphs |
| Interpreting Data | BBC Bitesize Handling Data – Interpreting Data |
ELA
| ****DOE – ELA**** | Massachusetts Department of Education English Language Arts Curriculum Framework |
| BBC Literacy Links | 1-2 Students BBC literacy activities |
| Reading Rangers | Reading Comprehension adventure |
| Melvin’s Marvelous Story | Use a word wall and help Marvin complete his story. |
| BBC CBeeies Online Stories | BBC early learning |
| PGS Web Online Story Collection | Variety of websites that offer stories |
| PGS Web Literature and Poetry Links | Collection of websites for Literature and Poetry |
| PGS Web Reading Activities Links | Various websites devoted to reading skills |
| PGS Web Teacher Resources | Many resources for teachers |
| PGS Web Grammar and Writing | Collection of resources |
| Read Write Think | Online literacy learning with interactive tools |
| ELA Games | Games to practice Language/Grammar skills – choose grade level |
| Literacy Zone | Grammar and Punctuation Activities to practice and review skills |
| Online Talking Stories | Vast selection of online stories from Woodlands Junior School |
| Wordle | Word clouds from text that you provide |
| BBC Bitesize Stage KS2 English | Modules that work on reading, writing and spelling and grammar skills |
| BBC English Activities | Scholastic -Animal Stories -Listen&Read |
| The Great Word Quest |
Science
| *****DOE – Science Framework**** | Massachusetts Department of Education Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Frameworks |
| PhET- Build and Atom -Interactive Simulation | Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. |
| Dino Dig | Dinosaur fossil digs |
| Dinosaur Train | PBS – Learn Dinosaur Facts |
| Windows to the Universe | Windows to the Universe is a learning system covering the Earth and Space sciences from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and Regents of the University of Michigan |
| National Geographic for Kids – Solar System | Solar System Journey from Mercury with Tim and Moby. And find out how scientists believe our solar system formed. |
| Virtual Solar System | National Geographic’s Virtual Tour – information and photos of the Sun, Planets and Small Bodies. |
| Exploratorium’s Observatory | The Exploratorium’s Guide to Astronomy Resources – Solar System. |
| National Geographics for Kids | 2-6 Students Games, activities, quizzes, photos, fill-ins from National Geographic |
| Science Clips | BBC Science modules for students 5 – 11 |
| PGS Web Science Topics | Collections of websites on Chemistry, Inventions, States of Matter, Simple Machines, Museums, Fossils, Earth Science, Weather, Living Things, Sundials |
| Squish the Fish | Help Squish the Fish travel out across the reef to find his lunch. He needs to find friends who will help him hide from his nemesis, Big Tooth Blob. Learn about shape, color, and behavioral adaptations for survival. |
| Rocks and Solids Activity | Grade 3 BBC science module on properties of rocks. |
| Foss Guide to Magnitism and Electricity | G4 Student – Welcome to the Magnetism and Electricity Module! Investigate the magnets found in a typicalkitchen.Try to pick up metal filings with the electromagnet |
| Revisewise Science Activities | Students 3-6 Science modules from the BBC focusing on Living Things, Materials, and Physical Properties |
| Science Lab | Dr. Sunburner’s lab – follow directions and discover interesting ideas with liquids |
| BrainPOP – Nutrition | USDA American Food Pyramid |
| Exploring Fossils and the Fossil Record | |
| BBC Fossilisation | |
| Zoom Dinosaur | |
| Dinosaurs Natural History Museum | |
| Dinosphere | |
| Break it Down | |
| Mystery Machine | |
| Think Big -Invention Machines | |
| Simple Machines- Museum of Science Chicago | |
| Simple Machines | |
| Power Play |
Nutrition
Geography
| Buster Travel Activities | |
| Letter People Geography | Mr. X has disappeared in one of the 50 U.S. States |
| Ben’s Guide to the US Government | government and how it works |
| GeoGames | GeoGames challenges players to Build Planet Earth and Map Countries and Cities using fun graphics and sound effects on an animated 3D globe. |
| Reading Maps | National Park Service – WebRangers activity |
| USA Geography Games | Sheppard Software educational software and online games |
| Mapping Our World | From OxFam – explores the relationship between maps and globes |
| Search Engine | |
| Fact Monster – USA Map | Political Map of 50 States |
Holidays
Media & Tools
| Artsonia School | PGS Student art work on Artsonia School posted by JenDubis |
| Kid Tunes | Ms. Raycroft’s Homepage |
| ABC Student Typing | Mrs. Geyer’s Blog |
| Tools | Bitesize – BBC Modules |
| Online Stop Watch | BPL – MCAS Practice Software |
| Training Word 2007 | MCAS – Question Search |
| Support Office 2007 | Ambleside Interactive Math tools |
| Windows 7 Support | Khan Academy |
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