Maple Avenue Sites

Maple Avenue Sites
An Internet Hotlist on used by Maple Avenue Staff and Students

created by Maple Avenue Suggested Sites
Maple Avenue Elementary

Introduction
These are sites that have been preselected for children to use at Maple Avenue Elementary School.

The Internet Resources

1-Manske's Top Picks - These are sites that Mrs. Manske is currently using with her classes.
2-Hamilton Research Resource Page - Start Your Searches Here! These are research resources that can help you with finding information about any topic.
3-Hamilton Math Resource Page - Become a math magician! These are math resources that can help you practice and explore the world of math.
AAA Study - Topics which includes interactive practice, explanations and challenging games for each concept. This site also includes US and world geography, spelling and math activities.
Brainpop - Wonderful videos for topics related to science, social studies and a lot of other subjects.
Brainpop Jr. - Wonderful videos for topics related to science, social studies and a lot of other subjects geared for younger students.
Enchanted Learning - A great resource for beginning research skills and topics with good visuals and easier reading levels.
Learning Planet - Learning games and activities for all grade levels.
McDonalds - Use this website to find the nutritional value in the foods you eat from McDonalds.

Kindergarten

BBC-Numbertime - Students must place the correct missing tiles in the hundred grid to complete this online game.
Count Us In - A wonderful site for beginning counting games and early math fun!
Fishin' Mission - A fun, timed, counting and sorting game for kindergarten students.
Kindergarten Online Games - All kinds of fun games for Kindergarten children to play.
Learning Planet - 'Practice counting by 1's, 2's, 5's & 10's as you race the clock!'
Money game for Kindergarten - 'A perfect place to shop around for correct change! Practice coin recognition and values to place the appropriate amount of money in the shopping cart to solve a story problem.
National Geographic For Kids - A great place to search for animal photoes, video clips & more!
PBS Kids - A site with kindergarten level stories to listen and read along to. The highlighted text is great for tracking print and following along as stories are read aloud.
Rainforest Math - An excellent resource for math practice.
RekenWeb Games - This website allows you to choose the age of the player! Children can practice a variety of skills, but the game we have played most in kindergarten is the Speedy Pictures.
Sesame Street Letters - Cookie Monster loves cookies, but he can only eat the ones that match the beginning sound/letter shown on the screen.
Snakes and Ladders - It's is an interactive counting on game, similar to Chutes and Ladders, which can be played by 1 or 2 players.
Starfall Reading - Reading activities for young students.

Grade 1

Arthur Website - Arthur's website is a ton of fun with Arthur and friends. Visit this site for playing cards, Arthur games, and cool activities.
BookFlix - Great online story site!
First Thanksgiving - First and second graders will explore this site to find out facts about the First Thanksgiving.
Jan Brett - A website exploring this great children's author.
Moon Calendar - First graders see the different phases of the moon.
Mrs. Cochran's Page - Students learn about the vowel sounds through interactive sites linked to this page.
PBS Story Factory - Come to this site to build a story.
Sheppard Software - A wonderful website that contains lots of different online learning games and activities.
Starchild - Learning activities for young astronomers.

Grade 2

A Kid's Life in Italy - How much do you know about Italy? Take a tour with Mario, a second grader in Sicily, Italy!
Active Science - Visit 8 different habitats to test your knowledge about the needs of living things! You will need to click on humans and animal habitats link.
Between the Lions - Get wild about reading with these PBS characters. Good for reading and phonics practice.
Hamilton School District Second Grade Solar System Sites - Sites compiled by 2nd grade teachers in Hamilton School District for use in the study of the solar system.
Houghton Mifflin Kid's Place - This website helps students to practice sorting words. It goes with what we are doing for our spelling pilot.
Into the Books - Interactive activities incorporating reading strategies.
KidCyber - Use this website for research on Australian animals along with many other interesting topics.
Lego Fun Zone for Older Kids - Experience Indiana Jones and many other fun lego building games.
Magic School Bus - Take a tour of the Magic School Bus. Study different science topics such as habitats, planets, and more!
Mrs. Rupnow's Favorite Internet Sites - Check out the cool websites that Mrs. Rupnow's using with her Second Graders!
Poetry Creation Station - Need help creating great poetry? Visit this site to learn about different forms of poetry and let the creative juices flow!
Science Monster Page - Solar System facts and cool science activities!
Second Grade Skills Practice - Practice second grade skills such as phonics, sequencing, contractions, synonyms,fractions, math facts and telling time.
Switcheroo Zoo - Challenge yourself to make each habitat 100% compatable for all five living things!
Weight on Other Worlds - Find your weight on other planets.

Grade 3

50 States - Get basic information and go to many links to find necessary facts for the state you are studying.
Dice Rolling - Investigate probability with a dice rolling activity!
Dr. Seuss - Learn more about Dr. Seuss and do activites related to his books.
Heads and Tails - Investigate probability with a coin flip activity.
PBS Democracy - A great site to learn about the American System of Democracy.
PBS Probability Games - Investigate probability with various games.
Parenthood-Explore your name - Use this site to find out what your name means.
Race Car Math - Use this site to practice your math facts in a fun way.
State Weather Information - State weather information can be found here.
Stately Knowledge - This is a site designed by the public library system that is designed to give many facts about your chosen state.
Water Cycle - This site provides a basic explanation of the water cycle complete with pictures and descriptions
Weather/Clouds - This is a site that is used by third graders to study cloud-types.
Weatherwizkids - Great weather information!
Weekly Reader - Come to this site to learn about the election.

Grade 4

1-Travel Wisconsin - One of the best websites for finding the information for Jessica Doyle clues.
2-WI State Historical Society - A great site for finding information related more to the history of our great state of Wisconsin.
3-State of Wisconsin Kids Page - Another good source for finding answers for Jessica Doyle trivia questions.
Where in Wisconsin is Jessica Doyle? - Use this week's clues to find which city in Wisconsin Mrs. Doyle has visited.
Wisconsin Timeline - Find out what happened 10 years ago, 50 years ago, even 12,000 years ago in Wisconsin.

Grade 5

Basic Tornado Awareness - Tornado Awareness - A Guide to Survival
Cliffhanger - Does the hiker have a greater probability of falling off of the cliff or making his way back to safety?
Cloud Gallery - This site has exciting pictures of different cloud families along with clear descriptions of each picture.
Dice Probability - How often will the numbers be rolled? What about the sum of the dice?
Geography and Trivia - Practice finding continents, oceans, states, and countries. Also there is trivia, and math problem solving.
In the Eye of the Storm - A Webquest designed to debate if a tornado or a hurricane is more damaging.
Mrs. Garley's List - All subjects included on list.
Night of the Twisters - A Literature Unit for Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Spaghetti Book Club - A student created book club that includes a large variety of book reviews.
Tornado Safety - Tornado Preparedness and Response: Strategies For Families

Content by Maple Avenue Suggested Sites, manste@hamiltondist.k12.wi.us
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Last revised Wed Nov 4 6:38:24 US/Pacific 2009