Potter Road Online Teaching Resources

Potter Road Online Teaching Resources
An Internet Hotlist on Potter Road Teacher Links

created by Potter Road Teachers
Potter Road Elementary School

Introduction
This collection of links was put together by the teachers at Potter Road elementary School. It contains many resources, sorted by subject, that can be used across grade levels.

The Internet Resources

Math

Collection of Interactive Math Skill Building Games - This site provides links to lots of other projectable resources to reinforce specific math skills.
Create a Graph - This website allows you to create different types of graphs and is easy and fun to use. It is much easier to use than Microsoft Excel.
Elapsed Time - This site has a simple colock interface and asks you to tell 'What time it will be in X hours and minutes.'
Interactive Clock - Use this clock to show elaqpsed time.
Money Flashcards - Practice Counting Money
The Megapenny Project - This site helps students visualize what large numbers look like using pennies.
Virtual Manipulatives-McGraw Hill - You can sort these manipulatives by grade level and type. Good for projection or student use.

Science

BBC Science - This is a great site with lots of games sorted by grade that helps kids engage in different aspects of Science.
Growing Plant Simulator - This is an online game that teaches kids about the parts of plants and helps them learn how they grow.

Reading

Grammar Gorillas - Practice your parts of speech here!
Into the Book - A great interactive tool for practicing the reading comprehension strategies.
To Be or Not to Be - This game practices placing the correct verb in a sentence.
Tumblebooks - A great resource for audio books. (you have to go in through the Wellesley library)

Writing

Spelling City - This site allows you to upload spelling words or content vocabulary. Students can then play games and be tested on those words you have uploaded.

Social Studies

Continents and Oceans - Use this interactive site to practice continents and oceans of the world.
Discover Japan! - Discover Japan! This site has some great games, stories, pictures and more!
George Washington's World for Kids - This is a great interactive site with several activities that take place in Mount Vernon. It is a great way for students to learn about the life of our first President.
National Geographic Education - This site has lots of activites, videos, and ideas for interactivity in the classroom. Because it's National Geographic, you know the quality will be top-notch.
National Geographic Xpeditions - This is a great site with printable maps of all types. You can remove names, borders, etc. to have students fill them in. There are also lesson plans for all grade levels.
States and Capitals Practice - Use this interactive site to practice states and capitals of the U.S.

Other

Arcademics Skill Builders - This is a great site for games that can be assigned to students with a free account. The games can build different teacher identified skills in multiple curriculum areas.
Brain Breaks - These are some great ideas for movement breaks in the classroom while still connecting to the curriculum.
Jeopardy Games - This site has lots of downloadable Jeopardy Games that you can use to review different subject matter. They use PowerPoint and the kids love them. They are categorized by grade level and curriculum area.
Scratch - Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
Voicethread - This site allows you to collect group conversations around a story, video or picture etc…
Voki - Build your own avatar- a great piece of technology for students to learn!

Content by Potter Road Teachers, jweinstein@framingham.k12.ma.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listpotterrje.html
Last revised Tue Apr 10 5:38:38 US/Pacific 2012