multiplication
a.
This is a great site to teach kids their multiplication facts in a fun,
interesting manner that makes kids want to learn their multiplication
facts. There are many different games to teach the facts. It helps,
because many kids love playing games on the computer.
OSPI
a.
This site can give a teacher the updated GLE’s to work with when
creating a lesson. There are many added facts from other educators that
can help inspire a teacher to create a fun lesson.For example, the Food Pyramid is
on the site to teach students nutrition, a very important topic for the
obesity problem today.
Art in the Classroom fun
a.
This site is great for showing kids the different lines and shapes and
helping them identify the differences. It can also give a teacher some
ideas on projects to teach art to kids. The kids are able to create
their own images using only one media at this site. It is great for
teachers, parents, and kids.
Reading help for Teachers
a.
This site is great for teaching reading comprehension that includes
text to text/self/world connections. With the WASL based on reading
comprehension, this site can teach it to kids in a game form. The
students advance on to the areas of the game using connections. There
are also different forms of reading strategies to work from.
Teacher lesson Plan ideas
a.
This is a great site to find lesson plans, penmanship worksheets, and
other subject worksheets for teachers to work from. There is also a
section that gives ideas to work with when a holiday comes or a section
the talks about classroom management techniques for new teachers.
Holiday ideas
a.
Seasons are great to teach to children. This site gives a lot of ideas
for celebrating the holidays, such as Halloween or Christmas.
Social Studies
a.
Social studies is a hard topic to teach without boring kids. This site
gives great activities to engage children while giving good
information. It also has techniques for classroom discipline.
Writing prompts
a.
Writing prompts are not easy to come up with. This site gives some good
ideas that range for right brained techniques and left brained
techniques. It also has ways of teaching the 6 trait writing system. It
is a great site for teachers to get lesson plan ideas for writer's workshop.
Poetry fun
a.
Poetry is great for teaching children to read. It also teaches children
the parts of speech. Poetry is hard for some, but is a great phonics
lesson to work with. It helps with teaching children vocabulary.
Teaching poetry
a.
Poetry is a hard topic to teach to children. This site gives
great ideas on how to teach the concept of understanding poetry. There
are step by step ideas on what to do to engage children in reading
poetry.
Science fun for parents and Pre-School teachers
a.
Science is always fun for kids to learn when it is engaging. Parent can
get their children engaged in science with simple projects that are
done around the house. This can also be something that pre-school
teachers can use in the classroom.
Conversions
a. This site is great for teachers when they want to convert weights,
temperatures, lengths, area, and volume using an on line calculator. A
lot of people have difficulty with the metric system, so this is a
great site to convert quickly or check answers. Parents can also use
this site for cooking when needing to convert for cooking times or
measuring needs.
Science activities for the classroom
a.
This site gives children activities to work with in school or at home.
It involves facts about computers, matter, earth, measurement,
electricity, and much more. It teaches kids the boring stuff in an
interesting way or in their kind of thinking. The measurement can also
be seen as teaching math concepts. This is prefered for a kindergarten classroom.