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Sitesforsummerhelp2012
This document provides a summary of educational websites for students in grades K-12 to use during the summer for fun and learning. It discusses websites broken down by grade level and includes resources for parents and teachers. A variety of websites are listed covering subjects like reading, math, science, languages and more. The document aims to help students continue learning over the summer in an enjoyable way through educational online resources.
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- 1. Sites for Summer Help By Karen Brooks 6/13/2012
- 2. Educational Sites for Summer Help
- 3. Overview • This informationalsession will look at educational and fun websites for students in K-12 education to help make their summer both fun and educational while on the computer. Websites will be discussed and broken down by grade level. In addition, resources will be provided for both the parent and the teacher. This session is part of the Parent Informational Series.
- 4. Resources for Presentation • http://www.slideshare.net/kbrooks • http://www.karenbrooksucboces.blogspot.com • http://www.karenbrooks.wikispaces.com • http://www.pinterest.com/Dembe27
- 5. Video Social MediaRevolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM
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- 9. All My Favs– Educational Tab http://edu.allmyfaves.com/
- 10. Parent Resources ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/
- 11. Parent Resources ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/
- 12. Resources for Parents •Mom’s Homeroom - • Activity TV - http://momshomeroom.msn.com/ http://www.activitytv.com/summ • Summer Activities for Kids - http://www.activitiesforkids.com/summer/calendar.htm • 80+ Inexpensive or Free • Mail Just 4 Me – Summer Fun - http://mailjust4me.com/play/summer1.htm Activities for Kids this Summer - http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2011/05/80-inexpensive-or-fre • Kaboose – Summer Activities - http://holidays.kaboose.com/summer/ + Newsletter + Crafts • Disney Go – Summer Fun - • Martha Stewart 60 Summer http://familyfun.go.com/summer Activities for Kids - http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/60-summer-activities-for-kids • Creative Kids at Home - http://www.creativekidsathome.com/summerkidsactivities2.html
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- 14. K-2 Summer Resources • Starfall – Phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency • Orson’s Farm: Phonemic Awareness • GameGoo • Building Language and Literacy from Scholastic • Study Dog – Supports all 5 building blocks to reading
- 15. Arthur Gamesfrom PBS Kids Arthur Games – Letters To... Arthur Games – Poetry Club Arthur Games – Muffy’s Wardrobe Story Scramble Unmatching Game Between the Lions Games from PBS Kids Digby Mole’s Word Games from BBC; end sounds, first sounds, and rhymes
- 16. ISpy fromScholastic Literacy Center Read and Write with Clifford from Scholastic
- 17. Construct A Wordfrom ReadWriteThink Word Wizard from ReadWriteThink What’s in the Bag from ReadWriteThink Picture Match from ReadWriteThink
- 18. Sound and LetterTime from Scholastic • Scholastic News – Ask a Weather Watcher (Listen & Read) – Here Come the Frogs! (Listen & Read) – Insect World Records (Listen & Read) – Growing Up Gater (Listen & Read) – Meet Mr. President (Listen & Read) – Welcome Back, Bald Eagles! (Listen & Read)
- 19. • Dragonfly nolonger maintained by University of Miami, but still available. • Scholastic Special Reports • National Geographic for Kids Stories from Around the World Includes Videos, Activites and Games.
- 20. • Moppet GamesFund educational games kids 3-12. • PBS Sesame Games • Brain Pop Jr Paid site, but some free materials
- 21. 3-5 Ability and ReadingLevels
- 22. • Kids Labhttp://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary • KidsHealth • PBS Raising Readers
- 23. • PBS ScienceGames Designed for Middle School grades. • PBS Designed Squad Projects Designed for Middle School Grades • ABC Teach Science Experiments Most are designed for Upper Elementary
- 24. • Picture BookMaker • StoryBird • I Know That This site is a supplement to education programs and has both online and offline activities. • CAST UDL Book Builder
- 25. • Discovery MathHomework Help • PBS Summer Post Cards • Hands on Activities and Games 286 Pages of activities!
- 26. 6-8 Ability and ReadingLevels
- 27. • It’s MyLife PBS Site • Scholastic Character Scrapbook • BBC Bitesize
- 28. • Financial Lessons •Kids Know It • Pico Cricket
- 29. • Bright HorizonsSummer Resources • Food Detectives • Interactive Math Games
- 30. 9-12 Ability and ReadingLevels
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- 36. More resources onDelicious.com • http://delicious.com/dembe01/Middle_School • http://delicious.com/dembe01/parent_resource • http://delicious.com/dembe01/ss • http://delicious.com/dembe01/art • http://delicious.com/dembe01/music • http://delicious.com/dembe01/science • http://delicious.com/dembe01/math • http://delicious.com/dembe01/ela • http://delicious.com/dembe01/languages • http://delicious.com/dembe01/internet_safety
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- 39. Alice StoryTelling http://www.alice.org/ • Carnegie Mellon makes downloads of the Alice software available for free at www.alice.org. • Eight textbooks on Alice have been written. Alice is used by 10 percent of U.S. colleges and in many high schools. • Also available is a version for middle school children called "Storytelling Alice," which was designed by Caitlin Kelleher, Pausch's Ph.D. student, to appeal in particular to young girls with hopes of increasing female interest in computer science careers.
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- 42. C Check out theUS Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml
- 43. Don’t forget tocheck teacher websites & District Websites!
- 44. Other Resources toCheck Out • Family suggested iPad and Phone Apps for Kids - http://familyinternet.about.com/od/software/tp/ipad_apps_kids_families.htm • Home – The Summer Learning Place - http://www.megaskillshsi.org/media/docs/summerLearningPlace.pdf • Summer Reading Brochure - http://www.rif.org/documents/us/summer_reading.pdf • Reading Plant http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm • Reading Rockets 10 Weeks of Summer Reading - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/391 • Six Games for Reading - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/79 • Language Arts Games online - http://childparenting.about.com/od/languageartsgamesonline/Language_Arts_Games_Online.htm • Spelling Games for Kids - http://homeparents.about.com/cs/homeschooling/a/spell_games.htm • Three Easy Sight Word Games - http://childparenting.about.com/od/makeathomewordgames/a/sightwordgames.htm • YRCA - http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm • Top 20th Century Children’s Literature - http://www.randomhouse.com/features/treasury/vote/ • The Read Aloud Handbook - http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/readalouds/fr/readaloudhandbk.htm • Public Library Book Search Page http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/ • Lit Charts - http://www.litcharts.com/
- 45. Others • http://www.friv.com/ • http://www.studyegg.com/users/sign_in • http://www.switchzoo.com/ • http://www.beonlineb.com/ • http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/ • http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html • http://www.picassohead.com/create.html?skin=original • http://www.whattablast.com/ • http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php • http://www.kindersite.org/ • http://www.mathchimp.com/index.php • http://www.edheads.org/ • http://phet.colorado.edu/ • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm • http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ • http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.php
- 46. Thanks for attending! kbrooks@ulsterboces.org