Good Links for Primary Teachers

Internet Projects:

• Vancouver Weather from MyBC home page
• My Neighbourhood - kids can send in descriptions
• Project Groundhog
• Joan Holub's 100th Day of school
• 100th Day of School Celebration
• Flat Stanley
• Journey North, A Global Study of Wildlife Migration
• The ReadIn
• Backpack Buddies
• Iditarod 2000, Official Site
• Iditarod 2000
• National Pet Census

Early Literacy Sites:

• Alphabetical Critters Listing
• Surfing for ABC's
• 4-Blocks Information about 4- blocks literacy model - Pat Cunningham's model
• Electronic Journal of International Reading Association
• AlphaSongs Lyrics and Activities - Words to songs for each alphabet letter and activities for each
• Balanced Literacy Resources - list of links
• Kate Greenway's book, A Apple Pie
• A is for Angelfish - animal alphabet book
• Emmi's Critter ABC's
• BBC Education - Words and Pictures - playing with long vowels and words
• A Rhyme a Week:Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
• Rob Rider's Dolch Flashcards with Sound
• Mrs. Reid's Wolnderful World of Reading
• The Stories of Ika Bremer
• Korky's Kool Rhyme Machine, make rhymes with student names
• Charlotte's Web - one class's site

Author Sites:

• Alice in Wonderland, An Interactive Adventure
• World of Beatrix Potter
• Just for Kids Who Love Books, information about authors and book series
• Jan Brett's Home Page
• Learning about the Author and Illustrator

Poetry Sites:

• dMarie - Poem Place (You can type in a phrase or author of a poem/s you are looking for; or select a category; or browse all the poems, all 2243 of them!!!)
• Poetry Teachers.com (Great site, also has how to teach poetry)
• Giggle Poetry (Poems by Bruce Lansky etc. Related to Poetry Teachers Site)
• Poet's Corner
• Classroom Poetry Pages
• Online Songs & Poetry for Children (Great Links)
• Learning Games, Songs, Nursery Rhymes, Poetry (Scroll down to the Poetry & Nursery Rhymes section for lots of links)
• The Poetry Place - Tammy's Tidbits
• Barking Spiders (and other such stuff) Poetry for Children, by CJ Heck
• Mrs. Henriksen's Poetry Pages
• Rebus Rhymes (Mother Goose & Others) (Good to print out because they have little colour pictures throughout the rhymes)
• Poetry for Kids - How to write poetry

Math Sites:

• First Grade Backpack Arithmetic Activities
• A+ Math - flashcards and games
• Education 4 Kids - Primary Math games
• Funbrain - Numbers
• Automaths - Online Math for Kids
• The ArithmAttack

Holiday Sites:

• Billy Bear's Holiday Page - good section on birthdays
• North Pole Secret Village - email Santa
• Santa Claus.com - gives Naughty or Nice rating, e-mail Santa
• Christmas customs Advent calendar made by international students
• Christmas Around the World - info for teachers
• Halloween Links to Safety Game and other children and adult sites
• Tooth Fairy - Write a letter to the tooth fairy.
• Santa Claus Online
• Happy Valentines Over 20 ideas for crafts and food.
• Valentines Songs plus ideas for activity centers and art projects.
• Valentine Day Crafts Over 20 briefly described suggestions for cards and crafts.
• Our Canadian Groundhog - Wiarton Willie
• The official site of Punxsutawney Phil
• Groundhog Day Poems and Songs
• Remembrance Day
• Remembrance Day - Gander Academy

Teacher Listserv and Resource Sites:

• Teachers.Net Join a listserv, many useful links and ideas
• Kinder Korner - Resource web site for K-2 teachers, loaded with ideas, also has Kinder listserv
• Brooke School's web site - See Primary, Intermediate and Teacher sites listed
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Berit's Best Sites for Children
• Teaching is a Work of Heart
• Lisa's Literacy Connections
• Mrs. Vig's Theme Page
• Grade One Mailing List -TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LIST You can subscribe or unsubscribe to this list by sending an email message to:
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Useful General and Subject Sites:

• Studying pumpkins - lesson plan
• Castles on the Web - adult and child sections
• Zoos Online- Scholastic Internet Field Trip - animal sites to visit
• Activities for Kids - many word games, links, teacher lesson ideas
• Connecting Students - Interactive sites, lesson plans, Internet projects, etc.
• The Idea Box - words to children's songs, alphabetically arranged
• Kayleigh's Playground - Games, including color, number and alphabet games for early learners
• Kids Domain Winter Games
• CTW Preschool Playground - Sesame Street stories, alphabet letters
• ChildrenStory.com - stories, nursery rhymes with audio
• I C Shapes - interactive fun with shapes
• Puzzlemaker Create word searches, word games, etc.
• Canadian Animals
• Discovering Penguins

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