Web Sites of the Week for Teachers!

 

Kid's Domain Downloads - Download free educational software for your classroom! - http://www.kidsdomain.com

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections Set up a project with another class from around the world! http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators - links to sites to use in your classroom on every imaginable topic. http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

Math Flashcards! www.aplusmath.com/flashcards
Kids practice addition, subtraction, multiplication or division with these fast math
flashcards.

Awesome Authors on the Web! Links to web sites for childrens’ authors, including Marc
Brown (author of the Arthur books), Dr. Seuss and Langston Hughes. Look at pictures
of the authors, stories of their lives, and summaries of many of the books.
http://www.camdenschools.org/nbay/author.htm

Kidscribe - A Bilingual Site for Kid Authors! A selection of student writing on “What
does peace mean to you?/¿Qué significa la paz para tí?” Have your kids write a paragraph
in Spanish or English and submit it to the site! Also has some links to bilingual kids’ sites.
http://web2.airmail.net/def/

Exploratorium Exhibits Online, in Spanish and English!
Human Embryos, fruit flies, optical illusions and more. Let kids explore!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/

Math Sites

A+ Math: http://www.aplusmath.com - Arithmetic games and flashcards
Math Lesson Plans and Activities from the Math Forum Internet Resource Collection: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/library/resource_types/lesson_plans/ - A great collection of math lesson plans for teachers.
FUNBRAIN Change Maker Game: http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html - Purchase items and make change.
Funbrain.com Math Baseball : Answer arithmetic questions and see the player run around the bases. http://www.funbrain.com/math/
Math Games that Teach Addition, Subtration, Multiplication and Division : http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108b.html#math
BasketMath - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rounding, graphs and more! http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html

Cinco de Mayo Sites

Pictures of a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Le Grand Elementary School
http://www.legrand.k12.ca.us/cdm/
The History of Cinco de Mayo http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm
Recipes for Cinco de Mayo http://www.avocado.org/recipes