Student Resources
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Student Videos
Videos which have previously appeared on the OP home page.
Mayor Arredia visits Orchard Place
To download this video, right-click (Mac: Control-Click) Here and choose "Save as" or "Download Linked File" from the pop-up menu.
Academic Celebration
To download this video, right-click (Mac: Control-Click) Here and choose "Save as" or "Download Linked File" from the pop-up menu.
Ms. Santiago's Class: Zoo Animals and Flowers
To download this video, right-click (Mac: Control-Click) Here and choose "Save as" or "Download Linked File" from the pop-up menu.
Mrs. Hiller's Class: The Sun, the Moon and the Earth
To download this video, right-click (Mac: Control-Click) Here and choose "Save as" or "Download Linked File" from the pop-up menu.
General Web Sites for Students
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com
Covers a wide range of topics: Math, Words, Homework, Science, Sp0rts
Ask for Kids
http://www.askforkids.com
Formerly Ask Jeeves; a kid-friendly search engine and homework helper.
KidsKonnect
http://www.kidskonnect.com
A safe internet gateway for kids created and maintained
by educators
Math Links
Aplusmath.com : Games
http://www.aplusmath.com/games/
This web site was developed to help students improve their mathskills
interactively. Visit our game room and play exciting games like Matho,
Hidden Picture or Concentration. Test your mathskills with our Flashcards!
Try out the Math Word Find puzzle. Create and print your own set of
flashcards online! See the Worksheets section, where you can print worksheets
to practice offline.
Batter's Up Baseball
(Math Games)
http://www.prongo.com/math/
Play addition or multiplication baseball!
KidsPlayPark.com:
Farm Stand Math Game
http://www.kidsplaypark.com/games/farm/
Go shopping at the farm stand and see if you can add up the total price!
Lemonade Larry (Math)
http://www.prongo.com/lemon/index.html
How much does the lemonade cost? Check out your math skills.
Use multiplication to find out how much the lemonade costs.
BBC
- Little Animals Activity Centre - Count Hoot's number games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/numbers/chi.shtml
Basic Addition and Subtraction games
Note: Requires the Shockwave plugin (will not work in Safari)
BBC
- Number Time- Play a game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/games/index.shtml
Numerous different games
Note: Requires the Shockwave plugin (will not work in Safari)
BBC
Education-Maths File-Fish Tank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html
Practice basic probablitiy calculations
Note: Requires the Shockwave plugin (will not work in Safari)
BBC
Education-Maths File-Games Wheel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/gameswheel.html
A dozen different math games
Note: Requires the Shockwave plugin (will not work in Safari)
Cool math 4 kids
- math games, math puzzles, math lessons
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
An amusement park of math and more -- especially designed for kids and
FUN, FUN, FUN! Includes games on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, polyhedra, tesseslations, and fractals. For advanced students and parents, also see the related site http://www.coolmath.com.
Count Us In
Games
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/
Games designed to help understand basic number concepts
Bugs in the System | PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/bargraphs/bargraphs.html
Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/
A wide variety of Math games, from the basics to fractions and multiplication. Some games require Java.
Free
interactive and educational math games for kids online
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html
Fun Brain
http://www.funbrain.com/
Numerous games and activities.
FunBrain.com
- Change Maker
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi
Practice making change.
Houghton
Mifflin Math Games
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/index.html
Houghton
Mifflin "Roz' Math-a-rama"
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/index.html
Math
http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php
Math
http://www.coolmath.com/
Math Activities Online
http://www.syvum.com/online/math.html
Math Cats
http://www.mathcats.com/
Math, English software,
games, worksheets for grades K-8
http://www.dositey.com/
Online Math
Games and Puzzles
http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/
PrimaryGames.com
- Math
http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm
The Math
Forum: Student Center
http://www.mathforum.org/students/
Visual Fractions:
An On-Line Fraction Tutorial
http://www.visualfractions.com/
Provides visual modeling of fractions
Language Arts Web Sites
www.raz-kids.com
Orchard Place has a subscription; ask Ms. Suriano or Ms. Smith in the LMC for the username and password.
The Literacy Center
http://www.literacycenter.net
The LiteracyCenter.Net provides safe learning activities
for parents and teachers to share with young children.
Many Things (ESL)
http://www.manythings.org
A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language.
Includes many word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs
and much more.
ESL and Second Language Learning
http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins
Welcome to Dr. Cummins' ESL and Second Language Learning
Web!
Dr. James Cummins is a leader in second language learning and literacy
development research. This website is an expanding resource for educators
the world over.
SuperKids
Vocabulary Builders
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/
Looking for an easy way to improve your students' (or your own)
vocabulary? These should help - and hopefully be fun, too! Vocabulary
activities include: Word of the Day -- by grade level, Hangman -- fun
subjects, as well as vocabulary, Hidden Word Puzzles -- make your own!,
Word Scrambler -- great for vocabulary, spelling, and reading!, TextTwist
-- Quick, what words can you spell with "QMZYXL"? , WHATword?
-- What words can you make? Play this game of Collapse-ing letters.
BrainPop
http://www.brainpop.com
BrainPOP is the leading producer of educational animated
movies for K-12. The company creates original animated movies to explain
concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational and
entertaining for both children and adults.
Alphabet
Action
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp
Click on a letter and see an object that starts with that letter.
Wacky Web Tales
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
You provide the words to create your own funny story.
Betweeen
the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/
A wonderful companion website to the award winning PBS
television program backed with lots of research about good literacy instruction.
Includes stories, games, printables, a student word-helper and songs.
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org
Educational games, stories, music and coloring activities
from your favorite PBS children's shows
ABC Teach
http://www.abcteach.com
This is the place for kids, parents, student teachers,
and teachers. The site features activities covering basic literacy and
math, teaching extras, research report resources,portfolios, shape books,
theme units, reading comprehension, fun activities, and flashcards
The Lexile
Framework
http://www.lexile.com
The Lexile Framework for Reading is a widely adopted approach
for measuring reader ability and text difficulty. Lexile measures put
readers and reading material on the same scale. Lexiles tie day-to-day
classroom instruction to high stakes tests, and everyday books and articles,
encouraging reading progress.
Sites
for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html
Hundreds of educations sites for teachers rated by popularity
Babel
Fish Translation
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/
This online tool from AltaVista translates words and phrases from a number
of languages into English and vice versa. Because translations of more
complex entries aren’t always accurate, teachers may want to supervise
students’ use of the site and turn instances where it errs into learning
opportunities.
Colorín
Colorado
http://www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php
This bilingual site is part of Reading Rockets, WETA's multimedia initiative
that provides information, activities, and advice to Spanish-speaking
parents to help their children learn to read.
Educational
Web Design
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/edwebdesign.htm
This website provides teachers with tools to help them successfully create
dynamic websites for their students. Educational Web Design includes links
to sites with free graphics, sound files, and animated gifs
FunBrain.com
http://funbrain.com/
This site by the Family Education Network provides free educational games
and quizzes in math, grammar, science, spelling, and history. It also
provides excellent resources for teachers and parent.
Grimms'
Fairy Tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html
This National Geographic site for students invites students to read and
hear (in some cases) stories in their original, unsoftened form. Students
can choose from a menu of options to guide them through the tales.
Kidshub.org
http://kidshub.org
Kids Hub is a noncommercial educational portal for upper elementary school
and middle school students. It includes free online interactive learning
games, puzzles, and quizzes for language arts, math, science, social studies,
and four foreign languages.
Literacy
Connections
http://www.LiteracyConnections.com/
A collection of literacy resources including materials on read alouds
and how to involve adult family and community members in activities with
children. The Read Aloud page is particularly useful.
Merriam-Webster Online:
The Language Center
http://www.m-w.com/
Access the full text of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth
Edition, and Collegiate Thesaurus at The Language Center. Site links take
you to word games, the featured word of the day, and Word Central, a language
site for kids.
Plimoth
Plantation's You Are the Historian
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html
This award winning online investigation allows you to be the historian
at Plimoth Plantation. With both student and teacher components, visitors
encounter images, text and audio to investigate the "First Thanksgiving."
Rainforest
Action Network: Kids' Corner
http://www.ran.org/kids_action/
This site explores information about Rainforests and ways that students
can act to help protect their natural habitat. The site could provide
nice inspiration for letter-writing, poetry, and other kinds of writing
as well as content reading.
Reading Rainbow
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/
Reading Rainbow, PBS's award-winning children's series, offers this website
which details on books featured on the television show, online games and
activities, and information for adults and families. While the site complements
the television show, the resources can easily stand alone, though students
may need access to the books mentioned.
Reading Rocket
http://www.readingrockets.org/
A project of WETA, the public broadcasting station in Washington, DC,
this site provides information about learning to read and strategies for
supporting struggling readers. It offers news, practical information,
expert advice, and resources for parents, teachers, and others.
ReadingQuest
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/
Designed for social studies teachers, this site includes practical directions
for a range of comprehension and content area reading strategies, printable
handouts, masters for transparencies, and links to articles and resources.
RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.shtml
RubiStar is a tool for teachers to create rubrics without starting from
scratch. Rubrics are available on a variety of teaching topics and are
customizable. RubiStar can also analyze data for an entire class to determine
problem areas, and teachers can return and edit their rubrics at any time.
Create customized rubrics in English and Spanish
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/
Scholastic provides opportunities for learning and fun for families and
students. This website also provides a multitude of resources for teachers,
specific to grade levels and subject areas, including excellent information
on and by authors.
SchoolhouseRock
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html
In the mid-70s, short cartoons called Schoolhouse Rock taught a generation
about government, history, grammar, science, and math. The combination
of song and content seems to have made a connection with today’s
generation as well. This site provides all of the text and music for these
catchy tunes.
Sesame
Street
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/
The Sesame Workshop has games, stories, music, and more for young children,
all of which are engaging, educational, and built around Sesame Street’s
beloved characters. Teachers will also find the parenting section useful.
For example, the Fun To-Go section has printable coloring sheets (sorted
by letters, numbers, shapes, etc.) and a searchable activity planner.
Seussville
http://www.seussville.com/seussville/
Brightly animated and highly interactive, Seussville entertains children
as they complete word puzzles, matching games, and other activities based
on the books of Dr. Seuss. Kids can also write a story and bring it to
life with fanciful characters, music, and scenery.
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/
Designed for the emergent reader, the website has interactive books and
rhyming word family games that teach phonemic awareness, comprehension,
vocabulary building, and spelling skills. Free, supplemental materials
can be downloaded or ordered online.
StoryDog
http://www.storydog.com/
StoryDog offers a new story every day for kids and parents to share at
home. Designed by parents interested in having their children read daily
but understanding that our lives can be busy, the site offers short adventures
that last for one week. Kids and parents can also find great games and
activities on the site.
StoryPlace: The Children's
Digital Library
http://www.storyplace.org/
This award-winning bilingual (Spanish and English) site, sponsored by
the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, includes a collection
of online materials for elementary students including texts and activities.
Tales of
Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/
This award-winning site includes the text of folk and fairy tales from
Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas as well as links to other folk
and fairy tale sites. The extensive collection simplifies the process
of comparing similar tales from different cultures since all the tales
are in one place.
The Amazing
Picture Machine
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory provides a searchable
index to graphical resources on the Internet. It provides information
on citing images and detailed copyright information. This is a very useful
site for anyone making websites
The
Balanced Literacy Classroom
http://www.teachingmatters.org/c/@_5dp7ZnQ2YLRg/Pages/promising_classroom.html
TeachingMatters.org offers this virtual tour of a model balanced literacy
classroom. Simply click on the various topics (e.g., Read Aloud, Interactive
Writing) to see how elementary students use technology in Mrs. Morton’s
classroom.
Vocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/
The site has interactive games for students to practice word etymology
and word meaning, while having fun. Games have different levels of difficulty;
Level 1 is for upper elementary and Level 2 is for middle school.
U.S. National
Archives and Record Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
The U.S. National Archives and Record Administration provides a wealth
of information useful to classroom teachers. The "exhibit hall"
makes many of our national treasures such as the Declaration of Independence
just a click away. Lessons and digital images are readily available using
many of these primary sources.
Treasures@Sea:
Exploring the Ocean through Literature
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html
Treasures@Sea has ocean-themed activities for students, including word
searches, crosswords, and quizzes. For teachers, there are mini-lessons
centered around art, writing, and book activities, all bringing into the
classroom a lively understanding of our treasures at sea.
Travlang's Word
of the Day
http://travlang.com/wordofday/
With a new twist on word of the day, this site delivers a word a day in
over 60 languages. Not only can you see it but you can hear it. Users
have the option of having the word of the day e-mailed to them as well.
Writing Fix
http://www.writingfix.com
Sponsored in part by the National Writing Project, the Writing Fix features
interactive writing activities and activities to engage all types of learners.
This site includes tools, games, lessons on conventions, and areas for
publishing.
The 50 States of the
United States: Capital Cities and Information Links
http://www.50states.com/
This site on the fifty states (and the U.S. commonwealths and territories)
has information such as: location (latitude and longitude), birds, colleges
and universities, constitutions, flowers, genealogical resources, geological
formations, geographical features, mottos, national forests and parks,
newspapers, nicknames, nonprofit organizations, populations, state and
federal representatives, songs, and the date of entry into the union.
All facts are linked to over 1529 governmental or authoritative webpages.
Picture
Match
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/
Picture Match is a matching game that reinforces the concept of beginning-letter
and short- and long-vowel sounds by prompting students to identify a series
of pictures and match them to the first letter or the vowel in the words
they represent.
What’s
in the Bag?
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html
What’s in the Bag? invites primary students to play with vocabulary
common to their environment
Word
Maker
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordmaker/
Using Word Maker, students generate words by adding a beginning letter
or blend to a word ending. This engaging tool helps students with letter-sound
correspondence.
Word
Wizard
http://readwritethink.org/materials/wordwizard/
Word Wizard uses themes from four popular U.S. children’s books to
create word puzzles that students solve by unscrambling letters and considering
related clues.
Casa Notes:
http://casanotes.4teachers.org/
Assemble take-home notes in English and Spanish
American Folklore
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American
myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from
each and every one of the 50 United States. You can read about all sorts
of famous characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone, and many
more. So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a comfy chair, and stay awhile.
America's Story
From America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
America's Story from America's Library is created by the Library of Congress.
Games, activities, and a reading list are added to historical collections
featured in the Library of Congress.
Reading A-Z
http://www.readinga-z.com
Requires a subscription. Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials
to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading
fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally
developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading
assessments. Reading A-Z’s children’s books and lessons are
appropriate for all sorts of reading programs, including K-6, ESL/ELL,
special education, and remedial reading.
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