Great Educational (and
FREE) Sites for Students
English
Language Arts
Characters -
Students choose a character and write a story!
Scholastic
Building Language for Literacy - Site for young learners that covers
vocabulary, spelling, and rhyming with cute characters.
Compass Learning Sample
Activities - Wide variety of interactive games for multiple grade levels!
Light Up Your Brain - Audio stories for kids with lots of games, too.
Scholastic's Clifford Sound Match - Cute phonics game for early readers.
Game Goo - Variety of educational games for grades Pre-K - 3.
Harcourt School Grammar Practice Pack - Interactive activities for grades 3 - 5.
Starfall - A wonderful learn-to-read website for grades pre-K - 2.
Letter Rip Vocabulary-Building Game - Highly addictive word-building game!
Sadlier-Oxford Phonics and Word Study Activities - Interactive activites for grades Pre-K - 6.
Houghton Mifflin English Grades K-5 Wacky Web Stories and Power Proofreading - Fun way to practice proofreading and parts of speech - for grades 3 and up.
BBC Literacy Grades - Cute interactive literacy activities for ages 4 - 11.
Writing Fix Writing Prompts - Student need a story starter to get the wheels turning? Look here!
Kid's Space - This comprehensive site allows you to see student works from all over the world - as well as take part in activities.
Jan Brett - Visit the author's site for games, activities, and projects.
Meddybemps - Great phonics site where students can practice handwriting, create words on the screen, and learn about letters.
Arthur Alphabet Matching Truck Game - Students must find the truck with the correct letter, and place it on that spot in the road. Cute!
I Know That (Language Arts) - Fun interactive games on many topics for grades 1 - 6.
Math
National Library of
Virtual Manipulatives - Great interactive site to get students involved in
mathematics activities - all grades.
Illuminations - This site features 90 online interactive math activities, all grades.
Math Surf - Features a "Problem of the Day" for grades 1- 6.
A Maths Dictionary - Interactive dictionary to explain math concepts.
Rainforest Math - All kinds of math activities can be found here, grades K - 6.
Count Us In - This site helps younger students understand basic math concepts.
PBS Kids Tangram Game - Interactive tangram game.
Math Cats - Very cute interactive site with several math games.
Montessori Games - Interactive arithmetic games.
Other good stuff - various subjects
Peep and the Big Wide World - Nice science site with games and activities.
Gamequarium - Interactive activities in multiple subjects for grades Pre-K - 6.
City Creator - Very cute interactive activity in which students can build their own city.
Webcams
Earth
Ivy's Bird Feeder Cam Page - You control the Deer Cam, which is set up in the back yard to look for deer.
Bubblecam - This fun site allows you to watch a garden in South Florida live through their Webcam, and also activate a bubble machine remotely!
Egg Cam - Live egg cam starts again in February, but this site also has great resources if you plan to hatch eggs with your class.