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Elementary Curriculum Links: Kindergarten-Fifth

Kindergarten Links

Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes “Rebus Rhymes is designed for children who are learning how to read. Preschoolers and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favorite nursery rhymes.”
Game Goo - Educational games that help students develop early reading and language skills from Cognitive Concepts
Getting Students Connected a resource page for kindergarteners
Recommended Reading for Kindergarten Students
Kindergarten Math “These pages illustrate and provide interactive arithmetic exercises and problems.”
Kindergarten Science Skills from Internet4Classrooms - Links to interactive science activities

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First Grade Links

Animal Links
Build a Bear Math Facts and Games Addition and subtraction Flash cards
Brain POP Jr. - Science, health, math, and social studies activities from BrainPOP Jr.
Chick Embryology - Photos, movie clips and more about Embryology from the University of Nebraska, Lancaster.
Chick Hatching - 4H Virtual Farm; watch a chick hatch
Count Us In - Games designed to help children understand basic number concepts
First Grade Math Skills- Interactive arithmetic exercises and problems.”
First Grade Reinforcement Skills Practice from Internet4Classrooms - Interactive Math and Language Arts activities
First Grade Science Skills from Internet4Classrooms - Links to interactive science activities
I Spy Games from Scholastic - Interactive I Spy puzzles
Knowledge Box - Interactive games for Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts
Little Animals - Visit The Little Animals Activity Centre from the BBC
National Geographic-Dinosaurs “Join us now for an online egg hunt and catch the excitement of fossil researchers as they “hatch” fossilized dinosaur eggs to reveal the embryos inside. Tour our museum of dinosaur hatchlings and meet the modelers.”
PBS Kids - Games and activities from PBS
Zoom Dinosaurs “Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs.”
Reading Games - a variety of literacy lessons from the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library
Recommended Reading for First Graders (Birchwood)
Recommended Reading for First Graders (Mrs. Bashor's List)
Seussville - Lots of fun activities with Dr. Seuss from Random House
Social Studies Curriculum - Niskayuna Resources
Starfall Reading Site -  A "Learn-to-Read" website
Take It To The Net - On-line math tools from Pearson SuccessNet
Thanksgiving History (Scholastic)

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Second Grade Links

Bears (Links)
Build a Bear Math Facts and Games - Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division flash cards
Frogs and Toads (Links)
Math - Geometry Skills from Homeschool
Math Skills for Second Graders
Mealworms
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Animal Websites
Life Cycles
Recommended Reading for Second Graders
Second Grade Reinforcement Skills Practice from Internet4Classrooms - Interactive Math and Language Arts activities
Second Grade Science Skills from Internet4Classrooms - Links to interactive science activities
Social Studies Curriculum- Niskayuna Resources
Spin and Spell - Spelling spinning wheel game from shawguides.com
Tangrams - Solve fun tangrams from PBS kids
Thanksgiving History (Scholastic)

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Third Grade Links

Bats
The Butterfly Website
Chocolate
Dewey Decimal System
The Great Plant Escape - Help Detective Leplant and his partners, Bud and Sprout, unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life.
Penguin Links
Rainforest Animal Links
Rainforest Animals - Information on rainforest animals from The Animal Spot
Rainforest Animals from EL - Information on rainforest animals from Enchanted Learning
Recommended Reading for Third Graders

Safety Scavenger Hunt  Students research safety sites. Designed to be used with THE GREAT BODY SHOP curriculum.

Sea
Social Studies Links

Country Studies and PEGS Strands - Literature, Internet, and AV Resources for third grade country studies and political, economic, geographic, and social strands

India Webquest

Landforms and Water Bodies

Landforms Glossary - Interactive maps identifying characteristics of various landforms and water bodies

Many Places, Friendly Faces

Maps101 - Available at home and school with password (ask your teacher)

Solar System
Solar System - Scavenger Hunt
Thanksgiving History (Scholastic)
Third Grade Reinforcement Skills Practice from Internet4Classrooms - Interactive Math and Language Arts activities
Third Grade Math Skills  - Interactive arithmetic exercises and problems.
Third Grade Science Skills from Internet4Classrooms - Links to interactive science activities

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Fourth Grade Links

Animal Websites

Black History Resources

Colonial America - Activity Ideas for the Classroom
Colonial Kids
Crayfish
Electricity - Learn about electricity as you solve a puzzle from Engineering Interact
The Erie Canal
Explorers
Fourth Grade Math Skills - Interactive arithmetic exercises and problems.”
Fourth Grade Reinforcement Skills Practice from Internet4Classrooms - Interactive Math and Language Arts activities
Fourth Grade Science Skills from Internet4Classrooms - Links to interactive science activities
Holidays
Immigration - Explore the timeline of early settlers in New York State
Inventions
Iroquois Nation Webquest
Native Americans (Glencliff)
Native Americans/Iroquois Nation (Birchwood)
New York Sites (Glencliff)
New York State (Birchwood)
Recommended Reading for Fourth Graders
The Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War Road Maps Web Quest
Spelling Words to Know
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt (4th Grade)

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Fifth Grade Links

American Westward Movement
American West Book Review by Birchwood 5th graders
American West Book Review Template
Black History Resources
Book Cover Pictures for Book Project
Canada
Character Education Podcast - Link to hear Birchwood students and staff define various character traits
Fifth Grade Reinforcement Skills Practice from Internet4Classrooms - Interactive Math and Language Arts activities
Fifth Grade Science Skills from Internet4Classrooms - Links to interactive science activities
Holidays
Latin America
Math Playground - word problems and more from Math Playground
Math Skills for Fifth Graders from AAA Math
Medieval Times Scavenger Hunt
Poetry WebQuest
Pond Life Links

Pond Life Scavenger Hunt

Reading Comprehension - Reading Comprehension passages from Mr. Nussbaum
Recommended Reading for Fifth Graders (Birchwood)
Recommended Reading for Fifth Graders (Craig)
Scholastic News
Soil Scavenger Hunt
Soil Science
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
United States Government Links
United States Government WebQuest
The United States - State Fair Links  (Birchwood)

The United States of America  (Glencliff)

Web Games by Sheppard Software - Test your knowledge of the states, countries of the world, continents, vocabulary and trivia. Works best with Internet Explorer.

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