Kathy's Excellent Web Links

		Monthly KEWL Sites for the School Year August 04, 2000
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August Links		This month's kewl links feature sites for beginning teachers as well as ideas for the first days of school. Ice breakers and getting to know you activities abound at the Education Place.
The First Day of School		Are you looking for a perfect way to get to know your students. You will find lots of ideas for icebreakers at Education World.
Teacher2Teacher		Check out the brainstorm for August 10, a scavenger hunt for the first day of school. Teacher2Teacher is an excellent resource.
Teacher Talk Lesson- First Day of School		An excellent upper elementary, middle or high school writing activity from a middle school English teacher.
First Days		A collection of tips from a first, third and sixth grade teacher from William F. Halley Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. Check out the scavenger hunt and hunting activity sheet.
The New Teacher Page		This is a resource site for student teachers, first year teachers and others that want to become an educator.
A to Z Teacher Stuff		This site was created from a teacher's point of view by a real teacher.
Works4Me Tips Library		Works4Me, from NEA is a vehicle for sharing instruction. Go to Teaching the Class under Technology and check out the Student Creation Activity at the end.
Kids Excellent Web Links		The original KEWL site that is a great place for a new teacher to explore and learn!
101 Things to Do the First Three Weeks		Beginnings are important for high school and college! Check out this list from the Teaching and Learning Center.

September Links		This month's kewl links feature sites for beginning KeyPal communications with other schools. Links on establishing classroom e-mail accounts and how to find a keypal are listed.
Yahoo Hotmail		Yahoo and Hotmail offer free e-mail accounts that are quick and easy to establish. One account per classroom is recommended for management reasons.
e-pals a global classroom exchange network		The world's largest classroom keypal network. Over 15,000 classrooms, connecting over a million students are registered with this global network.
The Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections		.IECC is a free service to help classroom teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pals and project exchanges.
More Than Just KeyPals		A great article that looks at the many aspects of using keypals in the elementary classroom. Tammy Peyton does a wonderful job highlighting issues teachers need to take into account.
Yahooligans Rules for Online Safety		A list of street smart rules for staying safe on the information highway. These rules apply to e-mail users as well as Yahooligans surfing for information.
KeyPal Projects Classroom Ideas		KeyPal project ideas listed under subject headings from from Traci Redish and Jerri Cheek, Kennesaw Educational Technology Center.
More Classroom Ideas for E-mail		Lots and lots of links for classroom e-mail integration from Michigan. Publishing, connecting to authors, legislator's and experts links are listed.
Internet Safety		Lots of Internet safety tips as well as an online Internet Safety Quiz to quiz your online knowledge of using the Internet.
QCC Standards for Curriculum Connections		Quality Core Curriculum standards for language arts are listed that correlated with e-mail projects. These are contributed by the technology center at Kennesaw State University
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October Links		This month's kewl links focus on using simple things on the Internet to help produce short quick lessons or locate simple ideas!
Classroom Connect Online Today		Classroom Connect's newest edition, Online Today, evolves around a weekly theme. It is very informative and a quick daily trip can be very useful.
Kidsdomain.com		A great resource for the holidays to grab some wonderful graphics or suggestions to incorporate into your curriculum.
The Idea Box		Crafts, activities, music, games and recipes are very simply listed but very helpful.
Pumpkin Nook		A huge resource on pumpkins! Grab a simple fact to share with your students.
Pump up the Curriculum		Education World has pumpkin facts, pumpkin math, pumpkin science and pumpkin lore.
Halloween Scavenger Hunt		A great Halloween hunt for fourth and fifth graders. It is simply there for you to use!
Just A Minute		Jam a quick tip into your day to learn something new. This site was just created and will continue to grow with tips weekly.
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November Links		This month's kewl links focus on using templates to make the connection between technology and curriculum! Teachers are connecting Standards and Benchmarks to these lessons.
Little Lake's Sequenced Lessons		Sequential lessons that are easy for a very young student to follow. These lessons are in English as well as Espanol.
Churchill Road School Tech Lab		Joanne Goodwin has created a vast resource of K-6 ideas, many of which are utilizing Kid Pix Studio.
Sandy's Tips on Utilizing Templates		Sandy Beck's resources on teaching with templates is the best! She has many useful links and helpful tips in using templates in Excel.
Broderbund Sample Lesson Plans		Scroll down to see the sample Kid Pix lesson plans the company offers as a resource. Check out the other plans that can be modified.
Marcia's Template Page		Marcia's template page is a collection of templates gathered from teachers all over the country. They are one of the best resources.
Early Childhood Literacy Project		Montgomery County Schools has provided activities for grades kindergarten through second. Many activities center around phonemic awareness.
King's Park Elementary School		Many Kid Pix lessons are listed and illustrated at this site. These are straight from the lab at King's Park Elementary.
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December		This month's kewl links focus on seasonal applications utilizing Internet Sites and templates to make the connection between technology and curriculum! Check out the primary activity tree and scavenger hunt!
O' Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt		This hunt takes students back in time to investigate the use of early trees as well as to Christmas tree farms to learn about planting and harvesting.
Primary Activity Tree		This link provides Christmas activities for the small learner to practice visual memory, visual discrimination and eye hand coordination skills.
What is Christmas?		This is an extensive Christmas Webquest with procedures, activities, and an evaluation rubric. A teacher page is included for extra assistance.
Christmas Around the World		Three scavenger hunts take students around the world to gather information about seasonal traditions in many different countries.
Countdown to Christmas		This site offers daily activities tied to curriculum standards. Students are involved with higher level thinking skills filled with Christmas cheer.
Sears Christmas Activities		Sears Portrait Studio provides the young student easy but fun activities for the season. The create a card is especially user friendly.
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January		This months KEWL site focuses on math in the next millennium. The Internet has truly exploded with so many resources for all age levels! Interactive sites for the very young spring interest and motivation to reluctant learners. Check out the links and resources!
A + Math		Students answer basic operations interactively through flashcards as well as with games such as Matho and Hidden Picture. Geometric shapes, money and rounding are included as flashcards.
Room 108 Math		Mad Minute on the computer will definitely get your students scrambling to learn basic facts. Try the online calculator as well as the number sliders. Room 108 is a very special classroom.
Web Class		This site offers multiplication drill using the specific times tables. A student can really focus on improving their weak areas!
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies		Check out probability and measuring area or perimeter of polygons. Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies is full of interesting and fun activities.
The Learning Planet		The Learning Planet offers activities on different developmental levels, Pre-K, 1-3 and 4-6+. Check out the Space Math in the 1-3 section.
Kid's Carnival		Students will love this truly interactive time site. This site like many other interactive sites require a longer download.
Quia's Math Journey		This Quia, allows you to select level of difficulty in answering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and rounding to travel on a fun filled journey. Buckle up!
MathStories.com		What a great site that integrates math and language arts. Check out the math stories based on popular children's books.
Change Maker at Funbrain		The object of this game is to get as much money in the bank as possible. Four different levels fit into most learner's ability level.
Money Experience for Kids		Three different games provide drill for different ability levels. Recommendations are provide for the younger players.
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February		This months KEWL site focuses on language arts activities online and easy activities you can create to excite your students. Students will love you for integrating these wonderful sites and activities into their daily curriculum. Check out the links and resources available!
Click On		Kids will enjoy the different online activities involving spelling patterns, word order, and parts of speech just to name a few!
Funbrain		What's the Word is just one of the online activities from funbrain.com. There is an easy activity for the little ones! Check out the spelling activity!
Sentence Order		From schools in Ohio, this activity allows students to practice sentence order by sequentially selecting the words.
edu4kids		Vocabulary Drill sponsored by CANItech is a great place to build word recognition skills.
Alphabet Superhighway		Wide World of Words is a spelling challenge that will get you students excited and motivated.
Storybook Station		This site from Sears Portrait Studio offers language arts activities that are seasonal as well as instructional.
The Mental Edge		This site offers reviews for students to practice previously taught objectives. This is a great resource to prepare for the ITBS.
The Internet Coach Puzzle Center		This is a great online tool to create your own puzzles incorporating your own curriculum vocabulary. Ready made puzzles are available as well.

March		This months KEWL site focuses on creative Kid Pix sites, kite sites, and helpful links for teaches. Teachers are extremely busy preparing students for ITBS, meeting with parents for spring conferences and sending out narratives. Check out the 27 tips for parent conferences.
20 Kites 20 Kids 20 Minutes		Time tested instructions on how to get twenty kids to make simple kites in twenty minutes.
How to go and Fly a Kite		This site was created due to a physics project. Brainstorm how a kite flies and then go to this site.
Clem's Homemade Newspaper Kites		Recylce newspapers to build this kites. Plans just for kids!
Kite Plans		Along with kite plans there are teacher's guides as well.
Kite Safety		Mazes, word searches and coloring pages illustrate some of the dangers of kite flying.
English Online from UNITEC		English units have been created by New Zealand teachers as a professional development resource for English teachers.
Eduhound		Everything for the K-12 Teacher. Categorical as well as keyword search are featured.
Inspiring Teachers		27 Tips for teacher parent conferences. A great site to glance through before conference days.

April		This months KEWL site focuses on Earth Day and Arbor Day. This is just a small listing of sites that heighten environemental awareness. Many links are found on these sites.
Earth Day		This is the official Internatioal Earth Day site.
National Arbor Day		National Arbor Day is April 29. Check this site out for more information on individual state Arbor Days.
Kidsdomain Earth Day		Clip Art for Earth Day. Kidsdomain rules when it come to clipart that relates to holidays.
Earth Day Pop Quiz		Surprise your students with this pop quiz about garbage and landfills.
Millenium Green Kids		Millenium Green Kids 2000 is a national project to heighten awareness. It is a project that asks us all to protect and care for the natural wonders and treasures of the Earth.
Kidsgardening.com		Lots of resources for establishing a wildlife habitat or school garden.

May		This months KEWL site focuses on bicycle safety since May is Bike Awareness Month. Let's do our part to be sure they follow the safety rules and always wear a helmet. It's the law in Georgia!
Red Cross Bicycle Safety		Easy to read site with a few basic rules to follow. A quick introduction for bicycle safety.
CPSC		Consumer Product Safety Commission lists ten smart routes to bicycle safety in a poster form.
Austin Connections Bicycle Safety Tips		An easy to read site that lists the rules that students need to follow.
Kevin's Road Safety Page		A really neat kids site that has an online safety quiz. This site also contains information on bus, car and walking saftey. Students will enjoy going on the road with Kevin!
Kite Safety		Mazes, word searches and coloring pages illustrate some of the dangers of kite flying.
Cranium Canyon		Cranium Canyon focus on getting into the helmet habit. Another site with lots of kid appeal.
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute		Bicycle Safety Institute has a quiz to print. Their quiz is an Internet Scavenger Hunt. To get to quick answers to the quiz use the Quick Answer Site.
Bicycle Command Center		Another online quiz from the Illinois State Police. Ten questions, five true false and five multiple choice cover the basics of bike safety.
Pedaling History Bicycle Museum		To find our loads of information on bicycle history check out the Pedaling Museum. Lots of interesting facts about bicycles.

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		�August, 1999, Kathy Adkins Instructional Technology Specialist Forsyth County Schools