CVSD Elementary

Gail Lovely has shared the top 10 web 2.0 tools for young learners.

Think link to The Journal provides a list of 10 top web 2.0 tools for young learners. All are easy to use. If you are looking for ways to use technology with your K-6 students, you will want to check out Gail Lovely's list.

"Download a story onto your portable music player or stream an episode from your computer. You can also print the free activity pages that accompany each episode."

Cool free site where you or students can download or listen to pinky dinky do podcast stories. In addition, students can create their own podcasts.

Stories read and written by kids for kids.

Cool site. Children writing and reading stories for kids.

Math Warehouse provides interactive max examples on a variety of math topics for algebra and geometry.

SoftSchools.com provides free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated.

This site appears to have numerous resources for teachers, students or parents.

Origami for kids. There are lots of free ideas from a variety of categories with instructions on how to create with paper.

Cool site with numerous categories which then have a variety of origami projects.

Free clipart pictures. there are numerous categories.

This site has lots of clipart categories with a variety of pictures within each category.

Free drawing lessons. This site has step by step drawing lessons for a variety of topics.

This site contains beginner math worksheets, advanced math worksheeets, spanish words, pre-school activities, time activities, geography activities and organization activities.

This free math worksheets site has numerous math topics from basic math to advanced math. The printouts are in PDF format and in addition to the question sheet thee is an answer key.

This site has tons of Christmas activities for kids to do at home or school. There are printable games and activities such as word puzzles, math sheets, coloring, mazes, cards, and bookmarks.

Looks like a fun site for teachers and parents.

Thhis site provides you with information to get started on scratch a free program that will allow you to create interactive games and activities for students. It is also great for kids who like to create with technology.

Scratch is a free tool that allows you to create interactive activities for students.

"TheHomeworkZone provides teachers with a FREE, simple-to-use and \neasily \neditable classroom web site\n. Quickly post assignments, test dates, study \nguides, printable worksheets, events, announcements, and custom web pages to the \ninternet."

A way to share homework information online.

"Tux Paint\n is a free, \naward-winning\n \ndrawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It \ncombines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon \nmascot who guides children as they use the program."

Looks like a cool site to bring out creativity.

Encyclopedia of the Earth an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environmetns, and their interaction with society. It is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are useful to students, educators, scholars, and professionals, as well as to the general public.

At a quick glance this site appears to have a lot of information about a variety of science related topics.

Teacher training videos. There are lots of videos to view on this site covering a variety of tools.

Here are a number of sites in one location.

"This lesson will encourage students to examine the trade-offs involved in our use of energy, a topic they will likely revisit throughout their lives. This lesson is built around an interactive called Power Up! in which students choose how to power a city. They will have to choose between various energy sources, taking into account the trade-offs between cost and the environmental impact of each choice. Discussions before and after the game will examine the various options and what students may want to take into account when making their decisions."

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"This lesson uses the four modalities of reading (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) on a math word problem to bridge the gap between reading and math. After a read-aloud from the book Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, students create their own word problems with answers. Students solve each other's problems. As they reread the word problems, fluency and comprehension increase. Finally, students use the skills they've learned creating word problems to complete a crossword puzzle. As students read the math concept words presented in the puzzle and write the correct answers, their reading and writing math vocabulary skills increase."

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"To engage students in making design decisions that affect the transfer of energy between a building and the outside environment. To help students identify and consider the types of decisions involved in improving a building's energy profile. To analyze the green roof option in economic and community terms."

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"This lesson will introduce DNA, genes, chromosomes, the chemicals that make up DNA, etc. After the basic information, students will do an experiment in which they will separate out DNA from peas. Knowing that DNA can be separated will give them a base of understanding for future lessons in biology, evolution, biotechnology, and health technology."

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