Grades 3-8
Classroom Connection: New York State Perfomrance Indicators for math. This direct site allows teachers to follow what is expected before and after the state exam in the content area of math.
Grades 3-8
Interactive- step by step process for students to do a research project. Links are included at each step--to provide students help with that step/skill.
Classroom Connections:
* Use to teach each step of the process whole group- interactively using SmartBoard--Teaching one step per day.
* Students can do interactive activities as a center choice
Purpose of the Website: This is an unbelievable tool for introducing the research process to students. The website is particularly helpful for the visual learner. Students can explore different ways to plan their research, search for information, take notes and use the information they find.
Grade Level: 3-8
Classroom Connection: Using this website as a learning tool, students can use guided inquiry to develop a plan for research. Students could also use the information on this website to participate in a webquest in which they need to develop a "research guide" for their district to help new students understand how to perform a research project.
Grades 3-8
This site provides free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures, and other science topics.
Teachers can use this site to reinforce concepts and topics. Students can use this site to help research specific scientific topics.
Purpose of the Website: This children-friendly search engine is a wonderful resource in any classroom. Students can type their search subject in the search box. When the search results appear, there are a list of websites that students can access to find more information on the subject. However, the difference between this search engine and others is that there is a space at the top of the webpage that shows words that are connected with the subject that has been searched. For example, if you search for cows, some of the other subjects listed include cattle, mammal, dairy, milking, and many others. These words are generated based on information that appears in the search results. This can help students search with other key words when they cannot find the other information they are looking for.
Grade Level: 3-8
Classroom Connection: This search engine can be used when students are performing research on the computer.
Negatives of this Website: The websites that are generated by the search are mostly children-friendly. However, teachers should still teach students how to evaluate websites to choose the most appropriate resources.
Grades 3-8- students and teachers
Interactive resources for teaching and applying writing research skills.
Classroom Connections:
*Teachers- Use "Getting Started" prompts to interactively teach each step of the writing process as it relates to research
*Students- use the "Getting Started" prompts to independently work on a research project
* Teachers- Use research mini lesson to instruct how to find resources
Framework, activities, resources for reading comprehension strategies
Can be adapted for all grade levels
Classroom Connections:
* Comprehension activities can be used to set a purpose for reading and to organize and make sense of information in the content areas and literacy
* Activities can be used to differentiate learning in the content areas
* Framework and activities reinforce skills needed for the NYS ELA tests--without "teaching to the test"
Grades 3-8
A website for teachers that explores comprehension and content reading strategies and when to use them in social studies.
This site can be used to help teachers enure their students have the necessary strategies to understand social studies content.
3-8
Factsheets, quizzes and activities to build skills in math and literacy.
Classroom Connections:
Students can use independently as a center choice to reinforce skills in math and literacy.
Teachers can use to project on SmartBoard for introducing concepts and whole group practice and reinforcement of concepts.
Elementary
Classroom Connections: A site that has math and ela games to improve your skills in these areas. Puts content into fun practice for students.
