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Purpose of the Website: This website is a tutorial that students can follow through to learn how to access and navigate the Internet. Each section, or lesson, has worksheets that help students navigate through the information and to assess students understanding of the tutorial. Some topics include The Beginning, Getting Started Online, Staying Safe, Using Your Browser, Searching Online, Trying Top Tricks, and The Welcome to the Web Challenge. Students learn things such as what the Internet is for, what links do, how to use the toolbar, etc. Grade Level: 4-8 Classroom Connection: This a wonderful resource to use with upper elementary and secondary students at the beginning of the year to help them review information they already know and introduce them to new information about the Internet. This can be completed independently in class or as a homework assignment. Negatives of this Website: Some parts of the website have a lot of information and is not extremely easy to navigate, therefore might not be used by younger students independently.

K-12 Interactive math manipulatives to address/teach/practice various math concepts. Classroom Connections: Use interactively on SmartBoard to introduce and practice math concepts in a whole group setting Students can use as a math center to practice and reinforce math concepts independently. Give students word problems. Have students demonstrate the answer using the manipulatives- whole group, pairs or independently

Elementary Classroom connections: This site puts social studies concepts into easy to read format for children. Although I tagged this on the Declaration of Independence, there are various topics throughout the site. It even has current events in the U.S., education, the world.

Grades 3-6 Interactive animal study graphic organizers- broken down by facts, babies, interactions and habitats. Classroom Connections: *Whole group practice: Interactively fill out organizers using SmartBoard and class set of animal books *Independent practice/assignment: students fill out online, or graphic organizers can be printed out for students to fill out at their own pace- based on their independent books.

K-12 Math resource for students and teachers. Site provides interactive math activities for students. Site also provides lesson plans for teachers to go along with activities. Classroom Connections * Use lesson plans in conjunction with math activites to reinforce concepts * Teachers- use student interactives to introduce math concepts and practice in whole group setting using SmartBoard * Students can independently practice concepts using interactives as a center choice.

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

Grades 3-12 Tutorial on doing research, Finding appropriate print resources, taking notes etc. Includes printable form for evaluating print resources. **note--tutorial does not allow teacher to pause for explanations or questions :( Classroom Connections: * show tutorial- explaining what students should look for when choosing print resources for doing research * Whole group practice- interactively fill out an evaluation form on a book reviewed as a whole class * Independent practice- have students fill out an evaluation form on a book they chose for research project

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.

All grade levels Teachers enter in spelling/vocabulary lists that the site generates into interacive learning activities including games (hangman, word searches, matching games). Also includes a "teach me' and "test me" option- generated from entered words. Classroom Connections: * Literacy-Introduce spelling and vocabulary words * Whole group instruction of literacy- spelling/vocabulary words * Math/Science/Social studies- create lists for students to reinforce spelling and vocabulary in all areas * Independent practice- use as a choice for center work to reinforce spelling/vocabulary in all areas * Whole group practice- Interactively on SmartBoard

Grades 1-5 A resource for interactive activities to give students practice with weekly spelling words. This is a great activity for students to utilize at home when practicing weekly spelling words. It is a more engaging activity for students to complete spelling activities.