Mrs. Berkshire

Kid Safe Sites

Reading

http://ar.husd.org/RenaissanceServer/  When you read AR books, you get to take an AR test!  Make sure you have read your book to someone who asks you questions about the story!

http://www.storylineonline.net/  Members of the SAG, actors, read great current children's literature aloud to you!

www.starfall.com Emergent readers will like the phonics sections.  Beginning readers have a sections to practice your new skills.  If you know how to read, you will find cool games and activities!

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/  Junie B. Jones webite has all sorts of awesome stuff to explore.  She is always a favorite in our classroom!

http://www.schoolnotes.com/cgi-bin/flashcards-new.pl#4 Sight Word flashcards on the computer!

http://www.bookadventure.org/ Read books online.

Math

www.auntymath.com Get your family involved in Aunty Math's latest challenge.

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html Fun Brain makes math fun in this game adventure!

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html Figure out how much change you should get back in this cool money game.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumadd.html Using fact families you need to figure out what would make sense in the addition problem.  You set the time and how many questions

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumsub.html Using fact families you need to figure out what order the numbers go in to make the subtraction sentence.  You set the time and how many questions.

http://www.aaaknow.com/grade1.htm#topic54 AAAMath turns memorizing math facts into a competition.  Click on the addition facts that you want to practice and then click "practice".  What is your best time?

http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html Another site that will help you with math facts. Find out how many stars you get for correct answers!


More Math Facts Websites:

http://home.indy.rr.com/lrobinson/mathfacts/mathfacts.html

www.haelmedia.com/basic_fact_sheets/index.html

www.aaamath.com

www.aplusmath.com



Writing:

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/dcorley/writing/WW.htm  A website to help you remember the writing process.

http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html A website to help you with each of the 6 traits.

http://pbskids.org/storyfactory/index.html  This is a terrific site to type and design your story on three pages: 1-beginning, 2-middle, and 3-end.  It could also be used as a brainstorming tool.  Check out the showroom to see other kids' stories.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bookcover/ Make a cover for a book you have written or as part of a book report on a book you have read.

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html Ever play "MadLibs"?  This is the same idea!


Science

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/index.html  Play along and learn fun facts.

Social Studies

http://www.factmonster.com/homework/hwsocstudies.html Interesting subjects to click and learn!

Penmanship

http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/guide_and_archives.html Shows you how to write letters well.

Fun and Games
http://www.meddybemps.com/funandgames.html 
Fun games to play!

http://pbskids.org/  Cool games with your favorite characters from PBS!