 Fun and Educational Sites for Parents and Children - just click on the blue words to be taken to your chosen site.
Links for Reading
ThinkCentral - Access our StoryTown reading series, including books, themes, and lessons.
Succeed to Read - "Putting Sounds Together" This website will give you ideas to help your child put sounds together to make words.
Great books for kids - Check out the "Succeed to Read - Good Books for Kids" site for great books to read to your beginning reader.
Just Read Families - This website is filled with great reading ideas and tips for families.
ReadWriteThink student resources
Recommended Holiday Reading - Just Read's book list
Starfall - This is a wonderful and entertaining site for beginning readers. We even use this in class at the beginning of the year.
Scholastic Book Clubs - Great information for parents. BookIt Program - Book list for ages 4 through 8
Fridge Magnets on your Computer!
Jan Brett - The talented author's website
Excellent Spelling Links
Spelling City - Enter our username, "foxclass" to access the spelling list for each week. Click Teach Me to have the words read to you with a sentence, Play a Game to play a variety of games with the words, or Test Me to be tested on the week's words. We have used this site in class, so students should know what to do.
Spelling Games - Awesome games for practicing our specific spelling words. Create a word search, scramble your words, go on a word safari, use letter magnets, and more!
Links for Math
FunBrain - Fun games to practice reading and math skills. Your child should try skill levels 1-3.
Harcourt Math - Games and activities that correspond to what we are learning in class.
Primary Math Games - Many games available on most first grade math topics. Links other subjects, as well.
Edweb Math Games - Lots of fun games, sorted by math strand. All of the sites listed on this page are interactive, unless otherwise noted. Sites that have an * next to their name are excellent sites, however, they have ad banners on the page.
Links for Science and Social Studies
Our Courts - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's exciting new website for all ages!
Education World News for Kids - A site with important news about education
NASA for Kids - News, activities, cartoons, and more!
Links for Parent Involvement and Information Edutopia - The George Lucas Foundation for improving public schools & public education NPR.org - National Public Radio, a great place to get news and information on every topic; the local stations are WGCU 90.1 or WUSF 89.7
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