My Links
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Here are some fun but educational websites your children can use from home, and one or two that parents might find handy as well!
School Business
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Online Lunch Payment
Never worry about remembering to send lunch money with your child again! Simply visit Food Services under Departments tab on the website to set up a Lunch Account. You can deposit money and check balances and lunch purchases online!
Webites We Use In Class
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Making Words
This site mimics the making word activities we do in the classroom as part of our weekly phonics work. The children choose an ending rhyme chunk and manipulate letters to change the beginning sound and make new words! -
Spelling City
This site provides practice in WORDS THEIR WAY spelling patterns for students' weekly individualized lists. -
First In Math!
Watch your child's math skills grow as they play games, earn virtual stickers, ribbons and trophies and have fun applying math knowledge in different ways! -
Brain Pop!
Children enjoy using this site to explore social studies, science, math, reading and wellness concepts!
Language Arts
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Kids A-Z
This site provides students with online books at their independent reading level. it allows the students to listen to stories, read them independently and answer comprehension questions. -
Sight Word Practice
Click here to hear a first grade student read the sight words and use them in a sentence! In first grade we learn lists 1-6. As of October 14th we have covered all of the words in list 1! -
Starfall Reading
This is a fun site for learning all about reading, writing, spelling, listening and communicating. It has interactive stories of different genre, word building, games, and more! -
Sight Word Activities
Schoolbell is a great site for sight word activities. Simply click on the link and you will see a variety of games, flash cards and activities. Each list contains 20 sight words. We move through lists 1-6 by covering 5 words a week. -
My Favorite Author: Jan Brett!
This is an incredible resource for parents and children! Jan Brett has beautifully created a series of activities, games, recipes, videos and more that coordinate with her stories. The Dolch sight word lists that we use in class are even beautifully illustrated on this site. Her artwork is AMAZING!
Math
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Eduplace Math Website
Here are three games to challenge students to think mathematically!
Science
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Kids Planet
This site has lots of interesting facts, games and print outs about endangered animals. -
Kids Connect On Endangered Animals
This site boosts that it is a safe internet gateway for kids. It was created by and is maintained by teachers. Their homepage contains many links for more endangered animal information and fun! -
Geology for Kids
This is a great site for geology concepts for older children or those seriously interested in geology! In first grade we just scratch the surface of geology and this site contains some fun songs that go along with our unit.