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First Grade

Books and Stories Folktales Plants
Big Cats Family & Friends Poetry
Braille Maps Rebus
Butterflies & Ladybugs Math Starfall
Cynthia Rylant Other fun sites! Weather

BOOKS & STORIES


Interactive Books @ Starfall.com

http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/AudioStories/audioStory_Top.asp - Listen to a story and follow along

http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/ Leveled Book Lists

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
- all sorts of simple rhymes and books

MATH

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm

What Comes Next? 4,5,?

Snakes and Ladders

Johnnie’s Math Page  http://jmathpage.com

PLANTS

*The Great Plant Escape: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
* Sci4Kids Plant Stories:  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/plants/plantsintro.htm
Enchanted Learning Plants: http://www.abcteach.com/Plants/plantsTOC.htm

BUTTERFLIES & LADYBUGS
Butterflies & Bugs http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html

Butterflies 2000

Insect Theme Page on Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/insects.shtml

BIG CATS
BIG CATS

POETRY

Giggle Poetry http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Poetry 4 Kids http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php
Poetry Foundation http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/tool.child.read.html

WEATHER

Click on a type of weather and see what happens! http://www.mhschool.com/science/2002/student/k/sims/sim5.html
What is Weather? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/aboutweather/flash_menu.shtml
Dress the bear for the weather http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/activities/whatstheweather.html

FOLK TALES

American Folklore http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Classic Tales and Fables http://rickwalton.com/pubtales.htm
Folk Tales: of kids, for kids, by kids http://www.kids-space.org/folk/folk.html

REBUS


Rebus Rhymes http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
ABC Teach http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/rebus/
Education World: Rebus stories from Highlights http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/worksheets/Highlights/#PictureStory
**Highlights Rebus Roundup stories (you fill in the pictures) http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/Rebus/rebusRoundup_Top.asp
Create your own rebus!http://www.myrebus.com/

CYNTHIA RYLANT


Autobiography
Interview
Activities for Henry & Mudge and the Best Day of All
Activities for Henry & Mudge: The First Book
Powerpoint for The Relatives Came (Web Version) (PPT)
The Relatives Came Vocabulary Builder
The Relatives Came Vocabulary Matching

FAMILY & FRIENDS

My Family chart http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/family/graphics/graph.html
People to cut out for the chart http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/family/graphics/cutout.html

MAPS

http://msrmaps.com/default.aspx

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

BRAILLE
See Your Name (any word) in Braille
BrailleBug Site with games and more by the AFB
PBS Kids Arthur Brailconverter

OTHER FUN WEBSITES!

I-SPY http://www.scholastic.com/ispy


Scholastic

www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm

Computer Lab 

Earobics - GooGames

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Bob the Builder: www.bobthebuilder.com

Arthur Music Box: http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/musicbox/index.html

Dinosaur Playground:
http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/dino_playground/default.htm

NickJr.: www.nickjr.com

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