Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Annotated Web Site List



  • Category: Teacher Lesson Plan Site
  • Audience: Educators
  • Grade level: K-5
  • Subject: Reading

This website offers printable center activities to reinforce the five components of reading.  Teachers can select a grade level and navigate through each component of reading.  The activities range from basic to challenging so differentiation is possible.


  • Category: Teacher Resource
  • Audience: Educators and parents
  • Grade level: K-12
  • Subject: Reading

Reading Rockets provides a wealth of information for both educators and parents.  There are links to articles to assist teachers in the classroom with the components of reading as well as articles for parents to understand how they can help their children at home. There are also video tutorials, podcasts, and links to reading blogs.


  • Category: Student Interactive Learning
  • Audience: Students
  • Grade level: K-12
  • Subject: Math

This website provides a quick practice session for students to practice math facts.  They begin with a quick quiz to determine their knowledge base.  The website then moves them through addition to subtraction, multiplication to division.  They do not move on until they have mastered the previous skill.  Parents or teachers can also be emailed to be notified of the child’s progress. Each session takes about five minutes for the child to complete.


  • Category: Student Interactive Learning
  • Audience: Students
  • Grade level: Pre-K-8
  • Subject: Math

This site provides students the opportunity to practice different specific math skills.  The skills are broken down by grade and students can select (or teachers can assign) which specific skill to practice. Students can win medals by successfully completing a category.

  • Category: Teacher Resource
  • Audience: Teachers
  • Grade Level: K-12
  • Subject: All

This website provides links to twenty-five other websites that were created for teacher use.  These sites range from math games to history information to video clips to virtual field trips.  This is a great reference for teachers to bookmark.


  • Category: Teacher Resource, Student Interactive Learning
  • Audience: Teachers, students
  • Grade Level: K-12
  • Subject: English Language Arts

Spelling City provides a variety of ways for students to practice assigned spelling words.  Teachers or parents can enter the words into the site and a variety of practice activities will be generated. Teachers can also create worksheets for classroom use off the website.  There is a free version as well as a more advanced members version.


  • Category: Student Resource
  • Audience: Students
  • Grade Level: K-6
  • Subject: Science

There are a variety of games and informational pieces on this website.  The “Tell Me” tab features a range of subjects that kids can navigate through to find more information on any given topic.


  • Category: Teacher Lesson Plan Site
  • Audience: Teachers
  • Grade Level: K-5
  • Subject: Reading

This site offers lesson ideas in different areas of reading.  The site has games available for children to practice skills and information for parents as well.  The site has the lesson plans broken down by grade for science and math skills as well.  


  • Category: Teacher Lesson Plan Site
  • Audience: Teachers
  • Grade Level: 1-12
  • Subject: Science/Social Studies

This site has both a free and paid version.  There are a variety of lesson plans available in both Social Studies and Science.  The site also includes video clips and interactive labs that can be done in the classroom or assigned for homework. The paid version is much better than the free version and has an endless amount of information attached to it.


  • Category: Student Interactive Site
  • Audience: Students
  • Grade Level: K-5
  • Subject: Reading

This website includes a wide range of games that cover the five components of reading.  There are games that involve letter recognition, vocabulary, fact and opinion, rhyming, etc. However, the games are difficult to navigate through based on levels.  There is some searching needed to find specifically what skill you want your students to practice.

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