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New as of January, 2002 is an outstanding website devoted to the integration of technology and literacy. Created and maintained by Dr. Donald J. Leu and Julie Coiro at the University of Connecticut, the Literacy Web is designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literacy instruction, including the new literacies of Internet technologies. Check it out for some great ideas in the area of literacy.

   
Some General Useful First Grade Links

http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/tech/k6/1.htm
Contains links geared toward the first grade

http://www.electricteacher.com/newteacher/
On-line resources especially useful for the new teacher

http://www.rcas.org/rv/weblinks.html
A variety of links for the classroom teacher

http://www.geocities.com/karen_s2000/GradeOne.html
An extensive listing of sites to fit a first grade curriculum

http://www.billybear4kids.com/
Cute site for kids

http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/themes/Theme_Index2.html#P

A theme oriented site filled with links and ideas

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Math

http://www.aaamath.com/grade1.html
First grade math activities from AAA math

http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/curric/elemmath/Grade1.htm
Grade 1 Math Internet Connections

http://www.edhelper.com/math_grade1.htm
A great site to create worksheets for first graders.

http://www.mathsurf.com/1/
Directions for creating a mini read for math book.

http://www.mhschool.com/student/math/mhmath/1/
A great resource of math links for kids

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menu/main_page.html?toc_id=2&sort=0&viewer=0
Some sample games for kids to reinforce math concepts

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testprep/gr1/
Some interactive practice activities that correspond to the Houghton Mifflin math series that can be used for extra practice.

http://www.kidport.com/Grade1/Math/MathIndex.htm
Some math activities for kids

 

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Science

http://www.kidport.com/Grade1/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
Life in the Sea, Animal Homes, Who Eats What?, How Plants Grow, Pollution

Dinosaurs
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/

Lots of information on dinosaurs from Enchanted Leanring

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Dinosaurs
Dinosaur clip art

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~skafi/
Good information for kids on dinosaurs

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/dinosaurs.shtml
Some great ideas using dinosaurs as a theme

Dental Health
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/printables/cat_teeth.shtml

Great worksheets for kids on Teeth

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/LetsTalkTeeth.shtml
Unit Activities dealing with teeth including making a tooth model with toothpicks and marshmallows

http://www.dentalcare1.com/dhm2000/1stgrade.htm
Information on Crest's Dental Health Program for students

Seasons
http://www.kkafe.net/199798/kkb3.html#winter

Winter Activities

http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/hbv/classrooms/Fontanella/fontanejSeasons.html
A Kindgergarten teacher uses photos of a tree to document the seasons

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/TRB030.html
Utah's season curriculum with lessons and activities

http://www.ops.org/SHARE/seasons.pdf
Some lessons on teaching about seasons. This site is particularly good for first year teachers.

http://kaydee.virtualave.net/season/season_home.html
A pretty neat site with activites, crafts and even recipes for each season

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/winterfun.htm
Winter links and activites

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/tguidenov00.htm
Scholastic's lesson ideas for teaching the seasons

The Five Senses

 http://www.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/TRB028.html
Some great background information and lesson activities

http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/5senses.htm
Some interesting activities about the senses

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html
Many activities at a varitiety of grade levels

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3750/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0714
This Thinkquest uses the Mr. Potato head to introduce the senses. A little over 5 year olds' heads, but good useful information

http://teacher.scholastic.com/grade/prek_2results.asp
Scholastic's links and ideas to the senses and the human body

 

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Holidays

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/holiday/
Some cute activites revolving around the holidays

http://www.primarygames.com/holiday_fun.htm
A great place for coloring pages, games, crafts, etc.

http://www.beritsbest.com/14498.shtml
Links to many other sites recommended by Berit's Best Sites for Children

http://members.aol.com/il2teach/pubpage.holidays.htm
A teacher's suggested activites to celebrate Christmas Around the World

http://www.holidays.net/
Holidays on the net is a site where you can easily find links to each holiday. There you'll find information about the holidays as well as suggestions for teaching.

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Holidays/
Yahooligans listing of holiday sites

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/index.html
Holiday sites

 

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Fire Safety

http://www.smokeybear.com/hom_main.html
Smokey the Bear's Home site

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/index.htm
Fire Administration's Kid's page

http://www.nfpa.org/sparky/
Sparky the Fire Dog's site

http://members.cruzio.com/~hoax1950/KidsFireSafetyTips.html
Great site on fire safety just for kids

 

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Johnny Appleseed

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/apples_JohnnyAppleseed.shtml
Links to a Johnny Appleseed theme

http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/1994/johnny.htm
Teacher's lesson on Johnny Appleseed

http://libweb.uncc.edu/cimc/integration/Units/JApplesd.htm
Fully integrated unit on Johnny Appleseed

http://www.wsanford.com/~jgoodwin/technology/johnny/index.htm
Nice activity page includes a link to hidden pictures of Johnny Appleseed