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Free Online Tools

Elementary Theme Pages
Web resources in all curriculum areas
4Teachers
Provides help in creating rubrics, templates for notes to send home, designs for classroom floor plans and much more (most in English and Spanish). Some features require a subscription.
Internet4Classrooms: Teacher Tools
Collection of hot links to help teachers word more effectively, including game and puzzle makers, assessment tools and flashcards.
abcteach
Printable pages and worksheets for elementary teachers. 
Resources for Teachers
Collection of templates, forms and Web links dealing with classroom organization and management. 
Graphic Organizers
Printable graphic organizers for all subject areas.
KnightCite Bibliography Composer
Online bibliography creator
Fonts For Learning
Free download of thousands of different types of fonts.
1, 2, 3 Your WebQuest For Free
Use this site to create a webquest for your students.
Blue Web’n
User-friendly website where you can find webquests, projects, activities and hotlists of websites in all content areas.
Furl
Online bookmarking site that saves the entire website, not just the URL. 

Classroom Web Page Generators

Yola
TeacherWeb   
VistaPrint       
Microsoft Office Liv
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Sites to Use with Students

HowStuffWorks
Explanation of how "stuff" like computers, cell phones and nicroprocessors work
GameGoo
For students in grades K-2, this site has games to practice language arts skills
UpToTen
For students under the age of 10, activities such as games, races, mazes, as well as information for parents and teachers.
Fact Monster
Easy-to-use search engine with built in dictionary, encyclopedia and homework help
Ask An Expert
Use this site to find experts to get answers to difficult questions.
National Geographic for Kids
Explore the world through articles, photos and videos
Just for Kids
Science and technology resources and activities for elementary students.
World Almanac for Kids
Interesting facts and activities about our world
Exploratorium
Learn about many science topics through online exhibits and activities
Create a Graph
Create a graph (several different types available) without having to use a spreadsheet.
CRAYON: Create Your Own Newspaper
Students can create an online newspaper. Working in groups or as individuals, integrate current events into your social studies curriculum.
NGAClassroom
Part of the National Gallery of Art website, provides lesson plans, and teachers can also borrow teaching materials, such as slides, CDs and DVDs.
Writing Fix
Interactive story starters, sentence creators, games and wordplays designed to develop student writing skills
Pics4Learning
This site is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
Enchanted Learning
Excellent resources for teachers pre-K – 5th grade.  A lot of information is free, and a reasonable membership gives the user graphic organizers, printable worksheets and more.

Keyboarding

Key Seeker
This is a right/left hand and key recognition game for kindergarten level
Dance Mat Typing
An introduction to touch typing for students ages 7 – 11.  Printable worksheets are available.
Typing Adventure
For ages 8 and up.  There is a small fee, but no ads.
Krazy Keyboarding for Kids
This website takes students through sequenced keyboarding lessons
Power Typing
This is for more experienced students. 

 

This page last updated August 16, 2010