Elementary+Content

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= = =Search= [|Sweet Search-] This search engine has over 35,000 websites that have been reviewed and approved by a team of teachers, research experts, and librarians. [|Kid Rex]- This search engine is kid-safe, powered by Google. It is a safe search engine that has been filtered. [|Ref Seek] -This search engine eliminated the advertising and paid links, and was created in order to focus on academics. [|Famhoo]- This search engine filters the typical search engines to make it more kid-friendly. [|Ask Kids]- This search engine was divided into five different categories including: Movies, Games, Images, Videos, and School House, providing a kid safe search engine. [|Wolfram Alpha]- This search engine is designed more for the computational questions. It is most useful for questions with numbers. [|Google Scholar]- This search engine focuses on scholarly journals, Supreme court records and patent records. It is perfect for finding books and articles in the online version.

=Blogs= [|lementary Teacher Blog] -- This is an elementary teachers blog who posts about the success' and failures within the classroom. [|Creating Life Long Learners] -- This is a blog from an elementary school teacher who aims at giving advice and help to other teachers. [|I Want To Teach Forever] --This website really gives a lot of great resources for teachers to use in the classroom. =Teacher Tools= [|Moodle] --This is a great site for teachers to have the entire class to be enrolled in, assign assignments and keep parents updated. [|Google Docs] --Google Docs is a great way to have the entire class to back channel during a movie, discussion, or even a lesson. It also allows for every student to have access to word documents, and power points. Wikispaces --Teachers can have their entire class enroll and create different pages on subjects.

=Student Tools= [|Glog] -- Glog allows students to make online posters. [|Quizlet] --Quizlet allows students to make flashcards of any subject they choose. It is a great way to review ad study! [|Prezi] --Prezi allows students to make a presentation, and zoom in on certain subjects. It is a new fun way to be creative.

=Video= [|School Tube-]allows for safe, secure, and free video showing and browsing. [|PBS Videos]- educational videos for students

=Math= [|Kids Numbers] --This website has a variety of different math games for children of different ages. [|Cool Math 4 Kids] --This math website has a number of games to choose from! Games + Math Practice = Fun Learning [|Math Playground] --This is a great website for elementary school aged children to go play math games. They will practice their math while having fun.

=Reading= [|E-Reading] --This is a great resource for students to use for reading. It has a ton of different links for help. [|ABCya] --This is a free educational website for children k-5. [|PBSkids] -This is a great website for children to use for reading. They can play games while learning and practicing.

Colonization Lesson Plans -New England Colonies- Who, What, Where, When, Why? -Middle Colonies- Who, What, Where, When, Why? -Southern Colonies- Who, What, Where, When, Why? -French and Indian War [|European Explorers and Colonies]- This page talks about European Explorers and the establishment of the thirteen colonies. It also gives links to other safe websites to use for further information.