Elementary+(3-6)

Add your favorite websites below along with a 3-5 sentence explanation of the website!

http://littlewoodnatureguide.wetpaint.com/ This wiki is a nature guide to Littlewood Elementary School's Environmental Center. A group of 5th graders have the task of maintaining the site. It particularly shows what types of plants and animals one can find in the environmental center, which are even identified on the site with pictures taken from the actual place. It also shows how to take care of the plants living in the nature center. --Julia C.

Mr. M has created a Wiki for his students to post different assignments and for them to comment on their peers work. He also uses the Wiki as a classroom home page where he provides both parents and students resources that they can use for all of the acedemic subject areas. He even has a tab on his site for teacher resources, so he has links to other teachers Wiki's and he has resources for teachers to use in their classrooms. My favorite part of this website is "Fourth Write" where the students periodically post their own poetry and book reports and then the students read through their peers work to give feedback. -- Brianne V

[] This website is full of support, lesson plans, and community help. There is a place for teachers to get lesson plan ideas, templates,talk to other teachers and help other teachers in their classrooms. It has a ton of free resources and an abundance of new ideas. (Shellby J.)

http://web.ccsd.k12.wy.us/techcurr/math/math3_6.html Even though this is a math page it also works in the Elementary Ed 3-6. It gives out great ideas to show what you can do with different math things like playing games or creating tools to use in the classroom. This would help students who need a different explanation and going to this website to search for ideas. --Ashley F.

http://gowest.wikispaces.com/home This specefic wiki was designed to give information about the third graders study on the Oregon Trail. Each third grader will have to learn about this a some point during the year, and this is a great tool for them to express what they have learned. This wiki gives great information about the Oregon Trail and everything that went along with it. Second graders could easily access this and get a head start on learning about the Oregon Trail as well. (Daniel. B)

http://mrssheftelsclass.wikispaces.com/home This wiki was desgined for an entire class (including the parents). On this wiki the teacher has it set up so that it is very easy to navigate. There are tabs on the left hand side to navigate this wiki such as homework page, lessons, and parent page. This makes it very easy for the students and parents to see what is going on in the classroom. It is also a good way for students to keep up on homework. If a student forgot what their homework was for a certain night, he or she could easlily access this wiki and get their assignment from here. (Daniel. B)

[] I thought this was a really cool website for a student of pretty much any age. This is a site for kids to go to, to play games and learn at the same time. This can be a very effective tool in the classroom and in my special needs field one, i have alreay used a website like this for one kid and it really worked!! (Daniel B.)

[] This is a wiki created by elementary science students. It is a fun place to go to because there are pictures of different kinds of plants and animals and information about them as well. It is both fun and interesting and a great idea to do in a future classroom. (Rachel F)

http://mrsdi.wikispaces.com/ This wiki for Mrs. Di's fifth grade class is an excellent example of a teacher keeping in touch with both her students, as well as the students parents. Right on the front page there is a supply list for the class which helps to keep parents organized, without having to worry about their young children bringing them back all necessary information from class. On the same idea, there are also calendars and homework assignments online to keep parents in the loop and up to date. --David B.

http://gowest.wikispaces.com/jumping This wiki was created by thrid graders learning about the pioneers and westward expansion. It is a great tool for teachers to look at in order to see how they might allow students to collaborate and learn through the use of wikis. It shows each students work with their name by what they did and allows for other students to learn about what their peers worked on. -Madison B.

http://edge-researchcareersgr5.wikispaces.com/home This is a cool wiki that presents a lesson idea that can be used in elementary (3-6) classrooms. The lesson presented is a great lesson that can be used to work on writing skills and integrate career exploration. Everything students need to know about writing a paper on careers is explained in this wiki. From the writing prompt to researching resources to writing guidelines to bibliography instructions, all this information is displayed in a fun, easily navigated, and inviting manner. -- Cary S.

[] I liked this website for older elementary kids becasue it provided math online homework tutorials, as well as reviews such as games and flash cards. This website provided help for all levels from basic addition to advanced algebra. This is great for kids who get stuck on math homework and need added help --- Jannessa H.

[] This tool was valuable when teaching kids to write and cohesively organize their thoughts. This webpage models and guides kids through the processes of writing paragraphs, using proper grammar, writing essays, ect... This is useful for writing and teaching kids to research and write about topics. --- Jannessa H.