Educational Resource List

Prepared by: Kelly Skustad

1st Grade Teacher

1st Grade Educational Resources

*My goal was to put together a few online/computer-based resources that are available for practice and enrichment in math and reading.  Please reference the links and sites below to enrich your child’s educational experience at home.  The resources I have chosen are to be both education and fun!  If you have any trouble with a link or site, please let me know.  Please use these resources as you wish.  

Educational Websites/Links for 1st Graders:

RAZ Kids- online interactive ebooks and quizzes on Raz-Kids.com, access to reading practice and help with reading comprehension has never been easier.

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login

PBS Kids Games- all sorts of fun, interactive games for math and reading

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html

Primary Games- fun games in all subject areas, parent must help read directions

http://www.primarygames.com/reading.html

e-Learning (many subjects)- click on 1st grade...math, language arts, computer skills, science and environmental games; also have Grades K-6 and listed by subject area

http://www.e-learningforkids.org/index.html

Fun Brain- games categories: Math, Reading, Fun, Playground

http://www.funbrain.com

Track Star- Educational games in Elementary focusing on math and language arts; parents will need to help read directions

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=bc8a222215479a4907a66d8f752a559c&number=11704&password=

Nick Jr. Games

http://www.nickjr.com/kids-games

Starfall- Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics.

http://www.starfall.com

                          

Everyday Math Resources:

#1......Everyday Math

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/1.htm

*teacher resources for everyday math, links to games

#2......Everday Math

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade

*homelink help and selected answers for EDM homelinks, by unit and lesson

Reading Street Resources:

#1.......Reading Street Resource

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/FirstGrade.html

*This is the main site I use for teacher resources .

*Parents could use it as a great resources for flashcards, spelling games.

*SpellingCity.com link- has wonderful resources for students to practice spelling per unit and week, however,  it costs $30/family or $50/classroom to access some of the games each year.

#2.....Reading Street Resource

http://scottsboro.org/~flewis/SF%20Reading%20Street/First%20Grade%20Materials/First%20Grade%20Reading%20Street%20Teacher%20Resources.html

*This site is excellent for teachers as well as parents.  

*Please click Reading Street Online Games for links to spelling game per unit and week.

Apps for Computer, Smart Phone, iPad/Kindle:

1. Everyday Math- Top It ($1.99) Identifying numbers, addition, and comparing quantities.

2. Teach Me- First Grade ($0.99)- teaches sight words, addition, subtraction, and spelling

3. Teacher Me- Second Grade ($0.99)-spelling, sight words, long addition and subtraction, and fast subtraction

Updated: May 2015