*Starfall
Starfall is a wonderful reading website that fits the needs of students of every reading ability. and is FREE! It has videos, songs, games, and stories that work on phonics, phonemic awareness, rhyming, vocabulary, fluency, word families, vowel sounds and tricks, etc. This is a website you must check out!! (It's too amazing not to!) More recently, Starfall has begun to branch out an include math activities and games as well. There is not as much for math as there is for language arts.
PBS Kids is a more entertaining [FREE!] website than an educational one. (Don't get me wrong, there are games that correlate with what is being taught in the classroom, just not as much as Starfall.) It uses familiar characters and plots to help entice children to watch videos, play games, and read.
Students have been exposed to and have used Google Earth during Science instruction. This is a free software download that you may choose to put on your home computer. It can "zoom" to pictures and maps of landforms, famous landmarks, addresses, or points of interest by typing into the search window. Google Earth uses satellite photographs of all over the world and pieces them together to create one large "Earth Photograph". The viewer can choose how far to zoom in and what layers to see on the map/picture.*Brainpopjr
Brainpop Jr is a website that has activities relating to science, reading, writing, math, health, social students, arts and technology. Each section contains videos that have follow up activities. Some of the activities you need to subcribe for. We have a subscription at school. Have fun exploring the different subjects and videos!!
Useful Websites For Parent Use:
Important and useful things and tips that parents should know about today's Kindergarten. A lot has changed from when we went to Kindergarten and this article helps explain these changes. (This article is from a great website that has other wonderful tips and information for parents with young children.)
This is another great article that I have found that discusses what the typical Kindergarten day is like and what parents can expect during the school year.
On this website, there are some terrific tips and activities to do with children to get them ready for Kindergarten, as well as keep their student's on grade level for the rest of the school year.
Here is a link to the Frederick County Public Schools Family and Community Involvement page. Various ways to help out and events will be posted on this page.
Our classroom participates in Scholastic Book Clubs. Monthly book order catalogs will be sent home for your use if you choose to purchase books for your child. This is a link to set-up online ordering for the monthly catalogs. It is VERY easy to use!
*Whittier Elementary School Website
This is a direct link to Whittier's school website for information and events that are important for families of Whittier students.
Have you signed up yet? FindOut First is a valuable tool that Frederick County and Whittier Elementary use to send out important messages or reminders to parents, teachers, and family members. If school is closed, opening late, or dismissing early due to inclement weather, you will get a notification. Whittier also uses FindOut First to send out reminders for PTA events, conferences, spirit days, etc. You can tailor it to what schools you are interested in, what clubs, and what grades you would like notifications about. This really is something that is worthwhile to send up for!
*FCPS Calendar & Handbook Lost your copy of the Calendar Handbook? Check out the electronic copy! A copy of the school calendar and handbook is always readily available wherever you have Internet: at work, on vacation, etc.
*Frederick County Public Libraries Do you and your child have a library card? Why not put it to good use today! On the link to FCPL you can look up book titles, reserve a copy, and renew your book if it's too good to put down! FCPL also has great children's story time and activities all year round. This summer, be sure to check out their summer reading program! J
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