A reading game based on "Connect 4" that will build student's abilities to say the name and sound of a letter and find a word beginning with that sound.

A letter sound version of Tic Tac Toe that students play with partners. Before they can take their turn, they must draw a letter and give three words that begin with that letter. Their partner must give them a thumbs up before they can...

Use this game of "I Spy" to help students build their accuracy of letter identification! Can be student- or teacher-led.

A small group game using cards with letters of the alphabet on them. The object is to place cards face down in a pile in alphabetical order. Based on an old card game called "I doubt it." This site has a link to a Letter card site for...

An exciting letter "baseball" game where students "bat" by giving a word that starts with the letter that the teacher holds up. This site includes a link to letter cards to print.

Do you know where your last meal came from? This interactive website helps you see who produced your food, what happened along the way and how it eventually makes its way to your plate. Learn how a village produces food and how food...

Whatever early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small...

The primary access point for CDC-produced information about avian flu: key facts, current outbreaks, questions and answers, virus spread, eradication efforts and plans, travel advisories, and similar resources.

Contains plans for two lessons that use the whole-to-parts phonics approach to beginning reading. It uses onset and rime to group word families and spelling patterns to show sounds in context. In addition to objectives and standards,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a concentration game that focuses on hard and soft g/c consonant sounds. It can be used a class activity or a center.

Discusses the various types of jet engines and explains how they produce their power. Describes the primary components of jet engines and their respective roles.

"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...

A map of the Appalachian Mountain region showing the three primary routes of the early 1700's through the natural barrier from the English colonies to the Mississippi Valley. "The Appalachian ranges separated the French and the English,...

Explains the characteristics of tropical and temperate rainforests and what rainforest food webs look like.

This website describes trophic levels, transfer of energy between trophic levels, pyramids of ecology, and nutrient cycles within the environment.