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** SMART Board Sites for Elementary Classrooms **

 * Tech Resources for Elementary Grades ||   ||
 * Scholastic Smart Lessons || Over 900 lessons to search! ||
 * Mrs. Cassidy's Web Page || Kathy Cassidy is a Grade 1 teacher from Saskatchewan who shows us just how cool technology in the classroom can be!! ||
 * SMART Board Goodies || blog featuring different sites to help make your Smart Board lessons pop! ||
 * ChildcareLand || T his site contains numerous activities for Pre-school or Kindergarten age students that can be used at home or in the classroom as center activities. Not only are there clear explanations for each activity, there are also photographs of the materials, finished products, etc. Activities include letter and number recognition, counting, matching, sorting, fine motor practice, pocket folder and file folder games, etc. ||
 * Think Central || Site for the Harcourt Storytown series. Hint: If you click the Remember my Organization button, you will not have to search for the state, district, and school information each time you access the site. ||
 * EduPlace || This is Houghton Mifflin's site but it is free and can be accessed by anyone. It contains graphic organizers, shape pattern books and monthly activities. ||
 * StoryLine Online || On this site, actors read stories aloud and students can follow along with the book. Some of the books offered are: //Stellaluna, Thank You Mr. Falker, My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother, The Polar Express.// This could be used as an option in the computer lab or during center time. ||
 * Reading Planet || Another resource for the computer lab, center time or at home, the site contains four areas: Activity Lab (illustrate a story), Game Stations (play reading and writing games), Book Zone (review/rate books and listen to books online), and Express Yourself (links to other web sites and opportunities for students to write their own stories). ||
 * Spelling City || Once you register on the site, you can type in your spelling words for each week. At school or at home, the students can play games (Exs. HangMouse, Unscramble Sentence, Word Search, and Missing Letter), complete a practice test and even have the computer "teach" the words to them (spells the word and gives the word in a sentence). ||