Classroom web pages are becoming a popular source of innovative
support and motivation for students, teachers, library media specialists
and parents. The online article Web
Page Creation Supports Student Reading, Writing, and Learning in a Variety
of Ways provides links to webpages from schools,
library media centers, classrooms, home school environments and even by
children themselves. The article's author, Joyce Melton Pages, explains
a variety of ways in which web pages can support children's language and
literacy. Below, you'll find a list of classroom web pages in Kindergarten
and Grade 1 that exemplify a web page's many styles and purposes in the
literacy curriculum.
Kindergarten Classroom Web Pages:
- All-Day
Kindergarten at Royal Oaks (great publishing
ideas for literature response activities with Eric Carle, bear adventures,
and age appropriate Internet Links)
- Gaines
Gang Kindergarten Class (lists links by topic or by monthly themes)
- Mr. Darland's Kindergarten Class has photographs of classroom activities, fun things to make and do, great links, and more.
- Miss
Shaynee's Kindercourt from San Carlos, CA
has an organized list of thematic unit resources and classroom activities.
- Mrs.
Baston's Kindergarten Website from Wiscasset, Maine includes lots
of text and photos about projects written at a beginning reader's level
and a great class newsletter updated weekly.
- Mrs. Buchel's Kindergarten from offers a list of great links, ideas for parents and teachers, and instructions for great projects to make.
- Mrs.
Franchi's Kindergarten from Saratoga Springs,
New York includes class project
ideas and a resource for teachers wanting to design their own webpages.
- Mrs.
Newman's Kindergarten from Pensacola, Florida
features some very unique interdisciplinary reading and writing projects.
- Mrs.
Welshan's Kindergarten Class (nice integration
of books, Internet and activities)
First Grade Classroom Web Pages:
- First Steps by Ken
Hughes has lots of content pages created for
1st graders and interactive writing samples
- Mr. Fontanella's Kindergarten and First Grade Class f rom Juneau, Alaska features a class on-line alphabet book, student work, and projects.
- Mrs. Dunkerly's Class has a great section on word wall activities and fun learning websites for kids.
- Mrs. Hall's Class: Visit the Publishing Express to read stories written by first graders in her class.
- Mrs. Healey's Class includes a section to meet the students (and see their self-portraits!), tour the classroom, see the schedule of a typical day, and learn what the students have been working on.
- Mrs. McGowan's
First Grade Class has lots of links to projects and resources; check
out her own list of First
Grade classroom webpages as well.
- Mrs. Ross' First
Grade has fun projects, sight word resources, and a list of recommended
links for first graders.
- Mill
Street First Grade: great ideas for technology integration and extension
ideas
- Mrs. Price's
First Grade Website from Scottsdale, Arizona include some exciting
responses to what they've studied this year
- Mrs.
Rowland's First Grade Webpage from Washington includes great webquest
ideas, thematic activities, a monthly author study and more.
- Mrs.
Schmidt's Place for Spot and the Gang from
Willingboro, New Jersey welcome you to view the many first grade Internet
projects they participate in, a list of their cyberbuddies and even
an online writing portfolio for each student.
- Mrs. Tonnessen's Busy Bees from Chester, New Jersey
Second Grade Classroom Web Pages:
- Dallas
Christian School: literature based word study and vocabulary activities,
plus great teacher-designed links at bottom to famous leaders and holiday
ideas)
- Edleston
Primary School in the United Kingdom is an award-winning website
with many incredible examples of school children's work
- Loogootee
West End School Elementary Projects: many powerful examples of what
can be done using the Internet (visit their homepage
for more ideas)
- Mrs.
Coats' Corner from Wisconsin includes writing
and art samples from students and links for parents and other teachers.
- Mrs.
Elliot's Second Grade includes links to many more K-3
classrooms.
- Mrs.
Jacoby's Frog and Toad Road from Arlington,
Massachusetts has more ideas than could ever be mentioned.
- Mrs. Jacoby's Window to Our World showcases her class' newest work and Internet projects. Stop by and visit this interactive classroom site.
- Mrs.
Nash's Class from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
features collaborative and non-collaborative Internet projects and student
work published in many formats.
- Mrs. Swafford's Class: chosen by our colleagues at the University of Connecticut as an outstanding example of a second grade classroom website.
- Pocantico
Hills School: some great examples of original
age-appropriate information created by primary school children during
their study of Backyard
Animals, Snowy
Days, Harriet
Tubman, Dinosaurs,
Nutrition,
Penguins,
Vietnam, Weather,
and much more.
- Sunnyside School's Primary Multiage Class of First and Second Graders partners up with the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) to participate in a Global Art Project where students are exchanging artwork with other schools in Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, China, and other countries around the world.
This page last updated May, 2007.
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