Lexington Public Schools Elementary School Libraries

Books and Authors	Science
Math	Social Studies--Community
Language Arts	Social Studies-- U.S. Holidays

Books and Authors

Jan Brett's Home Page

 

Marc Brown's Arthur Home Page

 

Eric Carle's Home Page

 

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Language Arts

 ABCs Let's Get Ready to Read Click on a letter and follow the stars to   introduce letter sounds.Be sure your computer sound is on.

Building Language for Literacy Go on a language adventure with Nina the Naming Newt or Leo the Letter-Loving Lobster.

Chateau Meddybemps  Learn about letters of the alphabet. Count, color and create. Write a story and solve riddles.  Parent and teacher guides available.

 

Dinosaur Alphabet Book Click a letter to find out about a dinosaur.

 

I Love Colors Choose a color and then go to a page with lots of activities.

Letter Printouts A-Z Each page has a capital letter, a lower case letter, and four words that start with that letter, with pictures of those words to color.

 

These Are The Letters of the Alphabet See words and pictures with the letters of the alphabet.

 

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Math

Aunty Math Every other week "Aunty Math" presents a new math challenge for grade K-3.

Math Activities Puzzles, number games, patterns,and size comparison activities.

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Science

Chicken Box  Lots of pictures of various breeds.

Chickscope  Explore the 21 day life cycle of the embryonic chick.

Farm Animals Click on animals to see photos and learn about their behavior.

Morphing Embryos  Watch silent video clips of human, pig and chick embryos. 

Watch a Chick Hatch  See the video of the hatching.  Be sure to click on the link to the egg tooth.

Wendell's Yucky Bug World Everything you ever wanted to know about roaches.

 

What Tree Is It? Identify trees and see photographs of their leaves, fruit, and bark.

The Wonderful World of Trees Information on a year in the life of a tree, uses for trees, and how trees can be protected, and the importance of biodiversity.

 

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Social Studies--Community

Betsy Ross Homepage Find out about her life and the history of the flag.

 

Community Club Learn about neighborhood workers.

Community Helpers  Enchanted Learning site with puzzles, games, and printable books.

 

The World of Benjamin Franklin Find out about this important American.

 

Your neighborhood Description of community workers.

 

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An American Thanksgiving  Links to Thanksgiving info, fun and food.

Christopher Columbus  Print out and color this picture of Christopher Columbus on his ship.

Columbus Day Crafts and Activities  Learn about Christopher Columbus and his journeys.

Martin Luther King, Jr.  Find out about this great man and print out a chart to compare your life to his.

President’s Day Arts and Crafts  Learn about President’s day. 

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Criteria: Sites on these pages have been reviewed by Lexington (MA) School Librarians using the following criteria.

• grade level appropriateness
• curriculum enhancement
• accuracy/authenticity
• readability
• ease of student use

Disclaimer: To the best of our knowledge these links have been selected using the above criteria. The Internet is a constantly changing environment and we cannot be held responsible if students link to unknown material. We recommend that all sites be reviewed by teachers or parents before use.