The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) has an educational site for kids divided into “key stages.” KS1 or Key Stage 1 is equivalent to early elementary (approximately K-2). The site has engaging, interactive modules in literacy (spelling, phonics, alphabetical order, pronouns, using punctuation etc) and numeracy (time, number ordering adding and subtraction, division, multiplication, money, organizing data etc.) topics for practice and reinforcement.
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Today was super! One of my favorite first grade teachers, who is always interested in trying something new, was bringing her class to the library to read magazines (no one reads them unless invited, and then they LOVE them!). She’d read Stellaluna to her students in the process of exploring mammals and animal life cycles.
This was the opportunity I’d been waiting for to use the Echo the Bat ebook. This wonderful resource is a story about a bat pup called Echo, who learns about echolocation from his mother. An important story element is when Echo gets lost in a storm. Viewers have to accept a “mission” to help Echo find her family and friends. Along the way, we learn how satellites function. This sub site is a part of the larger Imagers site (Interactive Multimedia Adventures for Grade School Education using Remote Sensing) by the good folks at NASA.
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