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Snowman
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
The Tasks provided for students in this WebQuest facilitate gaining meaning from orally presented text. Students will be asked to gain knowledge from a variety of literature, make predictions, ask and answer questions, distinguish fact from fiction, uses prior knowledge to understand text, and connect to life experiences. Students will be performing tasks that help them link their real lives with the stories.
Keywords:Snow, snowy, snowman, snowballs, sledding, snowball fight, skiing, ice skating, snowboarding, shovel, gloves, boots, scarf, hat, earmuffs, jacket, hood, sweater, mittens, vest and snow pants
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Dinosaur Expedition
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest is focused on a 2nd grade class. However, it can be modified to work for other grade levels.
Keywords:Dinosuars
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Jan Brett's The Three Snow Bears
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest will allow students to explore polar bears and winter weather.
Keywords:winter and polar bears
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The Water Cycle
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
The students will be able to understand the process of the water cycle by exploring all the applications and games with a 100% accuracy.
Keywords:water cycle
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Plant Pamphlet
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest is designed to help students create a pamplet or brochure all about plants.
Keywords:plants, pamphlet, brochure, stem, leaves, flower, growth, seeds and soil
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Under the Sea
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
The ocean is always a favorite vacationing spot, but many people do not realize all of the activity that happens deep under the sea. It is important that people understand that there are several animals that call the ocean their home.
Keywords:Ocean Marine Life
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Kids Pick the President
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest is about demonstrating how we elect our president. It explains the requirements for being a voter, the voting process, and reasons to vote. Also, it shows that one vote can make a difference.
Keywords:voting process, ballot, elections, president, democracy and voting requirements
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The Great Book Mystery
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest is designed for First graders as they review the genres of Fiction and Nonfiction.
Keywords:Literary genres, Genres, Fiction, Nonfiction, Fact and Fantasy
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Teaching Spelling Skills
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Students will learn to correctly identify letters of the alphabet in preparation to make words.
Keywords:Spelling, identification, alphabet, ABC and letters
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China! A Place to Explore!
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Our webquest gives the students the opportunity to identify various aspects of China. This will include its people, places, and environments.
Keywords:Geography, History and Aspects of China
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Clifford The Firehouse Dog
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Emily Elizabeth and Clifford pay a visit to Clifford's brother Nero, a fire rescue dog. While learning about fire safety, Clifford unexpectedly helps out on a fire and rescues people from a burning building. Let's learn about fire safety.
Keywords:Fire, safety, fireman and community helpers
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Reading Basics
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest is designed to reinforce key phonics skills for early readers.
Keywords:phonics, reading and vowels
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Vivacious Vocabuary Search
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Students will conduct an internet scavenger hunt, using the vocabulary words the teacher selects. This is an example using some common words taught at the 2nd grade level. It can be modified for any words/subject/grade.
Keywords:vocabulary and scavenger hunt
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Westward to Home: A diary of the Oregon Trail
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Joshua is a young boy living in Missouri circa 1848. He keeps a diary as he and his family travel across the prairie in a covered wagon. They face many obstacles along the way before settling in their new home.
Keywords:Oregon Trail, prairie, covered wagon and pioneers
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Interactive Adjectives
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
In this WebQuest we will learn more about Adjectives, what they are, and how to use them!
Keywords:Language Arts and Adjectives
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ladybugs
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
My webquest' you will learn about the steps in the life cylce of a ladybug.
Keywords:ladybug and life cycle.
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Christmas Around the World
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This is a Quest that will take you all over the world. So get your passport ready, you'll be visiting many exciting countries.
Keywords:Christmas and christmas around the world
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Learn the author's inspiration that caused his books to be an enjoyable journey across oceans and time. Students will learn the butterfly cycle in a delightful and engaging experience.
Keywords:Eric Carle, Grades 1st, Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Illustrator, Science and Butterfly Cycle
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A Webquest for First Grade Library Skills
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest is designed to teach First grade students the parts of a book and their purpose. It also teaches students how to properly care for library books.
Keywords:Cover, Title, Illustrator, Spine, Author, Call Number, Publisher, Title Page and Bookmark
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear: Colorful World
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This WebQuest is designed for students in a low incident special education classroom to explore colors through the use of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" by Bill Martin Jr.
Keywords:Colors
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How to Create a Webquest for Instruction
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest provides teachers with a professional development experience to learn how to create webquests to offer high level instruction to students. Creating webquests will also increase opportunities for cooperative learning.
Keywords:Professional Development Coopertive Learning Inquiry
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Olympic Reader
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This WebQuest is designed to promote the literacy skills necessary to decode, recognize, and build words. These skills are foundational to reading fluency, and fluency is a strong predictor of comprehension. Since reading is, by definition, comprehending, word study skills are necessary first steps in literacy development.
Keywords:literacy, reading, decoding and sight words
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Learning about the States
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
You are going to be moving to a state of your choice. Before you do, you need to find out all about that state. You will do online research about the state you choose, create a PowerPoint presentation and then recreate that states flag using a drawing program.
Keywords:United States, states and state flags
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Amazing Animals
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
Researching animals.
Keywords:animals, endangered, research and report
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Herbert the Timid Dragon
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This lesson is designed to develop young students' reading skills by focusing on guessing what the story is about, reading the story, retelling the story, and making predictions about what could happen next. After completing this lesson your reading strategies will have expanded to include retelling and predicting. Have fun!
Keywords:Dragon, Herbert and reading
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Mrs. Wooten's Classroom
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
To keep families informed about assignments and school events.
Keywords:education
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The Life Cycle of a Beautiful Butterfly!
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
In this webquest, you will explore the steps in the life cycle of a butterfly!
Keywords:butterfly and life cycle
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Penguin Researchers
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest challenges 1st grade students to become penguin researchers preparing for a trip to Antarctica. Students study the diet, physical characteristics, habitat, and behaviors of all types of penguins.
Keywords:science, penguins, research, diagram, chart, poem, summary, compare and contrast
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Instructional Strategies for Reading
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This WebQuest is designed to help teachers employ effective reading strategies in their classrooms.
Keywords:reading, vocabulary, comprehension, phonemic awareness, reading fluency, instructional reading strategies, instructional strategies for reading, best practices for reading and reading strategies
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Andy by Tomie DePaola
Curriculum:
English / Language Arts
Grade Level:
K-2
Description:
This webquest will look at the children's book, Andy by Tomie DePaola. We will also focus on one of Kennedy Elementary's "R's"- Respect.
Keywords:Respect and Responsibility
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