Teachers First - Thinking Teachers Teaching Thinkers

Thousands of Teacher-reviewed Resources!

Edtech for Younger Students!

This week we feature educational technology tools especially for younger students in grades K-2. We've included interactives, lesson ideas, tools to create projects, and more. Share these tools on your class website for families to explore together! 

Grades K-3

PBS Summer Adventures

Although listed as summer adventures, these tools could be used all year! Scroll through the site to find reading charts, map skills, building projects, new vocabulary, and more. Don't miss the printable summer activity book (pdf), and get outside!

Grades K-2

StoryBots

Peruse this collection of classroom learning tools for pre-K and kindergarten children aligned to Common Core. Registration is not necessary. However, by creating a class account you can upload your own, save, and assign students specific activities.

Grades K-6

Gynzy

This collection includes over 50 interactive activities for math, language arts, science, and social studies. Use the activities in small groups or on individual devices. Embed content onto your website or wiki using the provided code with each activity.

Grades K-8

Freckle Education

Skim over 30,000 math questions matched to math standards and more than 500 ELA articles that often cover social studies and science standards as well as all ELA standards. There are five reading levels offered for each article. Save this one!

Reading & Language Arts Tools

While these tools are perfect for younger and emergent readers, several would also be helpful beyond grade 2. Discover lesson plans, writing challenges, and book wishlists — for starters!

Grades K-6

Imagine Forest

Create and publish your own stories! Begin writing right away by uploading one of your own images or find inspiration by exploring the site. Choose the Activities link to earn points through writing challenges. Add this to your writing (or LA) stations.

Grades K-6

Toppsta

Discover, read, and review the best books for your students. Use the keyword search to find books or search for ages up to 18 years old. Each book title includes a summary along with reviews submitted by site members. Login to save books to your wishlist.

Grades 2-12

DOGOnews

Do you have early readers? Find the perfect articles at DOGOnews. Ceate a class page where you can save a variety of articles, add a book list, a calendar, favorite sites list, add lesson plan instructions, monitor student comments, and more.

Science & Math Resources for Primary Grades

Interactives are a great option to use in math and science class for primary grades. The activities help students stay engaged, learn difficult concepts, and conceptualize visual representations.

Grades K-2

Math Resources for Numbers & Operations - Grades K-2

This curated list provides resources designed for grades K-2 in the area of Numbers & Operations. Find the perfect tool or interactive for your students and share the list on your class website. Each review includes classroom ideas.

Grades K-8

Monster Sciences

This site offers an extensive array of experiments, videos, and printable materials for teaching science and differentating. Choose any experiment for a full description of the activity including teacher's notes and extended questions.

Grades K-6

kidcyber

Skim through the topics: Sports, Space, Planet Earth, Technology, Invention, Animals, and more, at this site created in Australia. In addition to simple text, the site includes images and videos. See the full review for tech integration ideas.

This Week at TeachersFirst

We're excited to host our summer book study focused on technology evaluation! Be sure to also mark your calendars for our virtual workshop this week: Authentic Assessment with Microsoft Office 360. And in our weekly poll, we're wondering if you teach rhyme or poetry in your classrooms!