Free Educational Games

This site offers free educational games for math, language arts
and geography for elementary students: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/ Games can be played public or private. In the private version, no one can join the game without the designated password. In the public version, outside players can join the game, but interaction between players is not possible.

More Math Games

I found a site with free virtual manipulatives for grades K-3. These would be great whole class or small group activities using a projector or Smartboard. They would also be great center activities. Check it out: http://www.dreambox.com/

Onomatopoeias

As a way to teach my students onomatopoeias, I found a good book called "Bear Snores On" by Karma Wilson with lots of great sound words in it. After reading the book, I plan to have my students select an onomatopoeia, write a sentence using it and illustrate it in the Kid Pix program. After that, I will import the pictures into the Photo Story 3 program and record the children reading their sentences. I will then make it into a movie. I just discovered glogs and created one to show the steps of this lesson: http://kmurgas.edu.glogster.com/onomatopoeias