A Digital Library for the James McCosh Primary School  
compiled by Inez Jacobson, librarian
PreK-Kindergarten
 First Grade      
 Second Grade  
 Third Grade                
Search Engines
 Directories
 Institutions of Exploration(museums...)

Digital Libraries      computerworld

eCUIP: The Digital Library Project: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ecuip/  A digital library for schools with information, lesson plans, and links to resources specifically for Chicago Public School teachers

International Children's Digital Library: http://www.icdlbooks.org books digitalized and read aloud from many of the  world's countries
Story Place:   http://www.storyplace.org Story Place has interactive stories for PreK, K and Primary students
Internet Public Library:  http://www.ipl.org  Comprehensive internet resources   

Resources      bookdoor

Ask Eric  http://www.askeric.org/    Lesson plans, educational articles and more
Dictionary   http://yourdictionary.com/    Type in a word, get definition and hear the pronunciation
Big Chalk:  http://www.bigchalk.com  A reference resource of periodical and digital media for students.
KidsClick!   http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/   
A Picture Dictionary #1:  http://www.pdictionary.com  In English, Spanish, French, Ger. Ital.
A Picture Dictionary #2:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/DictionaryA.html   Little Explorers Pictionary a dictionary with links to more about the word.
A Picture Dictionary #3:  http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/song/1147/cheypics.htm   A picture dictionary of Cheyenne (Native Americans) words.  Click on photographs for Cheyenne pronunciation.
Public Television http://pbskids.org/   Connects to sites for kids(Arthur, Barney, Berenstain Bears...)
Chicago Public Library http://www.chipublib.org/CPL.html

 Directories : sort web sites by categories   computerbooks

About.com: http://www.about.com
Looksmart: http://www.looksmart.com 
Yahooligans!: http://www.yahooligans.com
Ask Jeeves for Kids: http://www.ajkids.com

Search Engines: use a robot or spider to find a word or phrase in a web site   worldfind

Altavista: http://www.altavista.com
Hotbot: http://www.hotbot.com
AlltheWeb: http://www.alltheweb.com
Google  http://www.google.com

Institutions of Exploration (Museums, Zoos, Aquariums...)

*school wide field trip site for 2003-2004
Museum of Science and Industry*http://www.msichicago.org/
Field Museum of Natural History www.fieldmuseum.org  
Shedd Aquarium
Adler Planetarium
Peggy Notebaert Nature Center*
Lincoln Park Zoo*
Brookfield Zoo
Art Institute
DuSable Museum
Smart Museum
Oriental Institute
County Line Orchard*
Chicago Children's Museum
Garfield Park Conservatory


Pre-K-Kindergarten         frogbooks

Story Place:   http://www.storyplace.org  Story Place has interactive stories for PreK, K and Primary students
Learn to Read  http://www.starfall.com/    Interactive site for reading and language arts
Community Helpers activity. http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em207/activity1.html   Students choose a profession and then get to dress a person for that job.
County Line Orchard  http://www.countylineorchard.com/    All McCosh Primary School students will be visiting here the first marking period.
A great virtual field trip http://www.hud.gov/kids/field1.html   Visit the park, library, and city hall on the internet
Community Lesson Plan http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM284 Build three places in the community  
See work places http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/picpic.htm  Short videos about work places;  (from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood)
Animated alphabet animals  http://www.bemboszoo.com/  Complements the book Bembo's Zoo, Fun!

First Grade       applecrayons

Story Place:   http://www.storyplace.org  Story Place has interactive stories for PreK, K and Primary students
Learn to Read  http://www.starfall.com/    Interactive site for reading and language arts
Electronic Apple Orchard Trip: http://www.ket.org/trips/orchard/   Site by the Univ.of Kentucky  
County Line Orchard: http://www.countylineorchard.com/   All McCosh Primary School students will be visiting here the first marking period.
An Apple Unit:  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/apple.html   Apple activities
A great virtual field trip: http://www.hud.gov/kids/field1.html   Visit the park, library, and city hall on the internet
Take a poll/Make a Graph:  http://www.hud.gov/kids/field1.html   What Do Other People Want To Be?
Frog interactive activity, from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum:  http://www.chias.org/online/hoh/exploration.html Students can identify bullfrogs, spring peepers, and leopard frogs and then count and identify them
Goods and Services chart: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em194/activity2.html Students drag the correct picture to complete a chart
Community Helpers Activity: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em197/activity1.html   Answer questions about various professions by clicking on pictures
Abraham Lincoln for young students: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/ (for use with Feb. holiday or penny or $5)

Second Grade   booksapple  

Story Place:   http://www.storyplace.org  Story Place has interactive stories for PreK, K and Primary students
Learn to Read  http://www.starfall.com/    Interactive site for reading and language arts
Goods and Services Quiz:  http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em281/popupActivity.html  Interactive quiz about the goods and services provided by cities to its citizens
County Line Orchard:   http://www.countylineorchard.com/    All  McCosh Primary School students will be visiting here the first marking period.
An Apple Unit:  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/apple.html   Apple activities
Electronic Apple Orchard Trip: http://www.ket.org/trips/orchard/   Site by the Univ.of Kentucky
A great virtual field trip:   http://www.hud.gov/kids/field1.html Visit  the park, library, and city hall on the internet
Choose a profession:   http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM207   What Do You Want To Be ?  Students choose professions and do interactive computer activity
Habitat interactive activity:  http://www.chias.org/online/hoh/habitats.html  This is from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (field trip for 3rd Marking period) Sage grassland, wet land, and prairie grassland
Career Choice Lesson Plan:    http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM284   Discusses the strengths of different jobs and how they benefit the community.  Includes links to a computer read story of The "Tortoise and the Hare", a coloring sheet, and a word search.

Third Grade  pencilbooks

Story Place:   http://www.storyplace.org  Story Place has interactive stories for PreK, K and Primary students
Interactive Environment Activities:   http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/kids/toc.htm     Illinois Environmental Protection Agency site with activities, quizzes, and games
County Line Orchard:   http://www.countylineorchard.com/    All McCosh Primary School students will be visiting here the first marking period.
An Apple Unit:  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/apple.html   Apple activities
Electronic Apple Orchard Trip: http://www.ket.org/trips/orchard/   Site by the Univ.of Kentucky
A Great Virtual Field Trip:  http://www.hud.gov/kids/field1.html     Visit field trips to the park, library, and city hall on the internet
Career Choice Lesson Plan with song:   http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM284 Help students know they can dream about many jobs but need to choose one.
About Illinois Animals:   http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/kids/toc.htm     Illinois animals, organisms, and ecosystems
Unit on Wildebeest:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/gk2/migrationwildebeest.html   Unit on mapping the migration routes in Africa of the wildebeest
Unit on the Underground Railroad:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/gk2/quilting.html  Map the route of the Underground Railroad(use with mapping, African American History)
About Illinois symbols:    http://www.state.il.us/kids/      About Illinois' capitols (yes, capitols), Flag and seal, symbols, government
Biomes:  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm   What's It Like Where you Live?
Lessons from Colonial Schools:   http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml   Students in 2003-2004 can try lessons from the "olden days"

Communities , Neighborhood, School, Classroom

James McCosh School Theme for the 2003-2004 School Year:  Circles of Life
1st quarter:  Building Communities
2nd quarter:  Differences Throughout Communities
3rd  quarter:  Communities in Action
4th quarter:  You and Your Community
Creating Classroom Rules:   http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=136   Creating Classroom rules:The Beginning of Community
Books:   http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson136/Books_About_Friends.pdf      Books about Friends, Relationships, Community

Maps     globemap

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/makemap.html      Make a map of the playground (could be model for make a map of your classroom) has an assessment rubric
http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/prek-2/traveling_along/index.html#cont     Traveling Along a Unit on Mapping
http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/         Flags and maps of the world
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html     Atlas of state map links for students
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/       National Geographic map making site
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/      Resource for getting maps of continents and countries of the world
http://www.state.il.us/kids/     References  about  Illinois

Careers, Jobs, Helpers, Workers

http://www.state.il.us/kids/fire/     Site about fire safety.  State of Illinois

Rules, Government

http://www.state.il.us/kids/      About Illinois' capitols (yes capitols), Flag and seal, symbols, government