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Resources for Helping Students Follow Directions

Compiled by Jessica Talada, Hendy Instructional Support Teacher  

English Language Arts

Dr. Christie's WebQuest Matrix: This site provides a number of language arts WebQuests appropriate for a variety of grade levels.

Oswego City School District: Elementary Test Prep Center: The Oswego City School District has put together a number of activities that can be used to promote student success on New York State tests. The sites listed below provide ELA activities related to reading, understanding and following directions.

New York State Education Department: The Grow Network: This site provides activities appropriate for grades 3-8, designed to improve student ability in reading, understanding and following directions.

University of Richmond: Web-Based Projects: This site provides a number of webquests on various topics at various grade levels designed to further student knowledge and ability to follow directions.

Scholastic: I Spy: This site provides online games and resources designed for students to practice following directions using their listening skills.

Manatee County Benchmarks Reading: Grade 1: These activities are designed to help primary students practice following directions they read aloud.

Education World: Following Directions, A Skill Worth Teaching: This site provides links to various lesson plans/websites that provide activities for helping students read, understand and follow directions proficiently.

Berlin Middle School: Reading Directions, the CUCC Strategy: This site outlines a RUFD strategy called CUCC (circle, underline, count, check off/complete).

KidBibs International: Activities Help Children Learn to Follow Directions: This site provides a number of lesson plans/activities designed to help children RUFD. 


Mathematics

Dr. Christie's WebQuest Matrix: This site provides a number of mathematical WebQuests appropriate for a variety of grade levels.

New York State Education Department: The Grow Network: This site provides activities appropriate for grades 3-8 and designed to improve student ability in reading, understanding and following directions.

Lecky Compares: This site provides an interactive game designed to help students in primary grades follow directions that are read aloud to solve math problems.

Harcourt School Publishers: E-lab: This site provides teacher and parent resources designed to assist students in grades 3-6 to appropriately follow directions regarding math.

The United States Mint: History in Your Pocket: This site provides teacher resources and games in following directions regarding money.

Planet Interactive: Count Your Chickens (A Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten Site): This site provides students with an interactive game that allows them to follow directions that are read aloud.

Math, Numbers & Counting: This site provides a plethora of links to math sites that are designed to accentuate math instruction for grades K-5.

Primary Resources: Math Resources: This site provides opportunities/resources for students to practice following directions regarding numbers and the number system, calculations, solving problems and measurement.

Elementary Themes, Math Resources for Teachers & Students: This site provides a list of word problems, computational sheets and websites designed to assist students in solving multi-step problems.

Math Lab: This site provides algebraic thinking problem-solving worksheets for grades 3-5.

Oswego City School District: Elementary Test Prep Center: The Oswego City School District has put together a number of activities that can be used to promote student success on state tests. The site provides math activities related to reading, understanding and following directions.


Social Studies

Enchanted Forest: Learning to Read Maps: This interactive site provides opportunities for students to explore following directions, using maps and math problems.

United States Geological Survey: Map Adventures Lesson Plans: This site provides teaching packet appropriate for grades K-3 for students to learn basic concepts for visualizing objects from different perspectives and how to understand and use maps.

Online Learning Haven: This site provides direction on how to use a compass and ways to utilize them in classroom instruction.

National Geographic EXPEDITIONS: Geography Standards in Your Classroom: This site provides maps made for printing and copying.

Geographic.org: This site provides opportunities for students to learn about geography and maps.

Theodora.com: World Maps: This site provides numerous world maps.

Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map: This site provides information on map components.


Science

Urban Programs Resource Network: This site provides six WebQuests/activities designed for helping students follow directions in acquiring knowledge regarding plants.

Dr. Christie's WebQuest Matrix: This site provides a number of mathematical WebQuests appropriate for a variety of grade levels.

Discover Communications: The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: This site provides fun-filled activities involving science.

Youth Net: Science Mini-Lessons Elementary (K-5): This site provides directions on conducting experiments and labs that require students to follow directions in science.

Steve Spangler Science: Steve Spangler is a teacher trainer who uses his website to provide teachers with excellent ideas for incorporating science and following directions into instruction.

The Science Spot: This teacher-friendly resource outlines a number of websites/activities designed to help students follow directions while studying science.

Science: This website provides links to several sites that relate to science instruction.