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READING SITES

http://www.starfall.com/ - Where Kids Have Fun Learning to Read. Primarily designed for first grade, but also useful for per-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade.

http://www.bookadventure.org/ -  Book Adventure is a free reading motivation program for children in grades K-8 and includes reading comprehension tests. 

http://www.readingrainbow.com/ -  Good for reading includes book summaries, games and activities.

http://reading.ecb.org/ - Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Its' focus is on eight research-based reading strategies:

Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing.

MATH SITES

http://www.aplusmath.com/ - This site includes math, flash cards, games, worksheets, and homework helper.

http://www.funbrain.com/ - 25 arcade-style math games, games for kids under six, homework relief center for parents.

http://www.moneyinstructor.com/ - Games for learning how to work with money. 

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html - A fun Math website to help practice addition facts

KIDS SEARCH ENGINES

http://www.ajkids.com/ - Ask Jeeves for kids let you type in a question and get a list of web pages than can direct you to the answer.

http://mymunka.com/ - My Munka is a fun web search site for kids.

http://www.onekey.com/ -  Another great search engine for kids.

 

LIBRARY RESOURCES

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ - Awesome Library Librarians volunteer to maintain this website.  It organizes the Web with 27,000 carefully reviewed resources for teachers, kids, teens, parents, librarians or college students.

http://www.ala.org/ -  This is the American Library Association.  It is a great site for kids.

http://www.kidinfo.com/ - Homework and reference resource for students, teachers and parents.

http://www.kids.infoplease.com/ - This site provides access to information on the world, us, people, word wise, math, science, sports, cool stuff games & quizzes and much more.

 

WRITING SITES

http://www.rhymer.com/ -  Great for Writing Poems.  Type in the word you want to rhyme with, a long list of one and two syllable rhyming words are displayed. 

www.kidpub.org/kidpub -  Kidpub,the largest collection of stories by children on the internet with a database over 43,000 stories written by and for children.

http://www.storybird.com/ - Storybird is a unique language arts tool that use illustrations to inspire students to write stories.

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS SITES

 

http://www.abcya.com/typing_rocket_junior.htm - Great introduction for practicing and learning keyboarding skills by typing the letter that appears on the rocket ships.

http://www.abcya.com/cup_stack_typing_game.htm  - Practice your keyboarding skills by stacking and unstacking the cups by typing the letter that appears on the cups.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ - This is a great website to practice computer skills.

 

SCIENCE SITES

 

http://www.ology.amnh.org/ -  American Museum of Natural History great tool to encourage kids to explore sciences 

www.smithsonianeducation.org/students - Smithsonian Institution showcases some of the best interactive features of the museum 

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ -  Live web cameras at the aquarium, games, activities careers. 

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/index.htm -   Wonderful site! Students can discover and learn facts about our planet, the biomes of the world, plants, and animals!

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm - Discover facts about the different biomes of the world. 

http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/ - Click on one of the variety of animals pictures to learn facts such as the animal's animal’s physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map),

                                                                      diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, and when applicable, conservation and tips on what you can do to help.

Parent SITES

Helping your child become a reader.Reading Tips
 

Helping your child learn math.
Math Tips
Math Worksheet creater
Helping your child succeed in school.Success Tips 

St. Tammany Parish
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Educational Links

This web site was developed with the idea of helping students improve their math skills interactively.
A+ Math

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Founded in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters 
achievement. Ideal for both group and one-on-one settings, BrainPOP is used in numerous ways, from introducing a new lesson 
or topic to illustrating complex subject matter to reviewing before a test. Content is aligned to academic standards and 
easily searchable by students and teachers alike. 
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Crickweb.co.uk - primary interactive resources

Dance Mat Typing offers an introduction to touch typing for children aged 7 - 11 years. It has 4 levels, each of which are 
divided into 3 stages. Begin at Level 1 and build up your skills while you gradually work your way all the way through to 
Level 4.
Dance Mat Typing

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Earobics Intervention

This site helps students to develop early reading and language skills that have been identified as important language arts 
building blocks in state curriculum standards. The games provided are based on educational and literacy research and are 
full of rich stories and characters in order to engage students in learning adventures.
Game Goo

Great website for researching different habitats!
Inch in a Pinch

IXL is a comprehensive, standards-aligned math program offering unlimited practice in thousands of skills. 
IXL Math

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math sites where the children can practice skills in all areas of mathematics. All credit for this site should go to 
Mrs. Gebauer, the owner of the original site.
Math Sites for Extra Practice

National Geographic for Kids

PBS Kids

SpellingCity is a website that helps students learn their weekly spelling words while having fun at the same thime.
Spelling City

Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic 
phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, 
second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational 
alternative to other entertainment choices for children.

Starfall is recognized and highly rated by experts. The Reading Teacher named Starfall.com one of "Five Internet sites 
too good to miss" (May 2006). In 2005 and again in 2008, Homeschool.com recognized Starfall as one of their top five 
educational websites. Starfall was the first Internet site to be recognized by Children's Software & New Media Review 
as the highest rated product in their Early Elementary category, Spring 2004.
Starfall

I copied this link and page from another second grade site while searching the internet. It contains multiple links to 
various English Language Arts (ELA)sites where the children can practice skills in all areas of ELA. All credit for this
site should go to Mrs. Gebauer, the owner of the original site.
Word Work Sites for Extra Practice

Links to Graphics

The Graphic Schoolhouse

ThistleGirl Designs