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Educational Resources



Cyberbullying and Online Safety

Kids Health
An Internet safety resource for parents.

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/net-safety.html

Netsmart
Educational resource from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Discusses various Internet safety topics.

http://www.netsmartz.org/InternetSafety

 

Mathematics

Interactive, Common Core Aligned student games

http://www.adaptedmind.com/Math-Worksheets.html?type=kids

Teaching Resources for K-5 Classrooms
Organized by skill and grade level, there are a variety of common core aligned lesson plans and activities for classroom teachers.

http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/

Illuminations
Developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, illuminations offers a vast collection of lesson plans and interactive math simulations and games.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

IXL-
IXL offers a large collection of online lessons, activities, and data collection and student performance tracking.

https://www.ixl.com/math/

Inside Mathematics
Provides a resource for educators around the world who struggle to provide the best mathematics instruction they can for their students.

http://www.insidemathematics.org/

Geogebra
Offering a large variety of the tools and interactive lessons, Geobra is a favorite for finding great tools that makes designing math lessons easy and engaging for students.

https://www.geogebra.org/

 

Online Math Tools

Graph Paper Templates

http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/

Percentage Converter

http://www.percentagecalculator.net/

Graphing Calculator

https://www.desmos.com/calculator

https://www.mathway.com/

 

Literacy & English Language Arts

Get Ready to Read
This website is a wonderful resource to help your youngest learners get ready for school. With a wealth of resources available in both reading and mathematics, parents can help their children build the fundamental skills needed for school success.

http://www.getreadytoread.org/

The International Children’s Library
Sign in, get your own international library card and find an endless number of  acclaimed children’s books.

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml

Book Adventure
Book Adventure is a fun and free web-based reading incentive program designed to motivate children to read and to help increase reading frequency and comprehension.

http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

News ELA
NewsEla is a wonderful resources for non-fiction articles differentiated by reading level.  Teacher and student accounts allow users to track reading progress through assignments and a quizzes.

https://newsela.com/

CommonLit
CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 5-12.  Non-Fiction and fiction resources are available and searchable by lexile, subject, standard, theme, and literary device.

https://www.commonlit.org/


Research Tools

Instagrok
Is a great search engine that allows users to search for any topic and explore connected themes and content through interactive maps.   A must try!

https://www.instagrok.com/

Grolier Online
Grolier includes English and Spanish encyclopedias, dictionaries, an atlas, and science and social studies resources.

http://auth.grolier.com/login/go_login_page.html?bffs=N

Click here to obtain a password for Grolier Online

Kidsclick

This is a cool search engine designed specifically for kids. It is owned and run by the school of library and information at Kent State University.

http://www.kidsclick.org/

Library of Congress

A fully searchable database of documents and texts. This is an amazing resource for digitally displayed, media based authentic artifacts.

https://www.loc.gov/

SweetSearch 

This search engine for students searches through 35,000 carefully chosen primary sources.

http://www.sweetsearch.com/

 

Writing Tools

Build your Works Cited

http://www.citationmachine.net/

Dictionary/Thesaurus

http://www.dictionary.com/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Interactive Essay Builder

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/essay-30063.html

This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas.

Curriculum Resources:

 

Educational Apps & Websites for learning at home:

If they are going to use them, make it count!

 

Top Sites for Academic Games:

1) http://www.arcademics.com/

2) http://www.funbrain.com

3) http://www.gamequarium.com/

4) http://www.gameclassroom.com/

5) http://www.prongo.com/games/

6) http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/online-games/

 

Fun Apps for on the go learning:

101 Science- All platforms

Students ages 8-12, are challenged with questions about Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, and General Science. 

The Word Matrix is an app designed to assist teachers in vocabulary instruction, but it has flexible applications in literary analysis and writing instruction as well.

 

Supportive Instruction

Study Soon, Study Often with your district subscription to Method Test Prep: SAT testing preparation.

Ref Code: tkn.10556298

 

Khan Academy

Known worldwide for its vast collection of tutorials designed to support and assist in the instruction of all students at all levels in all areas

https://www.khanacademy.org/

http://www.factmonster.com/

 

Interactive Websites:

Interactive Websites
A wonderful collection of websites that can be used individually, or with Interactive White Board technology.

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/

Gizmos is a fully searchable site loaded with interactive simulations and games for all grade levels.

https://www.explorelearning.com/

 

Tools for Promoting Collaborative Learning:

Thinkbinder
Thinkbinder allows students to create study groups and learn collaboratively using a shared whiteboard. Students can share files, links and videos.

http://thinkbinder.com/