Educational Links
Digital Citizenship
NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.
Common Sense Media helps families make smart media choices. They offer the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. Our Parent Concerns and Parent Blog help families understand and navigate the problems and possibilities of raising children in the digital age.
Math
APlus Math This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.
Visit our game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture…Test your math skills with our Flashcards! Try out the Math Word Find puzzle. Create and print your own set of flashcards online using the Flashcard Creator! See the Worksheets section, where you can print worksheets to practice offline. Try the Homework Helper to check your homework solutions.
Math Magician is a great website for students to practice math facts. Math Magician offers different levels for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Math Playground is an action-packed educational site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game, and have some fun!
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives provides interactive online math lessons, activities, and assessments. Topics include the fractions, functions, geometric transformations, integer arithmetic, patterns and sequences, probability, right triangle trigonometry, slope, triangle geometry, and writing equations of lines. Calculate what an excavation company should charge for digging a hole. Analyze three pollution reduction plans. Determine the best rate for repaying a loan. (Utah State University, National Science Foundation)
Kids Numbers is the absolutely free math resource designed by teachers, specifically for students and children of all ages. A place where students can practice all aspects of math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, in a fun and pressure free way. Math Foundations is a cutting edge, free 12 week program that will help build the foundation your student need to do well in Kindergarten.
Odd/Even gives student good practice on odd and even numbers.
Big Brainz Multiplication Games – Teaches multiplication table mastery
Language Arts
Accelerated Reader has two options to help students maximize their reading skills. You may keep up with your child’s reading record by logging in with their AR username and password at https://Hosted191.renlearn.com/123625/HomeConnect . If you have books at home and would like to see if they are AR books, go to AR Bookfinder.
Spelling City – an excellent program for students to practice their spelling (a letter was sent home regarding this with instructions). All spelling lists for students in grades 1-6 have been put on this site. A copy of the letter is on the Week at a Glance page of this website.
ABCya! is a new and exciting way for elementary students grades K-5 to learn on the web. All educational games and activities were created by teachers for kids! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. Below you will find links to interactive games separated by grade level. The lessons incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills.
Grammar Practice Park – Good, fun games to practice grammar skills for grades 3-5.
Vocabulary – six games for re-inforcing vocabulary: Crossword, Hangman, WordSearch, Quiz, Matchgame, Jumble.
Learn to Read – excellent site for reading
Quia – good practice on ABC order
Science
Astro-Venture – search and design an inhabitable planet
Brain Bites – NASA site with a lot of interesting information for students
Cells Alive – interactive site for studying cells–better for upper elementary students
Planets – NASA site which has images of planets, as well as information on each planet and a description of each image–better for upper elementary students
Social Studies
GeoNet – upper elementary site for geography practice
Kids White House – good site for information about government
The President’s Home – tons of information on the White House
Computer Science/Coding
Hour of Code– Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science. It is a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science education by making it available in more schools, and increasing participation among students world wide. #hourofcode
Homework Help
FactMonster – homework help in all subjects
A Little Bit of Everything
EducationCity is a great site for Math, Language Arts and Science practiced. It is set to the Indiana Standards. This site is available to the students to practice at home. Each student must have a password to get in. Please let Mrs. Emmons know if you would like this username and password.
GameGoo
Maps, geography, health, history and more
Good site for states and capitals
Highlights Magazinehttp://www.highlightskids.com) – several activities for elementary students
PBS – educational games and activities for elementary students
Learning Games for Kids – features games for all ages and subjects including typing games.