Websites that are fun and informative!
These sites will help guide you to different concepts being taught throughout
our year.
Please share any other sites that you feel will benefit our students too.
Math, Language Arts, Spelling, Writing, Science, Humanities, and Study Island!
QUIZLET: The best way to study languages, vocabulary, or almost anything. You can make or find
flashcards, flip through cards on-line, or just play a game and see how you did. You acn share your
made up c cards or use someone else's set to study.
Go to the website and choose "see how it works" video to get started. HAVE FUN!
QUIZLET
This is a web-based instruction, practice, and assessment built to help
students build on their
Colorado state standards.
STUDY ISLAND
MATH 1: This guide is designed to help you, as parents to foster your child's
success in school
mathematics.
Please use it to guide and inform yourself in how you can help all of your
children in math.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) developed this .pdf
file as an extensive
overview of mathematics concepts and skills from Kindergarten through High School.
MATH 1 - FAMILY GUIDE TO HELP YOUR CHILD IN MATHEMATICS
Math 2: This is a fun website that lets you play games to learn math, and
science to make learning
fun and
more memorable while exercising their brains. Also players will continue to be
challenged no matter
how far they progress.
MATH 2 - MATH, SCIENCE, AND BRAIN GAMES
MATH 3: word problems
MATH 3 - MATH WORD PROBLEMS FOR KIDS
MATH 4: free on-line graph paper
MATH 4 - MATH GRAPH PAPER
MATH 5: AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons.
Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of
the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade
level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual's current level.
Immediate feedback prevents practicing and learning incorrect methods,
which is a common result of traditional homework and worksheets. Practice can
continue as long as desired in a non-threatening format which helps build
self-esteem and confidence.
MATH 5 - AAA MATH
MATH 6: An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 600
common mathematical terms in simple language.
MATH 6 - MATH TERMS DICTIONARY
MATH 7: A place where students can practice all aspects of math, including
addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division, in a fun and pressure free way.
MATH 7 - KIDS NUMBERS FOR MATH
MATH 8: A collection on games for students to practice their math concepts in an
arcade type setting.
MATH 8 - FUN BRAIN
MATH 9: Are you ready to put your math skills to the ultimate challenge? Here
is your
chance to compete head-to-head in our exciting, fast-paced, multi-player
arena. This includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
MATH 9 - MATH MAYHEM
MATH 10: Find an archive of challenging brain boosters for all areas of math.
MATH 10 - CHALLENGING MATH BRAIN BOOSTERS
MATH 11: A dictionary of math units of measurement.
MATH 11 - UNITS OF MEASURE MATH DICTIONARY
MATH 12: National library of virtual manipulatives related to the NCTM algebra
standard
for grades 6 - 8.
MATH 12 - VIRTUAL MATH MANIPULATIVES
MATH 13: Take a challenge to see how brainy you are and learn at the same time!
MATH 13 - FIGURE THIS OUT!
MATH 14: This website will take you further into your daily lessons to clarify and
enlighten your understanding.
MATH 14 - PRENTICE HALL MATH CHAPTER HELPERS
MATH 15: This website was created by a school in Pennsylvania. It has math
games and skills
practice for all
math skills. Check it out and see what you can find!
MATH 15 - MATH SKILLS PRACTICE WITH A HINT OF FUN
MATH 16: The easiest way to be awesome at math is the same as the easiest way
to be awesome at sports, or music, or anything else: Practice, Practice,
Practice. This is a fun site for all your math needs. Have fun!
MATH 16 - MATH WORKSHEETS, ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, FRACTIONS, AND MORE!
MATH 17: This site provides free lessons for fractions, pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry, and
we also offer an
extensive database of free printable math worksheets. Through their unique teaching style,
students
of all ages are able to really connect to the material.Give it a try. You have nothing to lose, but will
gain fun and learning!
MATH 17 - GRADE A MATH HELP
MATH 18: This research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games will engage,
motivate, and
help teach students. From multiplication to integers, you can race towards your goal in a car,
tractor,
or on penguin motorcycles. Click a button to play free multi-player and single-player games! In
the
future, it will have features enabling students to save records, tailor content for differentiated
instruction, and pinpoint student problem areas.
MATH 18 - MATH SKILL BUILDER GAMES
MATH 19: Math is about so much more than just numbers—so, IXL is too! They approach each
math concept from all angles, offering visual representations, word problems, interactive
activities, and more. With an abundance of math problems for every learning style, students can't
help but build lasting skills and confidence. It has dynamic, unlimited questions and students
learn from their mistakes, and move through new challenges at their own pace.
MATH 19 - MATH FOR THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN!
MATH 20: Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free!!
With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and
history and 150 practice exercises, we're n a mission to help you learn what you want, when you
want, at your own pace. So take a look and start preparing for the future!
MATH 20 - Khan Academy
READING 1: Come meet the Greeks! This site gives you information for the 6th
grade novels
we will read this
year, background information on Ancient Greece, and Greek myths.
READING 1 - GREEKS AND ANCIENT GREECE
READING 2: This site will give you a chapter (book) by chapter (book) summary
of what is
going on in the Iliad.
READING 2 - ILIAD SUMMARY BY CHAPTER/BOOK
READING 3: The Lexile framework for Reading is an educational tool that
connects readers
with reading materials using a common measure called a Lexile. Recognized as
the most adopted reading measure, a Lexile denotes both reading ability and
text difficulty on the same scale. When used together, Lexile reader measures
and Lexile test measures enables students to select books and other targeted
materials that meet and challenge a reader's unique abilities and interest.
READING 3 - LEXILE
READING 4: ALL READERS features detailed book reviews from many different
genres of
books! You can also enter a book review and get listed as a scholar!
READING 4 - ALL READERS
READING 5: Citation machine is designed to help students to properly credit
the sources
used. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite
their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to -- because...
SOMEDAY THE INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO USE -- WILL BE YOURS!
READING 5 - CITATION MACHINE
READING 6: Want to understand the Shakespearean language and the plot of
Julius Caesar?
This website has a summary of every scene as well as interpretations of the
characters' actions and
behavior. It describes the play in its entirety, so there are some scenes
which are not in our edited
version.
READING 6 - MYTH WEB
READING 7: To understand Shakespeare's language and the plot of Julius Caesar,
this
website is of great help.
It is a free website that has a summary of every scene as well as
interpretations of the characters'
actions and behavior. It describes the play in its entirety, so there are
some scenes which are not
in our edited version.
READING 7 - JULIUS CAESAR SYNOPSIS
READING 8: Battle of the Books was a Chicago radio program. Today it is a reading
incentive program in elementary, middle and high schools across the country.
All of the questions
in the competition begin with the words "In which book" and the correct answer
is always the title
and author of the book. This program works at the individual school level as
well as at the
interscholastic and district wide levels. Classroom teachers, reading
specialists and library media
specialists spend many hours choosing books and writing questions for each
year's battles.
READING 8 - BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
READING 9: There are hundreds of poems and fun things to do with them on this
site. Take a look!
READING 9 - GIGGLE POETRY
READING 10 - Want to know everything about Greek Mythology in a fun, fun way? Well, here is a kid-
friendly site that informs you of the greek Gods and let's you play games while learning all about
them.
READING 10 - GREEK MYTHOLOGY - FACT MONSTER
LANGUAGE ARTS 1: Merriam-Webster dictionary for spelling and dictionary fun.
LANGUAGE ARTS 1 - WORD CENTRAL
LANGUAGE ARTS 2: This website has word games, tools and resources, questions
of the day, and is
a great thesaurus!
LANGUAGE ARTS 2 - THESAURUS
LANGUAGE ARTS 3: The grammar gorillas want you to learn about grammar while
having fun playing
(I mean --- learning). They will work with you on all parts of speech.
LANGUAGE ARTS 3 - GRAMMAR GORILLA
LANGUAGE ARTS 4: A fun way to practice your spelling words each week.
LANGUAGE ARTS 4 - SPELLING PRACTICE
LANGUAGE ARTS 5: This is a a practice site for spelling. You can put your own
spelling words in and play a game or test yourself.
LANGUAGE ARTS 5 - SPELLING CITY
LANGUAGE ARTS 6: This site allows you to enter any word and receive a visual/graphical pictorial for
that word. It highlights parts of speech,synonyms, antonyms, etc. Please take a look and enter a
spelling word or a word used in your writing. You may just be surprised at how fun this site is!
LANGUAGE ARTS - ONLINE GRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
SCIENCE 1: Space weather, myths, stories, art, history and people, Earth's
climate, polarregions, space missions, images and news. You name it!
They've got it in a funwebsite! It even has a science store.
SCIENCE 1 - WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE
SCIENCE 2: This is a website that plays science videos on concepts covered in
all areas
of science. It has interesting facts and categories. Check it out!
SCIENCE 2 - HOW STUFF WORKS
SCIENCE 3: This is a kid freindly science website that entails subjects like
supernovas,
NASA, the solar system, space stations, and has top science videos.
SCIENCE 3 - KIDS YAHOO SCIENCE
SCIENCE 4: This website has a section for kids, current volcanic activity,
volcano
topics, and volcano facts.
SCIENCE 4 - VOLCANO WORLD
SCIENCE 5: This animated web-resource shows how surface and deep Earth
processes produce
the rocks we stand on, and use to build our homes. You can see the rock cycle
processes, types of rocks, test your knowledge, or even look up terms in the
glossary.
SCIENCE 5 - THE ROCK CYCLE
Science 6: Learn about the ocean and water life while playing fun games!!!
SCIENCE 6 - NATIONAL OCEANIC GAMES
HISTORY 1: This site gives you valuable information on history and some amazing information that is
fun!
HISTORY 1 - HUMANITIES: HISTORY CHANNEL