Don't You Love Technology?
These are my favorite websites for learning. You can complete FCAT practice
for extra credit, or you can learn more about what we have discussed or read
in class. Cut and paste these into the address line of your internet and then
click GO to get started!
FCAT Explorer- This is your weekly, mandatory FCAT assignment
page. There
are 27 total readings. If you cannot get to the website by
clicking on the
link, cut and paste the address into the address line on your
computer.
http://www.FCATExplorer.com
Paragraph Punch- This is a great way to practice your writing.
The second
link is an interactive quiz. You may earn extra credit by
completing this
work, printing it out, and showing Ms. Seaman.
http://www.paragraphpunch.com
Miami-Dade County Public Schools- You and your families can find
good
information about
curriculum , research, calendars, and assignments for example,
science
projects, social studies work, theme months.
http://www.dadeschools.net
Puzzlemaker- This is part of Discovery.com. It is a fun place to
create
and play word games.
http://puzzlemaker.school.Discovery.com
If you like Mad Libs, you will love Wacky Web Tales. Fill in the
parts of
speech to create a funny story!
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Scholastic Incorporated- In addition to being a great place to
make
purchases, Scholastic.com is a great website for creative ideas
and projects,
http://www.scholastic.com
Modern Language Association- If you are ever stuck with a
question about the
many rules of the English language, this is a good site to visit
for the
answers.
http://www.mla.org
Practice analogies.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/analogies/analogiesx.htm
Brain child is a great place to practice for FCAT,and it is free!
Your tests
are graded online. You can earn an extra credit A for practicing
online.
http://www.brainchild.com
Longman.com is another internet FCAT practice site. You will have
to print
out the test and show it to Ms. Seaman for grading. You can earn
an extra
credit A for practicing online.
http://www.longman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/florida/fcat/fcat_online.html
Can you believe you can actually read free books right from the
computer
screen? Some of these books are even on Accelerated Reader!
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/frameset.html
http://www.bannerbooks.com/bookshelf/bookshelf.html
These are good practices for vocabulary and reading. Click on a
link which
interests you. There are many at this website. You can earn an
extra
credit A for practicing online. Print out your work please.
http://www.citrus.k12.fl.us/chs/fcat_help.htm
There is so much to learn about good writing!
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/writing.htm#Step_Up_to_Writing
Try your hand at an FCAT practice test.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/florida/fcat/tests/grade6.html
You do not have to be a member of America Online to access this
website,
which has good activities for parents and students.
http://aolatschool.com
Townsend Press is a good site for discount books. You can also
access one of
its books and read it online for free!
http://townsendpress.com
A "Fun" website for reading and some activities.
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
We will participate in the BookIt! contest from October through
March. The
teacher whose students read the greatest total number of books
will receive
a party for those students. Let's win!
http://www.BookItprogram.com
This is a good reading comprehension link.
http://www.brainchild.com/gen/passage.asp?passageid=20396
This is a GREAT online study tool. You can click on flashcards on
any
subject at any grade level!
http://www.studystack.com
This is a great way to brush up on your multiplication tables for
FCAT!
http://www.multiplication.com
These are fun ways to study grammar!
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.h
tml
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
These are explanations for the writing process and other language
arts
related concepts.
http://www.testprepreview.com/fcatlinks.htm
This is everything you want to know about the Miami-Dade County
Public
Schools Language Arts Department.
http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/
These are good quizzes for learning conventions and grammar.You
may earn
extra credit by completing this work, printing it out, and
showing Ms.
Seaman.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
This is a great way to practice for FCAT in all areas!You may
earn extra
credit by completing this work, printing it out, and showing Ms.
Seaman.
http://www.fcatmentor.com/students.htm
Take a Book quiz for extra credit on this FREE website. Parents
have to sign
up, but it is FREE! You may earn extra credit by completing this
work,
printing it out, and showing Ms. Seaman.
http://www.bookadventure.com/
These are fun ways to understand the rules of grammar!
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.h
tml
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
These are great websites for understanding writing sentences,
paragraphs,
and essays:
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/index.htm
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm
Try Discovery School for games which help you learn.
http://school.discovery.com/students/
This site has language arts information for sixth graders.
http://www.evgschool.org/reading_and_math_strategies.htm
These are comprehension tests you can take online. They are
graded. Print
out your answers for an extra credit
A.http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2
003/grade6/
read.htm
http://www.brainchild.com/gen/readingtest.asp?study=0&mixed=1&testCatLevelID=183&testname=&catlevelname=Reading%2B%2D%2BGrade%2B6&testCatLevelStrandID=-1&qsName=&testmap=1
This is a good explanation of the FCAT test and its scoring. We
use these
rubrics in our classrooms.
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/home/introduction/what-is-the-fcat.html
Here is another way to practice for FCAT, and your score is
completed online.
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/home/wayward-bears/index.html
Practice Main Idea.
http://www.rhlschool.com/read6n4.htm
This is a good language arts website for teachers and parents.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_mid.htm
This is a good website to see what kinds of strengths you have as
a learner
and which learning styles you employ the most.
http://www.metamath.com/multiple/multiple_choice_questions.html
More main idea practice.
http://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html
It is for grade eight, but I am sure you can pass it!You may earn
extra
credit by completing this work, printing it out, and showing Ms.
Seaman.
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/home/practice-tests/mushrooms/index.html
If you are curious to see what students in the rest of the
country are
doing, this is the link to click!
http://cc.ysu.edu/~rlhoover/ClassConnections/test_samples.html
This is a great FCAT practice for African-American History
Month.You may
earn extra credit by completing this work, printing it out, and
showing Ms.
Seaman.
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/home/practice-tests/mary-mcleod-bethune/index.html
With all the Internet use, the Internet can be a great source of
information
and help; however, we need to keep our students safe. Click on
this link to
find out more about how to keep kids safe on the Internet.
http://www.missingkids.com/adcouncil/cpgn.html
Learn more about the Holocaust.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/holocaustmil.html
This is the website for the United States Holocaust Museum in
Washington,
D.C.
http://www.ushmm.org/
This is a great website for practice for FCAT benchmarks.You may
earn extra
credit by completing this work, printing it out, and showing Ms.
Seaman.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th_lang.htm
Practice for your SAT with these online graded vocabulary quizzes.
http://www.sat-preparation.co.il/
Practice vocabulary in context and see your grades online. You
may earn
extra credit by completing this work, printing it out, and
showing Ms.
Seaman.http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php
http://www.ivocabulary.com/free_vocabulary_builder.php?grade=6
Play hangman and learn spelling at the same time.
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/harding/relaskillspractice.html
Homonyms are words which are spelled the same but have
different meanings;
for example, bright. Play games with them. See your score
online.You
may earn extra credit by completing this work, printing it out,
and showing
Ms. Seaman.
http://www.quia.com/cb/8285.html
Take these analogy challenges online.
http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/analogies.html
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/scQuizzes/wcvpQuizGrade6.
shtml?
EXERCISE=1&BOOK=001&LINKURL=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoi
ce/vp/msles
sons/grade6/lesson10/index.html
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/analogies/analogiesx.htm
This is an exciting website for researching important
contributions made by
African-Americans.
http://www.ideafinder.com/features/classact/black.htm
Practice onomatopoeia,alliteration,rhyme,simile,and metaphor with
these four:
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp4.htm
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp5.htm
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp1.htm
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp6.htm
Take these online quizzes to help you master cause and effect:
http://www.quia.com/pop/10769.html
http://www.quia.com/pop/10770.html
http://www.quia.com/fc/94601.html
http://www.quia.com/fc/94601.html
This is a GREAT Way to learn the parts of speech and grammar:
Schoolhouse
Rock!
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?
top=http://www.glencoe
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/top2.html&link=http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/grammar/grammar.html
Graded grammar exercises online.You may earn extra credit by
completing this
work, printing it out, and showing Ms. Seaman.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/top2.html&link=http://www.chompchomp.com
Proofread, edit, and revise the paragraphs.You may earn extra
credit by
completing this work, printing it out, and showing Ms. Seaman.
ww.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/pp/mslessons/grade6/lesson5/exerc
ises.shtml
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/pp/mslessons/grade6/lesson2/exercises.shtml
Do you know why a sentence is a sentence?
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/sentence/index.htm
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/gp/mslessons/grade6/lesson1b/exercises.shtml
You can enjoy words online. You can even make up some of your own
vocabulary! Choose grades six through eight on Fake Out!
http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html
http://www.wordcentral.com/
Here are some tips to improve your reading ability.
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/speed1.html
Play Battleship using metaphors.
http://www.quia.com/ba/42131.html
Write a book review with one of your favorite authors. You can
earn an extra
credit A by printing out your review and publishing it online.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm
These are literary devices, which good writers use.
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp6.htm
Get help with home learning in any class.
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
http://www.homeworkandstudyskills.com/homeworkhelp.html
This website will help you understand the rules for conventions,
so you can
score high on essays!
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
Use Atomic Learning to learn how to use programs in your
computer. Your sign-
in name is 6781learner. Your password is dadeschools.
http://www.atomiclearning.com
Find out who is REALLY behind those websites you are using for
research.
http://whois.com/
This search engine is geared toward credibility of information
for students
because the people who run it actually verfiy sources of
information (unlike
Google, in which top links are paid for); therefore, it is better
to use
than Google. (If you absolutely MUST use Google.com, at least put
your
search into quotation marks to narrow it down, but Google does
not verify
its sources.)
http://www.answers.com/
This is a great link for FCAT Practice.
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/home/practice-tests/index.html
Take this online quiz to help you master MAIN IDEA for FCAT.
http://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html
The Museum of Civil Rights in Memphis is a moving way to learn
about
struggles and oppression in our own country. If you are ever in
Memphis, do
not miss it and its tribute to Dr. King at the Lorraine Hotel
exhibit.
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
If you liked the movie Paper Clips, you can learn more about this
project
and
Whitwell Middle School. Click on the link below.
http://69.8.250.59/homepage_pc.cfm?id=78
This is the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam.
http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp
Have you ever wondered what kinds of tests students from other
states take?
Click on this link to see for yourself!
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/tcap_2print.htm
This is a great site for all kind of literature online.
http://www.bartleby.com/fiction/
Take vocabulary quizzes online. Print them out. If you pass, you
receive
extra credit! There are different quizzes you can take.
http://www.vocabulary.com/index.php?dir=level&file=level_list&level_id=59
You can find all kinds of reading activities at this website.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/reading-ms.html
I recommend clicking on the PARENTS portion of this website. The
website
offeres great tips for children's education.
http://www.ed.gov/
These are multicultural stories online. See if there are any to
represent your culture.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/
This is a good way to practice for FCAT. Who knew there were so
many ways?
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/default.htm
This website helps with the vocabulary used on the FCAT and who
cannot use that?
http://www.tampareads.com/vocabulary/FCAT/bothFCAT.htm
This is an interesting website about various educational programs
across the country.
http://www.edutopia.org/
There is good information about the FCAT from Palm Beach County
Schools.
http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/MULTICULTURAL/MulticulturalNew/ESOLEssentialTools.htm
These are flashcards designed for FCAT. There is so much to
learn; this is a nice shortcut.
http://quizlet.com/subject/fcat/
Community Service/Science Project
http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com/
Here is the link to the student portal. You can access many
helpful websites.
http://www.dadeschools.net/students/students.htm
This is the link to the Richmond Heights Middle School library.
It will also tell you which books are on Accelerated Reader if
you click on CATALOGUE: ACCELERATED READER and type in your
reading range from your reading contract.
http://destiny.dadeschools.net/district/servlet/presentlistsitesform.do;jsessionid=4F0A33B1BEC1887CC20406DA44A8BC09?districtMode=true
American Teacher recommends this site for book
selections.
www.adlit.org/books/authors
READKIDDOREAD.com
American Teacher recommends this site for these sites for book
selections.
www.rif.org/readingplanet
www.ala.org
American Teacher recommends this site for these sites for book
selections.
www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/lifelist.cfm
www.readingrockets.org/books
https://users.readingplus.com/readingplus/siteCodeBIP.do
This is the student link to READING PLUS. You will earn one A every week for
working on READING PLUS. The SITE CODE is richmmidd. Your sign-in and
password are the same- your student ID number from school.