Helpful Reading Links:
Here are some helpful links to inform you about reading strategies and ways
to help students
Reading strategies and help for parents and students
http://www.readingrockets.org/
Language Arts and math worksheets for varying levels of practice
with answer keys :)
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/
Help with writing compare and contrast essays.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/map/
Purdue University Online Writing Lab: Get handouts that explain
grammar rules from this website. The references are easy to
explain and grouped together by topic, such as adjectives,
sentence structure, commas, and spelling. Corresponding exercises
can be printed from the "Exercise" section at the bottom of the
webpage. Links to the worksheets are also listed at the bottom of
each reference page. Each handout and exercise is available as a
webpage or PDF file. Answers to exercises are also provided.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Science buddies helps you select a science fair project based on
the completion of an interest inventory for middle school
students. Taking the inventory is fun and the ideas range from 6
to 8th grades. A great place to start. A great place to see
finished projects. A great place to select a project.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/recommender_register.php
What kind of learner are you? Visual, Auditory, or
Kinaesthetic? Take a short quiz and find out. Then read
strategies on how to study according to your strengths.
http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/a3_aspects/pages/VAK_quest.htm
This web site discusses characteristics of gifted children and
suggests ways to challenge them.
http://www.davidsongifted.org/edguild/
This is the website of the study skills program our school uses.
It has a free HomeworkRX tool kit which parents can down load and
use right away. Click on "Free Stuff" in the upper menu. You
can receive articles about learning strategies, too. The audio
seminar for parents is something our school has purchased and can
be signed out through Mrs. Link.
http://www.soarstudyskills.com
How are you smart? Take a quiz revealing your multiple
intelligences from Howard Gardner's theory of multiple
intelligences. It is really fun and will show you the many areas
in which you excell. :)
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm