Student Resources
Reading Readiness:
Star Fall Link: It is a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Its systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).
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| Little Explorers Picture Dictionary http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Click a letter to look at a picture and other information.Merriam-Webster Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/ Your Dictionary http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Wordsmyth http://www.wordsmyth.net/ Find the meaning of words and their synonyms.Travlang’s Translating Dictionaries http://dictionaries.travlang.com/ Translate words from many languages. |
| Encyclopedias |
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| Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/ A great deal of information on many subjects, including magazine articles. Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/ |
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Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/ A museum located in our nation’s capital. Click on Museums and Research Centers, including the National Air and Space Museum. Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Interested in the history of life on earth, including Dinosaurs. This site is for you. The Franklin Institute Online
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| Libraries |
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| Newark Public Library http://www.npl.org/ Public Libraries http://www.publiclibraries.com/ Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ The WWW Virtual Library http://www.vlib.org/ |
| News |
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CNN
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/ Find out the latest news and stories from around the world.The New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ Kids Newsroom http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/ Provides educational materials for students, teachers, parents.
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| Citing Reference Sources |
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QuickCite
Citation Machine
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| Homework Help |
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| Homework Center http://www.infoplease.com/homework/ A+ Math http://www.aplusmath.com/ Schoolwork http://www.schoolwork.org/ Ms. Smith’s Writing Resources http://home.earthlink.net/~jesmith/Writ.Gram.Resources.html |
| Search |
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| Ask Jeeves Kids http://www.ajkids.com/ Type a question and get a list of sites to find the answer.KidsClick http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ Web search for kids by librarians.Google http://www.safesearchkids.com/kids-internet-safety.html Google safe search for kids and teenagers. |
| Just for Fun |
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| Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com/ Have fun and learn at the same time. It’s not just for kids, so tell your teachers and parents.Download-a-Dinosaur http://www.rain.org/~philfear/download-a-dinosaur.html Make your own paper dinosaur. |
| Internet Safety |
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| Kids’ Rules for Online Safety http://www.safekids.com/ |
| Other Links |
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Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html NASA for Kids http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html National Aeronautics and Space Administration are a lot of big words, but if you are looking for information on space, space research and exploration, this site may be of interest to you.PBS http://www.pbs.org/ Click on PBS For Kids for some fun activities.How Stuff Workshttp://www.howstuffworks.com/ From computers, to the automobile engine, to earthquakes, if you want to know how something work, you may find it here.Cool Science for Curious Kidshttp://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ |
Last Modified on September 27, 2010