Parent Resources
Read. Write. Think.
Lots of educational resources for parents. Click on the "Parent and After School Resources" link
Spelling
Spin and Spell
Spelling activities for all ages!
Spelling and Vocabulary Practice
This is a great website to practice your spelling and vocabulary words for each week. It is from the Houghton Mifflin reading series web site.
Social Studies
Abraham Lincoln Timeline
An interactive timeline about the events in President Lincoln's Life. Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum.
Time For Kids
Current Events "just right for kids" produced by TIME magazine
Black History
Biography - Black History
Read biographies, look at photos, and watch videos about famous African Americans.
Scholastic - Black History in America
Meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and explore history with the interactive timeline.
Kulture Kidz- Black History
Learn about African Americans from A to Z, go back in time to learn about black inventors and women firsts, look at a photo gallery of famous African Americans, and do a word search or puzzle.
Time For Kids Black History Month
Travel through time to learn about Black History then and now, take the black history challenge, and identify prominent African Americans from their childhood pictures.
Science
Science Review
Take an online science test to practice for the "real" test in your classroom. Even e-mail your practice results to your teacher.
Reading
Wordle
Practice your spelling and vocabulary words with "word clouds" on Wordle. Fun!
Starfall
Reading games that focus on teaching students to read and building phonics skills.
Book Adventure
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
EduGames
Reading games based on our district's Houghton Mifflin reading series. Use this site to play eGames and practice vocabulary from the story that your child is reading this week.
Math
Math Fact Games
5 great games for practicing your math facts
Math Playground
Features all sorts of fun games, videos, worksheets, and more.
AAA Math
Practice can continue as long as desired in a non-threatening format that helps build self-esteem and confidence.
A+ Math
Math games, worksheets, flashcards, and a homework helper. Use this interactive web site to interactively improve your math skills.
Visual Fractions
A collection of activities that use pie charts, number lines, and other graphics to illustrate fraction operations
Helping Your Child Learn Math
Assists parents to understand how math instruction looks in the classroom; What they can do to help at home; additional resources that can be used including web sites, computer software, books for parents, books for students, magazines
Math.com
Excellent math reference site for teachers, students, and parents to grow in specific math content; provides 4 step (first glance, in depth, examples, workouts) by topic to meet the levels of understanding. Can select subject or search for content by topic.

