We are a CATCH School

That means we emphasize movement and healthy eating choices.

Reading

Springfield's Northside Children's Library

Houghton Mifflin Reading Books

Use this site to play eGames and practice vocabulary from the story that your child is reading this week.

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.

Math

This link takes students to many on-line math tools. The student needs to enter his or her lunch pin number in both boxes. If the number is only four digits long then type in two zeros before the number. If the child's number is five digits long then only type in one zero before typing in the lunch pin number.

Math Dictionary for Kids

Has your fourth grader ever asked you for the attributes of a scalene triangle? This site offers definitions, examples, pictures, and practice questions for math vocabulary.

Cool Math

Cool site with math flashcards, multiplication tables, biographies of mathematicians, and a glossary of math terms.

Research

Sweet Search

This is a reliable research engine for students.

World Book Online

Use this site to research topics from World Book encyclopedia. Click on World Book Kids.

KHAN Academy

A video library of over 2,800 videos offering tutorials and video explanations for math and more!

Science

24-hour Live Polar Bear Camera (Click here)

San Diego Zoo Polar Bear Cam

Watch the polar bears 24 hours a day.

McGraw-Hill Science

This is the district's science series that is used in the elementary schools.

Health and Fitness

C.A.T.C.H. Program

CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) is an evidence-based, coordinated school health program designed to promote physical activity and healthy food choices, and prevent tobacco use in children from preschool through grade 8. The program is currently being implemented in over 7,500 schools and after-school programs across the United States and Canada.

By teaching children that eating healthy and being physically active every day can be FUN, the CATCH Program has proven that establishing healthy habits in childhood can promote behavior changes that can last a lifetime. Please click on the title above to learn more about this program.

Cool Stuff

Fun Brain

FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages (math , grammar, science, spelling, history).

Brain Quest

t's fun to be smart! Go ahead and give it a try!

Student Cumulative Folder Access

Parents and Teachers Working Together

Access to student cumulative folders helps build a strong parent/teacher communication connection.

ISAT Practice

2012 Interactive ISAT Sample Questions

Updates:
The practice scores are now based on attempted questions only and skipped questions are ignored.

On the ISAT, however, skipped questions are counted as incorrect.

Click the "Show Question Status" link to view answered and unanswered questions as well as jump to specific questions by clicking on the question number.