Recommended Links

A list of web sites that address various helpful learning strategies in reading and other curriculum areas for parents, teachers and students. Some are by subscription, most are free.

World Book
World Book Student

Bibme - Bibliography creator

EasyBib-- Bibliography creator

 

Math, Reading

Internet4Classroom

 

This site has information and interactive lessons on math and reading for grades K through 8th grade. At the first and second grade level, there are an elaborate amount of lessons and practice pages on phonics (sounds of letters) knowledge, sight words, vocabulary, sentence structure, comprehension and word endings.   To access materials for grades 2 - 8, scroll down to the bottom of the internet4classroom site to access the different level material.

Primary Phonics

Tampa Reads

 

This site focuses on phonics – letter/sound recognition. This is primarily for grades K, 1, and 2.

Language Arts, Math

Reading

Reading Rockets

 

Information on strategies for reading, research-based articles, book reviews and lots of valuable information for all ages.

Special Education

Parent Pals

 

This site gives information on many different subtopics of special education, for example Autism, Gifted, Emotionally Disturbed, Assistive Technology.

Education

Brain Connection

 

Besides clinical topics (ADD/ADHD and Autism), this site has many ideas on Educational Topics (Reading Fundamentals, Learning Solutions) and General Topics (motivation, problem solving, child development)

Reading Comprehension

Reading Quest

 

Different teaching strategies used for building comprehension of reading, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Music

New York Philharmonic Kids

 

Meet musicians from the NY philharmonic, learn about different aspects of music from a new perspective. Includes games.

Art

National Gallery of Art

 

Explore the arts in the National Gallery of Art.

Videos

Cosmeo

 

This site gives the student the ability to view short video clips to make the learning connections more relevant. Includes concepts in Science, Math, Social Studies, English, Health, Art & Music using video samples for grades K – 8. This site offers information from the different curriculum areas matched with the different grade levels. Subscription.

Reading

Reading A-Z

 

The site offers short books – 5 to 10 pages (of various ability levels) to print out. Prior to subscribing, one can view some sample material (also available to print).Subscription

Education

Enchanted Learning

 

A video source to compliment instruction for teachers. Subscription.

Dictionary

Webster's

 

Dictionary & thesaurus for English & Spanish for all grades.

Social Studies

National Geographic Kids

 

Social Studies and the world!  All grade levels.

Bibliography

Easy Bib

 

Making a bibliography for any written report.  Good for grades 5 – 12.

Digital Photography

Adobe for Kids

 

Digital photography and photo shop information.

Storytelling

Story Life

 

Scrap booking site.

 

For Adults and Teachers

Curriculum

Teaching K-8

 

Information on any subject/grade level & links to other sources

Rubrics

Rubistar

 

A collection of teacher-made rubrics for all curriculum areas. Teachers make and share.

Curriculum

PBS Teacher Source

 

All curriculum areas. All Grade levels.

   
 

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