| My Favorite Links |
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| If you find a broken link or an inappropriate link, please let me know immediately! If you have a favorite link that would be appropriate for this page, let me know! |
| General Links of Interest for Parents |
| Get NetWise Parents, educate yourself and your children about how to use the Internet safely. |
| Owl & Mouse Software - Help your child learn with games, software (most of it free!) and educational activities from Owl &Mouse. This site states they are committed to making the capabilities and potential of personal computers available to parents and teachers to provide individualized and intriguing learning for their children. |
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| Just for Fun and Information |
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| Ask Jeeves for KidsAsk Jeeves is a trademark of Ask Jeeves, Inc., Copyright 1996-2000 Ask Jeeves, Inc. |
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| Afterschool.gov: Web Sites for Kids Learn about Math, Language Arts, Government, Art & Music, and a whole lot more! |
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| Visit Crayola.com for activities and art ideas. By the way, how many crayons DOES it take to circle the earth? Find the answer here. |
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| DiscoverySchool.com has tools to help you study, games to challenge your mind, and tons of great clip art to use. In addition, there are nearly a dozen learning adventures that let you explore everything from Ancient Egypt to the Space Station. |
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| Brainteasers, Riddles, Music, and Games for Children |
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| Time for Kids Current news stories, games, activities, and much much more! |
| Electronic Backpack Tools Just for You! |
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| Here are some electronic toolkits to use as you think, research and problem solve.; There are tools to help you organize your week and month, as well as dictionaries and a thesaurus. You will learn how to use these electronic tools during computer lab this year.; I think you (and your parents) will find them VERY helpful! |
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| Math |
| Great Math Sites! For students, their parents, and other teachers who are interested in finding some interesting, challenging links. I've added some new sites to this page. Look and enjoy! |
| The Factor Game This is very similar to Factor Captor that we play in Everyday Math! Play the Factor Game on-line against a friend or the computer. Remember your strategies. (By the way, the computer also "knows" the strategies!) |
| The Product Game Pllay the Product Game on-line against a friend. You have to know your multiplication facts and be able to think ahead in order to win this game! |
| Base 10 Blocks You will be able to move flats, rods, and units to help you understand place value and basic operations.Here are some other things to try with the Base 10 Blocks. |
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| Social Studies |
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| Appalachian Culture Sponsored by the Center for Virtual Appalachia and Morehead State University. |
| U.S. Map Puzzle - Learn the geography of the United States with a FREE educational map puzzle to download onto your computer. Can you beat my time of 2 minutes 28 seconds? |
| Extra Credit Opportunities |
| This is a direct connection to study guides for our History Alive! textbook. . At any time students may connect to the Table of Contents, select the current chapter we are studying, and take an on-line study guide practice test. Please print out the results page, and I will award your child bonus points in Social Studies for successfully completing these on-line study sessions! |
| Computer Lab Activities |
| iKeepBookmarks - Many times we begin a project in the computer lab, but don't seem to have enough time to finish. This site will connect to a folder of sites that I have chosen especially to help my students with a specific assignment! |
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| Every Thursday we watch KET's NewsQuiz--a current events program designed for students in grades 3 - 8.Students watch the program and then take a short 10 question quiz. Students are always asked to respond to a quiestion posed by Missy Johnstone. This is a good way to use student e-mail to communicate with Missy. Often she reads student reponses on the air--instant celebrity! |
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| Reading |
| Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization. |
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| Arts and Humanities |
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| The Metropolitan Art MuseumSearch and Learn site provides you with famous artwork right at your mouse click. |
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| Science |
| Rant and Rave about SpaceThis link to the SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) Overview of the Nine Planets is one of my very favorites! |
| The Weather ChannelThis site will allow you to check the current weather for any place on earth!; It also provides links to earthquake sites, hurricane information, and many other interesting weather phenomena. |
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| KidInfo.com --I've found a wonderful site, claimed to be the web's best homework and student, teacher/parent reference source. So far, I think it may just be exactly what it claims! |
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| Nothing to do? Click on Lifesavers |
| Are you interested in the Lewis and Clark Expedition? Check out the Kids section on the Lewis and Clark webpage that I created to present at the 2004 Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference! Click here and then scroll down to Lewis and Clark! |
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| WisePockets Treehouse for Parents - lessons and activities for parents to use with their children to learn about income, spending, saving and credit! |
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| The calendar activities may be completed for extra credit--check with me! |
| This site was shared by Mrs. Dunlap. Get ready for fun! |
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| Want to find facts about US symbols and holidays? Here's the site! |
| Kenton County Schools has subscribed to KET's Encyclomedia program. Your child can log on to this site from home to enjoy videos, video clips, clip art, and many other resources. Username is stutmhome and password is stutmhome. |
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| This link provides online links for parents on the five components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. |
