WEBSITES

Language Arts


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Webster's Dictionary Online
Great website for looking up words in the dictionary, in the thesaurus, and even playing fun and educational word games

Dictionary.com
Also a nice online Dictionary

Scholastic.com for Kids
Includes games and contests, book central, a homework hub, and many other great resources for reading lovers.

Common Grammar Errors in English
A fun site that explains the correct usage of commonly mistaken words and phrases in the English language.  Listed alphabetically.

Literature.org
Free Literature available for online viewing

Project Gutenberg
Also contains free Literature for online viewing--mostly classic works.

Math Websites

CHAPTER CONCEPTS

ALL MATH PRACTICE

BASIC FACT PRACTICE

Fact sheets from http://www.math-drills.com
Click on the letter to print a copy of the fact sheet
 

                                  Addition          A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J                                   Subtraction     A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J
Multiplication  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J
Division           A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J

Other sites for basic fact practice:

http://www.haelmedia.com/basic_fact_sheets/index.html

http://www.kidzone.ws/math/quiz.html

http://www.aplusmath.com/games/

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/

http://www.aplusmath.com/

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/

CHAPTER CONCEPTS

Chapter 1 PowerPoint Review
(You will need PowerPoint or PowerPoint viewer to
play this game.  PowerPoint viewer is a free download)

Chapter 2 Practice Sites

mean, median, mode, range practice
 

Chapter 3
 

Review sheet answers-January 27

Number Theory

GCF and LCM Word Problems


All math topics:

IXL
Topics arranged by grade level topics

aaamath.com
Contains subtopic categories
examples would be decimals, measurement

aplusmath.com
Creates worksheets for various concepts


http://www.superkids.com
Creates worksheets for various concepts

http://www.homeschoolmath.net
Creates worksheets for various concepts and online practice

Virtual Manipulatives
This site contains virtual manipulatives for most concepts
It also contains logic activities such as MasterMind, Tangrams, Number Puzzles, etc

Daily Sudoku

Word Problems and Brain Teasers:

Education Place-Brain Teasers
Contains word problems of the week,
along with a archive of problems

Science

 

The Nature of Science and Technology
Textbook

Chapter 1 What is Science? Powerpoint
 

Chapter 2 Powerpoint  Measurement Review

Measurement
Length
Measuring Mass
 

Inside the Earth Textbook

Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics

Dance of the Plates Activity

Tectonic Forces Activity

Continental Adrift Video

Earthquakes
Epicenter Activity

USG Earthquake Site

Earthquake Review PowerPoint
(You will need PowerPoint or PowerPoint viewer to
play this game.  PowerPoint viewer is a free download)

Motion and Forces Review Questions

Resources

Nurtrition
http://www.mypyramid.gov/

http://inventors.about.com/

http://encarta.msn.com/

http://www.worldbook.com

http://ap.accuweather.com

http://search.epnet.com

www.historychannel.com

Internet Safety:
www.netsmartz.org

http://www.PHSchool.com

This website corresponds to our science textbooks and has links, self-tests and lots of great material which ties into our curriculum.

www.SciLinks.org.

Throughout your child's texbook there are "web-codes" listed in the margins of the text.  When you get on this website and enter the codes it will take you to the applicable links. 

Social Studies

Religion

Catholic Encyclopedia

http://www.newadvent.org/

Daily Mass Readings

http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/

Vatican: Holy See

http://www.vatican.va/

Liturgical Calendar

http://www.themass.org/calendar.htm