Links

Here are some great websites that can help supplement what we teach every day!      

Reading

www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ 

Great to help you find books on a specific reading level, and search books by reading interest.

www.lexile.com/ 

Enter your student's reading lexile number to find great books for them.

www.readingresource.net/readingfluencyactivities.html 

Helpful  activities to increase reading fluency.

Math Fact Practice

www.multiplication.com 

(learning ideas, games, and downloadable flashcards)

www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html

(not timed)

www.mathfactcafe.com 

(build your own worksheets here)

www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm#basicoperations

(math fact games - timed and not timed)

www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

(timed math fact games)

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/mult.html 

http://www.mathplayground.com/hm_multiplication.html

www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/default.htm

http://letsplaymath.net/2006/12/29/the-game-that-is-worth-1000-worksheets/

Grammar

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html 

This site has a great list of games that can be used for certain topics.  

www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

This site provides games that reinforce concepts we are learning, the games seem quite juvenile, but I think they would give great practice for basic skills.

www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/

This site gives games listed by grade level. You’ll notice some of the concepts we teach are found in the 4^th grade section. This would break down the harder concepts and your child could review them at an earlier level.

Keyboarding 

http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp
This site comes recommended by Mr. Porter as a great way for students to practice typing skills.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/flash/stage10.shtml
This is a full-fledged typing course for kids, systematically teaching them practically every key of the keyboard. The lessons are animated and fun, and the step-by-step process is very thorough. The program is unintimidating and highly effective.

http://keybr.com/

Once all the keys on the keyboard are learned, children can move on to Keybr.com. Keybr.com shows the student's speed and errors, as well as the particular keys which are the weakest. This site is extremely well-designed and offers enough custom features to make it useful for a long time without getting boring. 

http://freeonlinetypinggames.com/free-online-typing-games/typing-passage/

A variety of typing and keyboarding games.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html

A variety of typing and keyboarding games.

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