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Online Curriculum Resources

    • Accelerated Reader Book Finder
      Find out if your book has an Accelerated Reader (AR) test and/or what reading level your book is.
    • Common Core Resources for Writing
      Several links to writing resources.
    • Discovery Education - English Homework Help
      Videos that assist students with written and verbal communication.
    • English Grammar Revolution
      On this site you'll find exercises, lessons, and oodles of sentence diagrams, which combined with that powerful brain of yours, will turn you into a grammar pro. Be sure to sign up for the newsletter!
    • Fact Monster - Writing Skill
      Free website that can assist with writing. Additional subjects are also available. A must to check out!
    • Graphic Organizers
      Tools to help organize thoughts.
    • Mrs. Jones' Room Songs & Alphalist
      Familiar song tunes put to new words to help teach the sounds of the alphabet and other concepts.
    • Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words
      Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words is a dedicated to providing teachers and parents with everything they need to teach Dolch sight words to their children to help them learn to read.
    • My Vocabulary
      Free online resources and activities to enhance vocabulary development and mastery.
    • Purdue Online Writing Lab - OWL
      Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and provides these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.
    • Reading A-Z
      Free Online Resources are available as well as fee based resources.
      Take a look at the top tabs for free resources.
    • Reading Into the Book
      Reading Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing.
      Behind the Lesson provides information and teaching resources for each strategy.
    • SightWords.com
      Sightwords.com is a comprehensive sequence of teaching activities, techniques, and materials for one of the building blocks of early child literacy. This collection of resources is designed to help teachers, parents, and caregivers teach a child how to read.
    • Spell City
      Online activities for spelling.
    • Starfall
      Free online website to teach children to read with phonics.
    • Super Summary of Vocabulary Resources
      An ultimate vocabulary resource guide to online sites that will help All Fluent English and ESL Learners.

    • Common Core Worksheets
      Find or create worksheets for all subjects that meet common core standards.
    • Khan Academy
      Free online practice and support for all areas of curriculum using videos to demonstrate concepts.
    • Lessons Snips
      Teaching lessons, worksheets and more for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies for a small yearly fee.
    • Parent Child Education
      K-5th grade activities to help the parent teach at home a variety of subjects.
    • Safe Kids Online Search
      Google now offers a safe online search engine for kids!
    • The Crafty Classroom
      The Crafty Classroom offers curriculum resources for all subjects.
    • The Gateway
      The Gateway contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items.
    • tlsbooks
      tlsbooks offers free printable worksheets in all subjects for K-6th grade.
    • Watch Know Learn
      Free videos of all subjects to enhance your learning.
    • What Should I Read Next
      What Should I Read Next is a helpful site when looking for a book to read based on a book you have already read. You can even look for recommended books for a geographical area of interest!
    • Work Sheet Place
      Useful worksheets available to print out for all subjects.

    • Handbook of Nature Study Blogspot
      Handbook of Nature Study Blogspot is an online nature journal using Anna Comstock's book Handbook of Nature study as a textbook and the great outdoors as the classroom. Home of the Outdoor Hour Challenges - teaching the study of nature in an outdoor setting.
    • Kidsblogs National Geographic
      Kidsblogs National Geographic has stories, games, activities, and crafts about animals from the online edition of National Geographic's new Little Kids magazine for children.
    • Planet Science
      Fun science activities, experiments, and games.
    • Scartici
      A science website for middle school and high school students. Get answers to science questions, browse cool images, watch great videos, play fun games, and discover great hands-on activities. Parent supervision recommended.
    • Science Buddies
      Science Fair projects, ideas, answers and tools.
    • Science Starter
      This site is a place to find out about, take part in, and contribute to science through recreational activities and research projects. Sign up for the newsletter and get awesome projects delivered to your inbox each week.
    • Styraki.com
      Hands-on science activities you can do at home.
    • Watt Trekker - In Search of Tomorrow's Energy
      "Watt" = Power, "Trekker" = someone seeking solutions. The Watt Trekker web-based video series follows two teenage sisters as they search for promising energy solutions for the future.

    • A Maths Dictionary for Kids
      A Maths Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words in simple language.
    • Algebra Boot Camp
      Algebra Basics
    • Calculators for Kids
      All types of calculators available to help with real world math.
    • Cool Math Games
      Free online math games with ads.
    • Everyday Mathematics
      Online EDM games and curriculum support. Must contact Mrs. Curtiss for user name and password.
    • Figure This! Middle School Math
      Figure This! demonstrates challenging middle school mathematics and emphasizes the importance of high-quality math education for all students. Funding for the project was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Education.
      Mathematical challenges for families provide interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families.
    • Good Calculators
      This website provides a variety of online calculators, math and physics, financial, engineering and conversion calculators.
    • Math Calculators
      Math, Scientific, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, & Graphing Calculators
    • Math is Fun
      Free online math games and activities
    • Math Nook
      Online math games, videos, worksheet generators, teaching tools and more. Sign up to receive a free month newsletter
    • Math Slice
      Generate math worksheets for additional math practice, as well as watch math videos and play interactive math games.
    • Math Worksheet Wizard
      Math Worksheet Wizard is a free resource for teachers and parents. Make an unlimited number of printable math worksheets.
    • Mr. Martini's Classroom - Math
      Ad-supporitve website provides free, interactive math flash cards, math worksheets, quizzes, and printable math worksheets for elementary and middle school math.
    • Multiplication Practice
      Multiplication online practice and resources.
    • My Dads Worksheets
      Online math resources
    • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - Illuminations
      Resources for teaching math from National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

    • Artists Helping Children
      100's of arts and crafts ideas to supplement your studies or to fill a rainy afternoon.
    • Artsology
      Play free online games related to the arts and music. Additional investigation pages where you can dig deeper into interesting topics in the arts are also available.
    • Dance Mat Typing
      Dance Mat Typing is a fun free online typing program
    • National Gallery of Art Zone for Kids
      NGAkids Art Zone interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history. Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity, these activities are suitable for all ages.