Resources

This page will lead you to all sorts of resources for parents and students used throughout the year.  Please look through it!

*There will be more added to this page as the year progresses.

 

references
This is a link to many references in various subject areas.

Kidpub
Allows kids to read and publish stories. More than 25,000 stories from all over the world. Schools can establish writing projects. Be sure to read the "frequently asked questions" page. No age limits are stated, but most stories are submitted by students in grades K-8. This is a free service, offered by a computer programmer and his two daughters.

Young Writers
A place for children aged 6 to 16 to share their creative writing endeavors. The purpose of this on-line and printed magazine is to build children's confidence.

Funbrain: Practice with prefixes and suffixes
There are some games for 7th graders used for practice in all subject areas.

Writing Den
This site serves up tips and topics for young writers. Register yourself or your child for the site?s Word of the Day e-mail service.

The Fact Monster
Facts and games featuring content for Social Studies, Math and Science

Encyclopedia online
Huge encyclopedia on-Line

Roget's Thesaurus
Find the synonym you're looking for.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Find out what a famous person said about your subject of choice.

American Heritage Dictionary
On-line dictionary

Kids Click
Search engine built for kids by librarians. Amazing amount of information! Check out in particular the language arts section of this website.

Blue Book of Grammar
Your number one source for punctuation and grammar!

The five-paragraph essay
Great notes on how to write this type of essay. We will write two five-paragraph essays this year.

Grammar Tutorial
You can get practice in different areas by clicking on the + sign next to the units on the left side of the page. Then you can choose which lesson to practice. Students may be assigned some of these lessons throughout the year.

These links are for educational purposes and not meant as a commercial endorsement.

Literature map
locate books written by a specific author find authors who write similar literature

Popular science fiction novels for middle school students

Last Updated: 11/5/11