ESOL:

-Reading Activities for Parents and English Language Learners:

Keys to Working Together to Achieve Success

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-Parent resources

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www.wordcentral.com/

Online Dictionary, Thesaurus,

Rhyming and Word of the Day.

Families Building Better Readers

FBBR is a collaborative effort between the Florida Department of Education’s Just Read, Florida! initiative, the Bureau of Family and Community Outreach, and the University of West Florida.

Purposes

During this workshop you will: Learn the importance of consistent reading practice at home. Learn ten simple, quick, and effective activities that set your child up

for successful reading practice. Learn how to build your child’s confidence as a reader. Gain resources for helping your child practice reading at home.

Families Building Better Readers

Florida Educational Library

Reading Sites

Book Aventures

An online electronic independent reading test system which can help with reading success!

www.bookadventure.com

Giggle Poetry

Create fun poetry projects on this site designed just for kids!

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Weekly Reader

The same great magazine used in classrooms around the country hasa great website devoted to extending reading activities at home.

http://www.weeklyreader.com

FCAT Explorer(for grades three and above)

See your teacher for your username and password.

http://www.fcatexplorer.com

Scholastic’s Book Central

http://www.scholastic.com/titles/index.htm

Activities for families to participate together.

http://scholastic.com/familymatters/

Kids-Reads

A great resource to find out about

books, authors, and illustrators.

http://kidsreads.com

Harcourt School

http://www.harcourtschool.com

Star Fall

http://www.starfall.com

Time For Kids

http://timeforkids.com/tfk/

Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections

http://www.zaner-bloser.com

Math Sites

Harcourt Online

An electronic version of our math textbook.

http://www.eharcourtschool.com/

A Math Dictionary for Kids

A fun math dictionary for kids providing interactive definitions to lots of mathematics-related words.

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

A+ Math

Games, flashcards, worksheets, and homework help.

http://www.aplusmath.com

AAA Math

All areas and levels of math are broken down into individual topics and levels. Awesome for practice and plenty of games too!

http://www.aaamath.com

Ask Dr. Math

http://www.mathforum.org/students/

Cool Math

http://www.coolmath.com/

Science SitesThe Weather Channel

Be a storm chaser and follow the progression of local and worldwide weather patterns.

http://www.weather.com/

Science Learning Network

If science is your passion, this is your site!

http://www.sln.org/

NASA

Where better to learn about science than from NASA!

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Animal Planet

Just like the TV show, this websites leads you through all manner of science and discovery.

http://animal.discovery.com/

Miami Seaquarium

Come out to Miami Seaquarium for a wonderful day of family fun. We’ve got some exciting shows, great exhibits and enjoyable, educational presentationsin our beautifully landscaped park overlooking Biscayne Bay. This site provides more information about their programs.

http://www.miamiseaquarium.com

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Everyone knows Bill Nye the science guy. Now you can explore science online with his interactive website.

http://www.nyelabs.com/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html

The Electric Zoo

This site provides hundreds of links to every animal you can imagine!

http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

The Nine Eight Planets

Get ready to take off into the solar system with this website. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about space.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Sea World

Jump in and get your feet wet!

http://www.seaworld.com/sw_index.aspx

Discovery Kids

http://kids.discovery.com/

NASA for Kids

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html

Kinetic City

Looking for some interesting science games? Then this site is perfect for you. You can play the games by yourself, or challenge a friend. Think you are up for the challenge? Give this site a look!

http://www.kineticcity.com

Social Studies SitesThe White House

Find out what’s happening at the White House and with the government.All the recent news is updated daily.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The Fifty States

Everything you need to know about the 50 states!

http://www.50states.com

The White House for Kids

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html

Maps 4 Kids

A great resource that contains information not only about maps,but city and country populations,largest rivers, tallest mountains,state-by-state facts, and even a customary to metric converter.

http://www.maps4kids.com

Time for Kids

http://www.timeforkids.com

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Let Benjamin Franklin guide you through how our government works. This site is arranged by grade levels for better readability.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Florida Museum of Natural History

(Gainesville, Florida)

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/

NetState

More information about all aspects of the 50 states.

http://www.netstate.com

Health and Wellness Broward School Health Services Department

http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/studentsupport/healthedservices/index.htm

My Pyramid: Steps to a Healthier You

http://www.mypyramid.gov/

Five-A-Day: The Color Way

http://www.5aday.com/

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

http://www.healthiergeneration.org/engine/renderpage.asp?pid=s049

Healthier Us:  Nutrition Page

http://www.healthierus.gov/nutrition.html

Kids Health Page for Kids

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/

Asthma-busters:  The Online Club for Kids with Asthma

http://www.asthmabusters.org/

The Florida KidCare Program

http://www.floridakidcare.org/

Kids’ Health for Parents, Kids and Teens

http://www.kidshealth.org

Important Parental Information SitesFlorida Department of Education

www.fldoe.org

FCAT Parent Network

https://www.fcatparentnetwork.com/

Virtual Counselor

https://www.browardschools.com/virtualcounselor/

Internet Safety Information for Families

http://www.safeflorida.net/safesurf

Research Sites Ask Jeeves Kids

http://www.ajkids.com

Grolier Encyclopedia

This site offers several types of encyclopedias specializing in various disciplines.

http://go.grolier.com

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org

Yahooligans

http://kids.yahoo.com/

The Learning Resources Department of Broward County Public Schools.

http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/learnresource

Fact Monster

This site is loaded with facts and includes a searchable atlas, almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia. A nice feature of this site is the Citing FactMonster that gives instructions on how to cite facts found in the reference materials provided.

http://www.factmonster.com/

Google

www.google.com

Yahoo

www.yahoo.com

Miscellaneous Sites

FCAT LINKS

FCAT Explorer *Practice and skills reinforcement tool provided by the State Department.
http://www.fcatexplorer.com

STANDARDIZED TEST PRACTICE-
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/south/shared_pages/standardized_test_practice.htm

Brain Child Online Assessment *Online Assessment
http://brainchild.com

Destination Math by Riverdeep
http://riverdeep.ocps.net/ocps/lms/login/login1.asp

Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm

Tampa Reads
http://tampareads.com/readingwall/student/index.htm

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test *Provides practice tests that can be printed or taken online
http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/

Math and science practice. (Make sure you click on the small task bar at the bottom of the page.)
http://getsmarter.org/iln/index.html

Texas website with practice tests that can be taken online or printed. These are not based on the FCAT, but will provide good practice.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/index.html#online

FCAT Parent Guide
http://www.fcatexplorer.com/parent/shared/en/about_fcat.asp

State Standards and Practice Test
http://nicholasacademy.com/statetesting.html

Free computer programs
http://www.allkidscanlearn.com/

FCAT Daily Questions
http://elementarypgms.brevard.k12.fl.us/Math.htm

Computer Fun Math Internet Resources

http://www.superkids.com (create your own math worksheets)

http://www.edhelper.com (click on grade level)

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com (click on theme)

http://www.touchmath.com

http://www.harcourtschool.com (textbook website for Harcourt Math, click on learning site, then on math)

http://www.brainpop.com (click on math

http://www.dositey.com

http://www.funbrain.com (click on math brain – enter as a new player and get a password)

http://www.maththatcounts.com (offers several links to various math strands click on “Games that Teach”)

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

http://www.mathnerds.com/mathnerds/

http://countdown.luc.edu/index.htm (offers actual video tutorials)

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html (math manipulatives on line)

http://www.allmath.com (gives many math links)

http://www.aplusmath.com (interactive games & math tasks)

http://www.hotmath.com (Grads 6-12 homework help) – need to join

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html (a math dictionary for children)