Resource Education
The following lists, compiled by the teachers at SPPS, contain activities and suggestions for helping the students maintain the gain they have made during the school year. We hope you find the information to be fun and helpful.
Field Trips and Summer Projects
| Visit Places your kids studied in Social studies like:
• Mesa Verde • Lewis and Clark Heritage Site #1 Extend Your Field Trip!
Fun Summer Projects:
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The Benefit of Games
• Playing games with your kids is a perfect way to spend time together and build learning skills at the same time.
• Board games can foster the ability to focus, and lengthen your child's attention span by encouraging the completion of an exciting, enjoyable game.
Types of Games:
• Playing games with your kids is a perfect way to spend time together and build learning skills at the same time.
• Board games can foster the ability to focus, and lengthen your child's attention span by encouraging the completion of an exciting, enjoyable game.
Types of Games:
• Math Skills
(Monopoly Jr., Yahtzee, Rack-O, Dominoes (can incorporate many skills: number sense, logic, patterns, computation)) • Language/Vocabulary Skills –Apples to Apples Jr. –Scrabble, Scrabble Jr. –Upwords –Boggle, Boggle Jr. –Bananagrams | • Reason/Logic
–Risk –Sorry –Mastermind –Checkers –Chess • General –20 Questions for Kids –Trivia Pursuit –Card Games: Memory, War, Rummy, Crazy Eights |
Websites
Parents, PLEASE SUPERVISE THE USE OF THE WEBSITES MENTIONED BELOW. Teachers have used these sites often, and no inappropriate content has been found. HOWEVER, many of these are “ad” supported sites, which always presents the possibility of inappropriate pop-ups. PLEASE SUPERVISE THE USE OF THESE WEBSITES. Thank you
Math:
www.aplusmath.com - covers a wide range of math topics; make flashcards, take quizzes, make worksheets
www.aaamath.com - interactive arithmetic lessons from Kindergarten through 8th grade; consumer and everyday math (time, money); arranged by grade level and concept
www.coolmath.com - fun math; different instructional approaches; practice activities for speed and accuracy through games
www.figurethis.org/index.html - real world math challenges with hints and tutorial solutions; sports and student interest areas; parent section and parent resources
www.funbrain.com - arcade math games with emphasis on speed, accuracy, and focus; connects to many other websites; printable Sudoku puzzles
www.math.com - good tutorials, practice activities/games, quizzes; helpful section for parents; geared toward intermediate and upper grades
Reading/Language Arts:
www.arbookfind.com - great for looking up books by AR reading level, finding books by topic or category, or making a list to take to the library.
www.starfall.com - primary stories and writing activities, games, read-alongs
www.abcteach.com - contains crossword puzzles, word searches, and other printable activities for early elementary children
www.spellingcity.com - allows students to type in word lists and play many types of word games using their list words
www.scholastic.com - reading, writing, and spelling activities and games related to Scholastic books; good parent articles, and ideas for helping children enjoy reading
Social Studies:
www.tarvol1.glencoe.com - 7th grade history text
www.tarvol2.glencoe.com - 8th grade history text
www.history.com
www.history.org
www.purposegames.com/games
wwwbesthistorysites.net
www.teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp - history mysteries
www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
All Subjects:
www.unitedstreaming.com - videos of all subject areas
www.quizlet.com - make flashcards, use flashcards on the site, play games, practice, take quizzes
www.gamequarium.com/index.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ - keyboard/typing practice
Parents, PLEASE SUPERVISE THE USE OF THE WEBSITES MENTIONED BELOW. Teachers have used these sites often, and no inappropriate content has been found. HOWEVER, many of these are “ad” supported sites, which always presents the possibility of inappropriate pop-ups. PLEASE SUPERVISE THE USE OF THESE WEBSITES. Thank you
Math:
www.aplusmath.com - covers a wide range of math topics; make flashcards, take quizzes, make worksheets
www.aaamath.com - interactive arithmetic lessons from Kindergarten through 8th grade; consumer and everyday math (time, money); arranged by grade level and concept
www.coolmath.com - fun math; different instructional approaches; practice activities for speed and accuracy through games
www.figurethis.org/index.html - real world math challenges with hints and tutorial solutions; sports and student interest areas; parent section and parent resources
www.funbrain.com - arcade math games with emphasis on speed, accuracy, and focus; connects to many other websites; printable Sudoku puzzles
www.math.com - good tutorials, practice activities/games, quizzes; helpful section for parents; geared toward intermediate and upper grades
Reading/Language Arts:
www.arbookfind.com - great for looking up books by AR reading level, finding books by topic or category, or making a list to take to the library.
www.starfall.com - primary stories and writing activities, games, read-alongs
www.abcteach.com - contains crossword puzzles, word searches, and other printable activities for early elementary children
www.spellingcity.com - allows students to type in word lists and play many types of word games using their list words
www.scholastic.com - reading, writing, and spelling activities and games related to Scholastic books; good parent articles, and ideas for helping children enjoy reading
Social Studies:
www.tarvol1.glencoe.com - 7th grade history text
www.tarvol2.glencoe.com - 8th grade history text
www.history.com
www.history.org
www.purposegames.com/games
wwwbesthistorysites.net
www.teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp - history mysteries
www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
All Subjects:
www.unitedstreaming.com - videos of all subject areas
www.quizlet.com - make flashcards, use flashcards on the site, play games, practice, take quizzes
www.gamequarium.com/index.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ - keyboard/typing practice