Parent Resources

Websites for Students and Parents

HippoCampus:    Multimedia math, science and social studies  lessons, and  homework help 
http://www.hippocampus.org/ 

Purplemath:  Algebra help and links to other math resources
http://www.purplemath.com/

Natural Reader:  A free text-to-speech program which you can download.  Copy and paste text into the program and save for repeated use.  Open a new page and type a journal entry!  Free version has limited voices, but does include a floating mini-board to use on the internet or any other document - even email can be read out loud!
http://www.naturalreaders.com/

WordWeb :  Vocabulary support.   A free downloadable dictionary, thesaurus and reference.  Just hold down the CTRL key and right click on a word and up pops definitions and single word pronunciation.
http://www.wordweb.info/free/ 

Newseum:  View and read the front pages of newspapers from across the US and around the world.
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/ 

AdLit: Adolescent literacy resources for educators and parents of students in grades 4-12
http://www.adlit.org/

 "Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in math, writing, science, and reading (grades 6-12).
http://www.learner.org/interactives/

Exercise Central 3.0:  Exercise your writing skills.  The biggest and best collection of free writing exercises on the web.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/

MyACCESS: an instructional, interactive, online learning environment that provides instant scoring and immediate, detailed feedback for students to revise, resubmit, and learn specific writing skills.
http://www.myaccess.com

OWL Writing Lab: The Purdue Online Writing Lab offers over 200 free writing resources for writers.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Writing @CSU: Writing at Colorado State University offers more than 150 guides and interactive activities for writers.  Click the “Learn to Write” link.
http://writing.colostate.edu/

Teenbiz:  Read and Respond articles on the Achieve 3000 website
http://www.achieve3000.com/home.php

Free Rice.com:  Build Vocabulary
www.freerice.com:

NIE World:  The News-Journal’s Newspapers in Education World
http://www.nieworld.com/