John F. Mendoza Elementary School
 

 

Resources for Students

Compass Learning - Interactive activities for your grade level. You must have a username and password from your teacher to access this site.

Mendoza School Library Site (Only Available at School)

Weather Bug - Find out the current weather outside of Mendoza and learn about the weather through interactive activities.

Ticket to Read - As students log in, they enter their own personalized clubhouse. Students then read to earn points to decorate their space.

Pearson Success Net

Student Survey

Homework Help

Ask Dr. Math

 

Research Sites

Dictionary.com
Yahooligans - A web guide for kids.
Kids Click - Anything and everything from art, computers, and school subjects.
Encyclopedia.Com - Online Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Almanacs, and additional Encyclopedias.
Fact Monster - Fact Monster is a kid-friendly research site.  I like the Reference Desk section.

 

Math Sites

AAA Math - This site contains hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills with interactive practice on every page. Organized by grade level and math topic.
A + Math
- Excellent math games, worksheets, and flash cards.
BrainTeasers - suitable for 3rd grade and up
National Library of Virtual Manipulative - This site indexed by grade level (Pre K- 2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) and topic area (Number Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis & Probability).
InterActivate - This website contains over 100 interactive activities and online manipulative.
Math Mastery - Choose a math game.
Mulitiplication.Com: Student
Students learn the Times Table and play multiplication games.
Teach R Kids Math
Brain Teasers - A new brain teaser very week.  Great for increasing those problem solving strategies.(Grades 3-5)
Cool Math - Fun interactive math games for all grades.(PreK-K click on the ages 3-5 link.) Printable flash cards are available on this site as well.
Students Classroom - The “Create a Graph” section lets you and your students create and print all kinds of graphs. There are also brain teasers, a great probability activity, and more.

 

Reading

Aesop's Fables - Collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 656+ Fables. Many of these fables requires Real Player.
Clifford's Interactive Storybooks - Read a story! Play a game!
Children's Storybooks Online - Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages.
InterActive - Here primary students can watch interactive letter and word activities or listen to online picture books.
Harcourt School - The Learning Site

Weekly Reader- Kids - Games, Contest, & Books
Starfall - An excellent early literacy site.
Seussville - All about Dr. Seuss and his books.
Time for Kids
PBS Kids - Websites of all the PBS shows.
Scholastic Kids
Game Goo - Language arts interactive games for students.
Share What You're Reading - Write a book review online or read book reviews from other students around the country.

Writing

Writing Source - Ideas to write about.
Kids' Space - International activities for primary grades.
Read, Write, Think - Great interactive writing tools for students. This website is put together by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association(IRA).

 

Social Studies / Science Sites

DragonflyTV - It's all about cool exploration, hot music, and of course, science! Whether you're into summertime ski-jumping, wicked whitewater rafting, searching for aliens, or forensic fun, DragonflyTV is packed with hands-on investigations. Get ready to surf into some real science!
Bill Nye, The Science Guy

Cool Science for Curious Kids

DiscoveryKids.Com - Includes Discovery Kids TV, Fan sites, Fun & Games, and Exploring by Subject.
The Science Club - Fun Science Websites with numerous games and challenging activities.
Exploring Nature - a k-8th grade database that includes more than 1,000 animals in topics ranging from mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects to scavengers, carnivores, arctic animals, poisonous animals, rainforest animals, etc. There is a database for biomes, human anatomy, trees, wildflowers, famous scientists, animal movies, and much more.
FirstGov for Kids (Math & Science) - Learn about rockets, weather, the human body, outer space, science fair
SpaceWander - A virtual space trip!
Kids Voting
NASA Kids - A NASA site dedicated to kids.
National Geographic for Kids
Nevada Kids - Information on Nevada.
Science Monster - Many science topics to learn about.
Smithsonian Education - Information from the famous Smithsonian Museum.
Solar System - Quizzes and pictures of the planets.
Star Child - A learning center for young astronomers.
Class Brain - Helps students research a state online.
Virtual Insects and a Spider - 3D views of many insects.
White House Kids
50 States - Information and links on all 50 states.
US Government for Kids - Sorted by grade level.

 

Suggested Webquests

Author Expert - An author study webquest that would be good for primary students.

 

Miscellaneous

Crayola Creativity Center
Education Place
- Activities in math, geography, reading, and more
FunBrain - Hours of activities on all types of subjects
FunSchool.com - This site is a fun place to learn and play.
Kids Hub - Online interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.
Learning Planet - Search by age and subject and find fun things to do.
Primary Games - Educational games for many subject areas.
Kids' Space - International activities for primary grades.
FunTrivia.Com - Tons of Categories!
KisDomain.Com - Games to Clipart & More
Kids.Com - Adventure & other cool stuff.
BBC Schools - This website by the BBC has interactive games for students ages 4 to 11 in math, literacy, science, geography, music, and more. 
4KidstoPlay - A nice set of activities for our youngest students.
Play Kids Games - A site of interactive educational games.

 

 

 
 
 


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