Dash Robot website
https://code.makewonder.com/blockly/#/menu
Blooket
Yahoo Finance
Free Image Sites and Tools for Students to use
Free Image Sites
Creative Commons (Links to an external site.)
Enoch Pratt Library (Links to an external site.)
Free Music Archive (Links to an external site.)
Public Domain Info
https://code.makewonder.com/blockly/#/menu
Blooket
Yahoo Finance
Free Image Sites and Tools for Students to use
Free Image Sites
Creative Commons (Links to an external site.)
Enoch Pratt Library (Links to an external site.)
Free Music Archive (Links to an external site.)
Public Domain Info
Online reference sources available to all Howard County Public School elementary school students both at school and at home.
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Please click on the name of the site above the description in order to visit the website. For home access, see your media specialist for user ID and password.
Click here to download the latest updated version of eTools!
Please click on the name of the site above the description in order to visit the website. For home access, see your media specialist for user ID and password.
Waverly Wildcat Readers
http://bit.ly/wildcatreaders
This website contains a collection of fun interactive websites to practice reading and writing skills. Located under the Reading Resources tab on the left hand side are links to Howard Countyís Language Arts page for Elementary Parents and a link to the Howard County Public Library Page for Students and Teachers.
Elementary Language Arts
http://elaparentsupport.weebly.com
Primary Grades (K-2) - Here you will find information about what your child will learn at each grade level, the writing units covered during the year, Common Core writing standards, high frequency/sight words, strategies for choosing a book, reading strategy tools, sample discussion questions, and a variety of websites that review and provide practice with reading and/or writing skills.
Intermediate Grades (3-5) - Here you will find information about what your child will learn at each grade level, the writing units covered during the year, strategies for choosing a book, sample discussion questions, and a variety of websites that review and provide practice with reading, vocabulary, and/or writing skills.
http://bit.ly/wildcatreaders
This website contains a collection of fun interactive websites to practice reading and writing skills. Located under the Reading Resources tab on the left hand side are links to Howard Countyís Language Arts page for Elementary Parents and a link to the Howard County Public Library Page for Students and Teachers.
Elementary Language Arts
http://elaparentsupport.weebly.com
Primary Grades (K-2) - Here you will find information about what your child will learn at each grade level, the writing units covered during the year, Common Core writing standards, high frequency/sight words, strategies for choosing a book, reading strategy tools, sample discussion questions, and a variety of websites that review and provide practice with reading and/or writing skills.
Intermediate Grades (3-5) - Here you will find information about what your child will learn at each grade level, the writing units covered during the year, strategies for choosing a book, sample discussion questions, and a variety of websites that review and provide practice with reading, vocabulary, and/or writing skills.
eTools: Information on Demand
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer offers a database of easily retrievable full-text articles, often with accompanying graphics, with full printing and saving capabilities. The full-text articles database consists of articles reprinted with permission, from approximately 1,200 newspapers, magazines and U.S. government documents. Other features include: The World Almanac for Kids, The Funk and Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, and a Spotlight of the Month.
Worldbook Online Reference Center
This encyclopedia is an excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students. World Book Online offers all the features of the print encyclopedia plus links to maps, web sites, and other print articles.
Culture Grams
This online resource offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 182 cultures of the world. It goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
Howard County Library
Use your library card and pin number (request a pin number from the library) to access many online reference sources. To locate the online resources, click on “Databases.”
TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks.net is a timesaving portal to thousands of online resources of book-related resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. It provides immediate access to useful materials and exciting programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library media center, and home.
SIRS Discoverer offers a database of easily retrievable full-text articles, often with accompanying graphics, with full printing and saving capabilities. The full-text articles database consists of articles reprinted with permission, from approximately 1,200 newspapers, magazines and U.S. government documents. Other features include: The World Almanac for Kids, The Funk and Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, and a Spotlight of the Month.
Worldbook Online Reference Center
This encyclopedia is an excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students. World Book Online offers all the features of the print encyclopedia plus links to maps, web sites, and other print articles.
Culture Grams
This online resource offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 182 cultures of the world. It goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
Howard County Library
Use your library card and pin number (request a pin number from the library) to access many online reference sources. To locate the online resources, click on “Databases.”
TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks.net is a timesaving portal to thousands of online resources of book-related resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. It provides immediate access to useful materials and exciting programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library media center, and home.