Links

Pearson Math
Pearson Success Net
Log in to view the online textbook, games and more!

Check out The Learning Site at harcourtschool.com. Harcourt publishes the Trophies series we're using in grades K-5 for language arts. You'll find games, activities, and resources organized by grade level, theme, and story titles so you can reinforce at home exactly what children are learning at school. Can't find the spelling words for the week? There's even a Homework Helper section where you can find them. Harcourt Trophies  (The first time you visit this site, you'll need to enter the author's name, Beck, as the password.)


Want to know more about the concepts and vocabulary students are learning through our new social studies curriculum? Visit TCI's website for links to additional resources. 

Social Studies Alive (Grades 1-4)     History Alive (Grade 5)


Need to practice spelling?  Try Spelling City!

The Weather Channel for Kids
 

Click on the NASA website for updates from space, games, and more!

Test your geography skills...Can you label the states before time runs out? http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf  Can you drag and drop each state into its proper location on the map? Place the State

Geography is active. Geography is creative. You can take part in "real-life" geography-related activities outside—in your community or at school—or virtual ones on the Web. Visit My Wonderful World to increase your geographic literacy while having fun.

Try www.coolmath4kids.com

Try your typing skills on the dance mat!



Tangrams are Chinese puzzle squares that are cut into seven pieces. They can be combined to make various figures. You can try an interactive tangram puzzle by clicking on this link. Tangram Puzzles

NetTrekker is a great search engine for schools that allows teachers and students to spend less time searching for resources and more time focused on teaching and learning. Students and parents should NOT access this link from home before participating in the introductory lesson at school because you will need a username and password.

Yahooligans.com is the perfect search engine for kids!!  It will find material that is apprpriate and easy to read!!



iknowthat.com is an excellent website to navigate through in order to practice math facts, watch "math movies," and find science and language arts activities.  It's fun for all grade levels!! (You do not need a password or log in name to play!)


 Music Links--So you don't forget what you learned in music class:
www.dsokids.com
www.playmusic.org
www.pbskids.org/jazz/
www.nyphilkids.org/games/
www.musictheory.net
www.sfskids.org


Check out the National Gallery of Art for Kids!  It has lots of games, templates, and opportunities to create your own art!  Very Cool!

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

Visit this web site to help improve your math skills interactively.

Looking for math practice for a specific grade level or skill?
Try clicking on AAA Math .




kidsnumbers.com is a great site for practicing those math facts.  You can decide what numbers are in the problems!

Do you like a challenge? Do you enjoy math? This may be the place for you.  Each Wednesday a new "Brain Teaser" or word problem is posted for various grade levels. Put on your thinking cap and use your reasoning skills to solve one of these problems. Brain Teasers


Third graders have been working very hard mastering their multiplication facts.  They've discovered many tricks and fun ways to help them remember the fact families.  Try some yourself! Multiplication Helper

William H. Sadlier, Inc. has been a family-owned and managed publisher of school materials since 1832. Its Sadlier-Oxford division is committed to serving the needs of today's PreK-12 schools with high-quality, research-based programs in mathematics, reading, and language arts. Check out this link for games and activities for students and families organized by subject and grade level.

Kidsreads.com
A website full of information about books and authors.





Explore the world of books, activities, resources, and much more. Parent volunteers can also check on the status of monthly book club orders with this helpful link. Scholastic
Printable Worksheets from Scholastic
Jumpstart Grade 1 Jumbo Workbook
• Write the missing consonants
• Fill in the missing vowels
• Complete the sentences
• Write the beginning sounds
• Write the ending sounds
• Figure out the long vowels
• Connect the rhyming pairs
• Write the beginning blends
• Find the ending blends
• Finish the words
• Build new words
• Match the pronouns
• Connect verbs with matching pictures
• Find the adjectives
• Draw lines between words that sound alike

Jumpstart Grade 2 Jumbo Workbook from Scholastic
• Write the beginning consonants
• Finish the picture names
• Finish words with long A
• Put together words in word families
• Write words in the same family
• Circle words that start with blends
• Complete each word with a digraph
• Circle words with silent consonants
• Write words with -er
• Choose the adjective to complete the sentence
• Complete each sentence with a verb
• Make plural words
• Build contractions
• Pick the correct suffix
• Choose adjectives and adverbs to complete the sentence



That's a Fact!  Time yourself with these math flashcards!



Internet4Classrooms



Spacey Math
Use the lasers and spaceships by answering math facts.


Math Playground
www.mathplayground.com/flashcards.html



Playkidsgames.com


 
Practice basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.


Math Mastery is a great website to brush up on math skills.



MathMagician  Are you a math magician?  Answer 20 questions in a minute to fing out.

The ArithmAttack  See how many math problems you can solve in 60 seconds!


Owl Math


www.mathcats.com



multiplication.com



Classrooms at Foster Elementary are using the district's Weather Station as a way to view, chart, and predict the weather.  Teachers can use the web site to supplement science units and daily discussions during opening exercises.  We also use it to decide if we can go outside for recess! Click here to be linked to the Mt. Lebanon School District Weather Station. Then click on "current conditions" for an up-to-date report. Weather Station

The Mt. Lebanon School District Health Services Department now has their own website. Click here to find out more information. Health Office

MATH LINKS
Click on a math link below for some great Math activities.
You'll need to use the BACK button to return to our web site.

Look for these symbols to match a game with your grade level.

Fun Facts

100     Math Baseball  -- play baseball by correctly answering facts  

101     Concentration - Memory Game for basic facts 
         A.  Addition
         B.  Multiplication

102     Matho -- bingo type game for basic facts 
           A.  Addition
           B.  Multiplication
           C.  Division

103Tic Tac Toe -- solve a basic fact to place an x in the chosen square. 

104Soccer Shoot Out -- play soccer by correctly answering facts 

105MathCar Racing -- race against the computer's car by correctly answering facts 

106Power Football -- play football by correctly answering facts 

107Bunny Count -- count and match animals

108Line Jumper -- use the number line to complete basic facts 

109How many squares on a checkerboard?  Multiplication 

110How many arithmetic probems can you answer in 60 seconds? 

111   Hidden Pictures - solve basic facts to uncover a hidden picture 
           A.  Addition
           B.  Subtraction
           C.  Multiplication

112Addition matching game - 10 to 18 fact recall 

113Addition concentration memory game - 10 to 18 fact recall 

114Elimate numbers 1 to 100 using divisors and mulitples 

115Beat the computer using addition and subtraction to get an odd number answer 

116Subtraction with regrouping 

117Race against the clock to solve multiplication facts 

118Race against time to solve addition facts 0-100 

119Race against time to solve subtraction facts 0-100 

120Solve division problems to uncover a hidden picture 

121Identify the missing number
 

Place Value

200Place Value Puzzler - students identify place value to reveal a puzzle 
 

Geometry

300Shape Surveyor - students find perimeter and area of different shapes 

301Ordered Pairs - students identify the ordered pairs of a point on a coordinate plane 

302Virtual Geoboard -Use geoboard to illustrate area and perimeter. 

303Geoboard Coordinates -Rectangular geoboard with x and y coordinates. 

304 Geoboard Isometric-Use geoboard to illustrate three-dimensional shapes. 

305Platonic Solids-Identify characteristics of the Platonic Solids.

306Pythagorean Thereom - Arrange shaded pieces to illustrate a proof. 

307Similar Triangles - Build similar triangles by varying sides and angles. 

308Tesselations - Using regular and semi-regular tessellations to tile the plane. 

309Transformations - Dynamically interact with translation, rotation, and reflection
            transformations.

310 Tangrams - Use all seven Chinese puzzle pieces to make shapes and solve problems. 
  

Measurement

           400Measure It! - identify the correct measurement using inches and centimeters 

           401Ladybug leaf - Program a ladybug to hide behind a leaf 

           402Ladybug mazes - program a ladybug to move through a maze  
  
 

 Fractions

           500Fresh Baked Fractions - identify equivalent fractions 

           501Matching game for equivalent fractions  
  
 

 Money

           600Change Maker - make change when given a price and dollar amount provided 

           601Counting Change matching game 

           602Counting Change concentration memory game 

           603Break the piggy bank  
 

Decimals

     700Matching game for rounding decimals to nearest whole number 
 

Problem Solving

         801Variety of great problem solving and logic games - select games (top left corner) then choose a
                        game to play

           803Rubik's Cube - virtual puzzle

           804Bridges

           805Checkers 

           806Connect Four 

           807TacTix - don't be the one to remove the last counter! 

           808Mastermind

           809Peg!

           810Boxes - make the most boxes to win! 

Other

     900Penguin Waiter --calculte tip 

           901Number Cracker -- find the missing number by recognizing the number pattern 

           902One False Move -- order numbers from least to greatest or greatest to least 

           903Pictorial representation of equal ratios 

           904Logic -- Tower of Hanoi 

           905Logic -- uncover cards 

           906Battleship game that develops logic skills 

           907Brain Benders - puzzles that make you think! 

           908Telling time clock game 

           909Slide numbers into the correct order 

           910Clock game 

           911Sliders - rearrange mixed up numbers to put in original order

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