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| Merriam Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus This website is a valuable resourse for students who do not get finished looking up their vocabulary words in class. Some information requires you to join, but most is free. |
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| Dictionary.com This is another website that has dependable information in the form of an online dictionary. |
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| Online Dictionary This site provides an online dictionary with pictures. It is somewhat elementary, however, you can choose an English-Spanish or English-French and vise versa if you are having difficulty with your vocabulary. The site will ask you to join, but the dictionary is free; just keep scrolling down. |
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| Popular Science The article about the Amazon Rainsorests discusses microorganisms. Some information may be valuable to support your claim if you think microorganisms are GOOD! |
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| English Help | |
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| Criterion Writing Criterion writing is the new program we will be using in English. It allows students to work on writing a piece and having the program instantly grade it and provide feedback. We will be using it all year, every Wednesday as a part of class, but students can also access it from home. |
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| Study Island Study Island is a web-based program where students can individually practice those skills which they need the most work on. This site requires students to log in and tracks progress. The teacher assigns work based on a diagnostic test that each student was given. These skills are all sixth grade specific and the same skills will be on the CRT in March. Students must work through their assignments and earn a blue ribbon for each assignment before credit will be given. This is part of the students' class grade. Time is also given at school to work on this and students may sign up for before or after school time if they need to work on it here. |
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| Online English Grammar This site has a lot of helpful information if you can get past the ads and the poor layout of the homepage. Most of the information you will need for my class from this site will be listed under "Grammar." If you go immediately to this button at the top, it gives you some excellent grammar rules and examples to help with homework. |
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| Writing Topics and Ideas from Write Source This site is an extension of the resource handbook we use in class. It gives lists of topics for different kinds of writing for those writers having a difficult time coming up with a topic. |
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| About.com English Guide This site has a lot of helpful activities, worksheets, and online content to help with understanding grammar and its usage. Be aware that only the information in the center is free; there are "advertisements" on either side and the format is somewhat difficult to sort through. You may want to have an adult or older sibling help you wade through the information to get what you really need. |
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| Writing Topics/Journal Prompts This is a list of possible topics for a paper or for journal topics, if you're stuck. |
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| Letter-Writing Generator This letter writing generator will help you learn the different parts of business and personal letters. |
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| School Sites | |
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| Parentlink This is the site where you can check your child's grades and attendance. Please be advised that Parentlink had more than a few glitches, and may not accurately reflect your child's progress. Contact your child's teachers for an accurate picture of how your child is doing in school. |
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| Clark County School District This is the homepage for the Clark County School District. You can find a plethora of information regarding lunches, transportation, AYP scores, and much more on this website. |
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| Anthony Saville Middle School This is the website for Anthony Saville Middle School. Here you can find links to InTouch to check student's grades, upcoming events and other important school news. |
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| Just for Fun | |
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| Fun Brain This site is really just for fun, but it has some fun games that really are educational, too. I even enjoy messing around on this site sometimes. It's amazing what you can learn... |
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| Time for Kids Excellent, kid-friendly site for world events. |
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| Library of Congress This site is a wealth of information for anyone needing to do research on any of a number of topics. |
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| The White House This is the official website of the White House. There are very cool video tours and historical information about current and past residents of the White House. Great for research, or to just appease your curiosity. |
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| Sports Illustrated for Kids All the sports information they can handle in an easy to use and read format. |
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| The Smithsonian Institute Very cool website. Anything that is at the Smithsonian can be found on this website. They have a special Smithsonian Kids page, but be advised, it required Flash Player to load properly. |
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| Book Reviews/Short Stories by Kids This site is kind of busy with a lot of adds on the first page. However, once you get in there are some reviews of different literature and poetry written by students. If you are looking for a book to read, you may want to check out this site and see if someone else has reviewed it. |
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| edmodo edmodo is a Facebook-like application that allows students to post notes to each other and the teacher in a secore online environment. Only students with the class code can join and all posts are monitored by me. This is a great opportunity for collaboration between students and the teacher. |
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| Microorganisms Research | |
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| Microbes: Invisible Invaders; Amazing Allies |
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| Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease |
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| Stalking the Mysterious Microbe |
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| Bacteria: LIfe History and Ecology |
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| Microbes This website can only be viewed from home. |
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| Biology4Kids |
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| ThinkQuest-Microorganisms |
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| Microbe Magic |
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