portaportal

4th Grade ELA/Reading

Newsela
Nonfiction Literacy site - class code
Internet for Classrooms 4th Grade Index
index of sites to go with Common Core standards
FunBrain Reading
Books, Comics, Mad Libs, & Games
Beat the Clock: Apostrophes
Interactive BBC game

Language Arts K-5

ABCya!
Math & Reading games & more
Book Pop Virtual Literature
Funbrain Language Arts
Harcourt School
Reading & Language activities by grade level
I Know That: Language Arts
Movies, Games, etc.
Internet4Classrooms
Index of Activities
Kids Reads
Language Arts Skills (by grade level)
Mrs. Perkin's Sight Words
Dolch Word Lists -- flashcards, assessment tools, etc.
New York Public Library Kids
Tumble books, games, book reviews, homework help, etc.
Online Stories
Poets.org
Poetry, Biography on Poets, etc.
Reading Planet
ReadWriteThink.org Interactive Activity
Great for SMART Board or Individuals
Sadlier-Oxford
Phonics, Vocabulary, Content Area, etc.
Story Place Online Stories
StoryLine Online
The Write Source
Ticket To Read
User Name & PW Required
IQ - Poquoson Interactive Quizzes
Menu of Grade 2& up Quizzes
Word Girl
United Streaming; vocabulary
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library
Tumble Books link, Teacher resources, etc.
Reading Games
sight word matching, fridge magnet poetry, sentence building,...

Teacher Resources

1 Class Wiki
1 Mrs. Ramos-McCall's Blog
Education blog, news from EEMS, etc.
2 Cool Math - NEMS Wiki
Class wiki for 5th grade
ASL Browser
American Sign Language w/ pictures
BBC KS1 Bitesize
Maths & Literacy games & activities
BBC KS2 Bitesize
English, Maths, Science games & activities
BBC School Homepage
Billy Bear for Kids
Holidays and Fun for Primary
Brain POP
Quick videos and activities to help students learn
BrainPOP Jr.
Short movies to help you learn
Can Teach
Education Philosophy survey
Florida Center for Reading Research
activities, lessons, intervention info, etc.
Guided Reading
List of Books and Ideas
Harcourt
Highlights Teachers.com
printable short stories, activities, etc.
Intervention Central
RTI
Jefferson Lab Teacher Resources
Journaling Activities
Kids Know It Network
Music for your lessons -- cute!
Kids Reads Word Games Index
KidsReads.com
LD Online
Website on Learning Disabilities and ADHD
Learning Log
LearningToday's Phonemic Awareness
lessons and interactive games
Literature Units
Math PowerPoints
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library
ebooks, Tumble Books, etc.
Mr. Nussbaum
A Thousand Site In One! math, lang, sci, etc.
Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words
worksheets, games, PowerPoints, etc.
Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words
Dolch lists, PP, flashcards, assessment tools, etc.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
PALS
Lessons, quick check assessments, ...
Poquoson.org Interactive Quizzes
Grades 3-8 Reading, Math, & Content
Puzzle Maker
Readers Theatre
Reading A-Z
Members: leveled books, assessments, etc.
Reading Lady
ReadWriteThink.org
Interactives, lessons, ...
Reflective Journal Worksheet
Reverend Fun
Cartoons
Rubistar
Rubrics!
Salt Institute
Salt Dough Info
Scholastic
School Notes
SMART Exchange
SOLs
Susan Bisset
T-Tac
SOL Resources, SOL Plus, etc.
Tampa Reads -- Phonics
Teach-nology.com
Worksheets, Lessons, etc.
Template for Jeopardy
TLSBooks Worksheets
Free printable worksheets by grade level
United Streaming
Virginia Department of Education
Fun Fonix
Phonics Worksheets
We Give Books
read books online
VDOE Released Tests
index of released SOL tests
The Teaching Channel
videos to inspire and help teachers; blog

Language Arts Intermediate

4th Grade English SOL links
index of activities listed by SOL
5th Grade English SOL links
index by English SOLs
Author's Purpose
link to activities & lessons
Carol Hurst's 5th Grade Suggested Literature
Comic Creator
Comma Confusion
Good Grammar, Good Style
IQ Poquoson Interactive Quizzes
Menu of Quizzes for Grades 2 & up
Kids Reads Game Index
Power Proofreading
Prefixes & Suffixes Index
index of resources
Quia Irregular Verbs Jeopardy Game
Reference Skills by Quia
online quiz on ref. materials
Reference Sources Practice
Online quiz on which ref materials to use
Telling Tales
Writing - Combining Sentences
Mrs. Dell's Online Lesson
Harcourt School
Reading & Grammar Activities
TV411 Parts of a Newspaper
Interactive Activity for Captions & Comprehension
Quia Parts of a Book
Matching Game for learning the parts of a book
Pioneer Recipes for Kids
Children's Pioneer Recipes
butter, ginger cookies, johnny cake, pickles
Pioneer Taffy Recipe for Kids
make messy, gooey taffy
Text Features online quiz
New York State Elementary test
Quia Reference Materials

Math Intermediate (3rd, 4th, & 5th)

*4th Grade Portaportal Giles
math & more
*Arithmetic Practice
Timed practice of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
*Funbrain Math Index
*Gut Instinct
Upper elementary/middle school level math game
*Harcourt Math 3rd Grade
*Harcourt Math 4th Grade
*Harcourt Math 5th grade
*IKnowThat: Math
games, movies, lessons,...
*MATH MAGICIAN
Practice for multiplication, division, etc.
*Math Poems
*Quia Math 4th and 5th Resources
Decimal Squares Beat the Clock
1or2 players race to identify decimal grids
Decimal Squares Speedway
Multiply decimals in this one or two person game.
Decimals - Adding at AAA Math
Practice adding decimals
Decimals - Subtraction at AAA Math
Practice subtracting decimals
Decimals at AAA Math
Practice writing decimals
Decimals PowerPoints
Divider Machine
Division - Long Division
Cool Math's Division Lesson
Division - Sum Sense Division
Unscramble division facts; good for challenge
Division Lesson - Dositey
Interactive Mini Lesson on long division
Division MATHO
A+ Math's Division
Division poem
My Dog Division
Division w/ Remainders
Step by step explanation of division with remainders
Division without Remainders (long)
Step by step explanation of long division
Division: How and Why of Long Div.
Explanation of long division
Elapsed Time Video
Mr. Binkley teaches Elapsed Time
Fraction Model I
Fractions - A Booster Activity
Basic fraction activities
Fractions - Comparing
Create fractions and compare them
Fractions - Mr. Duey's Fraction Video
Rap - improper fractions, changing fractions to percents
Fractions - Simplifying on AAA
Mini-lesson and exercise
Fractions - Simplifying- Math is Fun!
Lesson and tool for simplifying
Fractions Tutorial
Interactive Lesson
Fractions! at Cool Math
Index for fractions lessons & activities
Graph Mole
Lesson & Practice on XY Coordinates
IXL Math
Practice math lessons; free use for your first lesson a day, after that login
Measurement - Links Learning Illustrated Lesson
Video lesson - weight, capacity, length
Multiflyer
Multiplication
Multiplication Memory
Multiplication of Larger numbers - Lattice Multiplication
Cool Math's Box Method Multiplication
Multiplication.com
games & resources
Place Value - AAA Math Compare & Order #s
Comparing Numbers index
Place Value: If You Made a Million
place value & coins
Subtractions & Addition - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Addition and Subtraction with virtual base ten
VMath
Use your login and password to practice math & play games

Math Primary

1st Gr. Internet for Classrooms Math Index
Index of activities by objective
2nd Gr. Internet for Classrooms Math Index
Index of activities by objective
ABCya! Addition Game
Click and drag counters to find the answer
Addition - Ambleweb Addition Machine
3 levels of problems
Addition Games
Interactive games to practice addition
BBC Count Hoot's Addition Game
Count the dots on the ladybugs to help Hoot
BBC Cross the Swamp
Use +,-,/,x to help Monkey get across water
BBC KS1 Bitesize Menu
Excellent Early Math games
Count by 5s Curious George
Handpaint & count by 5s; Interactive Site
Count Us In Games
Understand Basic Number Concepts
Fact Family Addition & Subtraction
Make Fact Families; Interactive
Harcourt Longer & Shorter
Identify Longer/Shorter Objects
IKnowThat: Math
math movies, games, lessons, ...
Money Song: Teacher Tube
song features penny, nickel, dime, quarter
Money: If You Made a Million
coins & place value
Multiplication.com
games & resources
Patterns: Math Monsters
United Streaming Video; shape & number patterns
Patterns: Mathica's Workshop
United Streaming video
Sign of the Minus song
BBC Song
Sign of the Plus song
BBC Song
Time - BBC Snapdragon
Set the time to the correct hour
Time - Primary games
Choose the time to the half hour
Time - Willy the Watchdog
Play interactive game of setting time to half hour
VMath
Use your login and password to practice math & play games
Woodlands Subtraction Flashcards
3 minutes to answer up to hundreds place
PBS Kids Cyberchase Videos
Math Webshorts; Math themed episodes

Parenting Resources

BBC Parent's Help
Fact Monster
Family Fun
Good Grammar, Good Style
Nick Jr. Parenting
Traveling with Kids - Tips
VA Dept. of Education Parent's Page
Salt Institute
Salt Dough Recipes and Ideas
Math Homework Help
Basic Math Skills
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
discoveryschool.com
Teens with ADD: Chris Dendy
helpful site

Math

3rd Grade Released Test Items
2005 SOL Test
A+ Math
ABCya!
Math & reading games & more
Arithmetic
Ask Dr. Math
Aunty Math Challenges
Cool Math
Free Online Lessons & Games
Decimals -- AAA Math
Fraction Model
Fractions and Decimals
Fun Brain Math Arcade
A fun way to use various math skills
Funbrain Math
IXL Math Index
Khan Academy
Math, Finance, & other teaching videos by Khan
King's List of Online Math
Learn the Times Tables - Students
Math Cats
Math Tips
Math.com Homework Help -- Decimals
Mr. Nussbaum Math
Cool Math Games
Multiflyer
Multiplication Memory
Multiplication Tables Shooter
Musical Multiplication
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Place Value Game
Place Value Game at Funbrain
SOL quiz -- Mathematics
Stanley Park Chase (multiplication)
Teaching Tables
Virtual Manipulatives
Internet for Classrooms index
index of web resources

Language Arts Primary

1st Grade English SOL links
index of activities listed by SOL
1st Grade Sentence Mix-Up
2nd Grade English SOL links
index of activities listed by SOL
3rd Grade English SOL links
index of activities listed by SOL
ABCya! Alphabet Game
Put the letters in order
BBC Digby Mole's Rhyme Game
Levels 1-3 click on the rhyming word
BBC Words & Pictures
Brain Connection Rapid Naming
Clifford
Handwriting for Kids (animated)
Handwriting Worksheets
IQ Poquoson Interactive Quizzes
Grades 2 & up quizzes (SOL based)
Jan Brett
Kid
Kindergarten English SOL links
index of activities listed by SOL
Nick Jr.
Pecos Bill Cleans Up The West
Penguins On Ice (punct., sent. order, descriptive words)
Rags to Riches (primary editing)
Read Write Think Word Builder
ReadWriteThink Picture Match
Match the picture to the right sound; short &long vowels, beginning sounds
ReadWriteThink Word Family Sort
Short Vowel Word Families
Rhyming Lesson
video from Learningtoday.com
Sandcastle Quiz (phonics)
Scooby Doo Mystery (2nd grade inferencing)
Sesame Street
Seussville
Starfall
Story Book Animation for Kids
Harcourt School
Reading & Grammar activities
Popcorn Words
Sight Words Game
Sight Words Learning Game
Easy matching of a few sight words
Star Words Sight Word Game
Match word to shape

Brain Breaks!

Brain Breaks Music Clips
fun, kid friendly videos for a break; PREVIEW FIRST
Brain Breaks Michigan DOE
Breaks categorized by subject area
Energizing Brain Breaks Blog
various breaks for the brain - for iPad; movement, etc.

Tall Tales and Folk Tales

Intermediate Literature Units

Chasing Vermeer - Play Pentominoes
Easy, medium, and hard level of Pentominoes
Chasing Vermeer index of activities
History Mysteries, pentominoes, etc.
Chris Van Allsburg lessons
Chris Van Allsburg site
Frindle Jeopardy
Frindle Movie
Frindle Website
Garden of Praise Literature Units
Primary and Intermediate
Jean Craighead George lesson plans
Julie of the Wolves (vocabulary and comprehension questions)
Julie of the Wolves series teacher guides
Laura Ingalls Wilder Biography on Gale
Thorough bio on author
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum
Kids Activity Page
Laura Ingalls Wilder Scavenger Hunt
Webquest to learn more about this famous author
Little House Books
Character info., fun & games, and more!
Little House in the Big Woods unit
Garden of Praise -- Vocab., links, & resources
Little House lesson ReadWriteThink
lesson plan using Little House books
Nate the Great trivia
Pippi Longstocking questions packet
Polar Bears Past Bedtime - online unit
Sadako -- Hotlist on Hiroshima
Internet resources to learn about the bombing
Sadako -- Kids Peace Station
Sadako Story 21 and info on Hiroshima
Sadako -- War Times Journal
Article on Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes unit
Lessons and Activities to go with Literature
Sadako Teacher Cyber Guide
Unit for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Questions and activities
The Chocolate Touch unit
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe activities
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe enrichment
Chasing Vermeer /Blue Balliett site
games, activities, bio, etc. on Blue Balliett
Chasing Vermeer index of links

Primary Literature Units

Amelia Bedelia coloring sheets and games
Amelia Bedelia site by 2nd graders
Amelia Bedelia unit
Eric Carle's Official Site
Idiomsite
Jan Brett
Jerry Pallotta's site
Paint by Idioms
Polar Express (Intermediate Unit)
Polar Express graph, ticket, etc.
Polar Express lesson plan (Education World)
Ride the POLAR EXPRESS
Tomie dePaola's site (coloring pages and bio)
Junie B. Jones Teachers Corner
Teacher's Guides, Activity suggestions to go with the books
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster...
Quia Hangman for Vocab Words
Mercy Watson to the Rescue unit
maze, sequencing worksheet, and oodles of ideas for teaching this book

Science

Social Studies/ History

5th SOL Pass US History
America's Story
Blank World Map
Constitution -- Unscramble the Preamble
Continents Songs and Chants
Time for Kids Kenya
White House for Kids
World Atlas
World Net Virginia
George Washington webquest
George Washington bio
White House for Kids
broken link

Other Portaportals & Such

Christy Jones
Morris
Belle Heth's Site
Links & Teacher Resources
Giles 3rd Grade
Giles 4th Grade
EEMS SOAR

Holidays/ Seasonal

Billy Bear for Kids Holidays
Claus.com
HalloweenKids.com
Polar Express (Intermediate Lit. Unit)
Santa Claus tracker!!
North Pole
Wish list, Mail room, and More
Christmas Tree Puzzle
Light up the Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree Light Up!
Game of logic & connection - not blocked yet!
Norad Tracks Santa
games, videos, countdown to Santa & watch him on Christmas Eve
Primary Games Christmas
Christmas games
Santa vs. Jack Frost game
Elf Clubhouse: Toy Chest
On North Pole
PBS Kids Holiday Games
Santa's Flight game

Fun!

Ask Jeeves for Kids
BBC Prehistoric Life Games & Quizzes
Dragons for Kids –games
Fact Monster
FunBrain
Gamequarium
Wallpaper for Kids
for Computer backgrounds (foreign)
MSN Kids
Salt Institute
Salt Dough Info
Yahooligans!
Wallpapers for Children
desktop backgrounds
Wallpapers by National Geographic
desktop backgrounds
Halloween Games

Preschool and Early Primary

American Sign Language

Internet Safety

ikeepsafe.org Virginia
Movie, book, and letter to parents
PBS Kids Web License
Internet safety quiz and license
ID the Creep Game
Identify Internet Prowlers
Internet Safety with Professor Garfield
Internet Safety Foundation

Digital Storytelling & Web 2.0

Amazon Royalty Free Music Index
Variety of songs; Avg. price $0.99;
ccMixter
Community music remixing site; licensed under Creative Commons
DS Tips & Resources
links to music/audio, images, DS tools, & more
Edupics
Photos, Coloring Pages, etc.
Flickr
Photo Sharing site
Free Kids Music
Download free kids music
Integrating Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Tutorials & resources for Mac & Windows; good index of sites
iTunes Royalty Free Music
index of songs; most priced at $0.99
OER Commons
Free-to-Use Teaching Content from the web
Open Culture:Free Cultural & Educational Media
Movies, audio books, best You Tube, & more
Prairienet: Finding Content for Reuse
index & helpful info
Royalty Free Music
Music starting at $9.95; royalty free
Soungle
Royalty Free Sound Effects
SparkLee
cool text for blogs and wikis - glitter, sparkling, etc.
Teachers' Domain
Digital Media for the classroom
technology4kids Digital Storytelling Page
Tons of resources, ideas, etc.
University of Houston DS site
Web 2.0, DS examples, etc.
Voki
Create talking avatars for your page
Audacity
Recording Tool for Download

LA - Syllables & Affixes

Roots & Affixes charts
from Reading Rocket
Roots & Affixes charts
from Reading Rocket
Afftix Concentration materials
FCRR.org's game materials
Afftix Concentration materials
FCRR.org's game materials
Miss Maggie's Short Circuit Affixes Game
interactive game to match prefixes& suffixes
Miss Maggie's Short Circuit Affixes Game
interactive game to match prefixes& suffixes
The Un- People Video
Between the Lions video
Jelly Fish Game: Affixes & Root Words
type the parts of words, like semimonthly, in parts
ReadWriteThink Roots & Affixes
pdf list of common roots & affixes
Reading Rockets Roots & Affixes
comprehensive list of most common
Every Child Reads Common Affixes
list of prefixes and suffixes

LA - Author's Purpose & Choice of Vocabulary

Author's Purpose Index
Video, PowerPoint, etc.
Author's Purpose: YouTube
short video on the 3 reasons
Poetry Foundation Children's Video
poem video for children; discuss author's choice of vocab
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
vidoe of poem
When You Are Old: Poem
video of poem
Why Author's Write: YouTube
Mrs. Ramos-McCall's video teaching the 3 main reasons

LA - Comprehension

LA - Grammar, Writing, Reference Materials

Grammar videos by Schoolhouse Rocks
list of classic videos with songs that teach
Guide Words to the Stars! by Quia
game on guide words
How VA Writing Tests are Scored
Learn All About Scoring
Reference Materials: Guide Words lesson
Lesson plan & WS on guide words
Reference Materials: Guide Words LP
Lesson plan with handouts by Learn NC
Subjects & Predicates by Schoolhouse Rock
classic video
VDOE 5th Grade Writing Prompts
Actual list of prompts that WILL BE on SOL test
Verbs - Lights, Camera, Action Verb
video by Grammaropolis.com -- musical & entertaining
Verbs - Schoolhouse Rocks Verbs
classic song & video about verbs
Virginia Anchor Papers with Scores
Examples of writing; We want 3s & 4s!

LA - Rhymes, Blends, Digraphs, & Word Families

LA - Short Vowels and Word Families

LA - Long Vowels & Diphthongs

LA - Homophones

Read Between the Lions video
homophones video/song (scroll down list)
There Their They're on Youtube
Grammarheads' song
Veggie Tales: School House Polka
Song about Homophones
Homophones, Synonyms, Antonyms video
Youtube video

LA - Decoding Words

Chunk That Word! Starfall
Cute Interactive on Chunking
Practice Word Chunks
Use word chunking skills; audio answers to check yourself
Chunk It Up YouTube Video
song/mini-lesson performed by BMES 4th Graders

LA - Organization & Sequencing

Nonfiction Text Features
YouTube video describing text features

LA Summarizing

Reading Quest Summarizing Strateigies
article of helpful strategies
WVDOE Summarizing Techniques
Ideas for summarizing activities
Elementary Test Prep
Summarizing reading passages