Janice West's portaportal

Student Resources

6th Grade

Language Arts

Myths From Around the World
Literacy and Grammar Activities
Grammar Bytes
Citation Machine
Create bibliographies the easy way!
Jeopardy Homographs
Create a Story Plot Diagram
Use this online tool to create a plot diagram for a story and then students can print.
Eye of Idioms

Math

Measuring Angles
Multiplication Fact Practice
Working With Whole Numbers
A+Math Flashcards
Practice basic math facts or order of operations and geometric shapes.
iKnow That Math Activities
Great math practice!
Multiplication Mystery
Practice multiplication facts.
Soccer Math Shootout
Brush up on some math skills.
Spread
Do people with larger hands have larger angles between their fingers?
That Quiz
Variety of interactive math activities.
Tanagrams
Practice slides, flips, and turns.
Area Explorer
Interactive area explorer
Perimeter Explorer
Speed Grid Multiplication
Spooky Sequences
Number patterns

Integers

Science

Chem4Kids
Cosmos4Kids
Geography4Kids
All about weathering, erosion and the environment

Social Studies

Way Back
U.S. History for Kids
Eyewitness to History
Create a Timeline
Students can create a timeline and print it using this website.

Tech Tools

Read, Write, and Think Printing Press
Create a newsletter, flyer, brochure, etc. using this online tool

7th Grade

Language Arts

Citation Machine
Create bibliographies the easy way!
Fractured Fairy Tales
Take an old fairy tale and give it a new twist.

Math

Reference

Science

Social Studies

Geography

I Know That - Maps
Great interactive mapping site!
Geosense
Test your knowledge of places in the world.

8th Grade

Language Arts

Citation Machine
Create bibliographies the easy way!

Math

Algebra

Algebra Quiz
Algebra Four
Practice algebra with a Connect Four type game.
Function Flyer
This activity allows the manipulation of the constants and coefficients in any function thereby encouraging the user to explore

Science

Chem4Kids
Electrical Symbols
Periodic Table of the Internet
Star Light Star Bright
Learn about light and its properties.

Social Studies

Student Reference

Wikipedia
AOL Homework Helper
A great resource for information and practice with lots of topics.
The World Almanac For Kids
Kids Know It

Teacher Resources

Language Arts

Ways for Students to Report Their Work
Do you want to challenge your students to think outside of the box? This is your site.
Read,Write, and Think
A website full of ideas for teaching reading and language arts.
30 Days of Poetry
Lessons on Diagramming Sentences

Technology

Directions for Making Your Own PowerPoint
Internet 4 Classrooms
Tons of ways to use the Internet to enhance instruction
Kathy Schrock
Technology guru
Publisher Tutorials
Certificate Maker

Jeopardy and Other Games

Jeopardy Games
Premade Jeopardy games ready to play!
Jeopardy and Other Game Templates
Download these templates and create your own game.
Sound Dogs
Need to spice up your PowerPoint with some sound?
Free backgrounds and templates
More PowerPoint Templates
Games for Science Curriculum
OCSD Interactive Games
Use these tools to make online games for your students.

Web 2.0

Zoho
Free collaboration software to use anywhere at any time online.
Teacher Tools for Web 2.0

Digital Storytelling

Photostory 3 download

Staff Development

What is RSS?

Web Resources

United Streaming
1000's of streaming videos
Brain Pop
Mini video lessons
Thinkfinity
The best site for resources to step up your lessons!!
Rubrics Generator
Premade rubrics
RubriStar
Create rubrics easily for any assignment.
Citation Machine
Create bibliographies the easy way!
Google for Educators
Virginia SOLs
Smithsonian Education
Find lesson ideas to match SOLs
Open Educational Resources
Yenka 3D Shapes
Great tool for teaching geometry!
Multimedia Resources
Extensive database of images, sounds, video, etc.
Eclipse Crossword
Free software download
The History Place
Our Timeline
Timeline creator
AOL@School
iKnow That.com
Great activities for 6th graders.
Science Online
Great resource for teachers!
Flip Books
Flip books are easy to create with this online tool.
Project Based Learning
A great tool for creating checklist and rubrics for projects.
Expeditions
Lessons, activities, and resources for teaching geography
Interactive Websites
Great resource for finding interactive activities.

Web Quests

Image Sites

Sound Clips

Video Streaming

Font Resources

Simply the Best
Great site for a variety of fonts.