portaportal

Hello! Welcome to Mrs. Meredith's Portaportal!

Art

BrainPOP Arts & Music

http://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/seeall
Inside Art
Awesome art history adventure

http://www.eduweb.com/insideart
A. Pintura Art Detective
Art history adventure

http://www.eduweb.com/pintura
artsconnected
The Artist's Toolkit

http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit
Robert Sabuda
Pop-up books

http://robertsabuda.com/popupindex.asp
ArtEdventures
Visit the "ACTIVITIES" and "PLAY" sections

http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/
Powertolearn
Check out "Art-Cade"

http://powertolearn.com/games/index.shtml

General

Fourth Grade Homepage

http://www.teacherweb.com/VA/FortLewisElementary/FourthGrade/
Fort Lewis Homepage

http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/fles/
Roanoke County Public Schools

http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/
Virginia Department of Education

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
For educator and parent research

http://www.eric.ed.gov/
NCES - National Center for Education Statistics
For educator and parent research

http://nces.ed.gov
Scholastic

http://www.scholastic.com
Yahoo!kids

http://www.yahooligans.com
PBS Kids

http://pbskids.org
Funbrain

http://www.funbrain.com
Primary Games

http://www.primarygames.com
Puzzlemaker

http://www.puzzlemaker.com
Games

http://gamequarium.com/index2.htm
MrNussbaum

http://www.mrnussbaum.com
LearningPlanet

http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp
Keyboarding practice

http://www.gamequarium.com/keyboarding.htm
Quiz Hub

http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
eduweb

http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php
Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com
Interactive Quizzes
Outstanding site: on-line quizzes created by a VA teacher, covering VA SOL's

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/
Powertolearn
by Cablevision

http://powertolearn.com/games/index.shtml
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp
Keyboarding lessons, games, and tests

http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp
Thinkfinity

http://www.thinkfinity.org/StudentHome.aspx
Abiator
Learning Styles & MI Tests

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsiframe.html

Gifted/Enrichment

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/index.htm
Virginia Association for the Gifted
For educators and parents

http://www.vagifted.org/
Thinks.com

http://thinks.com
NCES Kids' Zone

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp
BrainBashers

http://www.brainbashers.com
BrainPOP

http://www.brainpop.com
PuzzleBeast

http://www.puzzlebeast.com
Ultimate Rollercoasters

http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com
Roller coaster history

http://www.britannica.com/coasters
Brain Builders

http://gamequarium.com/brainteaser.htm
National Association for Gifted Children
For educators and parents

http://www.nagc.org
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
For educators and parents

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html
Minds in Bloom

http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2009/10/exploing-would-you-rather-questions.html
Engineering - Go For It

http://www.egfi-k12.org/

Language Arts

International Reading Association

http://www.readwritethink.org/
Wacky Web Tales

http://www.eduplace.com/tales
Main Idea

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcmi1.htm
MrNussbaum Language Arts Games

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/langgames.htm
How to Write a Bibiliography

http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/jane/learning/bibliography.html
Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net
MLA Elementary Citation Maker

http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/MLACitations/elementary/index.php
Spaghetti Book Club
Book reviews by children, for children

http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/
Storyline Online
Screen Actors Guild members read children's books aloud

http://www.storylineonline.net/
Spelling City

http://www.spellingcity.com/

AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Avi

http://www.avi-writer.com/
Beverly Cleary

http://www.beverlycleary.com/
Diane Stanley

http://dianestanley.com/
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

http://www.dorothyhinshawpatent.com/
Dr. Seuss

http://www.seussville.com/
Eric Carle

http://www.eric-carle.com/
Gary Paulsen

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Gerald McDermott

http://www.geraldmcdermott.com/
Jan Brett

http://www.janbrett.com/
Jane Kurtz

http://www.janekurtz.com/
Jane Yolen

http://janeyolen.com/
Janet Stevens

http://www.janetstevens.com/
Jean Craighead George

http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/
Jon Sciezska and Lane Smith

http://www.baloneyhenryp.com/
Judy Blume

http://judyblume.com/home.php
Katherine Paterson

http://www.terabithia.com/
Kathleen Krull

http://www.kathleenkrull.com/
Kristiana Gregory

http://www.kgregorybooks.com/
Lemony Snicket

http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm
Lois Lowry

http://www.loislowry.com/
Louis Sachar

http://www.louissachar.com/
Mary Pope Osborne

http://marypopeosborne.com/
Michael Hague

http://michaelhague.com/
Pam Munoz Ryan

http://www.pammunozryan.com/
Patricia Polacco

http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
Peg Kehret

http://www.pegkehret.com/
Roland Smith

http://www.rolandsmith.com/
Rosalyn Schanzer

http://www.rosalynschanzer.com/
Seymour Simon

http://www.seymoursimon.com/
Sharon Creech

http://www.sharoncreech.com/index.html
Susan Jeffers

http://www.susanjeffers-art.com/
William Steig

http://us.macmillan.com/author/williamsteig
J. K. Rowling

http://www.jkrowling.com/accessible/en/
Rick Riordan

http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx

Math

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu
Online Math Activities

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm#Factors
Create-a-Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph
A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2007

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
Brain Teaser Math

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain
Multiplication Practice

http://www.multiplication.com/students.htm
Coolmath

http://www.coolmath.com
Funbrain Math

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html
Multiplication calculator

http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.5/index.htm
Math contest

http://www.colstate.edu/mathcontest
Fact Monster Multiplication
On- line muliplication flashcards

http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html#mul
http://www.multiplicationfacts.com
Multiplication facts practice

http://www.multiplicationfacts.com

Science

RAINFORESTS

Rainforests of the World

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm
Rainforest Animals

http://www.rainforestanimals.net/
Blue Planet Biomes Rainforest Site

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
The Rainforest Site

http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=4
Learning About Rainforests

http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/serve_home.html
Rainforest Action Network

http://www.ran.org/
Amazon Interactive

http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
The Rain Tree Group

http://www.rain-tree.com/
Zoom Rainforest

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/

Social Studies

White House for Kids

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html
National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Jamestown

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

http://www.historyisfun.org/
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

http://www.history.org
George Washington and Mount Vernon

http://www.mountvernon.org/index.cfm/
Quia - Virginia Studies

http://www.quia.com/pages/vasocialstudies.html
Monticello/Thomas Jefferson

http://classroom.monticello.org/
John Smith

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith
George C. Marshall

http://www.marshallfoundation.org/education/index.html
Woodrow Wilson

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/woodrowwilson
Civil War

http://www.fredericksburg.com/CivilWar/Teaching/
DeBry Engraving

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/debry123.html
Lisa Pennington/Slide Share
VA Studies Powerpoints

http://www.slideshare.net/sita0519/tag/virginia-studies
The Underground Railroad

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm?eml=OT/e/20130107////BulletinBoard//TeacherFav/TNLOpSL2///&ym_MID=1457822&ym_rid=3615566
History on Tap

http://ppsblogs.net/lisapennington/
Patrick Henry

http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm
Jamestown Settlement

http://www.whro.org/Jamestown2007/videos/index.html
Virginia Studies
VA Studies Resources

http://vastudies.pwnet.org/all/index.htm
Virginia Indians

http://virginiaindians.pwnet.org/