portaportal

*HOLIDAYS*

Chinese New Year
December Holidays
Black History
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Columbus Day
Sam & the Lucky Money (Chinese New Year)
History of Holidays Sites
Labor Day for Kids
Halloween for Kids
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
All About Christmas
Kwanzaa
Lent
Valentine's Day Poetry
Valentine's Day for Kids
St. Patrick's Day
Mother's Day
Father's Day
Memorial Day
Women's History
Earth Day
Earth Day PBS
OLYMPICS season
Olympics Fun
Primary Games
Ramadan
Rosh haShanah
Yom Kippur
All Saints Day
D Day
'Day of Days'
Grandparents Day
Sweetest Day
Cinco de Mayo
All Souls Day
Election Day
Politics for Kids
Thanksgiving
From Westmeade
Olympics countdown 2014
includes photos and videos!
NBC Learn Olympics
How do they use Math and Science in the Olympics?
All About the Olympic Games
Activity Village
COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK
Learn to Code!

*LANGUAGE*

Punctuation
Linking Verbs
What's the Word?
Grammar Practice
Prefixes/Suffixes
All Kinds of Language Quizzes (Scroll to bottom.)
Go Grammar! Games
Early Education Language Arts
Poetry4Kids
Rhyme Zone
Parts of Speech
English Zone
Toon University Language
Grammar Blast
Game Classroom
Language Arts Games
Puntuation Paintball
Aim the paintball to correct each sentence!
Funschool Language Arcade
Gamequarium Language
Colors for Poetry
PBS Spelling
K & 1st Spelling
NetRover Language
Grammar!
Comix
Create your own comic strip!!
Concept Maps
Online Diagrams
Free Diagrams & Technical Drawings
English Learning Strategies
games & ideas
Tagxedo/word clouds
styles, pictures, desgins
PBS Vocabulary
Grammar Ninja

*PRACTICE TESTS*

TCAP Practice
Jeopardy (Pre-Assessment)
netTrekker
Powerpoint Games
Discovery Education (Formerly Thinklink)
TCAP Sampler
Cyber Listening Lab (EL)
Elementary Test Prep
Fun Quizzes
Standardized Test Practice
Grammar Tests
More Practice for Standardized Tests
Study Jams
How to Study
Very helpful tips and tricks!
Study Tips Slideshare
TCAP PRACTICE
QUIZ HUB
i-pad compatible too!
Typing Climber
K-1st
Inventions Pre Test
How much do you already know?
PARCC practice
QUIZLET
PARCC information
Cause & Effect
Fantastic Jeopardy Practice!
Cause & Effect Click!
Cause/Effect Help & Games
OPUS math
Free math problem bank!
Bedtime Math

*READING*

Free Reading
Storyline Online Celebrities
Audio Cinderella
The Polar Express
McGraw Hill Books
Muggie Maggie Unit
The Rough Face Girl Quiz
Scholastic Book Clubs
Scott Forseman Activities
Stone Fox Activities
Stone Fox Wiki
MNPS Thinking Maps
Word Families
Early Reading
Word Sort Creator
Book Box
Collaborative Storytelling
So Much to Read, So Little Time
Storybird Collaborative Reading
Wacky Web Tales
Seussville
Dr. Suess
Slime Kids School Library Media Kids
Starfall
More Starfall
School Use Only
PebbleGo
Capstone Digital Library
ABC Order
1st Grade
Poetry by Dr. Seuss
Papahere
The Cat in the Hat
PBS Kids
eWord Game
Vocabulary Practice 1st Grade
Book FLIX
Scholastic Younger Readers
Younger Learners
Limitless Libraries Sites
Tikatok
Write! Illustrate! Publish!
StoryJumper
Publish a children's book!
Espresso
National Geographic Explorer
Read alouds
Robert Munsch
Read alouds
Light Up Your Brain
Listen to a story

*SCIENCE*

Animal School Video (Just for Fun)
Local Weather-Antioch
A Walk in the Woods
Water Cycle (Quick Experiment)
Living vs. Nonliving Things
Rocks & Minerals
Science Online
National Geographic for Kids
Amusement Park Physics
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Curious Kids
Dr. Bob's Interesting Science
Funology
Extreme Science
Science Monster
Strange Science
Planets of the Solar System
Funschool Science Arcade
The Magic School Bus
Quarked!
Science Monster
All sorts of science!
American Museum of Natural History
Fun 'ology' activities for science!
Amazing Science for Kids
Schooltime Science
Optics Workbench
Design a lightshow!
Underwater Expedition
Learn about ocean life!
Whose Habitat?
Put the animals in their habitats!
Fact Monster
Cool Science at Home
Educational Videos
Oh Yeah!
Tennessee Agricultural Museum
Wildlife on Wheels
The Nashville Zoo
Rocks and Soil
Endangered Species Act
Kids' Planet list of world's endangered animals!
NASA Kids' Club
Solar System Exploration
Nasa
PBS Science

*SOCIAL STUDIES & CULTURE*

Tennessee History
Social Studies Topics
Kulture Kidz
US Presidents (*Use Discretion: credibility)
States & Capitals Song
The 50 States
Social Studies for Kids
Cool Social Studies Links
The History Channel
America's Story
US History
White House for Kids
Colonial Kids
Geography 4 Kids
Department of the Treasury
The Greatest Places
This Day in History...
Cherokee Indians
Chickasaw Indians
Creek Indians
Shawnee Indians
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
The War of 1812 & Links
Lewis & Clark (& Other Explorers)
White House Virtual Tour
Social Studies Funschool Arcade
Primary Games
From fire safety to country information....
National Geographic for Kids
Educational Videos
Oh Yeah!
Google Earth
FBI for Kids
CIA for Kids
IRS Terms
Puzzle for Vocabulary
Secret Service....
What is it like to be in the Secret Service? FAQ by Kids!
Countries & Capitals
World Atlas
Wars of the World
The History Guy
Wars that involved the U.S.
Wiki
The U.S. Presidents
Mr. President
Smithsonian
270 to WIN!
The Presidential Election
Electing a President
How the Election Works
From Library Point
States Activities & Games
Fact Monster
Money facts
PBS Social Studies

*TEACHER TOOLS*

MNPS Math Lessons
Math Activities for Print
Skip Counting Activities
Teach with Technology
ABC Teach
Brain POP Videos & Games
Free Calendar Creator
Free Clip Art for Newsletters
Elementary Powerpoints for LCD
Free Powerpoints
More Powerpoints
Teacher Organization Tips
Bingo Card Creator
TimeMe Virtual Stopwatch (Great for Testing)
Timer Online
Teachertube
Mt. View School Library
Homework Hotline Help!
Letterpop Newsletter (first ten free!)
Youtube Teachers
Common Core
lesson plans to meet standards
Research Resources
Tennessee Electronic Library
Math Teaching Resources
Teaching Ideas
Welcome to the Web!
PADLET
Ways to use Padlet
blendspace
Create your lessons! Make the MOST of your time!!
Infuse Learning
Visible thinking/student response
Collaborize with your parents & class!
Groups, reports, assess...etc.
Skitch Virtual Field Trip
Show a field trip through a slideshow!!
Educreations
Teach what you know, learn what you don't!
TN Teacher License Lookup
Help Desk
Use this link for computer issues.
Technology & Information Services
mnps
MNPS Resources
Use for Research
Doodle
Schedule quickly!
Limitless Libraries
Ms. Presley's Portal
Create Pages & Newsletters
Newletters & Content Pages-Created in Minutes!
WeEbLy
Create a website.

*TECHNOLOGY USE & INTEGRATION*

Engage with Technology
MNPS Wikispace (Standards)
New York Times Tech News
Education World Technology
Tools for TEKS
GoogleDocs
Cloud documents
Slideshare
Create slideshows
Flickr
Create slideshows with music!
Delicious
Internet bookmarking
MAC vs PC
The great debate
Techie Buzz
Know your technology HEAD ON!
.COM or .ORG?
What do they all mean?
Internet Domains & Extensions
How is a URL extension chosen?
Common File Extensions (MIcrosoft Office)
TXT, JPG, ODT....what do they all mean?
Audio File Types
MP3 or WMA?
How to Use Excel
Web 2.0 Projects
Tutorial for making your own site
Create your own website using Google Sites!!!
SAFARI
***teacher use only!
MVES Library Portaportal
Mrs. Claybrooks
Google Presentation
*You must have a gmail account.
Prezi
Organize & share your ideas!
Tech & Mobile Learning
Free Tools for Presentations & Slideshows
GOAnimate
Make animated videos!
Xtranormal
Turn your words into 3D animation!
Learn how to code!
Digital Literacy Standards
Online Coloring
Goose Chase Scavenger Hunt
Put on your running shoes!

*WRITING*

Spelling City
Persuasive Writing
Writing Probes
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
The Basic 5 Paragraph
Expository Writing
Writing for All Styles
Seasonal Poetry Units
Thinking Maps
Thinking Map Examples
From Cartoon Strips to Student Publishing....
Funny Times
Make your own cartoon!
Smories
Listen to children's stories, each read by its child author.
Virtual Book
Create your own book with turning pages!
ToonDoo
Make your own comic strip!
Writing Games
Spelling, Grammar & Writing Games
Highlights Kids
games
Check your grammar NOW!
Alphabet Bingo
K
TOONTASTIC!
PowToon!
Wordle
Tagxedo
Advanced word clouds

MATH (+ x = - )

Interactive Math
Fun4theBrain
Geometry Manipulatives
Help with Math Concepts
Input/Output and Other Math
Mental Math Activities
Division and Order of Operation
Multiplication.com
Interactive games for multiplication
Patterns
Patterns II
Telling Time
Stop the Clock & Other Time Games
Word Problems (Singapore Practice)
Clock Setter
Tangrams
Graphing Practice
Elapsed Time
Leon's Math Dojo
Watch Leon kick the punching bag with your correct answers!
Learning Planet
Math Mayhem
Cool Math
Home games!
Math Flashcards
Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide...7 Levels!
Math Playground
Cookie.com
PreK-1st Grade Only
Bees & Honey
Mouse Skills (K) to Ten
Game Bone
Give the Dog a Bone (1st)
Ten Frame
1st grade counting
Pattern Memory
Just for Fun!
PBS Math
PBS Measuring
PBS Shapes

*MRS. LUECKE'S LATEST*

Follow the Computer Lab on Twitter!
LueckeLab WiKiSpAcE
Visit this wiki to stay up-to-date on Computer Lab happenings!
Delicious
Interactive Bookmarking Site...share bookmarks with other users!
LueckeLab Classroom
Visit Classroom 2.0! Sign up to join our class page! Discuss and ask questions!
Tween Tribune
Visit a teacher, a class, or create your own! Read and respond to what others are saying!
ASPCA
Stand up for animals! *Parental Discretion advised!
Humane Society of the United States
Be an animal advocate! *Parental Discretion advised!
Nashville Humane
Compassionate Action
To promote humane education
Tween Tribune Student Registration
4th graders may register to use our Tween Tribune account.
MUSIC
Google Applications for Education
GAFE
Tech Coach
Williamson County Schools
Live Eagle Stream
Watch babies grow!
TN Elephant Sanctuary
Watch rescued elephants!
Aurasma
What's your aura? Use this site to produce, then use Tagxedo to produce a cool project!!!
QR Code Treasure Hunt
Be Heard on Spreaker!

*PARENT LINKS & NEWS*

News 4 Nashville
News 5 Nashville
The Tennesseean
Now Playing Nashville
What to do in the city...
Tennessee Department of Education
The Weather Channel
Antioch, TN
Science News for Kids
Publication of the Society for Science & the Public
News/Time for Kids
Here There Everywhere
more news for kids
DOGO News
Fodder for Young Minds
The American Teacher
documentary
NO ONE LIKES A BULLY
A great site that describes bullying. Thanks to Bradley Academy.
Kids I Stop Bullying Now
I used to use this website as a classroom teacher and still find it relevant today!
Parent Further
bullying topics
Your Child CAN Read!
Tips to improve reading
App Store
Educational Apps for I Pad
Caring School Community
Tech Standards 1
Academic K-8 MNPS
Tech Standards 2
TN Dept of Educ/Computer Tech
Tech Standards 3
TN Core
PARCC Standards
Hawkins County TN
PARCC, TCAP Writing, CC
LaGrange-Moscow, TN
Tech Expectations
Bradley County, TN

*RESEARCH*

*All GAMES*

*TYPING*

*CODING*

Robozzle
Ages 6+
Code Combat
Ages 13+
Lightbot
Ages 9+ Or Lightbot Jr. 4-8
Code Monkey
Ages 8+
SCRATCH
Wonder Workshop
Dash&Dot
Sphero
Code A Caterpillar
Ozobot
Snapchat Spectacles
Create a 'class' story.
WEDO Lego Robots
LegoEducation
Mindstorms EV3 Robot
LegoEducation
Code&Go Mouse
Great for younger kiddos.