Useful Links
Houghton-Mifflin Reading site: Great tool, similar to Starfall, with more reading exercises for Gr 2 - 6.
FreeReading: A free reading intervention site geared towards students grade K-3 complete with literacy activities and lessons/ideas links.
ReadKiddoRead.com is a user-friendly site designed to help parents, teachers, librarians, and other adults find books that kids of all ages will enjoy.
Online Interactive Stories for Kids: Talking books
Links to Tons of Reading Sites for Students
Math
First in Math - Fun Math games & tests. See how JQS is doing, or just one grade!
Boston websites
Boston Central's Family-Friendly Event Calendar
Boston.com's Family-Friendly Event Calendar
Fun Sites
Reading
Raz-Kids.com: Online library of books. Read, record yourself reading aloud, or just listen to a book read for modeled fluency. + Interactive quizzes to check understanding.
StarFall: Interactive comprehension and phonemic activites for young readers.
Power Proofreading: Great tool to improve your grammar, punctuation and other writing skills.
Wacky Web Tales: More fun reading practice.
Science
The Science of Light (cool optical illusions)
Ice Stories- Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Interactive Science Simulations: Might be higher than Elementary Level but you have to check out the Simulation under Electricity, Magnets & Circuts called the John Travoltage.
Cells Alive: An Interactive Animation of Plant and Animal Cells
The Visible Body: 3D Human Anatomy...AMAZING SITE!
Social Studies
Star Sites for Students (L. Holland)
My Wonderful World: Geography Site
SHOW/World: Choose a subject and watch the globe change based on data
Woman's History Month Resources
Lewis and Clark Expedition Interactive Map
Frontier Alaska Game: Think you've got what it takes to survive in the Alaska Wilderness?
Research and Reference Sites
Star Sites for Students (L. Holland)
Museum Box: This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.