My Blog

http://murraygirl.wordpress.com/

 

My Professional Development Wiki

http://hpsnavigate.pbworks.com/

 

My Social Bookmarking Site (Delicious)

http://delicious.com/murraygirl

 

 

Language Arts

 

Explore the Literacy House

http://www.famlit.org/activities/house

 

Read Kiddo Read

http://www.readkiddoread.com/home

 

Scholastic Summer Challenge

http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/index.htm

 

Boys Read

http://www.boysread.org/index.html

 

Spelling City

http://www.spellingcity.com/

 

Literactive

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

 

Starfall

http://www.starfall.com/ 

 

Literacy Center

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.php

 

Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words

http://www.mrsperkins.com/index.htm

 

Sight Words With Samson

http://www.sightwordswithsamson.com/sw/sight_words.asp

 

Into the Book

http://reading.ecb.org/index.html

 

TikaTok

http://www.tikatok.com/

 

 

Math

 

Figure This!

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html

 

The Mint

http://themint.org/index.html

 

Calculation Nation

http://calculationnation.nctm.org/

 

Johnnie's Math Page

http://jmathpage.com/index.html

 

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html

 

Math Live

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html

 

Countdown

http://countdown.luc.edu/

 

Math TV

http://www.mathtv.com/

 

Middle School Mathematics Educational Demonstrations

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/education.html?edutag=Middle+School+Mathematics&limit=20

 

Illuminations- Math Activities Search

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

 

Learn Your Tables

http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/

 

Math Tool Chest

http://macmillanmh.com/math/mathtoolchest/mtc_online/

 

 

Science

 

Firefly Watch

https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/

 

Science NetLinks: Summer Science Fun

http://sciencenetlinks.com/summer/

 

Science Fair Central

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/

 

Learning Science

http://www.learningscience.org/

 

Hunkin's Experiments

http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/

 

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Podcast, Videos, and Web Cams

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/cam_menu.aspx

 

Arkive

http://www.arkive.org/

 

Discover Kids

http://kids.discovery.com/

 

 

Social Studies

 

The Library of Congress: American Memory Collection

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

 

Newseum: Today's Front Pages

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp

 

Scholastic News

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort|1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News

 

PBS Kids: News Flash Five

http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/index.html

 

Time For Kids

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids

 

National Geographic Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

 

 

Arts

 

Virtual Keyboard

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm

 

National Gallery of Art - Kids Page - Interactive Art Tools

http://www.nga.gov/kids/

 

Canon Creative Park

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/

 

Paper Toys

http://www.thetoymaker.com/2Toys.html

 

 

Multi-subject

 

Help Kidz Learn

http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/index.html

 

ICT Games

http://www.ictgames.com/index.html

 

Woodlands-Junior Interactive

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/

 

Smithsonian Education

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/index.html

 

UEN K-2 Student Interactives

http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/

 

UEN 3-6 Student Interactives

http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/

 

Google Images: LIFE Collection

http://images.google.com/hosted/life

 

HippoCampus

http://www.hippocampus.org/

 

Nick Jr.

http://www.nickjr.com/

 

 

Special Needs

 

The Family Center on Technology and Disability 

http://www.fctd.info/show/home 

 

Autism Society of North Carolina

http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/

 

LD Online

http://www.ldonline.org/

 

 

Parenting Resources

 

Parents: The Anti-Drug

http://www.theantidrug.com/

 

NIDA for Teens

http://teens.drugabuse.gov/index.php

 

SmartBean

http://www.thesmartbean.com/

 

Parent Hacks

http://www.parenthacks.com/

 

Colorin Colorado!

http://www.colorincolorado.org/families

 

Read Write Think - Parent and Afterschool Resources

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/

 

Reading Rockets: Parents Page

http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents

 

BBC Learning: Parents

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/

 

PBS Parents

http://www.pbs.org/parents/

 

US Dept of Education: Parent Page

http://www2.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml?src=ln

 

Google Web Search Help

http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/topic.py?topic=351

 

Reading is Fundamental Parent Page

http://www.rif.org/parents/

 

 

Internet Safety

 

Parents: The Anti-Drug: Teens and Technology

http://www.theantidrug.com/advice/teens-today/teens-and-technology/default.aspx

 

Net Smartz Workshop

http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx

 

KidSmart Guide to Early Learning and Technology for Home and School

http://www.kidsmartearlylearning.org/EN/parents/intro.htm

 

I Keep Safe

http://www.ikeepsafe.org/

 

Web Aware

http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/default.html

 

Beware!  This site is misleading! 

http://www.martinlutherking.org/

 

NetLingo

http://www.netlingo.com/

 

 

Videos

 

PBS Video

http://video.pbs.org/

 

PBS Kids Video

http://pbskids.org/go/video/

 

History Channel Videos

http://www.history.com/videos

 

Smithsonian Channel Videos

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/video/

 

National Geographic Channel

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/

 

 

Homework Tools

 

Study Stack

http://www.studystack.com/ 

 

Visuwords

http://www.visuwords.com/

 

Awesome Highlighter

http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

 

Quizlet

http://quizlet.com/

 

Flashcard Exchange

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

 

 

Tools

 

Skype (requires download)

http://skype.com/

 

Google Earth (requires download)

http://earth.google.com/

 

Countdown Timer

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/eggtimer-countdown/full-screen/

 

Microsoft PhotoStory 3 (requires download)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

 

Windows Movie Maker (requires download)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

 

Audacity (requires download)

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

 

Just for fun!

 

Simply Noise

http://simplynoise.com/

 

Virtual Bubble Wrap

http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/files/bubblewrap.swf