Reference Sources for all

Visual Dictionary (photo/diagram dictionary)

Internet For the Classrooms (games, videos, lists and more!- EXPLORE)

FactHound (Mostly list of books, some links to sites)

Teachers Domain (Links to multimedia sites and lessons in all subject areas)

PBS Learning Media - more than 14,000 video clips - must make an account

Dictionary -Thesaurus and more

Avalon Project - original documents from ancient times to present

Game Sites for All

GAMES!

PBS - Lots of games for students to play to enrich and reinforce skills

Game classroom - comprehensive games for all subjects K-6th grade

Curriki - collection of lesson plans, lists and more for the core curriculum areas

WatchKnow - Videos to help you learn (join...it's free)

Thinkfinity

Woodland Games (just for fun!) from UK

Play Kids Games - educational and fun games, math, geography and more

Sites with help for all subjects

Teacher vision  - fun activities to practice skills at home

Soft schools - free math worksheets, games and quizzes in most subjects 1-8 grades

Living Room Candidate - election commercials from 1952 to current

PBS - videos and more from Public Broadcasting Service

National Archives - Online access to the national archives

History Channel - Videos and research for history

Quizlet - quizzes and more for all subjects - great way to practice

KID FRIENDLY INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES

Sweet Search - checks credible sites for children

Kid Rex - uses Google searches, but limits to appropriate for young users

Simple Wikipedia - (For elementary students)

Homework Help

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

http://www.jiskha.com/http://www.homeworkspot.com/ (includes some games and activities for reviewing skills)

http://www.about.com/homework/ (for upper elementary, middle and high school)

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/ (lots of nice charts and reference materials)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/homework/ (good reference information from National Geographic magazines)

http://www.schoolwork.org/ (a site full of links to good reference sites for reports)

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ (extended links to sites for information and help with projects. ..more links that anyone could imagine to research)

http://www.factmonster.com/ (fun site with games, trivia and help on projects)

http://www.homeworkhelppage.com/ (compiled by a parent to help with his children’s homework….provides links to all kinds of sites)

http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html (links to links of reference materials)

http://www.kids.gov/k_homework.htm (lists of games and activities for students to try in various subject areas, also has links to other reference sites)

http://www.libraryspot.com/homeworkhelp.htm (more links than imaginable to search and try…lots of reference sites)

Tour of the Rummel Creek Library 

Labels for Education

Campbell's Soup (Pepperidge Farm)

General Mills (Box Tops for Education)    

Tyson Chicken

Send your Box Tops, Labels for Education and Tyson chicken labels to the library! 

Testing Preparation

Sail On

TAKS Practice  Released Tests

Mock Test    Eduniform on-line examples

So you want to purchase a Nook?  A Kindle - here are some articles to help with your decision:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33198_7-57319054-286/kindle-fire-vs-nook-tablet/

Choosing an e-Reader

Comparing e-Readers

How to select the right e-Reader

12 Questions to help you select the best e-reader or tablet for you