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Resources for Parents
The online
resources below are provided by Williamson County Schools and are excellent.
NetTrekker in particular is a fabulous search engine to use for research
projects and learning activities. Click the link below to got to a PDF with
instructions to access NetTrekker and other great resources.
Online Resources from
WCS: NetTrekker, ProQuest, Grolier Online, TN Electronic Library
Click on a topic
below for quick access
to other information you may need!
Kid Friendly Search Engines
Curriculum Resources
Language
Arts
Math
Science
Social
Studies
Reference Sources
Kid Friendly Search Engines
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Yahooligans |
Search
for specific information or for fun safely. |
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Infoplease |
All
the knowledge you need in one place! |
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KidsClick! |
A
web search engine created for kids by librarians. |
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AJKids |
Ask
Jeeves a question and have the answer in seconds! Great
for homework help! |
Curriculum Resources
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Language Arts
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Starfall |
Reading practice on line |
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SuccessNet |
3rd-5th Reading Text book online
and online practice |
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Internet 4 Classrooms |
Games and practice for most
Tennessee assessed skills |
Aaron
Shepard's
Young Author's Page |
Tips
and tricks for kids who write stories. |
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Berenstain Bears |
character, manners, & fun! |
The
Children's Literature
Web Guide |
Internet
resources related to books for children and young adults. |
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Tell It
Again! |
stories and reading practice |
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Billy
Bear |
Miscellaneous Skills |
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Big Dog's
Grammar |
A
bare bones guide to English. |
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Musical
Spelling Rules |
Learn
to spell with songs about the 1-1-1 spelling rule, the
silent E rule, the Y rule and rules for forming plurals. |
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The Grammar
Gorillas |
Our
friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying
parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the
sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a
gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal. |
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Seussville |
The
Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the
rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville,
Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games,
chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about
new Dr. Seuss books. |
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Math |
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SuccessNet |
3rd-5th Math Text book online
and online practice |
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Internet 4 Classrooms |
Games and practice for most
Tennessee assessed skills |
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Math Challenges |
This site
provides Math help for elementary student through high
school students. |
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A+ Math |
This web
site was developed to help students improve their math
skills interactively. |
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Science |
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Weather |
This site
gives you information about the weather anywhere in the
nation and you can track the weather across the nation. |
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Animals |
Internet for classrooms -
Animals |
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Plants |
Internet for classrooms - Plants |
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The Nine Planets |
Take a
multimedia tour of our solar system. |
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Social Studies |
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Ben's Guide to Government for Kids |
Ben
Franklin teaches about the government branches and how
they started. |
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White House for Kids |
Learn
about the past presidents and where they live. |
Reference Sources
These
linked sites are not under the control of WCS, and the district is not
responsible for the contents of any of these linked sites or any link contained
in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. These links are
offered to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not
imply endorsement of the site by our district.
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