Resource Links

  • Math & Reading Resources
  • American Library Association - This website provides a list of websites by subject that are kid-friendly and educational. Many of the websites on this page are on the ALA Great Sites list.
  • Animal Websites - This website provides a list of websites by subject that are kid-friendly and educational. Many of the websites on this page are on the ALA Great Sites list.
  • A Plus Math
  • Chicago Public Library - Chicago Public Library's website,which includes sections such as "Kids & Teens" and "Learn Chicago"
  • Edheads - Interactive science website, which has activities including "Weather", "Simple Machines", "Virtual Knee Surgery", and Virtual Hip Surg
  • Enchanted Learning - This website has lots of activities on various topics from science, geography, languages, writing, and art.
  • ETTC - Website where poets can learn and create many different types of poems.
  • FossWeb - Students can do extensions of science investigations performed in class.
  • GameGoo - Phonics games from "beginner" to "advanced" level.
  • Holt Mathematics 5th Grade
  • Holt Mathematics 6th Grade
  • Chicago Web Docent - Includes interactive activities such as "Making a Mummy" and "How a Lock Works"
  • Web Docent Modules - Includes modules such as Chicago History and African American History.
  • KidsClick - Excellent resource for research which is "web search for kids by librarians".
  • National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Excellent resource for research which is "web search for kids by librarians".
  • Noggin - This is the website based on the Noggin educational television programs, which include "Blue's Clues", "Dora the Explorer" and "Go Diego Go".
  • Noodle Tools - Students can use this website to create citations in MLA or APA style bibliographies.
  • Starfall - This website teaches reading and comprehension skills through interactive activities. This program is excellent for early elementary students and is a favorite among Bret Harte students.
  • Spellbound - This website helps with spelling for primary elementary students.
  • Storyline Online - Selected popular stories read by actors.
  • Utah Education Network Interactives - Kindergarten-2nd • 3rd to 6th Grade - This site includes interactive activities that reinforce learning skills for every subject.
  • XP Math - This website contains math activities in various topics including number sense, geometry, algebra, and probability.