Resources
💻 Student Technology & Learning Resources
A collection of verified educational websites for students to build technology skills, prepare for SBAC testing, and practice subjects like math, reading, science, and coding.
🧠 SBAC Testing Links
- SBAC Practice Tests (Lumos Learning) — Practice Math & ELA with SBAC-style questions.
- Edcite SBAC Practice — Technology-enhanced questions and realistic test practice.
- SBAC Technology Skills Guide (Grades 3–5) — PDF overview of required tech skills.
🖱️ Technology Skills Practice
Mouse Skills
- Mousing Around — Practice clicking and dragging through PBS Kids games.
- Math Playground — Strengthen math and mouse control with interactive puzzles.
Highlight / Select Text
- Proofreading Practice (Education.com) — Fix and highlight errors in grade-level text.
Navigation Skills
- Story Starter — Navigate and generate creative writing prompts.
- Study Jams (Scholastic) — Watch short videos and follow instructions to explore math and science.
- Make an Animation (ABCya) — Practice drag/drop and timeline navigation to create short animations.
Drag & Drop
- Thinking Blocks — Drag and drop blocks to model and solve word problems.
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Clean Up Your Grammar (Education.com) — Grammar games that involve moving and sorting words.
⌨️ Keyboarding Practice
- Typing Club — Progressive typing lessons and speed tests.
- Typing.com — Free typing courses for all skill levels.
- Free Typing Game — Arcade-style typing practice.
- Keybr — Personalized typing exercises using random words.
- Nitro Type — Race cars while building typing speed and accuracy.
- BBC Dance Mat Typing — Fun typing lessons for kids.
🔢 Math Resources
- AAA Math — Interactive math lessons by grade and topic.
- Math Is Fun — Visual explanations and practice activities.
- Math Playground — Problem solving and logic games for K–6.
- Khan Academy — Free video lessons and quizzes on all math topics.
- ST Math (JiJi Math) — Visual learning puzzles that teach math concepts.
- Multiplication.com Games — Fun games to practice multiplication.
- Mathigon- Manipulatives and Tools for Problem-Solving.
📖 Reading & Literacy
- StarFall — Phonics and reading practice for early learners.
- ABCya Reading Games — Comprehension and vocabulary activities.
- PBS Kids Reading Games — Reading games based on favorite PBS shows.
- FunBrain Reading — Free online books and reading games.
- AdaptedMind Reading — Personalized reading comprehension practice.
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IReady- Specific and Individualized Reading Lessons
🧬 Science Resources
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NASA Kids’ Club — Explore space through games and missions.
- NASA Space Place — Interactive science and astronomy activities.
- National Geographic Kids — Learn about animals, geography, and the environment.
- Weather Wiz Kids — Weather facts and experiments for kids.
- Energy Kids (DOE) — Learn about energy and conservation.
- Edheads — Virtual science and math investigations.
- Try Science (NISE Network) — Hands-on science experiments for classrooms.
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Blue Planet Biomes — Information about Earth’s ecosystems.
🌎 Social Studies
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Smithsonian Education — U.S. history and culture learning resources.
- TIME for Kids — Age-appropriate current events articles.
- California Missions Foundation — Learn about the history of California Missions.
- Colonial Williamsburg — Explore life in colonial America.
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (NPS) — History of the Lewis & Clark journey.
- Women in History (U.S. Gov) — Profiles and resources celebrating women’s history.
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Common Core Standards — Official U.S. Common Core website for reference.
💻 Coding
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Tynker — Learn coding through games and projects.
- Scratch (MIT) — Create interactive stories, games, and animations.
- Code Combat — Play while learning programming concepts.
- Blockly (Google) — Block-based visual programming tool.
- Microsoft MakeCode — Code for Microsoft and other devices.
- Code Wars — Coding challenges for older students.
- Code Monster — Learn JavaScript interactively.
- Code Moji — Learn to code with emojis and visuals.
- Codecademy — Learn coding languages with guided tutorials.
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Hour of Code- One-hour coding experiences for all.