Subject Area Tools:

CTE | ESL | Fine Arts | Foreign Language | Health | Language Arts | Math | Science | Social Studies

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Reward Game Zone:

• Grammar Gorilla Game
• Keyboarding Speed and Skill Games
• Math Arcade
• Cool Math Games
• Manipulative Math (Do not download the desktop version - these games can be played from the internet!)
• Social Studies Games

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Miscellaneous Student Tools:  

Bus Route Information - Free Adobe Reader Required - Download it here.

Career, College, and High School Planning

Citation Helps
http://citationmachine.net/

Clubs at West Millbrook

Computer Helps
Keying Special Characters with Alt key combinations
Learn PowerPoint:  http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tutorials/ew_ppt.htm

Computer Skills Test Information and Practice Links

Computer Skills Test Classroom Practice

 

EOG Prep

• Interactive Web Sample Items - Math EOG practice (including Algebra 1)
• DPI resources
• Online Practice Reading EOGs - Click appropriate grade level.
• Sixth Grade Reading EOG Practice (Texas)
• Sixth Grade Math EOG Practice (Texas)
• JustReadNow Reading as a strategic activity. Excellent site for questions/ activities for class discussions
• Literacy Net
• Reading Practice with Mrs. Scarola - this website has many useful practice links on inference, main idea, predicting, summarizing, etc.
• Study Island (subscription-based test prep for NC students)

Graphic Organizers

Homework Help
BJ Pinchbeck's Discovery School (all subjects kept up-to-date)

Research Tools
Bartleby.Com
.....American Heritage Dictionary
.....Columbia Encyclopedia
.....English Usage, Style, and Composition
.....Roget's Thesaurus
.....Quotations
Encarta
Free Online Newspapers, Magazines, and Books (English Reading Room)
Other WMMS Favorites
Up to date news links
NC WiseOwl Reference Zone

Text Reader
Note: Before working with any of these webpages, be sure to turn your speakers on/volume up
Edict.com  -  http://www.edict.com.hk/TextTospeech/TTStest.htm

Who Am I? Getting to Know Myself
Seven Intelligences Checklist
Multiple Intelligences Checklist (easy to read version)
    http://www.edict.com.hk/TextTospeech/TTStest.htm

Subject Area Tools

Career-Technical Education (CTE)
Business Computer Technology and Keyboarding
Keyboarding Games

ESL:
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html
ALT keycodes for creating accent and special characters

Fine Arts:
NC Kaleidoscope Links
Music Theory, Lessons & More by Ricci Adams

Foreign Languages
ALT keycodes for creating accent and special characters

Healthful Living
Healthful Living Rotation Schedule
Online Health Book

Language Arts:
Accelerated Reader Info
Authors and Their Works
.....http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/chauthors.htm
.....http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/
Bartleby's famous quotations, phrases, & proverbs with sources
Graphic Organizers

Writing Resources:
Prentice Hall Essay Scorer- Become a better writer. Use the Prentice Hall essay scorer which will allow you to submit an essay, based on a writing prompt that is found on the website. You will receive instant scoring and feedback with tips for revision.
NC Wise Owl Reading and Writing Resources
Teaching and learning about writing with a variety of sentence types
Grammar Gorillas Parts of Speech Game (Beginner and Advanced)

Mathematics
TI-73/TI-83 Download Instructions - Instructions for downloading free TI software to help with your math assignments (PDFfile).
Graph Paper - Print your own: This includes a large selection of Cartesian, engineering, polar, isometric, probability and logarithmic graph paper in imperial and metric scales - all free!
Graph Paper (pdf file)      (Download Adobe PDF Reader)
Interactive Math Lessons and Practice - AAA Math
National Library for Virtual Manipulatives - Grade 6-8
Online Math Book
Math Tutor - Free Tips, Videos, and Practice

Science
Science News for Kids
Science "Today's News and Current Events":
.....nnews compiled by brightsurf | news compiled by CNN.com
Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
Inventions - A list of well-known inventions, the inventors, and the year invented or patented
Sixth Grade Science Solar System Links: Planets | Galaxies

Social Studies
Social Studies Textbook (8th Grade) - See your Social Studies Teacher for the password.
Fantasy Congress - Learn about our government by becoming involved in a "fantasy" congress game!
US History.com
WMMS Maps Links

WebQuests

Parents and Teachers: The resources on this page have been compiled with the middle school student in mind. You'll find resources to meet the needs of various ability levels. Over time, the content of some websites change. Please contact dwalters@wcpss.net with information of links that are no longer active, or no longer appropriate for students ages 11 - 14.

Students, please click here to send Mrs. Walters your neat links!

 

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Last updated: April 8, 2010