Internet 4 classrooms

Summary and Overview

General

Achievement Test-TCAP -http://www.state.tn.us/education/tsachobjsubtables.htm

Grades 3 - 8) At this State of Tennessee site, you will find tables that show the objectives and number of multiple choice questions per sub-skill for the Spring 2004 Form O Achievement Test. The tables are arranged by grade level and show the objectives and sub-skills for Reading and Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Language Mechanics, Mathematics, Mathematics Computation, Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Analysis (for 3rd grade only). Non-mandated grades (K-2) are listed in a separate table. Use this link to see the State Performance Indicators for CRT items on the Achievement Test. Select the following link to go to the Tennessee TCAP Achievement Test Item Samples for grades 3-8. Form O . (Test administrators, take a look at the Administrative Manual in .pdf format)

A Blueprint for Learning - http://www.tennessee.gov/education/ci/cistandards2001/cibluept/index.htm

The Blueprint for Learning is a companion document for the Tennessee Curriculum Standards which are located at www.tennessee.gov/education. Although the curriculum adopted by the State Board of Education in its entirety remains on the web for additional reference, this reformatted version makes the curriculum more accessible to classroom teachers. At the bottom of this page, select either .doc or .pdf for the subject you choose.

Skills Gradebook Checklist –

http://208.183.128.3/curr/skills.html

Outstanding website!!!!!!

From Jefferson County Schools, a comprehensive checklist of all subject skills, K-12, along with a Gateway Objective Checklist. Check out the Curriculum pages with links to various online instructional resources. Everything you need and want to know about testing is on this website.

Achievementinfo.com –

http://www.achievementinfo.com/index.html

Math grades 4, 6, 8, & 10 - English grades 3, 4, 7, & 10) Learn MCAS Mathematics and English Language Arts! Each week – every Sunday morning – four questions from the Math and/or a section of questions from the English MCAS tests for Grades 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 will be posted. No answers are given on these pages. These can be printed and worked on in groups or pairs.

Brainchild Online Assessment –

http://www.brainchild.com/gen/usmap.asp

http://www.brainchild.com/

(Math and Reading grades 3 - 8, + exit level) Choose a state, then assess by grade level and by subject with diagnostics tied to state tests. Use this site to find strengths and weaknesses, then go into an interactive learning mode directed towards the weaker areas. You may print scored assessments with feedback for correct and incorrect answers.

Bristol Tennessee City School System State, Promoting Academics for TerraNova Headway –

http://path.btcs.org/skills/generalExamineSkills.asp

(Grades K - 8) Select the curriculum alignment you would like to examine and see skills to be tested by grade and subject area. Another way to look at Blueprint for Learning.

“Brush Up for TerraNova”

http://jc-schools.net/terranova-res.htm

Jefferson County—Outstanding website!!!!!

"(Grades 3 - 8) provided by Jefferson County. Printable practice TerraNova tests for grades 3 through 8, for the subjects of math, language arts, and reading (with answer keys!) Check out the bubble sheet site!

Clickable Standards and Benchmarks from Manatee County –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/psstandards.htm

(Grades K - 5) A Must Not Miss Site! This site provides online practice activities, tutorials, worksheets and other resources for reading, writing and math subject areas for grades K-5. Select the red ball next to each standard and benchmark for an array of activities that will certainly provide excellent review for TCAP! Hats off to Manatee County for sharing such a wonderful resource!

Edinformatics.com –

http://www.edinformatics.com/timss/atesti~1.htm

Testing and Assessment - (Math grades 3&4, 7&8, 12; Science 3&4, 7&8, 12) This may cost some money.

Edinformatics.com –

http://www.edinformatics.com/testing/testing.htm

Free test samples from many states. This may cost some money.

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test Resources from Southside Elementary School –

http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/south/shared_pages/ss_tutoring_resources.htm

Tutorial resources for Mathematics and Science. PDF files Printable worksheet/interactive worksheets

Virginia Standards of learning: http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html

Great site! Great questions! Interactive.

FCAT Standardized Test Practice –

http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/bobsikes/standardizedtestpractice_frame.html

Multilink site for Reading and Math Practice. (Grades 1- 5)

Gloucester County Public Schools –

http://www.page.gc.k12.va.us/public/gets/soltests.htm

Practice Tests for SOL Assessment -(multilevel, 3rd, 5th, & 8th) Many links in various formats of the SOL tests along with other sites listed, some duplicate ones already here, some out of date, but this is a good site to tour.

Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) and Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) –

http://electron-net.eztest.eppg.com/ISBE/

(Grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, & 11) Interactive sample tests in all subject areas. These are scored online. Printable worksheets.

Interactive Assessment Worksheets –

http://www.vtaide.com/png/assess.htm

Math, English, Science, Grades 3-5 4-9-05 AWARD-WINNING mathematical word problems with different solution strategies. Interactive image maps on various human body systems with definitions. Multiple-choice questions (with instant feedback) on states of matter, food chains and the human body. Reading and comprehension exercises based on 'Matilda' and 'Danny, Champion of the World' by Roald Dahl. A great resource that is suitable for children in Primary 4-6. Very good site

ISAT Test Resources –

http://www.area2.us/Area2_Topic8.htm

Many resources for grades 3,5, and 8. Some tests for grades 4 and 7.

Kentucky Learns –

http://www.kentuckylearns.com/link_library.html

(core subjects elementary, middle, & high) Internet resource library organized by subject and grade level. Site only allows 3 free resources a day. Very good interactive activities for individual computer stations or with the big screen tv.

Oswego City School District –

http://www.oswego.org/testprep/goals.cfm

(Grades K - 4)

Test Preparation Activities and Tutorials. Math, Social Studies and ELA resources .A good resource for whole class lessons to be used with big screen tv.

Palma Sola Elementary School Web site-

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/fcatresources.htm

Manatee County features FCAT Practice resources that allow you to practice test questions online, or pages to print and use as practice. (Grades 4, 5, 8 & 10)

Project LA - Language Arts Activities –

http://208.183.128.8/la/activities/index.html

Possibly the same as Jefferson County

(Grades 3-5) These language arts activity modules are based on TerraNova objectives. To view a module select the skill on the left. Some skills included are nouns, complete sentences, pronouns, usage, drawing conclusions, proofreading and many more. Also on this site are PowerPoint presentations to download, practice worksheets and online activities.

SAIL ON - Subject Area Interactive Lessons On-Line –

http://www.pasadenaisd.org/sailon/TEKS_Menu.htm

Great interactive site-for individual computer stations or big screen

Tv. Select grade level and choose from many interactive online activities aligned with TEKS; Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills ( Flash needed )

SOL Interactive Quizzes –

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/index.html

Some of the sites did not work. The ones that did come were great. It is may be worth the effort to try. all areas; grades 3,4,5,8

South Carolina Department of Education Sample PACT items - http://www.myscschools.com/archive/test123/sample.htm

These are mini tests. Some have only 4 questions.

Grades 1-8 sample test items.

Study Guides and Strategies –

http://www.studygs.net/

Excellent for all types of tips and strategies—3-12.

This web site was created by Joe Landsberger, academic Web site developer at University of St.Thomas (UST), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Links include how-to strategies such as Preparing to Learn, Class Participation, Studying, Taking Tests, and Writing.

Texas Department of Education –

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/index.html - 2003

The Student Assessment Division has developed online versions of the released spring released TAAS tests and end-of-course examinations. In the development of the online tests, every effort was made to ensure that each test question is identical to the test questions in the printed test booklets. However, slight differences in formatting and appearance are possible depending on the configuration of your computer and browser. Scroll down to get to the Interactive Online versions and you have your choice of 2001, 2000, or 1999 in Grades 3-8, Reading and Math. A Must See Site! Thank you, Texas!

TestPreview –

http://www.testprepreview.com/tcap_practice.htm

Upper elementary, middle school assessment online practice. Scores results that you can print out.

Test Taking Strategies for Students, Parents and Teachers –

http://www.state.tn.us/education/tsteststrategies.htm

The State of Tennessee has a list of general test taking strategies; help for students, parents and teachers; and ways to deal with test anxiety.

Sources for Tests to Print

Delaware Department of Education Released Items - http://www.doe.state.de.us/aab/DSTP_items.html

Grades 3-6 and 8, 10 and 11 (.pdf format) These are sample question booklets of test items that may be printed.

Louisiana Department of Education –

http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/ssa/760.html Released tests grades 4,8,10,11.

PDF format. These are booklets containing sample test questions.

Louisiana LEAP Review –

http://www.charliefrench.com/index.htm

Excellent site.

Grades 4 and 8. Each page is separate so this can be used in a whole class activity as well as printed off for review. Answers given on a different page access to all the test questions on which student results are based. Answer keys provided. Also tests in Spanish lang provided.

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System -http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html

This page provides access to all the test questions on which student results are based. Answer keys provided. Also tests in Spanish lang provided

Missouri Missouri Released Items - http://www.dese.state.mo.us/divimprove/curriculum/releaseditems/index.htm

Released items in the areas of Social Studies, Math, and Science

Ohio State Proficiency Tests for 4th, 6th, 9th, 12th –

http://www.lkwdpl.org/gr4test/

Online, but not interactive, practice tests. Also, Northeast Ohio Schools Proficiency Test Project which has workbooks in PDF format to use in the classroom. Caution: these workbooks are over a hundred pages, if you wish to print them.

Oklahoma Released Items –

http://sde.state.ok.us/pro/Impleguid/occt_gds.html

Grades 5 and 8; History and English. Pdf format

Need some bubble test form sheets ?

http://catpin.com/bubbletest/

Excellent. Also available at Jefferson County Website. Try this site to generate your own bubble sheets!

Math

Mathematic Lessons Online –

http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/lessons.html

Excellent website

Audio Powerpoint lessons with pre-tests and post-tests.

Mathematics Weekly Prompt Questions –

http://www.pasd.wednet.edu/school/mathWASL/

Problems presented in the web site are recommended for student use to communicate (in written form) understanding of math content. Grades K-8

Elementary Math

National Library of Virtual Manipulative –

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Interactive Math from Utah State University. PreK-12 categories. Practice skills interactively such as measurement, algebra, geometry,data analysis and operations.

Houghton Mifflin Mathematics –

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/index.html

Test Prep Practice and Test Taking Strategies for grades 1-6 Interactive sites-individual computer or big screen tv.

Data Picking –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/datapick.html

Collect data and use that data to produce a chart or graph. individual computer or big screen tv.

Fraction help

http://www.edhelper.com/fractions.htm

EdHelper.com offers a wide range of fraction worksheets. Each time you request a worksheet an entirely new set of problems is generated.

Graphing Skills –

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

What's the Point asks students to practice using the x- and y- axis of a grid. Three levels of difficulty are possible. Coordinates are given and students must click on the correct point on the grid.

Harcourt School Publishers

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html

Great interactive website. It has links to each of the grade levels from K-8. At that site you will find a variety of activities tied to chapters from their textbooks.

Interpreting Data –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/data/11_act.shtml

An interactive site to practice this skill from the BBC.

There is also a test on this website.

Math Worksheets for Grade Three –

http://www.edhelper.com/math_grade3.htm

Third grade skills worksheets in all area of mathematics.

Math Worksheets for Grade Four –

http://teacherszine.tripod.com/teacherszine/taks.html

This site was created by a teacher to help prepare her students for the Texas State Exam. Answer grid included for practicing the test format. (this site may be blocked by some filters.)

Mean, Median & Mode –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/data/12_act.shtml

An interactive site to practice these concepts from the BBC. Take a test on this activity.

Place Value Practice and Rounding Numbers

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html

Funbrain offers an interactive game to reinforce rounding and place value skills. Funbrain will show a number. Students click on the digit in the number whose position is shown, or correctly type in the rounded version of the number.

Story Problems With Mixed Practice –

http://www.quia.com/pop/13193.html

Read the story problems then answer the questions.

Texas TAAS Attack Worksheets –

http://teacherszine.tripod.com/teacherszine/id14.html

Texas "TAAS Attack" Daily Upkeeps are great as a last attempt to re teach before the TAAS test. Grades 2,3,4,5. (this site may be blocked by some filters.)

Water Park-

http://www.quia.com/rr/10249.html

Solve math problems about Water Park and you will win tickets to the park! (Uh . not really, but you do get some good practice solving word problems.) Interactive site. May be played individually, small group or whole group. 2-4 grade

Word Problems for Kids –

http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade5.html

Grade 5 or 6- Great for morning work and whole class lesson

Middle School

Disaster Math-

http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizmath.htm

Seven sets of interactive word problems: Earthquake Math, Hurricane Math, Tornado Math, Wild Fire Math, Winter Storm Math, Flood Math and Math Master

Oswego School District

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/mathb/mathb.cfm

This site has links for practice on New York's Regents Exam. Although it is a different assessment, similar skills are tested. Middle School

Patterns

http://www.kidport.com/Grade7/TAL/Patterns.htm

Problems in identifying trends and patterns

Puzzling and Perplexing Problems for Middle School Math

http://www.fi.edu/school/math/-

Two teachers have designed these pages as ready-made problems for each month of the school year. These problems include holidays, seasons, and sports. Many of them are open-ended so that children can get extra practice for the standardized tests they must take.

Place Value Practice and Rounding Numbers

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html

Funbrain offers an interactive game to reinforce rounding and place value skills. Funbrain will show a number. Students click on the digit in the number whose position is shown, or correctly type in the rounded version of the number. This site is good for individual computer or big screen tv.

Practice Tests for Regents Exam Math A

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/mathre/regentmatha.html

High School Testing, courtesy of New York. Sample questions.

Practice Tests for Regents Exam Math B

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/mathre/regentmathb.html

High School Testing, courtesy of New York. Sample questions.

Regents Exam Prep Center Math A from Oswego City School District

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm

Middle/High School help for preparation of math concepts such as operations, mathematical reasoning, patterns and functions and more. Math B section has even more choices.

Topics in Mathematics http://internet4classrooms.com/math_topic.htm

A massive set of links organized by topic: Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations; Measurement; and Geometry and Spatial Sense

Verbal Reasoning

http://www.kidport.com/Grade7/TAL/Reasoning.htm

Problems in verbal reasoning which challenge you to understand a problem and think through the solution.

Virginia State Standards of Learning in Math, Science And Technology Practices

http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html

Excellent site. This site has sample online tests for the SOL. Emphasis is currently being placed on 8th grade materials. For grades 5 and 8. Thanks to S. McDonald for sharing this site.

Word Problems for Kids

http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade6.html

http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade7.html

http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade8.html

Excellent site to use with students. Immediate feedback as to correct or incorrect.

Grammar

English Language Center Study Zone http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm

Grammar presentations, interactive practice exercises, and help pages for basic writing skills. Good to use with big screen tv.

Grammar Blast - Grades 2-5

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/index.html

A site from Houghton Mifflin English that reviews many basic grammar skills such as punctuation, verbs, subject-predicate, capitalization, adverbs and many more. Excellent site for individual computer or big screen tv.

Editing Practice

http://pages.xtn.net/~gcs/parent/editing5A.html

Formatted TCAP style, for grade 5.

Editing Skills

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

Proofreading skills practice for grades 2 through 5 in all areas of English, such as plurals, sentence structure, verbs, possessive nouns, past tense and too many more to list.

Harcourt School also has interactive proofreading. This site is less extensive that the site above, but an advantage is that Shockwave is not required.

The following sites are very interactive and can be used with individual computers or big screen tv.

Editing 2^nd grade

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g02/g02home.htm

Editing 3rd grade

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g03/g03home.htm

Editing 4^th grade

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g04/g04home.htm

Editing 5^th grade

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g05/g05home.htm

Harcourt School Publishers

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

This site offers a variety of interactive games to practice such skills as sentence structure, verbs, plurals and nouns. Grades 3-5

Editing Practice –

http://pages.xtn.net/~gcs/parent/editing5A.html

Formatted TCAP style, for grade 5. Short but a good little activity.

Editing Skills –

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

Proofreading skills practice for grades 2 through 5 in all areas of English, such as plurals, sentence structure, verbs, possessive nouns, past tense and too many more to list. This is a good site for individual computer or big screen tv.

Harcourt School also has interactive proofreading. This site is less extensive that the site above, but an advantage is that Shockwave is not required.

Grade 2

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g02/g02home.htm

Grade 3

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g03/g03home.htm

Grade 4

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g04/g04home.htm-

Grade 5

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g05/g05home.htm

Harcourt School Publishers

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

This site offers a variety of interactive games to practice such skills as sentence structure, verbs, plurals and nouns. Grades 3-5

Grammar Blast -Grades 6-8 .

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/quizzes/index.html

Good site.

A site from Houghton Mifflin English that reviews many basic grammar skills such as prepositional phrases, complex sentences, modifiers, clauses and many others.

Grammar Practice Tests –

http://college.hmco.com/devenglish/resources/writing_ace/students/index.html

Good Middle/High School. Interactive site

Reading

VA SOL Assistance from Poquoson Elementary School –

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/

Discussed in a previously listed site. A great site with many links to study various concepts in reading; grades 3-5

Practice Reading Tests –

http://www.longman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html

Online practice reading tests grades 1-8

NCES Reading Assessments –

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/search.asp?picksubj=Reading-

Sample questions for grades 4 and 8. Have students read passages then answer questions. This is not an interactive site, but pencil and paper. It can be used as a whole class activity, printing out the reading passage, then doing the questions together.

Reading Exercises –

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html

This site offers interesting reading selections with questions about content and a separate section for vocabulary questions. It offers a split screen for the reading selection on the left and the questions on the right plus it offers just the reading selection. The choice is yours. Grades 5, 6, 7

SOL Reading Practice –

http://www.pwcs.edu/mullen/sol/SOLpage.htm

This site has science, math, and Virginia studies questions. It is very user friendly. Grades 3, 4, 5

Reading Practice Tests –

http://college.hmco.com/devenglish/resources/reading_ace/students/index.html

Middle/ High School reading practice tests. Houghton Mifflin site,.

Reading sites for intermediate and middle grades –

http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/readingless.html-

This site includes pre test, lesson, and posttest. Some of the lessons are powerpoints with students actually teaching the skill. It includes practice in many areas of reading skills. (This is a Texas site.) Also, there are many other links included for different online activities.

Online Reading Skills –

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM

This site provides mini-stories with cloze exercises, speed reading exercises, and other reading passages with activities. Multiple grade levels.

Sadlier Oxford Phonics Activities –

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/index_phonics.htm

This site provides a great wealth of phonics activities for grades K-6

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/index_phonics.htm

This site provides analogies alsol.

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4gles2b1.htm

This is a Manatee County website which has been previously discussed. Interactive lesson, along with worksheets for reinforcement.

Evaluate Author's Purpose –

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/litplace/r980417d.htm

One story in narrative form. Read story and print out answer sheet for completion.

Text Types –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/worksheet.shtml-

This site provides an online game helping to learn about the different text types such as persuasion, informative, descriptive, or instructive. It includes fact sheets, quiz, worksheet, and game. Upper Middle and high school

Author's Point of View –

http://unx1.shsu.edu/%7Etxcae/Powerpoints/authorspurpose.html

Powerpoint Presentation about author’s purpose - Grades 3-5

Quiz One ;

http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpretest.html

Author’s purpose quiz worksheet and answer sheet available. Pretest

Quiz Two

http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpostest.html-

Author’s purpose quiz worksheet and answer sheet available. Posttest

Fact/Opinion

Fact/Opinion –

http://www.abcteach.com/Food/factopinion.htm

An online worksheet to complete. Grades1-3

Fact/Opinion Game –

http://www.quia.com/pop/12709.html

This site provides students the opportunity to read the statements and determine if they are facts or opinions. Select your answer from the popup menu. This site checks answers and keeps total score. Individual computer or big screen tv as a group activity.

MLK Fact and Opinion worksheet –

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp248-01.shtml

This site offers a lesson plan for from Education World.

Fact or Opinion Online Quiz http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html -

Scores results. Only one sheet.

Fact/Opinion worksheet –

http://www.abcteach.com/Spiders/factopinion.htm

From abcteach. Only one sheet, which is printable.

Fact or Opinion Game –

http://www.quia.com/pop/39102.html

30 statements seen one at a time. Immediate feedback for each answer. Large group, small group, big screen tv or individual computer.

Fact or Opinion –

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/fact1.htm

For primary grades from Primary Resources.

Practice Fact or Opinion –

http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/h/factopinionp.cfm

Read story about wolves then answer questions as to a fact or opinion.

Fact or Opinion –

http://www.thomsonlearning.com.au/impact/impact1/techacts/tech11u11/fact_or_opinion.htm

Upper grade activity. Read stories and decide upon fact or opinion. This site integrates technology into this lesson.

Fact or Opinion online quiz –

http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/factoropinion.shtml

A 10 question quiz. It is scored online.

Fact/Opinion Lesson online –

http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/h/factopl.cfm-

Oswego.org website. Discuss the lesson, then let students take the matching quiz. Interesting powerpoints available.

Compare/Contrast -

Compare/Contrast –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4glecc.htm

Manatee County Website. An online tutorial plus activity pages to complete to practice the skill.

Cause/Effect

Cause and Effect Story –

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/litplace/r980217e.htm

Online story with questions from Scholastic,. not interactive. Has an answer key.

Cause and Effect Books –

http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/2807.html

Booklist on stories to use for cause and effect lessons.

Cause and Effect Quizzes Quiz One ;Quiz Two.

http://unx1.shsu.edu/%7Etxcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/causeffectpretest.html

Printable sheet with answer key.

Cause and Effect Quiz –

http://www.quia.com/mc/94601.html

Game to match cause and effect. Small group, large group, big screen tv, individual computers. Answers given. 3grade

Cause and Effect Paragraphs –

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/cause.html

Online lesson and quizzes, with immediate feedback at the end.

Small group, large group, big screen tv.

Online cause and effect sentence quiz.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/mb/adv_cause.html

Possible ESL website. Sentences, tcap style questions, immediate feedback Small group, large group, big screen tv.

Ideas or Cause and Effect Essays

http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/engl1a/reynoldss/ideas4csef.htm

Intermediate to Upper levels. Ideas for teaching/using cause and effect.

Cause and Effect quiz –

http://www.quia.com/mc/20632.html

Interactive game which students match cause with effect. Small group, large group, big screen tv or individual computers.

Cause and Effect quizzes –

Quiz One ;

http://www.quia.com/pop/10769.html

Quiz Two ,

http://www.quia.com/pop/10770.html

Quiz Three;

http://www.quia.com/jq/19712.html

Quiz Four ;

http://www.quia.com/fc/94601.html

Quiz Five .

http://www.quia.com/tq/290140.html

All of these quizzes give immediate feedback.

Small group, large group, big screen tv or individual computers.

Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers –

http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/GO/cause_effect.htm

Printable sheet to help practice this skill.

Comprehension

English Basic –

http://www.rhlschool.com/english.htm

This site features original, basic, grammar worksheets for teachers and parent-teachers to copy for their kids. Use them for teaching, reinforcement , and review. Activities include homonyms, synonyms, analogies, complete sentence structure, suffixes, contractions and many others. Site from RHL School for Teachers

Grade One and Two Reading Strategies

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex2.htm

From the Manatee county site. Online activities including tutorials, worksheets, and reading practice.

Online Reading Passages with Exercises –

http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/online.html

ESL website. Online activities including comprehension, filling in the gap and recreating a story at levels basic to advanced.

Pre-Reading Strategies Index and Phonological Awareness Materials –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex1.htm

From Manatee County. Rhyming words, ABC order and recognition of letters for beginners.

RHL School for Teacher Resources –

http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm

Featuring free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their kids. They include original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper elementary through middle school years. Free reading comprehension worksheets that are truly unique!

Reading Comprehension Online Worksheets –

http://abcteach.com/directory/reading_comprehension/

From abcteach.com, free worksheets for grades k-12.

Basic question with some higher order questions.

Reading Comprehension for 4-6 Grade –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcdownh.htm

From Manatee County site. Online reading passages and worksheets with strategies addressed.

Reading Comprehension Connection –

http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com/lesson.html

A site designed for ESL. It may be good for non ESL also. Good interactive quizzes on basic skills. Reading Comprehension Strategies Toolbox from the Palma Sola Elementary School Website –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcdowni3.htm

From the Manatee County Site. Each grade level from 3-5 is organized with beginning, intermediate, and mastery level sheets. For example, say you choose a comprehension sheet about the rainforest. There are three levels of that sheet which all contain the same content. What differs is the format and how the questions are presented.

Main Idea

Main Idea Interactive Strategy Tutorials –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps3gle2A1.htm

From Manatee County--Interactive tutorials on supporting details and main idea, in addition to interactive quizzes on literal questions and inference questions, and numerous worksheets to practice the skills following the online activities. For intermediate elementary.

Online Practice Reading Tests –

http://www.longman-elt.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html

Grades 1-8 -Questions are designed to have students process the information in the passage, analyze it, and organize it for the answer. In this way, these practice questions test students’ analytical abilities, not just comprehension. Bubbling format very similar to Standardized testing format. Getting students used to reading passages and answering questions. There are questions that require short answers in addition to multiple choice. There is also some test prep ideas.

Reading Practice –

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html-

Interesting site with multiple links. Adapted from: Goodstein, A. & Walworth, M. (1979). Interesting Deaf Americans Intermediate/High School

Middle School Reading Practice –

http://www.geocities.com/frankie_meehan/index.html

ESL website .Some worksheets, some online quizzes.

Context Clues

Direct Definition Context Clues –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ccdirect.htm

From the Manatee county site. Short and sweet explanations about context clues. A lesson in remembering which clue words help interpret the text. Seven key words are introduced and examples are shown of each to clarify what to look for when dealing with context clues. A very good review lesson for 3rd and up.

Direct Context Clues Teaching Material –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/contextbb3_5.htm

From the Manatee county site. Here you will find a review lesson and worksheets to go along with the lesson as well as flash cards to review clue words that will help in interpreting text.

Inferential Context Clues –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ccinfer2.htm

From the Manatee county site. This site reviews how clues appear where the meaning is hidden in the rest of the words in the sentence. A brief interactive quiz helps assure understanding.

Sequencing

Order of Events Worksheets –

http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/language_arts/sequence/

When you open this site, scan to the bottom for the free materials on sequencing. There is a fee to use other parts of the site. Many various topics to read, discuss and put in sequential order.

Reading Selection –

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/test/coyote/test_coyote.html

Answer the questions to sequence the events. After an answer is giving, there is immediate feedback. May be used in small group, whole group, big screen tv or inividual computer.

Sequencing Events –

http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Reading/cupoftea.htm

Make tea through this interactive site. One activity.

Sequencing Events –

http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Reading/cheesesauce.htm

Practice your cooking skills and put the steps in order. One activity

Sequencing Stories-

http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html

This site provides various situations that need sequencing. (various levels) Interesting topics, Put these sentences in order to make a story.

Spelling - Structural Units

Suffix Practice for First Graders -
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/Gr1suffixes.htm

Mr. Bowtie teaches -s and -es . May be used for a directed lesson with the use of the big screen tv. Lots of other first grade practice.

Synonyms –

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/synonyms.htm

Online interactive practice, along with a concentration game and worksheets. Grades 1 and 2. Similar to the Mr. Bowtie website above.

Synonym Match –

http://www.dositey.com/language/grammar/synonyms_antonyms/synonyms1.htm

Interactive match activity-find the two words that have the same meaning. (game oriented) The same words are used over and over. Small group, whole group, big screen tv, or individual computer time. First or second grade.

Contraction Match – (same as above but with contractions)

http://www.dositey.com/language/grammar/contractions/contractions1.htm

Interactive game matching contractions with meanings.

Vocabulary -

Sentence Completion, Analogs, and Math –

http://www.vusd.k12.ca.us/vhs/resource/sat/sentcomp_quiz1.html

Fill in the missing vocabulary words, analogs, math. Middle/High School level. Answers provided. It can be used with big screen tv for small group or whole group instruction.

.Science

Virginia Department of Education -

http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/

Practice tests in grades 3,5, and 8. Tests include Science, Math, Technology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Algebra, Algebra 2, and Geometry.

Edinformatics

http://www.edinformatics.com/timss/atimss_intro.htm

Sample TIMSS - Each of the sample tests Edinformatics designed use actual questions from the Third International Math and Science Survey. Science tests are at the bottom of the page. Tests consist of 25 questions from each of the representative groups. Grades 3-4, 7-8, 12+ These pages can be printed.

ISAT 4th Grade Level Science Sample Test –

http://testpilot.isbe.net/ISBE/2003/grade4science/index.html

This is a sixty-question test from Illinois State Board of Education.

The questions may be printed. It can be used with big screen tv for small group or whole group instruction.

Macmillan/McGraw TAKS Practice Tests –

http://www.mhtexas.com/correlations/sciencetaks/index.html

PDF format - Practice science skills for the assessment test. Print off these tests for class discussions or for individual assessment. (grades 1-5). Answer key included. It can be used with big screen tv for small group or whole group instruction.