Web+Resources

 =Helpful Websites=

Searching and Research Sites
In addition to Googleing for information (which is always fun), the sites below are especially suitable for elementary school students. The HISD licensed sites will require a password when accessed from home. Students can get those passwords from Ms. Hiller or our librarian, Ms. Oubre.

HISD

 * Encyclopedia Britannica - @http://school.eb.com/elementary
 * World Book Encyclopedia - @http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home

Non-HISD

 * KidsClick! - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
 * Berit's Best Sites for Children: Search page - @http://www.cochran.com/theodore/beritsbest/search.html
 * Awesome Library - Education Search Engine - @http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/searche.html
 * Ask for Kids - @http://www.askkids.com/

Social Studies Sites

 * [|www.kidinfo.com/Geography/Maps.html]
 * [|www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm]
 * [|www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm]
 * [|www.minsocam.org/MSA?k12?rkcycle/recycleindex.html]
 * [|www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0032-understanding-landforms.php]
 * [|www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/ForKids/index.shtml]
 * [|www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution]
 * [|www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html]
 * http://bensguide.gpo.gov

Helpful for Parents and Students
> Texas Education Agency released TAKS tests and answer keys > For those needing or wanting extra practice in cursive.
 * Literacy Blueprint Shows what your child will accomplish by end of 3rd grade in reading & writing.
 * www.spellingcity.com Hard to get off once you get on!
 * @http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=44&menu_id=793
 * @http://www.handwritingforkids.com/

Especially for Students

 * Free Rice - @http://www.freerice.com/ For each answer you get right they donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Program to help end hunger.