Student & Family Resources –
Main Resources
- https://www.gregtangmath.com – Online math program comprising games, animated books and downloadable materials
- mathtv.com – This website is home to 10 thousand free math videos covering topics from basic math skill to algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus.
- https://homework.cpm.org – CPM homework help
- https://www.autismspeaks.org
– Information for parents and teachers about Autism Spectrum Disorder - http://www.readwritethink.org – Information and resources about teaching literacy for parents and teachers
- Keeping Students With Learning Disabilities Motivated at Home
Dictionaries
- Kid’s Wordsmyth is an online dictionary for children that has amazing features, including a widget to look up any word on any page. WILD is their free illustrated dictionary for children, which shows colorful animated images and sounds out the word. There are Spanish and Chinese versions.
- Vidtionary is a video dictionary for adolescents to adults. The web site has a collection of short videos that show different example scenes illustrating a word’s meaning.
- Little Explorers is a children’s visual dictionary provided by Enchanted Learning.
- ESOL Help is a very basic picture dictionary that just displays the word and has clip art to illustrate the word.
- Opdome features 20 sets of vocabulary, available in English, Spanish and Chinese.
- A Math’s Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather features two different online visual dictionaries. The original A Maths Dictionary for Kids is animated and interactive with over 630 common mathematical terms in simple language with definitions, examples, activities, practice and calculators. A Maths Dictionary for Kids Quick Reference is a device friendly html version with definitions and detailed examples for over 950 words.
- The Math is Fun Visual Dictionary illustrates several math terms and instruments and includes simple definitions. Some of the entries are interactive where students get to play with the instrument virtually.
- NASA’s Picture Dictionary is for students in grades 3rd to 8th and visually teaches learners about space and NASA.