Resources for Parents

Here are some great websites to support your student’s learning. (Always visit websites before using with your child in the event that content has changed!

Bookadventure.com: http://bookadventure.com/ (Your student may remember his or her username passcode from school or may create a new one, with your permission.)

Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
(Students use a banner free page at school with usermame: olgs and password is school five digit zipcode)

Encyclopedia online to come (World Book Complete)

Factmonster from Information Please: http://www.factmonster.com/homework/

Kids’ Place: Houghton Mifflin Reading: http://eduplace.com/kids/tnc/

Link Library: http://eduplace.com/linklibrary/

Nasa: www.nasa.gov

OLGS Library Media Center Class Links webpage: http://sp.mdtechcenter.org/olgs/hartig/Lists/Links/AllItems.aspx

OLGS Library Media Center Parent Resources: http://sp.mdtechcenter.org/olgs/hartig/Shared%20Documents/Parent%20Resou...

OLGS Reference Page for Students: http://www.olgs.org/academics/resources

Parents’ Choice Foundation: Reviewing Children’s Media since 1978: http://www.parents-choice.org/

Read to Me International: http://www.readtomeintl.org/

Reading online: http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=webwatch/pic...

Reading Rockets: for families: http://www.readingrockets.org/families

Sirs Discoverer: http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage
(The Maryland Digital Library program enables access at home
or at school. Username: MD85179 and Password: school’s 5 digit zipcode)

Spaceweather.com – News … http://www.spaceweather.com/

Starting a Book Group: http://bookadventure.com/more/bookGroup.asp