Resources for helping your child with reading at home:
http://www.edselect.com/language at home.htm

Sites for your kindergarten-aged child:
http://www.edselect.com/kinderga.htm

A Math dictionary for K - Grade 3. Click on the Learning Site to access curriculum materials:
http://www.hbschool.com

Have your own math lab at home. This site involves some downloading of ZIP files, but will be well worth the effort:
http://www.hbschool.com/elab/index.html

Practice your math skills at home. This site is aimed at Grades K to 3. Fill in the registration form to begin. The site keeps track of your progress.
http://www.inew.com/

Math in the Home:
http://edselect.com/math_at_home.htm

This site provides strategies for parents to help their children in Math and Language, as well as assessing Learning Styles.
http://www.parentcenter.com/learning/

Science Fair help:
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/

The following are links for various novels studied throughout the board:
http://www.narnia.com/

Help your child learn to read with this free software. It reads along with your children as they read the text to themselves.
http://helpread.net/

Math Dictionary for 4 - 6
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index4.html

Have your own math lab at home. This site involves some downloading of ZIP files, but will be well worth the effort.
http://www.hbschool.com/elab/index.html

Practice your math skills at home: 4-6
http://www.inew.com/

Test Preparation for Math:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/index.html

Math in the Home:
http://edselect.com/math_at_home.htm

Science Fair help:
http://www.tryscience.org/home.html

Experiments at home:
http://www.tryscience.org/home.html

This is a link to the "Crossover Materials" page from TVO that provides learning activities for students changing course types from Grade 9 to Grade 10 English.
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/COU/Students/cou_StudentsMain.cfm?Menu_ID_Sel=700&Lang_Sel=1

The following are resources for many of the novels taught at the intermediate level in the board:

Bridge to Terabithia
Read an interview with Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia.
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/kidspace/askauthor/paterson.html

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
At this interactive KidReach page, students consider not only issues raised by the text but also spelling and word recognition strategies.
http://pirates.k12.ar.us/cre/labert/witch.htm

Background, chapter-by-chapter study questions, vocabulary, and suggestions for projects, this thorough site is designed for fifth grade. http://pirates.k12.ar.us/cre/labert/witch.htm

The Outsiders
Online anticipation guide with questions and vocabulary, this site is by KidReach.
http://www.westga.edu/~kidreach/outsiders.html
The author’s official web site:
http://www.sehinton.com/

The Hound of the Baskervilles

http://www.online-literature.com/doyle/

Hatchet
This site not only provides a biography of the author but a chance for readers to pose a question to Paulsen.
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

This is a link to the "Crossover Materials" page from TVO that provides learning activities for students changing course types from Grade 9 to Grade 10 Math.
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/COU/Students/cou_StudentsMain.cfm?Menu_ID_Sel=700&Lang_Sel=1

Have your own math lab at home. This site involves some downloading of ZIP files, but will be well worth the effort:
http://www.hbschool.com/elab/index.html

Review your math skills at home.
http://www.inew.com/

Maps of Canada
http://atlas.gc.ca

Science Fair Help:
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/welcome.html

Shakespeare Resources:

This is an extensive site, including texts of plays and poems, biography, famous quotes, art, film adaptations, study guides, criticism, and the Globe Theatre.
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/

A promising use of Web technology, this site offers online lectures on Shakespeare with David Ritchie, senior lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. This site would be especially useful for high school students or as background information for teachers.
http://bananatv.com/shakespeare/


http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

Click to select the version best for you, then go to an extensive collection of links covering Shakespeare's life, the Elizabethan theatre, society, history and politics, new ideas of the time, dramatic styles, and some plays. Click on the site map for a specific index. A great site for research.
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLT/index.html

This is possibly the best, most comprehensive, Shakespeare site on the Web, with links to e-texts, background information, and much more.
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Other Writers:

At this web site, you can check out Hemingway’s biography, photographs, reviews of his many works as well as literary samples, and background information on the people who influenced his writing.
http://www.hemingway.org/life/index.html

Media:

For senior students, this is an excellent site offering good information on job and educational training opportunities as well as general information on journalism. The site also features links to several thousand newspapers and also for magazines, television, and radio.
http://ajr.newslink.org/

This page on the Media Awareness Network site is under development but promises activities to boost students’ "consumer smarts" and a student lounge where teenagers can post their thoughts, articles, and cartoons on media and popular culture.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/students/default.html

This is a dynamic site that offers great math support. There are sections dealing with functions, limits, puzzles and problems, success with and careers in math, and much more. Designed for the senior student.
http://www.coolmath.com/

This site for senior students features labs, questions, and exercises such as building a rainbow.
http://www.geom.umn.edu/apps/gallery.html

This site offers ideas and worksheets using Claris Works to develop graphing skills for students.
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/spreadsheet.html

Here is a collection of interactive Java applets that students can manipulate in order to get a better understanding of mathematical concepts and ideas.
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/index.html

Interactive math activities allow students practice in subjects such as algebra, calculus, probability, geometry, and more.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com

The Math Club at Princeton U. provides math puzzles and games for all levels.
http://www.princeton.edu/~mathclub/puzzles.html

HighSchoolHub features math activities and manipulatives, as well as Ask Dr. Math, an excellent resource for all students struggling with math.
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/math.cfm

Thinking of a career in mathematics? This site provides links to explanations and investigations on possible math-based professions.
http://www.coolmath.com/careers.htm

Social Sciences:

National Geographic has an outstanding web site which has guides for both parents and students. The education section has maps and map outlines, reference links, and information on history and culture, science and nature, animals, and a excellent selection of photographs.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Environment Canada provides information and maps of Canada’s ecozones.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/Framework/NarDesc/

Visit The World Factbook 2002 which features flags of the world, maps, and a search engine for geographical and historical matters.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Histor!ca helps students search the best Canadian history information on the web.
http://www.histori.ca/