Pearl Recommended Curriculum Overviews
Math:
English Language Arts:
All About Reading and Spelling
First Language Lessons for the Well Trained Mind
Institute for Excellence in Writing
Writing with Ease & Write with Skill by Well Trained Mind
Winning With Writing, Growing With Grammar, Soaring With Spelling Jackris Publishing
Science
Real Science 4 Kids by Gravitas Publishing
Social Studies
Art
PEARL Recommended LEARNING LINKS
TYPING |
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Try to earn 5 stars
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Learn to type |
Practice your skills |
Instructional program |
For K-1 Kids |
Race against other typers |
READING |
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High-impact instructional materials & tools that are ready to use.Over 1 million teachers and 13 million students are using Read Works |
Interactive websites to practice all of the skills you need to be a good reader |
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Daily articles for kids on current events, books, and movies. |
Lots of Interactive reading activities for K-2 |
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Top-rated reading comprehension through 12th grade
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International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) Read illustrated books from around the world. |
Fiction, non-fiction, folk tales online books |
Practice for the SBAC
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THINKING SKILLS & BRAIN GAMES |
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Math & Science Puzzles to stimulate and engage |
Empowering minds through play |
Mind-twisting videos and tricky
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The Classic Logic Game
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How good is your memory? |
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WRITING, SPELLING & GRAMMAR |
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Take time to explore this site. There are lots of resources and interactive activities. |
1000’s of spelling lists based on reading levels, grade or subject, or use your own lists. Lots of Games
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Everything you need to learn grammar. |
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Find creative writing prompts & get ideas for character, plot, and setting. |
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Merriam-Webster program offers kids a student dictionary and interactive word games. |
Students create their own digital stories. Choose characters, setting, and topic. Students can preview before they print and share their stories. |
Write your own myth on this interactive site |
WORLD LANGUAGES |
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Access to Spanish/English dictionary with audio pronunciation of every word. |
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Learn languages by speaking, listening, translating, & with multiple choice challenges. |
Spanish, German, French,Japanese & Pirate For Free
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Focuses on learning vocabulary
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COMPUTER CODING |
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Coding made easy
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Hour of Code using Minecraft and Star Wars templates. |
Work on all math skills, watch instructional videos, track progress. |
Create stories, games, and animations |
Advanced Coding Skills |
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MATH & PROBLEM SOLVING |
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Master Basic math facts & track progress. |
A list of terrific websites for kids all about economics and business |
Free math worksheets, lessons, online math games lists |
Read a cool fun fact, followed by math riddles at different levels for everyone |
Free math problem solving worksheets |
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This is a terrific site with graphic simulations. Try it! |
Practice SBAC
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Interactive online materials for math and science education for grades 3 - 12. |
Games,Arcade,Story Math, Videos -this one makes math fun! |
Math games by grade level K-5 |
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MATH TUTORIALS & TOOLS |
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Work on all math skills, watch instructional videos, track progress. |
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NCES CreateaGraphCreate a Bar, Line, Area, Pie, and XY Graph and then print, save, or email it! |
Geometric equations Vocabulary (Math Terms) Conversion tables
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This is the best math website ever. Check it out! |
Math vocabulary in a visual, downloadable format |
interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives from abacus to Venn Diagrams |
Fractions are better understood when seen. A great site!
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See how it works ! Everything from fractions to probability |
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STATE & REGIONAL HISTORY |
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Explore the online encyclopedia of Washington State History. |
Start digging into the rich history of Washington State with these helpful resources. |
Take virtual tours and learn all about the Capitol Campus in Olympia |
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US & WORLD HISTORY |
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History for Kids |
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Explore info. on branches of government, the flag, historical documents, and the presidents. |
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Explore 100 milestone documents of American history. |
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Explore info. on branches of government, the flag, historical documents, and the presidents. |
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Explore database of 5,000+ text, audio & videos of famous speeches. |
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The Architect’s Virtual Capitol Take interactive tour of U.S. Capitol & other buildings & grounds. |
GEOGRAPHY |
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Geography game with 100+ exercises. Learn countries, capitals, oceans, flags & cities using outline map exercises. |
Quiz your knowledge of Countries, Capitals, Continents and more |
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Customize your quizzes, study guides
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CIVICS & CURRENT EVENTS |
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Don’t just learn civics - play civics! run for president, pass new laws, argue real cases. |
Games, news, contests, puzzles, and fun activities for kids. A great site |
U.S. Bureau of Labor & Statistics Lots of games, puzzles,quizzes, for K-12. A great site |
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Daily articles for kids on current events, books, and movies. |
SCIENCE |
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Experiments and science fair ideas on a multitude of K-12 Science topics. |
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Learn about the construction and upcoming launch of this amazing telescope. |
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Find project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. |
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Ocean Portal Explore unusual & everyday ocean organisms, art, and researchers devoting their lives to exploring the ocean ecosystem. |
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ScienceKids Access to science experiments, science facts, online games, activities, photos, quizzes, videos & science fair projects. |
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Find answers to your science questions or ask Dr. Universe your own question. |
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Explore answers to intriguing questions on a variety of topics and ask your own questions. |
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Instructional Youtube videos on a variety of Science topics. |
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Learn about Chemistry with American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Activities. |
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A terrific link from NOAA on everything related to and affected by weather
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Lessons and content on ocean, coastal, and climate topics for students. |
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Watch live, interactive webcasts of professionals talking about their work. Submit questions for the speaker to answer! |
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Cal Academy of Sciences multimedia magazine showcasing wonder of nature & ways to sustaining life on Earth. |
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A resource for everyone eager to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Learn safe and heallthy habits and how the government is helping prevent disease
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See how it works! Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science THis is a terrific site!
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. What happens to your garbage after you throw it away? Does everything we put in our garbage cans really need to be there, or can it be used again, or maybe even made into something new? How does garbage affect our health and environment? |
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FINE ARTS |
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Music videos and audio clips of each instrumant in the orchestra |
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Explore game modules on music making, instruments, conducting, and composing. |
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Access to computer-based art-making tools and an informative introduction to art and art history. |
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Play art games, write stories, share art with other kids. Make street art like Banksy, paint like Warhol & Lichtenstein. |
Tour the art collections of this museum |
Learn about composers, listen to the music, play games. One of the best music sites |
Simple art projects so you can do art everyday |
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FITNESS & HEALTH |
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Explore activities and games to learn about healthy eating and fitness. |
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KidsHealth is the most-visited website for information about health, behavior, & human development. |
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Use the pedometer step & mile recording program for 3rd grade & up. |
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Learn about healthy food choices and nutrition. |
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Learn about healthy food choices and nutrition. |
STUDY TOOLS |
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Learn and study anything. Access to 40 million+ flashcards, tests, and study games or make your own study set. |
This is the very best website on PEARL Links
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Test yourself in math, science geography |
Just about all the help you'll ever need
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An amazing site for study aids for math, science, social studies, language arts....Take a look! |
