Whether you want to prepare your child for the rigors of the compacted math program; encourage their exploration of literature; or just encourage their continued growth over the summer months, we hope you find these web links helpful.

Math Resources

Triple A Math – Provides drills for grades K-8.  Select your child’s grade level and work through the skill list.  http://www.aaamath.com/

BBC-Skillwise  - Interactive games and review sheets covering the basic skills of  whole numbers, fractions & decimals, measurement, shapes, and probability .  Be sure to checkout Times Tables and Ordering Numbers.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/. 

Jefferson Lab – Know your facts?  Then work on your speed with Speed Math using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.  http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html

Rain Forest Math – Select Level to open a grade level math skills review.

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

Illumination – Logical Thinking Skills – Rote recall of facts is not enough!  Try these logic games to really stretch those brain cells.  Look for these GBW Favorites:  Ten Frame; Product Game; and Tower of Hanoi .  http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=all&standard=all

Language Arts Resources

Read, Write and Think –try these interactive tools to create a book cover, write a poem, create a mini-book, or publish your own newspaper. Over 21 fun activities.

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Geography Resources

National Geographic for Kids - improve your knowledge of animals and world geography.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/index.html

Sheppard Geographic Quizzes and Games- Can you recognize the continents and oceans?  Do you know the capital cities of all 50 states, and countries around the world?  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Additional Online Learning Sites

Additional resources are available on   FCPS 24/7 Learning. Look for the course: McDonald's Tools for Learning 06-07.

July 1, 2007 students passwords will be reset. Students should enter their Student ID # for both Username and Password. They will then be prompted to create a new password. The suggested password for Greenbriar West students is: panda07

Incoming GT Students can be added to Mrs. McDonald's Blackboard course.  Please email her with: your student’s name and their student ID# at:  Cathy.McDonald@fcps.edu