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Home	Westfield State Elementary Mrs. Matonent's Class Room #205 This is the resource page! Here you will find student, parent, and teacher
Student Resources
BBC Bitesize	BBC Bite Size is a website with help in all subjects. It's an easy, yet exciting way to help struggling learners because it offers entertainment while educating.
Adapted Mind	Adapted Mind offers free resources for kids that need help with specific lessons in reading or math. There are free worksheets with solutions and games that incorporate learning.
Fun Brain	Fun brain engages the mind with learning as you play games such as tic tac toe or baseball. Math or reading help is available while having fun, too all for free!
Kid's National Geographic	Kid's National Geographic is a website with informational articles about animals and nature and science in general. This website also includes puzzles, pictures and games that introduce kid's to the world around them.
Jump Start	Jump Start is an online virtual world that offers adventure-based educational games. Kids can play games while simultaneously learn and socialize in a secure online environment.
Smart Tutor	Smart Tutor is an award winning reading and math website for kids struggling with specific lessons such as spelling sight words or learning 2D shapes. Each game offers specific learning objectives and instructions
Soft Schools	Soft Schools is a website that offers help general help with all subjects but focuses mostly on geography. One of the most useful pages on this site for our class would be the quiz on remembering all 50 states and where they are.
Teacher Resources
Scholastic	Scholastic is a well known, reliable website that offers books, periodicals, lesson plans, and much more for teachers and also gives themed ideas about how to incorporate entertainment in education.
Discovery Education	Discovery Education is a website that offers programs, games, lesson plans, and grant opportunities for classrooms that allows extensive learning and engagement with relevant tools designed for today's teachers.
Science Buddies	Science Buddies is a website that gives teachers a plethora of hands on activities on a variety of science topics that allow their students to learn by doing with the interactive and engaging material presented.
Edutopia	Edutopia is a website specifically designed for new teachers that offers relevant articles and advice that can be useful to any educator. It also gives help in curriculum planning for those who are new to this subject
Teaching Heart	Teaching Heart tailors to new and aspiring teachers and gives tips on general topics that most teachers need help on such as classroom and behavior management, resume help, and bulletin board ideas.
Teachers First	Teachers First is a website that allows all teachers to come together and discuss ideas from their own classroom and also includes tips on saving time and tutorials on how to use teacher oriented programs.
Education World	Education World helps connect teachers to what is relevant, new and engaging to today's students by including articles, updated blogs, and technology tips that are easily accessible
Parent Resources
Discovery Education	Discovery Education offers a wide variety of free family resources that you can trust to provide high quality, relevant material for you and your children
PBS Parents	PBS Parents offers a great variety of party ideas, children development tips and warning signs, fun and games as well as recipe ideas and parenting forums
Parent Tool Kit	The Parent Tool Kit helps to map your children's physical, emotional and mental growth from Pre K - 12th Grade, as well as offering current news for parents and children of all ages
Pearson School	The Pearsons School offers parenting advice, education and teacher resources, printable workbooks, educations games and much more
Family Education	School Family Education offers great discussion between Private vs Public Schools, if your child qualifies for charter school, it also offers advice for dealing with students who hate High School, and working with children with ADD/ADHD
Jump Start	Jump Start offers lots of great resources to help with your child's homework, Jump Start categorizes the resources into subjects as well as general resources for specific grades
Kids Health	Kids Health offers some great advice on General Health of students and parents, growth and development, infections and disease/disease control, pregnancy and babies, nutrition and fitness and much more!