Web Resources for Grade 6

Web Resources for Communications

Scholastic News
An online news magazine for kids.  In addition to interesting articles, there are links to surveys, games and quizzes.

 

World Literature for Middle and Secondary Schools
Links to Russian, African, Latin, and World Literature.

 

Fake Out!
Develop your vocabulary by playing the vocabulary game Fake Out! Three words are provided weekly for each age group. Select Past Games from the menu to learn words from previous games.

 

Common Errors in the English Language
Scroll to bottom of this page and choose: Go to errors. Select a word or phase from the list to see how its should be used in the English language and how it is often misused.
 

Online English Grammar
This site is an excellent reference tool for grammar rules on word usage and parts of speech.  Topics can be accessed from the Table of Contents or from a Subject index.  Online tests for grammar skills are available in The Test Centre. Free registration is required to take a test.
 

Vocabulary Workshop
This site gives the definitions of prefixes and suffixes. Print out the vocabulary exercises. Determine the root, prefix and suffix for each word. Select Answer to reveal the answers to your worksheet.

 

Bookhive!
Find a good book in a specific literary genre. Find book reviews and comments for each book. What to find a specific book? Use the search engine to learn the genre of a specific book and read the viewers comments.

 

Carol Hurst's Literature Site
Looking for a great book to read? This site provides titles and reviews of books that are interesting to 6th graders.

Web Resources for Math

Dave's Math Tables
This site provides reference tables for math concepts such as fraction-to-decimal conversion, measurement conversion, and finding area and volume. It also provides references for algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, calculus and advanced math topics.

 

AAA Math
This is an awesome site for interactive practice for students of all grade levels. Select your grade level or math topic to begin. Topics that address the 6th grade curriculum are computation, geometry, divisibility, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, measurement, consumer math, area, perimeter, circumference, volume, integers, inequalities, and scientific notation.

 

Math Help for Students from Math Goodies
This site provides 54 interactive math lessons and activities for the following 8 areas: Introduction to Statistics, Topics in Pre-Algebra, Probability Lessons, Integers, Understanding Percent, Understanding Percent, Number Theory, Circumference & Area of Circles, Perimeter & Area of Polygons.

 

Math Advantage
Select a grade level and choose an interactive math activity. Additional activities and printable materials can be found by selecting the Parent and Teacher view. This site requires Shockwave and Adobe Acrobat for many of the activities.

 

Math Quizzes
This site provides quizzes on math topics that will help students assess their study needs.

 

Interactive Math Activities
Great interactive activities that help students with many math concepts. Sixth graders work with topics such as venn diagrams, angles, perimeter, area, volume, and more!

 

Word Problems for Sixth Grade
These 45 multi-step word problems provide practice in a variety of math topics such as area, volume, multiplying decimals and more. Hints are given if needed along with the answer key.
 
Tangrams

Choose from three interactive websites, where you can move and rotate the basic geometric shapes that create a tangram to reproduce a variety of figures.

Tangram Game from PBS Kids
Tangrams at Javalovers.com
Tangrams at Enchantedmind.com

 

Web Resources for Science

Aliens Explore Earth
This site provides information about mammals, pond life, photosynthesis, food chains and ecology basics.

 

Helpful Science Links
This site provides excellent real time sites about about current weather and moon phases. Other links include information about the periodic table, simple machines, the human body, and multiple biomes.

 

NASA Human Space Flight
Find out what's happening today in space! Read the news about the next space flight, the space station, NASA events and other press releases.

 

CosmicQuest
This is a fun site that allows students to design a space station with supplies necessary for life in space. Other features include A Field Guide to the Universe, An Expedition to the Magnetic North Pole, and The Current Night Sky.

Web Resources for Social Studies

Connect Europe
Travel to Europe! Get the facts and a map of each country in Europe. This site also recommends related sites.

 

Mission Impossible: European Adventure
This WebQuest allows students to take the detective approach to learning about European countries as they determine the "phantom country". Great links to sites about England, Italy, Germany, Greece, and Spain. This site also provides learners with a beautiful map of Europe, a CIA factbook, and links to Encarta Encyclopedia.

 

An Overview of French Culture
This site provides information about Politics, Modern Life, Social Customs, History and French Architecture. A statistical profile of the country is also provided.

 

Expedia.com
This site is a great resource for learning about the geography, people, culture and history of most countries around the world. Students may acquire a map of any location by using the map tab at the top of the page and by selecting Find a Map. This site also provides all the facts and travel information you may need for your research. Check out the currency converter and the link for weather conditions!

Web Resources for Encore

French Language Course Pages
This link provides lessons to help students review vocabulary, parts of speech, sentence structure and conversation.

 

AltaVista Translations
This site allows students to translate words, sentences and paragraphs in from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Russian languages.

Web Resources for Reference

NC WiseOwl

NC WiseOwl is a site published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This site provides an incredible wealth of reference materials which include access to online encyclopedias, periodicals, journals, dictionaries and photographs. Contact your school media specialist to obtain passwords for at home access.

 

Dictionary.com
Type in any word and get the correct spelling, definition, respelling, part of speech and related words. There are many types of dictionaries at this site such as sign language, translators for languages, rhyming dictionaries.

 

School Subjects
Need help finding information for a school research project or just need help with homework? This site provides many links for school subjects, reference resources, student leisure, search engines and more! Select computers and choose free clipart to gain access to a wonderful selection of clipart and photographs!

 

Kentucky-in-Touch References!
This site contains hundreds of links to grade appropriate topics. Select the middle school icon and look at the links in each subject area.

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Donna Martin