Student Resources
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ABCya! Kids Education & Technology Meet
ABCya! is a website that provides educational games and activities for school-aged children. The games on the website are organized into grade levels from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, as well as into subject categories such as letters, numbers, and holidays.
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Book Adventure
Book adventure is a reading management program that contains over 15,000 book quizzes to check student’s comprehension. Student effort is rewarded with virtual pet play, game coins, and a game page. Students can also create avatars and personalize bookshelves.
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Dance Mat Typing
Dance Mat Typing is a fun website for beginning keyboarders. Through a series of 4 interactive levels, students will learn finger positioning and have a chance to practice typing. At the end of each level, students can earn a reward for their tying skills.
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Fact Monster
Fact Monster is a website that contains several reference works under one umbrella, including the Columbia Encyclopedia, Random House Dictionary, an atlas and an almanac. It also features quizzes, flashcards, a homework center and Flash-based games. In 2001 it won a Webby Award for best youth site.
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Hour of Code
The Hour of Code website offers a wide variety of coding activities for all levels of expertise. There are activities geared towards the pre-reader all the way through high school. Students also have the option to choose beginner or comfortable depending on their familiarity with coding.