Online Textbook Links:
English, Science 7 and 8, and Foreign Language Textbook Website
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
MATH
Other features, including the online textbook above, are available using a student login provided by the math teacher.
If your child uses a GLENCOE book, the website is http://va.msmath1.net (no WWW is used)
IMPT: Change the 1 in the web address to whatever math course your child has (1, 2, or 3)
For the textbook, click on Student Edition and use the code provided by your math teacher
Extra examples show you additional worked-out examples that mimic the textbook.
Self check quizzes provides a self-checking practice quiz for each lesson; you can even email them to teachers!
Parent and Student Study Guide improves math performance with a 1-page worksheet for every lesson and a chapter review for every chapter.
Vocabulary review checks your understanding of the terms and definitions used in each chapter.
Chapter test allows you to take a self-checking test before the actual test.
Standardized test is another way to brush up on your standardized test-taking skills.
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
LANGUAGE ARTS
If your child uses the Holt book for language arts: The website address is http://my.hrw.com/
The Online Textbook, online notebook, and access to online tests posted by the teacher requires a username and password, provided by the language arts teacher.
The Language Arts resources on the left at http://go.hrw.com are immediately accessible
- Select the LANGUAGE ARTS button. This brings you to a screen with a Literature button and a Language Arts button.
- For writing and grammar, select Language Arts (Elements of Language First Course, Second, or Third Course)
For literature, select Literature (Elements of Literature First Course, Second Course, or Third Course © 2005)
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Elements of Language
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Elements of Literature
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Model Bank –provides a full-length paper with interactive notes and a step-by-step writing guide
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Choosing by grade level will give you access to 8 collections. You can work within each collection as a theme to complete writing, media, vocabulary, and reading passages.
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Media Zone - become a smarter viewer and learn how to get your own media messages across. Includes news stories and political ads.
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Choosing by skill at the top of the page provides the following resources:
1. Literature: Author biographies
2. Reading: Interactive texts with pop-up questions, tips, and polls
3. Writing: Interactive writer’s models
Language: Self-scoring grammar and usage activities
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Language Center- has interactive vocabulary activities and online writing resources
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Interactive models require Macromedia Shockwave and Flash Players.
Printable models require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Printable models require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
Science 7 and Science 8
If your child uses the Holt book for science: The website address is http://my.hrw.com/
The Online Textbook, online notebook, and access to online tests posted by the teacher requires a username and password, provided by the science teacher.
The Science resources on the left at http://go.hrw.com are immediately accessible
- Select the Science and Health button. This brings you to a screen with a Middle School Science button. Select that button. Choose the course that matches your 7th or 8th grade science class.
- On the following screen you will be able to brush up on skills that reinforce what you learned in a particular chapter, use various online resources, or use the online reference materials.
Vocabulary Resources
Free online dictionary from the makers of the famous Oxford English Dictionary. Site includes word games and other support materials for spelling, grammar, etymology, and foreign phrases, plus an "Ask the Experts" link where you can find answers to frequently asked language questions.
This site has lots more than vocabulary. Check out the "Table of Contents" and click on "Vocabulary." In addition to spelling and vocabulary lessons, you will find many ready-to-implement activities with Greek and Latin roots.
This site has an extensive and easy-to-use online dictionary and thesaurus that even provides audio pronunciations. There are free word games, and you can sign up for Word-of-the-Day.
Calls itself the "Web's best spot for online trivia games, word puzzles, and quizzes!" You will find word scrambles, webs, crossword puzzles - even Boggle. Lots of word trivia too!
This is an easy-to-use free Internet dictionary. Its database of words, terms, names, and acronyms is frequently updated.
This site boasts many "link for word lovers" with activities like crossword puzzles and multilingual vocabulary information.
Ever wonder about how a particular word entered our vocabulary? On this website, you can type the word in and quickly discover its "roots" and the history of its appearance in the English language.
You will enjoy exploring this site of Latin and Greek prefixes, suffixes, and root words. It includes lists of quotations, legal terms, medical words, prescription terms, religious expressions, and various abbreviations from Latin and Greek.
Full of puzzles and other activities based on Greek and Latin roots. The puzzles change regularly, so you can visit the site frequently without getting bored!
Maintained by Merriam-Webster; this site has plenty of activities and information for you. You can even build your own dictionary.
Lots of references and interesting resources. You will enjoy "Words for Our Modern Age: Especially English Words from Greek and Latin Sources."
Have a new word sent to your email every day! Fascinating and fun! Also provides a vocabulary word, its definition, pronunciation information with audio clip, etymology, usage example, and quotation.
