We know that the most successful students are generally those whose parents provide quality educational experiences at home that reinforce skills taught in the classroom.  At the following websites parents may access helpful information for working with their children at home.  All of the websites listed appear to be "safe" to view; however, it is best if a parent is with their child when any Internet sites are visited.

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• http://guest.portaportal.com/skeen  (This is a database of websites for each grade level.  The database includes educational sites for studying SOLs, but it also includes some just-for-fun sites.)

• http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/index.shtml  This site provides important information for parents and teachers about the Standards of Learning and Testing for Virginia Public Schools.  To access the information for the topics listed below, open the site and click on each academic subject listed on the right side of that webpage.
  
  You will find the following documents on the above website:

--The Standards of Learning (SOL) that are currently in effect for Virginia Public Schools

--The Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework, which defines the content knowledge, skills, and understandings that are measured by the Standards of Learning tests.

--The Standards of Learning Test Blueprints, which serve as a guide to teachers, parents, and students in that they show Standards of Learning covered by a test, reporting categories of test items, number of test items, and general information about how the test questions are constructed.

--The Latest Released Tests from the previous year, which can be used for review

--The Enhanced Scope and Sequence , which is a resource to help teachers align their classroom instruction with the content found in the Standards of Learning.

• http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/index.shtml   (All Released SOL Tests that may be used for review can be found at this site.)
• English SOL Online Writing testing (Beginning with the 2013 spring SOL tests, Virginia students will complete all direct writing tests online.  Writing Test Blueprints and other resources are available at this website.)
• http://www.maps101.com  (Maps available for classroom and student use)
• http://www.doe.virginia.gov/   (This is the Virginia Department of Education site.)
• https://hosted24.renlearn.com/33043  (This "Renaissance Place" website will be used by the teachers at school.  The program, titled STAR Reading, is a diagnostic testing program that measures the student's reading performance.)
• http://www.iq.poquoson.org  (On this website, created by Tami Maloney and sponsored by Poquoson City Public Schools, students may complete interactive quizzes correlated to the SOLs.)
• http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/  (This site provides online practice tests for the Virginia SOLs in science, math, and technology.)
• www.primarygames.com  (For primary grades--learning games in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies)
• http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html  (Students read the time in words and then stop the clock when the hands are in the matching position.)
• http://awesomelibrary.org/student.html  (a database of over 6400 sites compiled by librarians)
• http://www.ajkids.com  (a fast, kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their questions online)
• http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html  (This site has information and activities about our nation's government for grades K-12.)
• http://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK.html  (This site is designed to help students in Grades K-12 understand the Constitution.)
• http://www.earth.google.com 

Note: You may download a free version of Google Earth.  The following description comes from the Google Earth website.  "For anyone who has ever dreamed of flying..." - NY Times The idea is simple. It’s a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it now.