Useful Links


YourDictionary is a free online English dictionary and much more. The free 
dictionary search gives you definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, 
pronunciation, and etymology results for your word.
http://www.yourdictionary.com

One Look-Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases: If 
you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, One Look 
quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate 
that word. If you don't know how to spell the word, One Look will help you 
do that too. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 
900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine.
http://www.onelook.com

Wikipedia Online Dictionary is a multilingual, Web-based, free content 
encyclopedia project. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide you to 
related pages with additional information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

Scholastic Inc. helping children around the world to read and learn.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp

This site will help you get prepared for what types of questions you will 
experience when you take the New Jersey ASK test
http://www.studyisland.com

This will help you preview some books you might be interested in
http://www.hmsmediacenter.blogspot.com

This site helps you make appropriate book choices. It also can give you book 
suggestions according to your reading level.
http://www.lexile.com

Check out our Media Center Blog at Hammarskjold!
http://www.hmsmediacenter.blogspot.com/

Buddy Squared is the next generation of teaching and learning. Lots of great 
activities and helpful ideas for Language Arts
http://www.buddyproject.org/jfy/kids/links/language.asp

KidsReads is a great site for new and upcoming books, movies, and authors.
http://www.kidsreads.com

Surf the Net Kids is a great internet surfing tool specifically the kids! 
Click on this link for all the cool Language Arts websites and go surfing!
http://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/Language/

SoftSchool provides free online games and activities in all subjects by 
grade level. Click on this link for middle school Language Arts games!
http://www.softschools.com/grades/6th_and_7th.jsp

A fun online interactive learning center
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm

Middle School Language Arts Internet Hunt
http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/InternetHunt/msla.htm

Time For Kids is generated by Time magazine and is an online newspaper for 
kids about age-appropriate, newworthy information.
http://www.timeforkids.com/tfk

Washington Post Newspaper for Kids
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/kids

Healine Spot News for Kids
http://www.headlinespot.com/for/kids

New York Times Newspaper for Kids
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students


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