Here is a list of excellent sites listing information or educational
materials. Parents can use some of these sites themselves and some sites
along with their children.
Arlington District Site
Arlington Central Schools
LaGrange Elementary School PTA web site
LES PTA
Educational Search Engine
Yahoo
Grades 3-8 Testing
Get information on yearly national testing
Parents' Guide -- Grades 3-8 Testing
New York State Education Department: Grow Parent Web Site
http://www.nysparents.com/nys/
Goodsearch.com - A search engine that will pay LES a penny for every search
on the Internet that you do!Choose and verify LaGrange Elementary School and
then search away!
Goodsearch
Thinking Maps Inc. A great resource for helping students organize their
thoughts as they prepare for thier writing assignments. The site provides
examples of how these graphic organizers are being used in classrooms.
http://www.thinkingmaps.com/htthinkmapx.php3
Parent & Student Sites
Preschool and Younger Grades
Sesame Street
Games and puzzles in
Language, Math, Science, & Social Studies
Primary Games
Grammar games:
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
The Learning Planet
Why do leaves turn color?
Preserving Leaves - directions
Fall Leaves
Sprout Creek Farm - A local farm on Noxon Rd. in Lagrangeville that serves as
a center for education, farming, and coummunity building. This site provides
program information focused on plants, animals, farmland, forest, streams,
ponds,wetlands, hedgerows, hills and rocky soils.
http://www.sproutcreekfarm.org
Want to learn Sign Language?
Watch the video online and learn how.
Sign Language
Eyes On Bullying - Web site with suggestions for home and afterschool
activities.
http://www.eyesonbullying.org/pdfs/toolkit.pdf
Learn to be Healthy - Free dynamic, interactive games, activities and
webquests for grades K-12. Includes information related to nutrition and
physical activity, the five senses, tobacco and inhalants, adolescence,
dental health and eating healthy.
learntobehealthy.org