Student Resources
Reading Planet
Watch and listen to animated stories and songs, read stories online, review books, illustrate a story, play games, and express yourself.
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm
SparkTop.org
SparkTop.org - where no two brains think alike - is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff … play great games … connect with other kids … and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life.
http://www.sparktop.org/home.html
Textbook Sites for Students
enVision Math
View learning Bridge videos. Access the Glossary or Tools4Math. Access the textbook. Print the homework practice. Have fun! Username and password are the same as your AR login information.
http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/
Houghton Mifflin Language Arts
Get spelling lists by selection title. Use the yellow, students tab, for student help and games. Use the green, families tab, for homework help and activities.
Password Protected Sites for RUSD Students
Accelerated Reader
Take a quiz on what you’ve read.
https://hosted18.renlearn.com/272469/default.aspx
First in Math
The First in Math Online Mathematics Program is like playing computer games, but you learn math at the same time. Use your AR login username and password.
Tools to Help You Get Your Work Done
Bookshare
Bookshare offers approximately 127,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. Bookshare is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster is a reference site for kids ages 8-14 that provides entertainment and educational resources. It combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.
Ghotit
Spelling not your thing? Ghotit offers an English spelling and grammar checker for people with writing difficulties. You can use the Ghotit online spelling and grammar checking service for free on their website!
Infoplease
Infoplease is a comprehensive reference source that combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
NaturalReader
NaturalReader is a free Text-to-Speech software that you can use to convert most written text on the computer (such as MS Word, Webpages, PDF files, and Emails) into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert most written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod.
http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm
Tim and Moby from BrainPOP help answer the question: When to ask for extra help?
http://www.sparktop.org/explore/brainpop/bpdyslexia.html
Understanding Learning Differences
Tim and Moby from BrainPOP help answer the question: What is ADHD?
http://www.sparktop.org/explore/brainpop/bpadhd.html
Tim and Moby from BrainPOP help answer the question: What is dyslexia?
http://www.sparktop.org/explore/brainpop/bpdyslexia.html
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