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RRISD Research Resources- please contact campus library for login information.  Each database includes a tutorial or help file to guide parents and students using these extensive online resources.

Round Rock ISD Secondary Reading List - titles used in RRISD curriculum listed by author/title/course with links to reviews and criticism in the subscription online databases.    
               Education Appreciation                  Education Help for Parents 
                                Contact campus librarian for passcodes.

College/Career Information for Parents

College for Texans- information for Parents

Texas Scholar Program- for 1998+ graduates under the Recommended High School Program

TEA Student Guide to Graduation 
No Child Left Behind - information and sites related to this national education initiative. 

Communication with Children

Children's Grief Education          Listening Skills

Safety City- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Kid's site

Talk with your Kids

Talking with Kids about News  

Drug & Alcohol Education

National Institute on Drug Abuse

ESL Resources

Interesting Things for ESL Students 

Health Resources

Interdisciplinary

Awesome Library

Blue's Clues for parents

Citation Machine

Fact Monster- interactive activities on a variety of topics, including spelling & geography

i Know That! - educational games

KnowPlay? Internet directory

ThinkFinity - Verizon education resources

The WebQuest Page  

Parenting in a Digital Age

Children's Safety Zone

Family Education Network

National Coalition for Parent Involvement

Parent-Teacher Conferences

PBS Parents Guide to Media (also Spanish)

Texas Kids Count

UTopia - UT Austin Family site

PreSchool- Kid Smart Early Learning   PTA - National PTA  Back to School

Reading

ALA Frequently Challenged Books - compiled by ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom

America Reads!- available in Spanish
Children's Books Forever- free downloads of classic titles

Get Caught Reading- promoting reading

Guys Read- Reading initiative for boys

International Children's Digital Library

Lexile

   Description of Lexile System

    Find A Book

Outstand Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learner

Parents & Children Together Online

Parent's Choice Award lists

Parent's Choice on Graphic Novels

Read & Rise- literacy program from the National Urban League

Read Kiddo - James Patterson's good reads for kids

Reading Planet 
Reading Suggestions K-3  

Storyline Online - Screen Actors' Guild members reading children's books
Summer Reading Ideas - make summer reading fun!

 

Science

PBS Parents

TryScience - virtual field trips, experiments for ages8-15  
TAKScopes - Rice University student tutorial in K-5 science curriculum - contact school for login information

Study Skills- teaching study skills to children  

Teachers & Families- preview site from TeachersFirst.com

Tools for Evaluating Web Sites 

            TumbleBooks
Last updated: 10/5/2009 9:55:30 AM