MVS Check Out These Sites

Ellis Island - http://www.ellisisland.org/ Grades 4-12 - The names of 22 million immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924 are listed at this site. Also featured are two online exhibits.

Smithsonian Institute - http://www.si.edu/ Grades K-12 - The Smithsonian Institution is the largest museum complex in the world. Use the links to visit the National Air and Space Museum and the National Zoo.

Cyperchase - http://www.pbskids.org At Cyberchase Online kids can play interactive games, crack challenging puzzles, download free stuff, meet the characters and experience original adventures.

Biography site:

Academy of Achievement http://www.achievement.org/

Typing and keyboarding sites

Typing Club http://www.typingclub.com

Free Typing Game

FreeTypingGame.Net is the premiere site to play free typing games, lessons and tests. Learning to touch type has never been easier or more fun. Best of all, it is 100% FREE. No downloads, installations or registration required.

http://www.freetypinggame.net

Peter's Online Typing Course

"Created by Peter Hudson, a Web developer and teacher, this resource is an excellent introduction or refresher for students and adults."

http://www.typing-lessons.org/

Dance Mat Typing

Meet the gang and learn to type.
Make your way through all 12 stages and you can be a top typist.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Learn the Keyboard: Keyboarding Challenge

Recreate a keyboard by dragging the letter, number, or symbol to its correct place on the keyboard.

http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm

Additional recommended Keyboarding sites:

http://www.wgu.edu/info/keyboarding-education-college-student

Mouse Practice

www.owlieboo.com/educational-games.php

www.digipuzzle.net/education/kindergarten/index.htm

www.tvokids.com/games/beesandhoney

ABCYA.COM Cup Stacking Keyboarding Activity

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math and language arts while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade activities are equipped with sound to enhance understanding.

http://www.abcya.com/cup_stack_typing_game.htm

Dewey Decimal

Order in the Library

A great site to practice putting books in order by call number. You simply "click and drag" the book into its correct shelf location. Practice shelving both fiction and Dewey Decimal books.

http://monarchlibrary.wikispaces.com/OrderInTheLibrary

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Sandshore Elementary School

Mountain View Elementary School

Chester M. Stephens Elementary School

Tinc Road School

Mt. Olive Middle School

Mt. Olive High School