Parents' Toolbox

SAFETY

• Taunton Police Department

• Mass. Sex Offender Information

(link is to the right for Level 3 Offenders...you MUST be 18 yrs. old or older to access the list!  You may input any community)

• www.drugfree.org

(link to more information)

• Title: Talk to Children about Drug and Alcohol Abuse – Free Online Resources

   

  Description: TimeToTalk.org provides helpful tips and tools to help parents and caregivers talk

  to kids about the health risks of drugs and alcohol. Join the talk

  for free monthly newsletters and access to tools such as, “Tips for Getting the Conversation Started,” “How to Help Your Kid Turn Down Drugs” and “Answering the Question: Did You Do Drugs?

   

  www.stopdrugs.org

(helps with identifying drugs)

 

LIBRARY

Helpful Links to point students to a variety of sites that are out there to organize their work and research material:

• Assignment Organizer-The Big 6

• Encyclopedia Britannica

• http://www.myowncafe.org/

• Homeworkspot

• http://sailsinc.org

• http://semls.org

• Mac Tutor History and Math Archive

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• National Geographic

• NYTimes Learning

FACTS ON FILE:

Access: The following Facts on File databases and Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center may be accessed on Moodle through Library Resources for Students and Teachers.

• American History Online

• Modern World History Online

• Ancient and Medieval History Online

• World Atlas

• Science Online

• Health Reference Center

• Bloom's Literary Reference Online

• Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
  
  Or use the Facts On File online database portal page URL:

• Thomas Gales:  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

WORLD LANGUAGES

• WordChamp.com

(great for helping with vocabulary)

• Online textbook (Realidades): www.pearsonsuccessnet.com. Need student username and password.

• Online resources and practice for Realidades: www.phschool.com. Click "Curriculum" and select correct textbook.

MATH

• www.math.com

• www.coolmath.com

GUIDANCE

Please remember to visit the entire Guidance site for much more information.  The following are in a  quick link format:

• SAT Test Center site

• ACT Test Center site

• NCAA Clearinghouse site

• FAFSA Financial Aid site

• College Profile site

• The Common Application

• CCHS Scholarship Page

• Making It Count: Great site for students and parents.  We use a number of their programs during the school year!

• Petersons: More than just a good search engine for colleges!

• College Board (SAT) Site for College Searches:  Super site for a search or information on Colleges

• ACT.com (CollegeNet)

• USNews & World Report on Colleges: Great report on colleges and financial aid!

• CollegeBasics.com: Offers college admissions tips and insider secrets about planning for college, applying for college, financial aid, admissions essays, college interviews, and much more.

ENGLISH

• Grammar:

Grammar Bytes

http://www.chompchomp.com/

menu.htm

This site contains grammatical terms, exercises, tips and rules.

The Tongue Untied

http://grammar.uoregon.edu/toc.html

This site consists of grammatical

terms and interactive exercises on

parts of speech, parts of a sentence, punctuation, pronoun case, spelling,

and conciseness.

Excellent source from Capital Community

College in CT.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/

grammar/index.htm

• Writing and research:

The Purdue University OWL

(Online Writing Lab) Grammar and Writing Site:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

This site helps the student with

the writing process and explains the characteristics of good general

academic writing.  It also includes

help with research and citation,

Internet literacy, literary analysis and criticism, and creative writing.

• Son of Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net/

This site helps the student to create citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago style.

Oregon Public Education Network Clearinghouse

http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/

citeintro.php?Grd=Sec

This site helps the student to create citations in MLA style.

• Plagiarism:

Plagiarism PowerPoint Presentation

You will need to "click" through the presentation.

Indiana University

http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/

plagiarism/

Students can use this site to

help them understand and recognize plagiarism.  One of its links contains

a flow chart to help the student decide when a citation is needed in his or her paper.

• Literature:

Index to Literature Websites

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/

english/melani/cs6/gen_lit.html

This site has links to literature

of many genres and cultures and includes a Webliography (index of websites pertaining to literature). 

It would be helpful to any student doing research on literature and/or authors.

• Fundamentals Test:

There are PowerPoint presentations on the English Department's "Fundamentals" Moodle page.