Useful Links for Parents
"Where Education is an Art!"
All About HMH Our K-5 ELA Curriculum
Parent Workshop Slides and Recordings
NYCSA - New York City Schools Account: This important account allows you to view your child's report card, state test results, biographical and attendance data, IEP and more! You can access this account at http://schoolsaccount.nyc.
Please follow this link for step-by-step instructions for creating your NYCSA account. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see links to the instructions in all DOE languages.
Letters with access codes are sent home in September, November and March with your child. If you cannot locate that letter, you can still set up the account and then contact our Parent Coordinator, Lea Mui at Lmui@ps97.org.
This site is powered by New York City's public libraries
and provides support in all subject areas.
Free interactive test prep for ELA, Math and Social Studies.
Free math lessons and activities.
Activities, information, quizzes and learning games in all subject areas.
New York City Department of Education
The NYC Department of Education website has all the information about public schools
and plenty of resources for parents. This is a great place to start to learn about the
city's schools.
UFT Dial-A-Teacher Program -CALL 1-212-777-3380
Teachers are available to help students and parents with homework questions in Reading,
Math, Writing and Science in over ten languages.
Monday thru Thursday from 4:00-7:00pm.
Printable charts for home, parents, family, teachers and schools.
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. develops and delivers children's and family literacy programs
that help prepare young children for reading and motivate school-age children to read.
Join the program at the Brighton Beach Library, call 1-718-946-2917 for information.
An educational site for parents and kids. Includes school and learning activities,
books and reading, family life, and much more. Sign up for the free newsletters!
Comprehensive site targeted to parents about the issues kids face everyday. Sign up for their
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Categories include child development, education, fun & games, health issues, and so much more! Available in Spanish also.
Elementary Web Sites for English Language Learners
Sites for Grades PreK-2
Literacy Center.net - an early childhood language learning site. Includes French, Spanish, and German.
Starfall.com- Reading instruction and reading games for students in Pre-K-1. It's hard to believe this site is free.
ReadTodayJoin the reading revolution! Teach a child to read.
Continent song Good for students learning the names of the continents.
Reading is FundamentalThis site has many stories for Pre-K-2 students.*
Storyplace.org -a site with online stories and activities. Grades pre-K-Kindergarten.*
KiDz ClubStories about a variety of topics for grades 1-3
Online Story Time-This site is more for teachers but has many online stories.
Martha Speaks.This site is good for beginning ELLs in grades k-2.
It is advertised as a pre-school site but the stories are suitable forK-1 students.
British Council Stories -This site has many stories that are read aloud. Check for spelling and pronunciation differences.
Games on PBS Kids - Games for K-2. "WordPlay" can be used for students in grades 3-4.
Arthur -Sequencing activity where students hear a story and put pictures in order.
Storyline Online -A terrific site with stories read by actors from the ScreenActors' Guild. Grades 1-4.*
Reading-A-To-Z - This is a commercial site with free books that you can download and print. Grades 1-4.
Raz-kids.com-Reading and listening activities for elementary age students.*
Tumblebook Library - Click on "stories." A large collection of stories from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
Clifford - Activities pre-K-2.Try the reading and writing section with students in grades 2-3.
Videos - Short Clifford videos. Click on "See and Hear." Grades K-2.
Berenstain Bears Games and Songs - Great activities for young children including word games, songs and puzzles. Grades K-2.
Game Goo - Learning that sticks - Great learning games for young children. Grades K-2.
The Reading Lady Includes short plays for students in grades 1-2.*
Enchanted learning Printable books and for students in grades K-4.
Discover Science Simulations Science content from Houghton Mifflin Science Series.
Sites for Grades 3-5
MadLibs for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
KidsKnowit Network - Learning videos for students is grades 3-6.
Reading is Fundemental. Look at the writing activities for students in Grades 2-5.
Grammar Gorillas for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
Stories for Kids for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
Kiz ClubStories about a variety of topics for grades 1-3
Bookhive.com -This site has multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." For Grades 2-5
Songs for Kids - Grammar songs for students in Grades 2-5.
Postcards from Buster - See Buster�s adventures from various places in the U.S. Each city has video, audio, map skills and games. Grades 3-5.*
Arthur -Games from Arthur. Grades 2-5.
Captain Underpants - Make a comic. Grades 2-4
Scholastic - A program for kids to make flashcards. Grades 3-8.
Surfing the Net with KidsSite with games and puzzles in different subject areas.
Write a book report - Students make a book report sandwich. Grades 4-8.
Literactive This site has great oral stories and games for grades 1-12.
Spelling Wizard - Use spelling words to make a word search or sentence scramble. Grades 3-6.
The Story Starter, Jr. - Select a story starter for students in grades 4-12.
Tumblebook Library - Online stories read from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
Poetry - Gives examples of different types of Poetry.
Science vocabulary - Label pictures using science vocabulary. Grades 4-8.*
Songs and Rhymes- Songs for students in all grades.
Word Game Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
Owl online This is a good grammar site for 6-12
FunBrain reading Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
Zoom - Games, activities and science experiments from the TV Show Zoom. Grades 4-6.
U.S. Symbols - U.S. Government information from Ben's Guide. Grades 3-5.
Social Studies Vocabulary Games - Vocabulary from U.S. government. Grades 3-5.
Spiders. Spider activities for kids. Gr. 3-6.
Sites for Grades 4-8
Listening Activities - Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.*
iKnowthat This link takes you to map and social studies activities for grades 5-12.
BrainPop-This site has some free sections to teach grammar. Look up "nouns" and watch the video. Grades 5-8. Grades 3-8. *
Multicultural Stories -Stories from around the world by Nick Jr. Grades 3-8
Brainteasers, Puzzles and Riddles - Kids' page from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Grades 5-8
Translation Site - Students can bookmark this site to translate words from English to their native language. Grades 3-12.
Interactive games and activities- Social Studies Games from Ben's Guide to the U.S Government. Grades 5-8.
Audio Comprehension - An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.*
Homophone game - Match homophones in this concentration game.* Grades 4-8.
Wordsearches - Wordsearches on U.S. Presidents. Grades 4-8.
Movie Trailers Listening activities using movie trailers for Grades 5-12.
Vocabulary Vocabulary games - From Interesting Things For ESL Students, aa collection of vocabulary games for Grades 6-12.
WordBuilderGreat site for phonics practice. Grades 4-12
The Ultimate Spelling Resource Guide Includes spelling strategies, commonly mispelled words, and other spelling tips and resources.