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Indian Hill School
735 Holmdel Road
Holmdel, New Jersey 07733-0407
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
School Hours: 8:55 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Tel: (732) 946-1045
Fax: (732) 946-7610
Congratulations to all who
participated in the Indian Hill
School Scholastic Book Fair, which
took place March 1-11, 2010. We
realized a monetary profit of
$2688.76, as well as $2077.80
worth of books. Happy reading!
I read the book
The
Maze of Bones by Rick
Riordan, part of the 39 clues
series. It is really interesting
and has lots of suspense. It is
about the Cahills, a family that
is very important and has helped
shape the past and possibly the
future. They went all over the
world searching for the lost
family treasure. In this book,
they were in France. They traveled
with a cat and a babysitter as
their guardian. They started their
journey after their grandmother
died. This is because the special
handpicked members of the family
found out about the 39 clues on
her funeral day. Next, I read
One
False Note by Gordon Korman.
The family includes a lot of
famous people (like Mozart) who
helped set clues for this hunt
long ago. The Cahills are running
around the world with their
babysitter as their guardian. In
this book (#2) they are in Venice,
Italy. I recommend this book to
everyone - people of all ages – it
was a great book. To find out what
happens– read the next in the
series. -Anim
L. HR 238
I have recently read
Dear
God, It's Me, Margaret a
great read by Judy Blume. It was
funny, interesting, and had a
great plot. I would give this book
five out of five stars. This book
is about a girl named Margaret who
moves to a new place. There she
meets some new friends and joins
their girls only club. They
discuss gossip, boys, and growing
up. This book was funny and hard
to put down and I'm sure if you
read it you will love it just as
much as I did. -Kate
D. Hr. 237
I have recently read the book
New
Moon by Stephanie Meyer. It
is the second book of the Twilight
series. I thought this book was
fascinating! It’s very interesting
and never makes you stop reading
it. In
New
Moon, Edward and his family
move away from Forks for Bella’s
safety from being killed by other
vampires, but then Bella then
starts to hang out with Jacob
Black, which eases Bella’s pain
over losing Edward. I recommend
this book to ages 10 and up. I
highly encourage you to read
New
Moon and the Twilight
series. You’ll soon realize that
this book is amazing! -Celeste
L. Hr. 238Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry, is a companion to The Giver. Kira,
an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak
are cast aside. She fears for her future until she is spared by
the all-powerful Council of Guardians. Kira is a gifted weaver
and is given a task that no other community member can carry
out. While her talent keeps her alive and brings certain
privileges, Kira soon realizes that she is surrounded by
mysteries and secrets. I enjoyed reading this book, and I think
good readers in the 5th and 6th grade would enjoy this fantasy
as well. If you read The Giver and liked it - you'll like this
one too! -Mrs. Frost, Media Center
Summer Reading lists will be
available online in June.
LINKS
Top10
Art
Math
Music
PE
Reading
Reference
Science
Social
Studies
Teacher
Top 10 Search Tools
AOL
Elementary School Site(http://www.school.aol.com/elementary/index.adp)
Links to educational websites chosen by education professionals.
Ask
Jeeves for Kids(http://www.ajkids.com/)
Kids can type in real questions at this great site!
Awesome
Library for Kids(http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html)
Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory that
can be found either by browsing or searching.
CyberSleuth
Kids(http://cybersleuth-kids.com/)
Search from thousands of subject specific internet sites.
KID'S TOOLS Kid's
Tools For Searching the Internet(http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm)
Pick a word, encyclopedia or web search tool - all in one spot
- and prescreened for content.
Kids
Click(http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/)
A super collection of kid sites selected by librarians and grouped
by subject.
Look
It Up!(http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/lookitup/index.html)
Time For Kids provides selection of curriculum related subjects.
Art
Kids Rule!(http://www.artkidsrule.com/)
Links to hundreds of fun activities, resources and tutorials
for kids and teachers.
ArtEdventures(http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/)
Terrific art activities and resources for everyone.
Arts & Crafts Basic
Arts & Crafts(http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~sarah/rdr010.html)
A guide to making play dough, paper airplanes, bubbles, etc.
Family Crafts Crafts
for Kids(http://kidsartscrafts.about.com/kids/kidsartscrafts/)
Lots of great links for craft projects - paper mache, dinosaur
projects, etc.
Crayola(http://www.crayola.com/)
Coloring games, how crayons are made, crayon trivia.
National
Gallery of Art(http://www.nga.gov/)
Information about the National Gallery of Art, its collections
of art work and exhibits.
WebMuseum:
Famous Paintings Exhibition(http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/)
A comprehensive site of artists, movements and paintings of
world art from the 13th
to 20th centuries.
AIMS
Puzzle Corner(http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/puzzleList.html)
Great math puzzles that offer lots of fun and learning!
Cyberchase(http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/)
Check out the new PBS animated math series web site with many
math games and problem solving opportunities!
Flashcards
for Kids(http://edu4kids.com/index.php?page=11)
A simple site to create math flash cards for a variety of mathematical
operations.
Fractals Fractals(http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/)
A fascinating fractal unit for third through sixth grade students.
FunBrain.Com(http://www.funbrain.com/)
Educational games organized into 8 subject categories by grade
level.
Mathematics Math
For Kids(http://kidsmath.about.com/kids/kidsmath/)
Links to lots of kids math sites.
MathStories(http://www.mathstories.com/)
More than 1000 word problems for grades1-6, organized by grade
level and topic.
Mrs.
Glossers Math Goodies(http://www.mathgoodies.com)
This site for upper elementary students features interactive
math lessons with a problem solving approach.
U.S.
Mint's Site for Kids(http://www.usmint.gov/kids/)
You'll find facts, games, a timeline and lots more coin related
information at this interesting site!
Elementary Music Sites! Elementary
Music Sites(http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2374/359.html)
A list of internet web sites that focus on Elementary music
and music education.
KidsClick
Music Links(http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/midmusi.html)
Links to music topics with reading levels listed for each site.
Songs
for Teaching(http://www.songsforteaching.com)
Great ideas for using music to teach content across the curriculum.
Sports
Illustrated For Kids(http://www.sikids.com/)
A super kids sports magazine to explore with many interesting
topics.
Yahooligans!
Sports Page for Kids(http://www.yahooligans.com/sports_and_recreation)
An easy page for kids to use to link to major teams, players
and sports news.
Children's
Literature Web Guide(http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html)
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
Includes awards, bibliographies, links to authors, publishers,
and storytelling resources.
Reading
Corner(http://www.carr.org/read/index.htm)
A place to find good books to read and book reviews for Readers
in grades 2 – 8.
Web
English Teacher(http://www.webenglishteacher.com/)
This is a great resource for all kinds of Language Arts lessons
and activities.
Awesome Library Ask a Question
(http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Involving_Students/Ask_a_Question.html)
Links to many ask the expert sites.
Infotrac(http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/indihill_ca)
Access to the Gale Databases, which include full biographies
from Contemporary Authors, a leading biography source
Look
It Up!(http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/)
A terrific new offering from Time For Kids.
National
Geographic for Kids(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/)
An easy to use student link to the current issue with a complete
index to all National Geographic features. Activities, maps
and experiments are featured.
PBS
Kids(http://www.pbs.org/kids/)
Links and activities for many of the PBS kids programs.
Refdesk.com(http://www.refdesk.com/)
Links to every imaginable reference.
Yahooligans!
News(http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/)
Hundreds of links to current news sources, magazines, newspapers,
science sources, sports and weather.
EE
Link - Endangered Species(http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Endangered.html)
This site contains a listing of endangered and extinct species
in the US by region, group or common name.
Elementary
Science Student Resources Elementary
Science Student Resources (BOCES 2)(http://www.monroe2boces.org)
This excellent site features activities of the month, elementary
science unit resources and additional science related links.
EPA’s
Explorers’ Club(http://www.epa.gov/kids)
Have fun learning how to protect our environment and save our
plant and animal resources. Includes information, games and
art activities perfect for elementary students.
Evergreen
Project Adventures(http://mbgnet.mobot.org)
An excellent site for kids to explore biomes, freshwater ecosystems
and marine ecosystems.
Fourth
and Fifth Grade Student Research Resources (http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/scilist.html)
Links to upper elementary general science, physics, space, life
science and earth science sources.
How
Stuff Works(http://www.howstuffworks.com/)
Learn the inner workings of all kinds of scientific developments.
Microbe
Zoo(http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/index.html)
Explore the wonders of the world under a microscope.
Monarchs
and Migration(http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/monarchs/top.html)
A site for monarch and butterfly lovers with great links to
many other butterfly web sites.
National
Wildlife Federation Kids Page(http://www.nwf.org/kids)
A web page for children with information and games about animals.
Also includes access to Ranger Rick.
Online
Field Guides(http://www.enature.com)
Information and photos for over 4800 North American plant and
animal species.
San
Diego Electronic Zoo(http://www.sandiegozoo.org)
View videos and photos of animals and happenings at the San
Diego Zoo.
Science
Bob's Science Links(http://www.sciencebob.com/questions/scilinks.html)
Cool experiments and links to web sites on space, animals, weather
and the body.
Teaching
Youth About Trees(http://www.arborday.org/programs/TeachingYouth.html)
Trees are terrific! Play "Treevial Pursuit", "Who
Want's to be a Treellionaire and many more fun activities to
learn about trees.
Virtual
Owl Pellet Dissection(http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm)
Learn facts about owl pellets, bird skulls, bird topography
and more.
Yucky
Worm World(http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/)
Everything you wanted to know about worms.
Zoom
School(http://www.ZoomSchool.com/subjects/)
An on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography,
biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.
America’s
Story From America’s Library(http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi)
Jump back in time, and explore the states at the Library of
Congress’ new site for kids and families.
The New Jersey History Kids multimedia website is intended to instruct New Jersey students in grades K through 4 in New Jersey History and Social Studies in accordance with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies, adopted by the New Jersey State Department of Education in October 2004.
Portals
to the World(http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html)
This new Library of Congress site provides links to information
about countries and regions of the world.
Today
In History(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/)
From the Library of Congress, a day-to-day history of the U.S.
U.S.
Mint's Site for Kids(http://www.usmint.gov/kids/)
You'll find facts, games, a timeline and lots more coin related
information at this fun site!
ABC
Teach(http://abcteach.com)
A great site with free printable activity sheets, templates
for graphic organizers, theme units, web sits and much more.
AskEric(www.eduref.org)
This educational site has compiled over 3,000 resources on a
variety of educational issues.
Classroom
Connect's Connected Teacher(http://www.connectedteacher.com)
A great one stop place for teachers to share ideas, find colleagues
and explore internet resources.
Education
World(http://www.education-world.com/)
A terrific searchable site for curriculum and lesson planning
ideas. Good section on National Standards.
Global
Schoolhouse(http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm)
Global SchoolNet's mission is to support 21st century learning. We engage teachers and students in meaningful project learning exchanges with people around the world to develop literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. We prepare youth for full participation as productive and effective citizens in an increasing global economy.
Great Sites for Great Kids(http://geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third_index.html)
These links feature curriculum for middle elementary students.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators(http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)
A huge, subject organized and frequently updated guide of internet
links for teachers and students.
The Librarians' Index to the Internet(http://lii.org/)
The Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable,
annotated subject directory of more than 12,000 Internet
resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their
usefulness to users of public libraries. lii.org is used by both
librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient
guide to Internet resources.
Math Forum (http://www.mathforum.org) The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and
mathematics education on the Internet.
teAchnology (http://www.teach-nology.com) We provide free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.
Thinkfinity
(http://www.thinkfinity.org) FREE educational resources
for everyoneFREE educational
resources for everyone
The Virtual Institute (http://www.ettc.net/techfellow/institute.htm)
Online workshop and or lessons for teachers and students to use to help integrate technology into the NJ CCCS