Explore. Create. Learn. These educator-recommended products are designed to help students in the upper elementary grades build foundational mathematical understanding, strengthen reading and writing skills, and enhance creativity and critical thinking. Also included are essential productivity and research tools that support students’ study in all subject areas.
Cross-Curricular and Productivity
Animation-ish FableVision
K-12
Designed and hosted by author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, this easy animation software will have students’ drawings up and moving in minutes! Students can create and share animations for movies, websites, school projects, and more. Learn More
BrainPOP BrainPOP
3-12
Educators rely on this award-winning program to enhance their lessons with exceptional animated educational content. BrainPOP covers hundreds of standards-aligned topics that are supported with engaging movies and interactive assessment tools. Learn More
iWork '09 Apple Inc.
K-12
iWork ’09 includes Pages, a streamlined word processor and page layout program, Keynote, for creating cinema-quality presentations, and Numbers, an innovative new spreadsheet for calculating and organizing data. Learn More
Kid Pix Deluxe 3X Software MacKiev
K-8
This cross-curricular multimedia tool brings fun to the classroom while helping students develop spelling, word-processing, keyboarding, creativity, inquiry and research, writing, and organizational skills. Learn More
Kidspiration Inspiration Software
K-5
Using Kidspiration, students build graphic organizers that combine text, pictures, and spoken words for problem-solving and written expression. Learn More
netTrekker d.i. Thinkronize, Inc.
K-12
This education-based search engine provides secure and easy access to over 180,000 educator-selected resources that can be customized for differentiated learning levels and varied learning needs. Learn More
Type To Learn 4 Sunburst Technology
K-12
Moving from basic keyboard awareness to typing selected words into short sentences, students gain keyboard skills essential to computer-based productivity. Learn More
Timeliner XE Tom Snyder Productions/Scholastic
K-12
Timeliner XE is the powerful and intuitive software program students use to organize data—on multimedia timelines, sequences, and cycles—to see the connections, and transform a world of information into real knowledge. Learn More
Britannica Online School Edition Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
K-12
Britannica Online School Edition is expertly designed for K-12 students and educators offering a single, districtwide reference solution. Three age-appropriate levels of content are available: Elementary, Middle, and High School. Learn More
Language Arts and Social Studies
ReadAbout Scholastic Inc.
3-8
ReadAbout is an adaptive, leveled, nonfiction reading system. ReadAbout uses the power of technology, high-interest nonfiction, and continuous assessment to improve reading achievement for all students. Learn More
Stationery Studio FableVision
K-5
This creative program supports writing across the curriculum by providing customizable and printable writing paper for stories, reports, letters, minibooks, and more. Learn More
WriteBrain Sunburst Technology
2-8
This standards-based program provides guidance for all steps of the writing process. WriteBrain guides students through writing narrative and expository papers in an open, exploratory manner. Learn More
WriteToLearn Pearson Education
4-12
This innovative tool is designed to develop writing and reading comprehension skills. Students practice essay writing and summarization skills, and their efforts are measured by the Knowledge Analysis Technologies engine, which automatically evaluates the meaning of text. Learn More
3D Weather Globe & Atlas Software MacKiev
3-12
With this program, real-time cloud cover, temperatures, and seven-day forecasts give students “weather on their desktops.” Using the highest resolution NASA satellite maps, students can locate cities, plot travel routes, identify time zones, and more. Learn More
2009 World Book Software MacKiev
K-12
This comprehensive encyclopedia includes thousands of new and updated articles, maps, and photos; a collection of kid-safe, continuously updated webcams from around the world; content that can be viewed on an iPod; and more. Learn More
Math and Science
FASTT Math Tom Snyder Productions/Scholastic
2-8
FASTT Math helps students develop fluency with basic math facts. This program automatically differentiates instruction based on each student’s individual fluency levels in customized, 10-minute daily sessions. Learn More
GO Solve Word Problems Tom Snyder Productions/Scholastic
3-8
Students work at their own pace to learn to recognize mathematical situations in word problems, comprehend problems with the aid of graphic organizers, and plan solutions with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Learn More
The Graph Club Tom Snyder Productions/Scholastic
K-5
An easy-to-use instructional tool for creating, exploring, interpreting, and printing graphs. Students learn how to construct graphs and how those graphs relate to the data they represent. Learn More
Ice Cream Truck Sunburst Technology
2-6
Students become entrepreneurs with this simulation program that teaches numbers and operations, develops data organization and analysis skills, enhances problem-solving techniques, and cultivates money sense. Learn More
Key Skills for Math Sunburst Technology
1-6
Designed to meet developing needs, students master number fact basics, place value concepts, single and multidigit operands, and other math skills through standards-based, progressive, multilevel practice, and reinforcement activities. Learn More
Math and Science Gizmos ExploreLearning
3-12
ExploreLearning Gizmos are award-winning, online simulations that drive conceptual understanding of mathematics and science. Learn More
SmartMath Online by Britannica Digital Learning Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
K-6
SmartMath Online is the most advanced formative assessment and math practice system available today. With 35,000 math problems covering 91 topics aligned with NCTM standards, it’s the perfect companion to an elementary math program. Learn More
PASCO Elementary Probeware PASCO scientific
3-6
PASCO’s SensorScience line of activities is designed for elementary school students. These activities guide younger students through fun and meaningful investigations about the world around them. Learn More
ProScope HR USB Microscope and CSI Lab Bodelin Technologies
K-12
This high-resolution, handheld USB microscope gives students the ability to investigate science phenomena at a microscopic level. Students can easily capture electronic images and video of their investigations. The Lab includes the ProScope HR, a variety of lenses, lens tube and C-mount adapters, a precision stand, and a carrying case. Learn More
Starry Night Elementary Imaginova Corp.
K-4
With lesson plans and activities correlated to standards, this program is an effective way to introduce students to space science. The adventure-based activities enable students to construct their own knowledge of the world around them. Learn More
Comprehensive Curriculum Products
Accelerated Reader Accelerated Math Renaissance Learning
K-12
Accelerated Reader is the most popular reading software, and Accelerated Math is the premier math management software. With these programs, teachers can personalize reading and math practice for every student and get valuable information to guide students’ reading activities and math progress. Learn More
Destination Reading Destination Math Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology
K-8
With Destination Reading, students master skills in comprehension and vocabulary through explicit instruction, modeling, guided practice, and application. Destination Math provides a comprehensive approach to teaching fractions, decimals, and other key upper elementary math skills. Learn More
READ 180 Scholastic Inc.
4-12
READ 180 is an intensive reading intervention program that helps educators confront the problem of adolescent illiteracy and special needs reading on multiple fronts, using technology, print, and professional development. Learn More
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