Rachel's Page
Tampa Day School  
 
Set aside a few minutes a day to keep your academic skills up and increase your speed. This site contains some activities and links to keep you sharp. Most cover general principles.

The first set of activities focus on reading and language arts. The second focuses on math basics, with a few challenge activities thrown in for good measure.

The links at the bottom of the page are helpful tools to expand your knowledge and practice the basics.

A+ Math provides a variety of math activities and a worksheet generator that permits you to set the parameters of the math skills you want to practice and it creates an individualized activity. You can even print out an answer sheet to check your work!

The U.S. Geography site has interactive activities that will help students learn about the different regions of the United States, landforms, and the states and capitals. It helps students see, hear, and read about the United States. Map your summer vacation trip!

The Spark Notes link can augment summer reading by providing in depth analysis of characters, setting and plot.  Spark notes also offers study guides and test prep questions in a variety of areas.

The TDS site links to summer reading lists, supplies, and calendar.
My Quia activities and quizzes
Parts of Speech
https://www.quia.com/jg/893699.html
Matching practice game for definitions of parts of speech
Prefix Skills
https://www.quia.com/jg/893697.html
Do you know your prefixes? This is a helpful way to jump start vocabulary and spelling.
Roots & Prefixes
https://www.quia.com/jg/1100277.html
More practices with prefixes!
Inflectional Endings (s, ed, and ing)
https://www.quia.com/pop/128344.html
Choose the correct ending.
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/pop/155264.html
Sixth grade reading level. Read short paragraph and identify the main idea.
Independent simple subject and predicate
https://www.quia.com/rr/227516.html
Simple subject and predicate - hmmm may not be so simple!
English Irregular Verbs
https://www.quia.com/cb/161654.html
Take the challenge with Irregular Verbs (Practice w/verbs starting w/B,C,H,K,L,W)
What Can You Infer?
https://www.quia.com/pop/155286.html
Have fun making inferences.
English Irregular Verbs
https://www.quia.com/cb/208971.html
Irregular Verb Challenge (Words that start w/ B,F,H,M,P,Q,R)
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE JEOPARDY
https://www.quia.com/cb/208968.html
Identify similes, metaphores, personifications
Addition Level 1
https://www.quia.com/jg/1100405.html
Practice adding single digits 0 to 9
Addition, sums 10 to 18
https://www.quia.com/jg/1100408.html
Multiplication Tables
https://www.quia.com/jg/1100297.html
Multiplication facts 0 to 12
Multiplication Facts: Tables of 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's
https://www.quia.com/cb/208998.html
Practice those you really need!
Division facts 1÷1 to 100÷10
https://www.quia.com/jg/1100392.html
Fraction/Decimal/Percent Jeopardy
https://www.quia.com/cb/208972.html
Excellent review converting between and among decimal, percentage and fractions
Introduction to Angles
https://www.quia.com/jg/1100299.html
Definition of various angles - obtuse, right, etc..
Useful links
Last updated  2010/10/13 21:17:27 EDTHits  846