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=Sites We Like - Summer 2011= toc Add a favorite educational website site to the list below. Include a brief description or idea of how you use it.

Please note subject headings (feel free to add a new heading if needed). Please ALPHABETIZE under each subject heading as you go!


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English / Reading / Language Arts

 * Grammar Girl - Phenomenal resource to learn quick & dirty grammar rules!
 * === [|Shelfari] - a wonderful way to share with others your list of favorite books ===
 * [|Spelling City] Students type their spelling list, then choose Teach Me, Test Me, or Play a Game
 * Visuwords - This is an online, graphical dictionary/thesaurus. It presents a word's meaning(s) and associations with other words in a color-coded graphic format.
 * [|WebEnglish Teacher]
 * [|Wonder of the Day] - Great site for inquiry, new vocabulary, and fun exploration of everyday wonders. Also great for all ages and by category if you are teaching a specific subject or theme.
 * WordCentral - Merriam Webster's site that highlights fun with language and words
 * Read Write Think Read, Write, Think

Mathematics
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 * GraphJam I don't know whether this goes under math or under humor. It is an irreverent site with odd and amusing charts and graphs.
 * [|Math Is Fun] - A comprehensive site covering many math skills and subject areas. My class enjoyed exploring the geometry section, especially activities around symmetry. Try it Now!
 * Math Playground - This is a great website for students to explore! All of the games are challenging and fun.

Social Studies / History / Current Events

 * [|RSOE] A continuously updated Google map of worldwide emergency events such as earthquakes, plane crashes, epidemics. The site also provides detailed information about the emergencies or disasters.
 * [|Worldometers] The data changes before your eyes!

Science / Health

 * Frank Potter's Science Gems - A oldie, but a goodie. If you are looking for sites and resources, this site is updated daily and covers a wide spectrum of information.
 * [|Succeeding With Science] - This is site for science teachers to find age appropriate online activities to be used to reinforce concepts taught in class. Great computer center ideas!

Foreign Language

 * [|Actualidades] - Learn Spanish Through Pop Culture
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 * [|Spanish learn it on line] A good free verb conjugation site. Great for student practice at home or anytime you want to practive verb conjugation in a variety of tenses.

Arts / Music / Performance

 * Carve a Pumpkin Initially this site helped kinders and 1st graders with fine motor skills--but it has become a school FAVORITE!
 * Make a Flake Another site that helps children with fine motor skills, but is so infinitely fun that adults get addicted too.
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Technology

 * Wiki Workshop by Rachel Boyd
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Other / Multi-Disciplinary
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 * hoops and yoyo - Fun animations about manners. Check out the home page for a musical giggle.
 * MovieClips.com - exactly what it sounds like - free, licensed clips for those times when you only want to show a snippet and not the whole film. The site is beta and building.
 * Quizlet.com - This program is user friendly. One can make flashcards in an instant. Learn while creating the flashcards, as well as playing a game and taking tests. Collaborate with friends!
 * [|RubiStar] - Easily create rubrics for any subject.
 * [|http://www.thinkfinity.org] - Free lesson plans and educational resources.

Puzzles/Brain Teasers

 * [|Braingle] - Fun site for children and adults to play and keep your mind "sharp"!
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