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WordSift - Stanford University

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4 to 12
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WordSift helps anyone easily sift through texts -- just copy and paste any text into WordSift and you can engage in a verbal quick-capture! The program helps quickly identify important...more
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WordSift helps anyone easily sift through texts -- just copy and paste any text into WordSift and you can engage in a verbal quick-capture! The program helps quickly identify important words in the text. After entering text, several items will appear; first, a word cloud will display the 50 most frequently used words in the text. The most frequently used word will display as a word web in a visual thesaurus. Google image and video search results are also shown. One interesting feature is the ability to click on any word in the word cloud to display it in the thesaurus and in Google image and video searches. A great way to understand the WordSift tool is to try one of the sample texts offered, such as Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Be sure to check out the "About" link to discover many ideas for use in the classroom. Tips and videos are also available as guides. If you type in a shorter sentence, the site still creates a word cloud using its own related words (not in your original text). Be aware of the advertisements that appear with the word clouds. Advise students not to click on the ads.
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tag(s): dictionaries (49), reading comprehension (147), reading strategies (93), thesaurus (21), vocabulary (252), vocabulary development (102), word clouds (12), word study (58)

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This is a classic tool to promote "before reading" strategies and vocabulary development. Use WordSift to preview text to be used in class and define vocabulary before reading to increase reading comprehension. Have students use WordSift with different portions of text to identify key words and vocabulary for class presentations. Use WordSift to discuss different meanings of words using images presented through the site. This site isn't only for English teachers, share with Science and Social Studies teachers to use in their classrooms with reading texts in their content areas. ENL/ELL and learning support teachers will want to share this as a support for any reading assigned in regular classes. Be sure to show students how to copy/paste to WordSift texts from informational web pages and news stories on the web, as well. Share this link as a Favorite on your public page so students can use it anytime.

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CBC Kids - Games - Kids CBC

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K to 12
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CBC Kids Games is a free online gaming platform provided by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, offering a collection of interactive games designed for children. The website serves...more
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CBC Kids Games is a free online gaming platform provided by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, offering a collection of interactive games designed for children. The website serves as an entertainment hub where young users can browse and play various games without cost, providing age-appropriate digital content in a safe, ad-supported environment created by Canada's national public broadcaster. Topics range from Seasonal to Strategy to Adventure, and many others.

tag(s): game based learning (313), preK (323)

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These interactives will be a nice addition to any elementary classroom. Use the interactives on a whiteboard or in a computer lab. These are also suitable for center work. Be sure to turn up the speakers to hear the audio for the whole class, or use headphones if using this site at a center. Why not list this link on your class website for families to explore at home?

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Children's Literature Web Guide

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1 to 8
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Source: University of Calgary, Canada - Newbery and Caldecott information, book reviews and plans available to teach with the medal books. ALA best books are listed along with Internet...more
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Source: University of Calgary, Canada - Newbery and Caldecott information, book reviews and plans available to teach with the medal books. ALA best books are listed along with Internet book discussions, and resources for storytellers, teachers and parents. Also included are specific teaching ideas, indexes of research guides and publishers.

tag(s): literature (214)

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Use the book lists on this site for recommendations to parents who want suggestions on outside or summer readings. The lists are separated by age, gender and all kinds of category's - making it easier for parents to find what they need.

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Lewis Carroll Scrapbook - Library of Congress

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8 to 12
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This is a fascinating site for students of authors. It includes an excellent timeline of Carroll's life alongside a world timeline, portraits he took as a photographer, and an essay...more
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This is a fascinating site for students of authors. It includes an excellent timeline of Carroll's life alongside a world timeline, portraits he took as a photographer, and an essay about him. The best part is the page-by-page printing of his "scrapbook," containing 130 items presented in their original form, along with a scholarly explanation of each item.

tag(s): authors (114), literature (214)

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Use with author study or as a resource for a student doing biographical author study. This is also a good base for a lesson on the kinds of things authors keep to inspire their own writing as part of a biographical criticism lesson. Share the "scrapbook" on a projector or interactive whiteboard so you can highlight the writing process.

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Fun Activities at Your Library: So much to See, So Much to Do - American Library Association

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K to 5
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This page of fun activities to help children become more familiar with and more involved in using the school library includes making and printing out bookmarks, Mad Libs games, taking...more
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This page of fun activities to help children become more familiar with and more involved in using the school library includes making and printing out bookmarks, Mad Libs games, taking part in scavenger hunts, and Story Theater. It even includes a rap song about the library. Downloadable Word documents have all the details.

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School librarians and reading teachers will want to use these activity offerings to familiarize children with the library. Make your library a happenin' place with a bookmark contest!

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Word Hippo - Wordhippo.com

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2 to 12
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Word Hippo is a word study tool for synonyms, antonyms, and more. Look for rhyming words, opposites, translations to a variety of languages, plurals, definitions and uses for the word,...more
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Word Hippo is a word study tool for synonyms, antonyms, and more. Look for rhyming words, opposites, translations to a variety of languages, plurals, definitions and uses for the word, etc. The site also makes suggestions for other words in case you might have made a typo or do not know the spelling. As with any other reference, students should be cautioned to be sure these are accurate definitions needed for the context in which they are studying the words. You will want to spell out consequences and/or supervise to be sure students are not searching for inappropriate words, but the most egregious words of bad taste do not appear to be available for search at this site.
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tag(s): antonyms (12), dictionaries (49), noregistration (74), spelling (91), synonyms (15), vocabulary (252), vocabulary development (102), word study (58)

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Use this site for vocabulary development and word study assignments, such as writing sentences, paragraphs, or essays using new words. Since the site permits translation, this would be a valuable tool in world language classes, ENL/ELL classes, and more. Introduce this site on an interactive whiteboard and elicit examples to show the class how quickly it works. Have students create their own word walls with synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and more for their latest vocabulary words. Try a tool such as Padlet, reviewed here, for each student to create an online "wall" with words aligned to color coded stickies for synonyms. antonyms, etc. Alternatively, have students create class challenges for their peers with color coded matching activities for the interactive whiteboard matching words to synonyms, antonyms, and an appropriate fill in the blank sentence. Share this as a favorite on your teacher public page for handy reference any time students encounter an unknown word. Even subject area teachers such as science and social studies will find this tool handy for students with weaker vocabulary levels.

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The Apostrophe Protection Society - John Richards

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5 to 10
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While on its surface this may seem a humorous site, it is a seriously needed one! For those interested in preserving the English language and its subtle distinctions, this site ...more
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While on its surface this may seem a humorous site, it is a seriously needed one! For those interested in preserving the English language and its subtle distinctions, this site (created in the United Kingdom) gives students practical example of how misusing apostrophes hinders real communication. The Examples pages offer a variety of pictures of actual signs, cards, and even gravestones with missing or misplaced apostrophes. This site should only be used with supervision since one of its main links is to a message board. The More Problems link only talks about less vs. fewer, so that has limited use.

tag(s): punctuation (23)

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Because of the message board, this site is best used within the class. Some of the sign examples are hilarious and might spur students to find their own signs and published work that is missing apostrophes (or has misplaced ones). Why not share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. You might even create a bulletin board or wiki with apostrophe errors students can find in your own community. Give points to students who add a digital picture or document scan and caption explaining the misuse and correction for the apostrophe error.

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LEGO Education Science - LEGO Education

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K to 12
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Lego Education Activities are designed to be rich, fun-filled, creative learning experiences. They offer educators a means to use LEGO sets as essential tools that engage students while...more
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Lego Education Activities are designed to be rich, fun-filled, creative learning experiences. They offer educators a means to use LEGO sets as essential tools that engage students while challenging their creativity and enhancing their knowledge and comprehension. As a thinking teacher, you only need to look on the Teachersfirst Editor's Blog here to realize what a hot topic teaching creativity is and how it fits into the classroom. From role-playing and meeting the needs of early childhood development to theme-based sets for older students, LEGO Activities offer a multi-disciplinary approach to teaching. There are also specific sets designed to cover specific subject areas, including technology curriculum. As you browse the activities, you will find obvious connections to curriculum in simple machines and other science topics, as well. Stay current and find a lot more stimulating ideas by checking out the LEGO Education and LEGO Smart Blogs available from theLego Education Activities page.

tag(s): creativity (89), critical thinking (187), logic (170), problem solving (279)

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Expose your students to different levels of the learning spiral by challenging them to use problem-solving skills for increasingly difficult obstacles. Students can work in small groups to foster cooperation and teamwork as they sort, graph, follow and give directions, and discuss ideas. Of course you will need some LEGOs, so you might try raiding your own children's toy boxes, include a request in your classroom newsletter for donations, look around for LEGO kits collecting dust on classroom shelves, or put it on your school's PTA wish list. Be sure to have cooperative learning groups video their activities to share with the rest of the class using a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here).

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Squigly's Playhouse - Barb Willner

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K to 5
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Squigly's Playhouse provides elementary aged children with interactive games, crafts, coloring pages, and much more. n addition, students can submit their writing to be posted in the...more
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Squigly's Playhouse provides elementary aged children with interactive games, crafts, coloring pages, and much more. n addition, students can submit their writing to be posted in the Writing Corner. Check out the Seasons and Holidays sections for fun supplementary activities. This site was created in the UK, so American English speakers may notice some differences in spelling. This site does include some unobtrusive advertisements.
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tag(s): crafts (111), holidays (282), seasons (59), writing (309)

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Have students check out the book reviews in the Writing Corner. Discuss which reviews are helpful and then have students write quality reviews to post onto the website. Complete one of the story frameworks with students. Using an interactive whiteboard or projector, have students add more detail or experiment with sentence structure and vocabulary. Students can then follow this process individually to develop revision skills.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Maine Historical Society

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3 to 12
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This website examines Longfellow's life and work, his homes, and his family. It includes a searchable database of his poems, lesson plans for teachers, a filmography, and more. This...more
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This website examines Longfellow's life and work, his homes, and his family. It includes a searchable database of his poems, lesson plans for teachers, a filmography, and more. This site is divided into 7 areas: biography, his poems, works, home, family, resources for teachers, and other resources. The lesson plans in the teacher resource section are pretty good, broken down into curriculum blocks. There are 21 lessons written for across-the-curriculum study in creative and solid ways. They are each geared to specific grade spans (clear in the lesson)that include not only English and literature, but composition, American history, humanities, art, fine arts, language arts, and interdisciplinary studies. A great smorgasbord for a teacher who works with early American authors!

tag(s): authors (114)

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Find a great lesson among the many in the Teachers section or use the site as a resource during the study of American poets. The images of Longfellow's homes and other artifacts from the Maine Historical Society would help make the 19th century more "real" on your projector or interactive whiteboard as you read the poems.

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Symbaloo - Learning Paths - Symbaloo

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K to 12
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Symbaloo, reviewed here, has taken its popular bookmarking tool and enhanced features to provide a platform for creating virtual interactive lesson...more
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Symbaloo, reviewed here, has taken its popular bookmarking tool and enhanced features to provide a platform for creating virtual interactive lesson plans and learning paths. Log in to your Symbaloo account and browse the Marketplace for lessons already created, or begin creating your own. Add websites, PDFs, videos, and more onto tiles and create a game board and learning path. After adding items to your webmix, choose Edit Webmix, then "Create a learning path." The final step is to click the tiles in the order you want for your learning path, then share the link using the options available in Symbaloo. Symbaloo Lesson Plans & Learning Paths also provides analytics after lessons are assigned to view student progress and a calendar option to make lessons available during a chosen time frame.

tag(s): bookmarks (34), curation (27), DAT device agnostic tool (132), game based learning (313), gamification (90), multilingual (84), personalized learning (12), playlists (8), Teacher Utilities (222)

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You will want to use Symbaloo Learning Paths for a variety of classroom instruction! Create lesson plans to differentiate learning and assign based on student needs and interests. Embed a lesson on your class website for students to complete at home. Using this site lets you create a clear, concise learning path for any lesson. Share it on an interactive whiteboard with students as you follow through any learning path. Be sure to also include a link to the lesson on your class website for students to use throughout the unit and for review. Use Symbaloo Lesson Plans to enrich independent learning for advanced students or to remediate students needing additional help. This site is perfect for use with multilingual students - include links to resources in their native language and activities, or add tools for practicing English. There are too many uses for Symbaloo Lesson Plans to include here. Be sure to take the time to learn how to create and use this wonderful tool with your students!

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Beatrix Potter: Audio Books - Ohio University Telecommunications Center

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2 to 4
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Here you will find a presentation of Beatrix Potter's beloved tales in audio renditions. For some fascinating background information about the author, check out the information at the...more
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Here you will find a presentation of Beatrix Potter's beloved tales in audio renditions. For some fascinating background information about the author, check out the information at the top. A great resource to encourage independent reading and motivate your most reluctant readers.

tag(s): audbk (25), audio books (43), reading lists (77)

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This site may inspire you and your students to create a collection of audio recordings of some favorite stories used in your curriculum. Combine with student illustrations created in a Paint program such as ABCYA Paint, reviewed here to produce your own multimedia literary resources.

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Nik's Daily English Activities - Nik Peachey

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6 to 12
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This site, designed for independent autonomous ESL/ELL learning, offers a daily activity in blog format. Links to supporting activities related to the current blog's topic include videos,...more
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This site, designed for independent autonomous ESL/ELL learning, offers a daily activity in blog format. Links to supporting activities related to the current blog's topic include videos, music, listening, reading, and pronunciation. In addition to viewing the current blog topic, students may search the Top 10 Activities on the right hand side of the page and/or look at the blog archive. A search feature also allows learners to search for blogs with their desired topic or feature. Be aware: this site does include some advertisements.

tag(s): blogs (82), listening (119), pronunciation (33)

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Put this link on your class website for those ambitious ESL/ELL students desirous of more practice. Set up a point system for students to earn individual credit for their work. Make a handout about the blog and send it home with your students at the end of the school year for summer use. Check out the "Links for Teachers" section which offers suggestions about how to incorporate second language learning into your classroom using technology.

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TextProject - TextProject, Inc

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K to 9
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TextProject offers strategies, tools, and texts to bring beginning readers and struggling readers to high literacy levels. Download materials for teaching reading, such as vocabulary...more
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TextProject offers strategies, tools, and texts to bring beginning readers and struggling readers to high literacy levels. Download materials for teaching reading, such as vocabulary lessons, word pictures, literacy lists, and reading passages. Browse the TextProject Research tab to find book collections, professional articles, and videos available on their YouTube Channel. Be sure to find time to explore the Teachers part of the site with many printables and Teacher's Guides for use with all reading levels. If your district blocks YouTube, then the videos may not be viewable.

tag(s): commoncore (62), literacy (124), multilingual (84), reading comprehension (147), reading lists (77), reading strategies (93), vocabulary (252), vocabulary development (102), word study (58)

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If you teach reading or are an ENL/ESL or resource teacher for students with special needs, you will want to bookmark this site! Take advantage of all of the free downloads on the site, including forms, checklists, lessons, and reading passages. Share this site with parents to help them understand the process of learning to read and finding materials for their student. Share this site during professional development sessions when discussing reading instruction and alignment to Common Core Standards. Be sure to sign up for TextProject's monthly newsletter to stay up to date with all new additions to the site.
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Daily Writing Prompts - The Teacher's Corner

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2 to 8
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Are you looking for interesting and fun ways to provide practice and inspire students to improve their writing? The "Daily Writing Prompt" page of The Teacher's Corner will make...more
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Are you looking for interesting and fun ways to provide practice and inspire students to improve their writing? The "Daily Writing Prompt" page of The Teacher's Corner will make your life a little easier for as many days as possible, when you are searching for an event to initiate a journal entry or any writing prompt. The ideas are written for various grade levels to meet the needs of both primary and intermediate students. Some of the prompts may not explicitly state that day's event; however you can easily cross reference them with this site's monthly events calendar. Who knows that June 1 is "Donut Day?" Many students consider donuts to be a great breakfast food, which leads to the describe your "perfect breakfast" prompt. However you decide to use "Daily Writing Prompt," you will find them to be a helpful addition to your resources.
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tag(s): writing (309), writing prompts (55)

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One advantage to the "Daily Writing Prompt" is that they can easily be displayed on your interactive whiteboard or projector in your classroom. They can be used in a number of ways to improve your students' writing, including daily warm-up activities, practice in writing for state assessments, journal entries, free-writing, or as an "anytime" or "when you're done" activity. The writing prompts have creative ideas and options for how to implement them. They can be easily printed to use as practical "emergency" or substitute teachers' lesson plans.

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Paradigm - Online Writing Assistant

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6 to 12
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Here is a remarkable resource for helping middle and high-school students master the art of putting their thoughts into words. An online handbook for writers, the site provides resources...more
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Here is a remarkable resource for helping middle and high-school students master the art of putting their thoughts into words. An online handbook for writers, the site provides resources for writing different types of papers and gives helpful hints for organizing one's writing. This is a great site to use in teaching expository writing, or to give to students as an additional resource when revising and editing their own written work.

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Ba Ba Dum - Aleksandra MizieliA...

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K to 12
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Use these interactives to learn up to twenty-one new languages (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Lithuanian, and more) by choosing from...more
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Use these interactives to learn up to twenty-one new languages (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Lithuanian, and more) by choosing from various options that include matching images to a spoken word, filling in the blanks, or multiple choice responses. Audio options are available for non-readers. No registration is required. Registration allows you to save your progress and compete to earn the highest scores in each activity.

tag(s): arabic (11), chinese (38), french (72), german (49), italian (31), multilingual (84), noregistration (74), portuguese (21), spanish (112)

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Use your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to introduce this site in your world language class, ENL/ELL class, or young elementary classroom. Make a shortcut to Ba Ba Dum on classroom computers for use as a center in a language class or world cultures. Use this tool with young students learning English to build their vocabulary. The website offers audio options for many of the interactives, making it ideal for non-readers (even kindergartners). Share this site with your gifted students looking for individual challenges. Why not learn a new language that is not offered in school, such as Lithuanian or Chinese? Be sure to share a link to this site on your class website or blog so students (and possibly parents) can use it at home. Have cooperative learning groups create online picture books or ABC books featuring a different language using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here.

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Buena practica de vocabulario Claudia, TX, Grades: 1 - 7

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Poetry Express

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6 to 12
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Jumpstart your students' creativity with this helpful guide to writing poetry. Hatching a good idea is the toughest step in the process. This site provides fifteen suggestions for poetic...more
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Jumpstart your students' creativity with this helpful guide to writing poetry. Hatching a good idea is the toughest step in the process. This site provides fifteen suggestions for poetic activities with links to explanations, examples, and definitions of poetic terms. Visit the Reader Response Guidelines and "Revise" links for great advice on making the most of peer-editing sessions.

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Accident Depiction - ClaimMS GmbH (Germany)

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Use this highly unusual web-based tool to explain what happened in a car accident, including all the information that would go into an accident report to the police or insurance ...more
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Use this highly unusual web-based tool to explain what happened in a car accident, including all the information that would go into an accident report to the police or insurance company. Drag vehicles, draw street layouts, add signs, and more to fully explain the unfortunate event.

tag(s): forces (48), maps (221)

In the Classroom

Beyond obvious use in a Driver Ed class, this site could be used on an interactive whiteboard or by students on laptops to create or explain an accident scene that schematically illustrates forces of physics or to apply basic map and modeling skills. Use it to create a visual prompt for practice writing sequenced, factual accounts of an event in basic English or in a new language as you build every day, survival vocabulary. Help students learn skills to depict information visually. Present an accident map on an interactive whiteboard as a quiz on forces, inertia, momentum, and Newton's Laws, asking students to explain what forces would be in action.

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Eighteen Highly Recommended Books for Girls - Random House

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Source: Random House Publishing - This site lists books that illustrate strong women and women in non-traditional roles. There are also helpful hints to empower young girls. ...more
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Source: Random House Publishing - This site lists books that illustrate strong women and women in non-traditional roles. There are also helpful hints to empower young girls.

tag(s): careers (184)

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Though dated, these books on this list have characters who never age. Try reading a few aloud to your class, then let students choose one they would like to read.

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