This fun,
interactive news site from TIME magazine categorizes current events articles
and activities by grade level and includes games, trivia, and a homework
helper. This is a great resource for working on non-fiction reading.
Kids News
highlights news, features, and science articles on subjects of interest to
kids. This is another great resource full of age appropriate, non-fiction
reading materials.
3.
ABCYa.com http://www.abcya.com/
Free educational
games modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive
way for children to learn. Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math
and language arts while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the
kindergarten and first grade activities are equipped with sound to enhance
understanding.
4.
Freerice.com http://www.freerice.com/
Freerice has a custom database containing
questions at varying levels of difficulty. There are levels appropriate for
beginners and levels that will challenge the most scholarly professors.
Freerice automatically adjusts to your level. It starts by giving you questions
of increasing difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an
approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself
as you play. When you get a question wrong, you go to an easier level. When you
get three questions in a row right, you progress to a harder level. To hear one
of the vocabulary words pronounced out loud, click on the speaker symbol to the
right of the word.
5.
Discovery Education Puzzle Maker http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation
tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word
search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists.
Wacky
Web Tales: similar to Mad Libs, great
for practicing parts of speech
Power
Proofreading: provides students an
opportunity to proofread and edit short paragraphs containing grammatical
errors
Bright
Ideas for Writing: provides prompts
for various types of writing
Grammar
Blast: students play a game to
practice appropriate grammar skills
7.
My Vocabulary http://www.myvocabulary.com/
A free site that allows students at upper elementary, junior
high and high school levels, teachers and life-long learners to acquire and
retain vocabulary.
Provides education and kid-friendly information focused on
addressing environmental, economic, and societal issues.
9.
Wordle http://www.wordle.net/
Create your own "word clouds" with
different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
10.
Merriam-Webster
Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html
Online dictionary and language games for kids.
