summer09sites

=**Sites We Like - Summer 2009**= Add a favorite educational website site to the list below. Include a 2-3 sentence 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 **

 * List of Read Alouds for ESL - List of suggested books suitable for elementary ESL students to promote language development
 * [|Starfall] - My Kindergarten students love this site. It helps them learn to read, letters, and phonics.
 * [|Poetry for Kids] - Great poems for read alouds after lunch.
 * [|Quizlet] -A fun, interactive, vocabulary learning site with games. Teachers OR students can create "units" or browse the library
 * [] -This is a great way to invite celebrity readers into the classroom.
 * [|Project Gutenberg] - out of print classics and hard to find works ready to download (Fall 2009; SR)
 * [|Everything ESL] - great graphic organizers

**Mathematics**

 * [|ABCya] -A fun, interactive, math site with games. To teach addition to first graders.
 * [|Fun Brain]
 * [|West Texas A&M University Virtual Math Lab]- Good for tutoring Algebra and College Algebra
 * [|The Futures Channel]- great math/science resources and video clips

**Social Studies / History / Current Events/ World Geography**

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**Science / Health**

 * [|Kids Astronomy] - interactive astronomy resources
 * [|Science Spot]- Science lesson plans and puzzles
 * [|Discovery Education] - Short Educational Videos
 * Foss Web - great interactive games to go along with the Foss modules

**Foreign Language**

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**Arts / Music / Performance**

 * [|Amazing Choir] - choir simulates storm with hands
 * [|Texas Choral Directors Association]-Everything about choral music in Texas
 * [|Texas Music Educators Association] - Everything music in Texas goes thru this organization and this website

**Technology**

 * Grazing for Digital Natives Wiki - Offers great links to many technology applications on the web
 * [|Skitch] - Free download that allows you to annotate photos.
 * [|Free Technology for Teachers] - Reviews free technology available to teachers and offers integration ideas for the classroom

**Other / Multi-Disciplinary**

 * [|Wolfram Alpha] computational Search Engine - Fabulous!!
 * [|Scholastic News 1st-2nd] includes new books and technology but specifically for your age group.

**TAKS Help**

 * [|Cullen Place Middle School TAKS] - Practice drills for TAKS

**Just for Fun**

 * [|Personalized Photo Gifts]- Use your photos to order unique personalized gifts
 * [|Webfetti] - Add interesting backgrounds, templates, gidgets etc. to your blog, wiki or webpage.
 * [|Physics Games] - Fun games that take a bit of thinking.
 * [|Blabberize] - Make photos talk
 * [|Save the Words] - Save words from extinction

**Community**

 * [|Historic Mesquite]---Blog from the employees of Historic Mesquite, keeping us posted on city happenings