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=**Sites We Like - Fall 2010**= 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!


 * NOTE:** Please EMBED your link in the site name, instead of simply pasting in the URL. This is good practice and better web formatting. (**To embed your link:** Highlight the text, click the **link button** on the toolbar, select **external link**, paste the URL in the address field and click **OK**).

**English / Reading / Language Arts **

 * I like the website for [|Handwriting Worksheets]. I use it to help my kindergarteners practice writing their names. At the beginning of the year I make a worksheet with just their first name. Later, I make one with both first and last names. I send them home so parents can see how I expect the name to look like.
 * I use [|starfall] with my Kindergarten students to help them learn letters, sounds, and begin to read.

**Mathematics**

 * [|Arcademic Skill Builders]are online educational video games that offer a powerful approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. Our teachers use it as anchor activities and in tutor sessions to build confidence and motivate students in these areas.

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

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**Science / Health**
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 * [|The Jason Projects Coaster Creator] allows students to explore kinetic and potential energy. Students create a roller coaster and test it to see if it will actually move the way it is supposed to.

**Foreign Language**

 * **[|__Learn Spanish__] is an online resourse to find any list imaginable on any subject imaginable to help your Spanish vocabulary.**

**Technology**

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**Other / Multi-Disciplinary**

 * Educational Origami has tons of info for us educators. It is a blog/wiki... This Wiki focuses on the 21st century educator. I found it by searching for "education" in the search wiki tab.
 * Once I found out that I didn't have to add a wiki site (see above), I decided to add this website as well. [|DANGEROUSLY IRRELEVANT] . This blog has tons of article for educators, and many controversial postings. I hope y'all enjoy it as much as I do.
 * I love www.brainpop.com because it's a great short little clip that I use to introduce new topics and my students love it. And they ask to do the quizzes after the video--who asks to do quizzes???

**TAKS Help**

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**Just for Fun**

 * [|Image Chef] is great for just playing around with photos and images. Unlike sites that automatically create mosaics or signs for you, you can do it yourself for a more custom look.

**Community**

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Resources

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