Content+Practice

== =Content Area Practice = = = // Although I do not advocate drill and practice, for some of the basic skills such as math facts, spelling, capitols and states, and memorization tasks that will slip into inert knowledge after the test, I know that schools still operate on the "test-taking" model. This page is devoted to free tools for students to practice basic skills or enhance //

[|Sparknotes] Sparknotes.com be sure to check the home page, many spark notes and test prep for students [|60 second recap] www.60secondrecap.com/ Help Kids Learn www.helpkidzlearn.com/

 Transition and Life Skills
[|Survival Skills 101] julie.myweb.uga.edu/edit6210/6210.swf Activities for Weather, Money and Community (flash file) [|Goodwill Community Foundation Everyday Life]: gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/ Range of free tutorials: Food, money, work, shopping, Budgeting

General Tools
[|Arcademic Skill builders] www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ practice math or language skills (part of the 4Teachers family of tools) [|The Problem Site] www.theproblemsite.com/default.asp a variety of games for math, words, [|HippoCampus] www.hippocampus.org/ collaboration to support high quality online instruction in various middle and high school content areas [|Owl and Mouse] www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm/ [|CrickWeb] www.crickweb.co.uk/ over 172 free resources to support educational content [|Web Weather for Kids] eo.ucar.edu/webweather/ [|Wild Weather Adventure]spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/wwa/ [|SEN Teacher] /www.senteacher.org/

Spelling & Vocabulary
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Vocabulary Support]www.freerice.com/ For every correct answer, donate grains of rice, pick your topic

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Spelling City] www.spellingcity.com/ Students can type in their spelling words and play a variety of games with them. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Quizlet] quizlet.com create and share flash cards <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Grammar Ninja] www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Vocab Genii] vocabgenii.com/ Build vocabulary with friends (difficult game even at easy level, involves spelling as much as vocabulary)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mathematics Practice
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Big Brainz] www.bigbrainz.com/ Multiplication Tables Video Game <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Math Games]resources.oswego.org/games/ pre-made math games or create your own

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Foreign Language
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|BabelFish] babelfish.yahoo.com translate any set of text