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If you look way up at the top right hand corner on the homepage of abookandahug.com, you'll see Register An Account and Log In. These are great tools for getting kids to make and keep lists, to make lists with friends which promotes what I call social reading, or for a class or an entire school to create a shared list. I've had mothers come and tell me that their daughters and their BFF's have made a list and are sharing it with each other. Brothers and families are doing the same thing. People do some wonderfully creative things when handed a tool with possibilities.

Create word searches and word jumble puzzles with your class spelling words with this easy to use site.

Martin Burrett 03 Feb 12 12:23:11The poetry Foundation site is a great place to find poems and information about the world's most famous poets Also, download the Poetry Foundation App for iPhone and Android handsets at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/mobile/ to get a great collection of poetry and information to use in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

The Climbing the Poet-Tree Club is a place for students and teachers to share with others their poetic creations. Here you'll see and hear from individuals or classes as they perform their poetry on video! "

This image editor does only one thing, but does it well. It adds speech and thinking bubbles to photos and images. Really easily and the results look great. Good for making comic strips with your class

"Tools for Educators offers free printable worksheets, printables classroom materials, lesson plan resources, and a host of programs for teachers to use in their classes. The free printable dice maker is a worksheet wizard that allows you to create dice with pictures, dice with text or printable dice with both images and text. "

"50 Great Ways to Use Graphic Novels in the Classroom"