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ABCya! Word Clouds are graphical representations or words. A Word Cloud can represent any main idea or topic based on the words used. ABCya! Word Clouds are fun and exciting because they allow for creativity and imagination beyond lists or graphic organizers.

This is a Beta Version 2.0 tool. It is a tool that uses Word Clouds.

"This lesson uses the four modalities of reading (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) on a math word problem to bridge the gap between reading and math. After a read-aloud from the book Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, students create their own word problems with answers. Students solve each other's problems. As they reread the word problems, fluency and comprehension increase. Finally, students use the skills they've learned creating word problems to complete a crossword puzzle. As students read the math concept words presented in the puzzle and write the correct answers, their reading and writing math vocabulary skills increase."

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cluemaster, a free subscription service for grades 5-12, offers a collection of hundreds of crossword puzzles, word searches, and othe rword games that can be pirnted from your browser. The 50 quizk crosswords and word searches are suitable for younger students, whereas the more challenging cryptic crosswords are suitable for high school students. Each word puzzle includes a printable answer sheet.

Construct a word lets kids create words by selecting a word ending and then a beginning.

Word Twist is an online version of the popular board game, Boggle. Word Twist comes in two versions a four by four grid and a five by five grid. The purpose of Word Twist is to identify as many words as possible using the letters in the grid.

Super Text Twist is a simple word game similar to Word Twist which asks plays to identify words from a set of jumbled letters. The Super Text Twist game be played online or downloaded for use offline.

Game to learn word sounds. Students will work through different levels matching up the words with the correct letter.

Level 1 was a matching game. User had to listen to the word and the sound and drag the picture representing the word to the correct home location.

Site that allows the user to enter any word and a variety of links will be brought up that relate to that word.

Neat search engine. You put in any word and it goes out to the web and grabs multiple links that connect to that work in some way.

This poem generator makes you an instant poet. Pick a type of poem, place your words into the form, and you imediately become a success. The site, suitable for grades 5-12, consists of 60 kinds of writing activities in an interactive frame format including cinuain, haiku, limerick, septet, and other forms. Poems can then be exported into Word for revision and editing.

Online free graphical dictionary and thesaurus.

All you have to do it type in a word and you will received a definition for that word as well as words similar and disimilar in meaning.

A free windows text-to-speech plugin for Microsoft Word. It will speak the text of the document and will highlight it as it goes. It contains a talking dictornary and a text-to-mp3 converter. Wordtalk: A call scotland website

Smart Kit (no affiliation with SMART) offers a large collection of games, puzzles, and riddles for students of all ages. The content of the collection ranges from simple drilling-style games to challenging word puzzles. There are sixteen categories of games offered by Smart Kit. The categories of most interest to educators are probably the math puzzles and word puzzles categories.

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Good to know about this should you need to convert your PDF files to Word, Excel, RTF or Wordperfect.

Vocabulary.com is the quickest way to improve your vocabulary. This site will help you tom aster the words that are essential to academic and business success.

The following apps Molecules, Word Lens, Blackboard mobile learn, Today in History, Math Ref Free, P183 Graphing Claculator, Star Walk, Cram, Essay Grader, eclicker

Ipad workflow charts for making a poster, talking research, and vocabulary words on the ipad

This site has tons of Christmas activities for kids to do at home or school. There are printable games and activities such as word puzzles, math sheets, coloring, mazes, cards, and bookmarks.

Looks like a fun site for teachers and parents.

This site contains beginner math worksheets, advanced math worksheeets, spanish words, pre-school activities, time activities, geography activities and organization activities.

This math site was created to help students. It is an on-going work in progress and will be updated periodically. There are a lot of free math worksheets on the site.

DOGONews is a free online newspaper and Web guide for elementary and middle school students, providing short articles about current events with photos, videos, a dictonary for challenging words, and maps for geographical context. Teachers can create a custom online newspaper for their students by choosing articles and Web sites based on content area. Students can post news or discuss articles with other users in a safe, education-focused environment.