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"TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0 . Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our subject/grade level search, keyword search, or extensive menus."

Teacher's first look like an interesting place for teachers to locate a variety of resources for teaching. As you will see by the home page a corporate partner with this site is ISTE which is the International Society for Technology in Education.

Another good website for learning and practicing language basics is Literacy Center.net. Literacy Center offers games for learning and practicing French, Spanish, German, and English. The Literacy Center is a 501c non-profit with a contract from the US Department of Education.

Type racer is a global typing race. Looks like a great way to practice and have fun at the same time.

This looks like a fun site to motivate students to work on their keyboarding skills.

Great site for those learning english. The teacher section has some good videos on idioms. There is a words in the news vocab section. There is a section about slang and phrases in English. There are videos and recordings and quizzes to help you learn about and practice English prononciation.

The English-Zone.Com is owned and operated by Kaye Mastin Mallor, an ESL teacher in Fyullerton.CA. This is a fun site for middle or high school students who are learning English as a Second Language, or for native speakers who are brushing up on their English grammar skills. Students can learn some idioms, practice with English verbs, play vocabulary games, check out the fun stuff page, win a million bananas, or write a silly story. Teachers will also find ready-to-print materials, in-class activities, and worksheets as well as links to other English sites.

This website provides numerous games, interactives, and printables to help enhance and practice elementary in not only maths but also science and language arts.

"Game-based learning (GBL) is getting a lot press. It is an innovative practice that is working to engage kids in learning important 21st century skills and content. "

Karl Fisch's blog post 12/7/2008 a website where students (or anyone) can practice building their vocabulary and at the same time donate rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Additonal subjects include Art, Chemistry, English, Geography, Languages, and Math.

AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual's current level.\n\n

Interesting math site

many educators are using technology to engage students in project-based learning exercises that build 21st-century skills and motivate students with practical and hands-on-activities. The nonprofit Buck Institute for Education and Boise State University have put together resources to help educators plan, design, and implement such leassons. Guides and planning tools are available, as are a handful of examples of project-based teaching and learning strategies that have been successful in the classroom.

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.

Site all about math. It provides resources for teacher, parents and students. The site includes math games, math lessons, math practice, math dictionary and I also used a graphing function from this site.

Lots of easy to use resources on this site for math.

Braingle hosts more than 20,000 brain teasers, trivia quizzes, games, and mentalrobics (aerobics for the brain). The games section is comprised of popular games like chess, checkers, sudoku, and common word games. The Mentalrobics section of Braingle is what makes it worth mentioning. Mentalrobics includes memory tests, flashcards, and vocabulary building activities. The vocabulary builder activities require users to register for a free Braingle account. To help users practice more effectively the Braingle vocabulary builder tracks the words users know and the ones they don't.

NumberNut.com is a part of Rader's family of educational games and activities. Number Nut provides some great games with which students can practice and develop their math skills. Unlike many other Math game websites, Number Nut includes some word problems that force students to problem solve rather than just recall information from rote memorization.

Digital Dialects offers a nice selection of educational games and activities for learning 55 different languages. Most of the games are designed to learn and practice the basics of each of the 55 languages listed on the Digital Dialects homepage.

Shmoop, a publisher of digital educational resources, has added pre-algebra to its list of free learning guides. The online Pre-Algebra Learning guides contain hundreds of topics with succinct explanations, diagrams, interactive examples, practice problems, and real-world applications. Pre algebra is Shmoop's first foray beyond its core humanities offerings. At the home page click on the pre algebra tab

Free is always good to check out.

Collection of resources for teachers and especially students. Great number of study tools and skill builders. Especially great because it has resources on "The Outsiders" and "The Pigman" for 7th Grade Resources.

spelling and vocabulary lessons k-8

This is a link provides vocabulary and spelling lessons k-8

Typing Speed test online Free

"FunnelBrain is a collection of academic questions and answers that are created, edited and organized by its users. To get started, click "Create Flashcards" to add questions or select "Study Teams" to collaborate with your classmates. Be sure to check out the free Degree and Test-Prep Quiz Page for GMAT, Accounting, Criminal Justice and other free quizzes."

This site also has a free academic decathlon practice scrimmage.

Absurd Math is an interactive mathematical problem solving game series. The player proceeds on missions in a strange world where the ultimate power consists of mathematical skill and knowledge. Many of the pages have hidden clues and areas. Anytime a player needs help, they may email our staff for assistance. We try to respond within two days. Teachers and parents, email us for answer keys.