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ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom. GREAT website!

GoAnimate for schools is one of the best animation tools available. Since this spinoff from the public site is geared for kids, you do not need to worry about inappropriate content. Has text to speech tools for giving voice to characters. Lesson Gallery gives plenty of examples. Free version is limited to 2 minutes. TeacherPlus AccountA single teacher account gets unlimited access to all GoAnimate4Schools features, The teacher can also post animations to GoAnimate4Schools public gallery. Students accounts have access to following features: - Make animation up to 2 minutes long - Upload own music - Text-to-voice and voice recording

The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are. If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person? IfItWereMyHome.com is your gateway to understanding life outside your home. Use our country comparison tool to compare living conditions in your own country to those of another. Start by selecting a region to compare on the map to the right, and begin your exploration. You can also use our visualization tool to help understand the impact of a disaster. The Pakistan Flood and BP Oil Spill are currently featured. Check out the individual pages to gain some perspective on these awful tragedies.

Writing tool for creating stories with a medieval them. Images are from the Bayeaux Tapestry. Stories can be emailed or stored in gallery. Also possible to capture pages and paste into powerpoint to print as a book.

Quilters and other designers sometimes start by producing square patches with a pattern on them. These square patches are then repeated and connected to produce a larger pattern. Create your own patch using the shapes in the tool below.

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This video gives a great overview of one of the best, full-featured online image editors. It is also terrific creative tool for teachers and students to create drawings or edit images for any class. Click on the sumo wrestler on the home page: http://www.sumopaint.com/web/#/home/ There is a community gallery which has high quality art created by users. However, teachers should be careful of viewing with the class--just in case! It would be better to

Paste text into the text box. Select your options. Text is displayed visually by frequency (importance). Great for summarizing or emphasizing the main idea. Can be used in a variety of ways. Wordle is another popular visualizing tool.

Fun way to encourage student writing in any subject. Using a photo of of almost anything, coupled with imagination, students can create and record a talking animation.

Great tool for math & measurement. Free for personal use with limitations. we have HomeBuilder installed on the new computers.

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Math manipulatives perfect for the interactive whiteboard. Search by grade level and strand. Teacher instructions and standards match are available for each interactive.

Create a pie chart using this tool

Fun for illustrating themes. concepts, vocab

Fun and easy for illustrating themes. concepts, vocab

Fun problem-solving tool for arithmetic operations. Introduce whole class and then play in pairs or alone

No registration required. Quick way to get groups organized or elicit opinions. Easy for classroom use (grades 4.5 -6) since there is no registration

This double pan balance provides an interesting environment in which to consider the concept of equivalence. Two other tools, Pan Balance - Numbers and Pan Balance - Expressions, are natural extensions.

Use this pre-algebra tool to find numerical expressions that are equivalent to one another. If equivalent expressions are placed in the blue and red pans, the scale will balance.