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Is a free site that are research-based education practices for teachers to utilize as a resource. Its content discusses practices, methods, strategies that teachers have used for all students. Teachers get to hear what other teachers used and are effective in video clips.

Online math games for students in 4-6th grade to practice math concepts. This is a free website for students to practice various math skills. Students will enjoy this website because students who are weaker in math can review math concepts. I think students would enjoy having the freedom to choose the games to play to review the concept. All the games are listed on the left side, but to find which concepts to review the student would need to go through each game. The directions for each game are listed and students can also play games in pairs. The website was updated in 2010, but there is no link to ask for any assistance to use a game or to leave any comments. The games itself are fun to play, great graphics and background music and best of all students are having fun with math!

Free. This is a great tool for teachers on best practices. It's easy to navigate and has a lot of information. It is updated frequently and has great content.

National Library of Virtual Manipulative provides opportunities for students to practice their math skills by using manipulative. The topics in that website are appropriate for grades 3-5 and can be used as a center activities.

Students use this word to build reading logic and comprehension. Very good for practicing chronology.

This is a free website for making puzzle with words of your choice. It can be used in any subject for practicing new vocabulary words. It is a free website.

Math Playground is a website in which the students can practice math in a fun way. This website give students big variety of math games, math word problems, logical puzzles, and math videos. It is a free website. Students can access the website if they have a internet access.

This website is great for students and teachers. It provides math game that are differentiated by skills. Students can practice their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills while playing a math game. It also gives a opportunities to generate worksheets.It is a free website.

This is a free website that teachers can use in their math classroom. The website is for the students to practice mathematical concepts and it is very catchy, with great graphics, and it allows the students to create a free account and even name their character. As I said, this website is very user-friendly and it would attract a student with its colorful layout. Brain Nook is a virtual world which provides students with different scenarios that they have to resolve by answering mathematical and language arts questions. Great resource!

This resource is great for the students to practice their math skills and it is free. However, I must point out that although Math Open Reference is not as attractive to the eye, is user-friendly and the students would not be overwhelmed with information when they get to the page. The information on the website is separated by math concept and there are links for each. Furthermore, the website features animated and interactive drawings to demonstrate mathematical terms and concepts.

Word Steps is a resource for learning the vocabulary of choice in nine different languages. It is free to sign up and to use. This website can be used by an instructor in a language arts or foreign language class. The user can select the language to be learned and there are six different types of practice activities for each set of vocabulary words. Each set of vocabulary words is called a dictionary in Word Steps (interesting). One can use dictionaries (words) created by other Word Steps users or one can create his/her own dictionary (words). The website is easy to use and navigate through. The website could be use with or without creating an account.

This is a great tool for students learning a foreign language. I personally used it for 2 years in my Spanish class in high school and it helped me a lot! It's a great way for students to practice their conjugations. There is a suggested fee of $35; however, if your school truly cannot pay, you can send them a note saying so and can use the site. There is also a contact us page available for support. Graded activities and games available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Latin. This would probably be most effective if used with middle school to high school students in a foreign language class. It is very user friendly and the quality of the content is great. I think this site would be very appealing to students because it is simple and easy to use. I believe that it is an effective way to skill and drill while still being interesting.

Founded in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. All are supported by BrainPOP Educators, our teacher community now more than 125,000 members strong and featuring free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices, and much more.

This site provides several interactive games for ESL students to practice learning their vocabulary. These different games include help with spelling, vocabulary, and context.

This is a game designed to test your vocabulary knowledge. There are over thousands of words to practice with levels at easy, medium, and difficult.

This website is a great for student that are learning how to read. It has sections like ABCs- Let's get ready to read where student learn letters and sounds, and section like I'm Reading " where students can read easy books and practice their fluency.It is a great tool for differentiating activities.It is a free website.

This is a free resource, which teaches children to read with phonics. The website has 4 levels of reading: ABC's, Learn to read, It's fun to read, and I am reading. It could be used by teachers and parents to help the student acquire different level of skills in reading. Is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).