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Heteronyms (also known as heterophones or homographs) are words that are spelled the same, but have different pronunciations and different meanings.

PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture. Fantastic for secondary English

A capitonym is a word whose meaning changes based on whether or not it is capitalized.

Super Maths World is good resource offering differentiated math practice. The activities offered on Super Maths World are suitable for students in primary and high school. The progress tracker is a good way for self-directed learners to measure their progress. The progress tracker and scores could also be used by teachers as a means of measuring a student's development. Worth a look!

You pass through the long security line at the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC. While the line of tourists streams forward into the Exhibition Hall, you turn right, and head to the Senate appointment desk. There, you sign in, get an ID badge, and are guided by a security officer to a large meeting room.

Great site.... online dictionary and thesaurus.... very similar to visuwords

Great visual thesaurus and dictionary

Some fantastic tips on what to blog about, also touches on classroom management of student blogs (re: posting, comments etc) in the comments section...some schools starting as early as year 1 with services such as kidblog

Its a nice post with some good ideas about blogging with kids. Nice find Sam.

There are some great ideas on this to give meaning to blogging for students. They could be transferred to wikis too.

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