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Mrs. Jennifer Saber » Useful Websites

Useful Websites

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"Spelling City was initially created to save teachers time by automating spelling tests and empowering students to study independently through engaging game-based learning activities. Nearly a decade later, Spelling City has expanded to include a wide variety of study tools for developing strong vocabulary skills and best practices for effective vocabulary instruction. Research has proven that these are key factors in improved reading fluency and comprehension."
 
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"Starfall has been teaching children to read with phonics for well over a decade. Our systematic approach, in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children."
 
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"Welcome to Grammar Blast! Show off your grammar skills and earn points as you play this fun game.  Each game has 10 questions and each question has 4 answer choices. Read the question and choose the answer you think is correct, then click the 'are you right?' button."
 
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"XtraMath is a free program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts."
 
"On iXL, math is more than just numbers. With unlimited questions, engaging item types, and real-world scenarios, iXL helps learners experience math at its most mesmerizing!"
 
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"Enchanted Learning® produces children’s educational web sites which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.  Ease of use is a hallmark of our material. Children need the clearest, simplest computer interface, and our material is created so that the navigation and controls are intuitive. Our mission is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning."

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http://www.scholastic.com/

"This is a website that is essentially meant for parents, teachers, and kids. Here, kids are free to write stories they feel inspire them to be better writers of adventure, science fiction, etc. The website is considered one of the best writing websites for kids because it helps them write what interests them in a way that is not only interesting, but friendly for their age."