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**Cool Websites Of The Week**

** Every week, I will post links to some great websites that have to do with what we are learning in class and some that I just think you'll find fascinating. Just click on the picture! And if you find one on your own, please let me know so I can share it with everyone. **

Starfall.com is a free public service website thato motivates children to read with phonics using a systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice. It's perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschooling, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).

If you never thought math could be fun, this website proves you wrong. Kids of all ages will benefit from learning from math and thinking games and puzzles.

 Here's an interactive place to create a profile, meet new friends, get help with school projects, play games and read game reviews, write and read blogs, and even watch movie trailers!

Here's search engine just for kids! Thanks to hundreds of librarians, it's easy to search through over 600 subjects by first letter.



Learn a new word everyday on Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day website. That's 365 new words each year!

This informative website from the U.S. Energy information administration provides kids with every resource needed to learn about energy, energy sources, history, conservation. It contains a glossary, an energy calculator, and a special teacher's section with lesson plans and virtual field trips!

 This great site has information about everything from feelings, staying safe, how the body and mind work, and nutrition. There are games and movies too and sections for adults, teachers, and children.

This website from the Oceanice Research Group lets you explore the ocean and all of the creatures that live there with breathtaking photography, detailed descriptions, and excellent diagrams.



Whattablast is an interactive portal for kids with web resources, news, chat, webcams, age appropriate entertainment, homework help, games, music, and videos.

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//In Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail// is a captivating, interactive, online learning game presented by the Brookfield Zoo that takes you on a trek through Africa.

//Thinking Fountain// is an Internet resource from the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Science Learning Network, that provides science activities for parents, children, and teachers including step-by-step directions for completing experiments and photos and mind maps regarding the activities.

Have some time on your hands? This educational website has over 25,000 pages of activities designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination. There's the latest news, sports, and weather along with 7 different English to other language translation dictionaries. You can get homework help on any subject and there are many fun, educational games to play.

One of my favorite new finds, this streaming video program from the Screen Actors Guild Foundation lets you listen and watch famous people such as James Earl Jones, Jason Alexander, Sean Astin, & Bonnie Bartlett reading great stories and books aloud!

The online sports magazine that covers sports the way kids like it. There are interviews by kids with sports stars, hilarious comics, caption contests, awesome action videos and photos, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">blogs, games and more.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Presented by the Library of Congress, this site teaches information about American people and historical events, and each of its states. Easy to navigate and an entertaining, interactive way to learn about our country.

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