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**Quiz sites:**
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Interactives and Collections:
Sheppard Software (all subjects) PBS Kids Professor Garfield Ebooks, creativity tools, educational games BBC Bitesize Literacy, Math, and Science interactive lessons and activities for elementary students. (It is British, so a few things are pronounced/spelled differently) Scootpad Common Core aligned Math and ELA practice site. Teachers must set up an account and add students to their class. Easy to print login cards and parent letters for home access. Although there are premium accounts/features, there is plenty in the free accounts for students and teachers.

//**Math:**// Nice Collection of Sites Math Learning Games for Kids Math Playground Illuminations (NCTM) National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Great for white boards. Xtra Math This site is for basic computation practice. Teachers sign up their class and the site generates 4 digit passwords for each kid. Monitors accuracy and fluency. Students start with addition and once they master that, move to subtraction, multiplication & division. KenKen Blends computation practice with problem solving strategies SumDog Free math learning games and contests for K-8. Students play games against random other students. They can play as a guest or Teachers can set up a class and students can log in to save progress.

//**Problem Solving:**// Lemonade Stand (uses java) Problem solving & entrepreneurship. Students "buy" the materials they need to run a lemonade stand. Open the stand and use the data to purchase more materials, change their recipe, etc. Coffee Shop Problem solving & entrepreneurship. Students "buy" the materials they need to run a lemonade stand. Open the stand and use the data to purchase more materials, change their recipe, etc. GregTangMath Students use knowledge of computation and logic. [|Fizzy's Lunch Lab] Part of PBS’s Learning Lab tools, this collection of interactive games focus on skills with money, deductive reasoning, and spacial sense. Kids love them (also available on iPad)! Self-paced Coding Course for Elementary Students Teachers sign up and get a code for students to join. It tracks their progress, gives badges, hints if needed. Create a Graph Students can input their own data and make graph of their choice. Can be emailed to teacher and printed out. Wolfram Alpha Kids can do anything on this. Besides using it to solve computation problems, they can type in just about anything to get data. Example: have them type in their first name!

//**Language Arts:**// Interactives (NCTE) These are some of the more popular online organizers: Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizer Organizing and Summarizing Story Map Word Family Sort

The Purple Teapot - blog for elementary students to write responses to prompts. It is changed every Monday.

National Geographic eBooks A great collection of free nonfiction books that students can read or listen to independently.

//**Social Studies:**// Mission US Learn about US History through interactive games. (Requires creation of a free account…No email required) iCivics Interactive simulation type games for exploring civics concepts like the Bill of Rights, branches of government, and voting. You can get lost in these games for a short or long time!

//**Teaching Resources:**// Khan Academy Khan has lessons for even young kiddos along with practice sessions. Teachers can be their students' coach and can have access to progress, time spent on task, etc. Learn Zillion Lessons all geared towards common core. Teacher manages class, assigns videos with short quizzes afterwards to reinforce what is happening in class, review, or front load.