The Web Catcher

From RIF (Reading is Fundamental) comes the Reading Planet, a place to explore, create and… read! Choose from the Activity Lab, Games Station, Book Zone or Express Yourself. Explore and have fun, or ‘join the club’ to be able to create your own ‘bookshelf’ and save your activities.
Favorites: The activity lab includes links to kids [...]

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The Wordsmyth GlossaryMaker allows you to generate a “miniature dictionary”. You can type or paste a list of vocabulary words in Step 1, and customize your dictionary’s level of detail in Step 2.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwebcatcher.edublogs.org%2F2007%2F10%2F16%2Fwordsmyth%2F’;
addthis_title [...]

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Bookshare.org gives print disabled people in the United States legal access to over 34,500 books and 150 periodicals that are converted to Braille, large print or text to speech audio files.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwebcatcher.edublogs.org%2F2007%2F10%2F14%2Fbookshare%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘BookShare.org’;
addthis_pub = ”;

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UpToTen Kids calls itself “the fun place to learn online.” With online cards, coloring, interactive games, puzzles and more, there truly are a lot of fun activities, with some opportunities to learn along the way. As the name implies, the site is designed for kids up to age ten, but will probably appeal [...]

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The Math Cats web site offers several activities to explore, ideas for and examples of math crafts, and a great section on make-at-home math manipulatives. It has a simple, folksy feel, a welcome contrast to much of the slick stuff you see on the web. Most of the activities include some guided discussion of [...]

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addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwebcatcher.edublogs.org%2F2007%2F09%2F27%2Fmath-printables%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Math+Printables’;
addthis_pub = ”;

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Imagination Cubed is an on-line interactive drawing page where one or more people can create a drawing and then download it, or share it by email. Another great feature is the ability to ‘replay’ your drawing how you made it. I can only begin to imagine how this could work for creating lessons on [...]

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Starfall is one of the best sites for early reading and literacy, with online stories that offer audio support as needed, a fun, enticing interface, and supportive activities and printables. Multiple levels, with numerous stories and activities at each level.
Starfall was created by the family behind Blue Mountain Cards, one of the earliest online [...]

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