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I love games - especially the timed ones where you have to think quickly! This is one of the best online games I've seen: Tony Fraction. Students must think quickly about fractional parts to build a pizza to customer specification. Try it! It's fun and challenging!

For historical information, this site is amazing! Hosted by the Library of Congress, the Learning Page Community Center has primary sources that will make history come alive for kids. The Early American section lured me into the site - but there are also sections for Exploration and Explorers, Native Americans, Labor in America, War & Peace and more. It's worth a look!

This site speaks for itself: 20 Sensational Science Sites. Dinosaurs and DNA, butterflies and botany, space and the sea - you get the idea.

I think I may have blogged this site before, but I thought this was a good resource to point out. From Reading Rockets comes this selection that deals with Reading 101 - Text Comprehension. There's a short video on a technique called Reciprocal Teaching as well as several links to other sites that deal with issues related to text comprehension.

Speaking of reading, Kate DiCamillo (The Tale of Despereaux, Because of Winn Dixie, etc.) has a new book out called The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - a lovely story of the adventures of a china rabbit. It's such a good read... I can't stop thinking about it...