Homework+and+Practice

= Homework and Practice = Homework provides students with the opportunity to extend their learning outside the classroom. However, research shows that the amount of homework assigned should vary by grade level and that parent involvement should be minimal. Teachers should explain the purpose of homework to both the student and the parent or guardian, and teachers should try to give feedback on all homework assigned. Research referenced in Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's book indicated students need to practice a skill 24 times to reach 80% competency, with the first four practices yielding the greatest effect.

Establish and communicate a homework policy and design homework assignments that clearly articulate the purpose and outcome. Practice should focus on specific elements of a complex skill or process and allow time for students to increase their conceptual understanding of skills or processes. Vary the approaches to providing feedback and ask students to chart their speed and accuracy.

**General Sites**

 * ABCya (elementary - multiple grades): @http://www.abcya.com/
 * Arcademic Skill Builders: @http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
 * Braingle: @http://www.braingle.com/index.php
 * BrainPop: @http://www.brainpop.com/
 * Cherry Creek High School's Homework Help: @http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/teacher_resources/homework.html
 * e-Learning for Kids (K-6): @http://www.e-learningforkids.org/
 * Discovery Channel's Homework Help and Interactive Games: @http://www.discoveryeducation.com/students/index.cfm
 * Flashcard Exchange (web-based flashcard program): @http://www.flashcardexchange.com/
 * Harcourt School Publishers (Elementary Interactive - multiple subjects): @http://www.harcourtschool.com/index.html
 * Homework Spot: @http://www.homeworkspot.com/
 * IKnowThat.com (PreK-6): @http://www.iknowthat.com/FT/index.html
 * JeopardyLabs (Jeopardy templates without PowerPoint): @http://jeopardylabs.com/
 * Jefferson Lab Games & Puzzles: @http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php
 * Kids Know It - Kids Learning Network: @http://www.kidsknowit.com/
 * National Geographic Kids Dare to Explore: @http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
 * PBS Kids Electric Company: http://pbskids.org/electriccompany/#/Home/
 * Qtopia: @http://www.qtopia.com/
 * Quiz Hub - K-12 Homework Help: http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm?x=ace
 * Quiz Revolution (Fee based - make a quiz and embed in a web or blog): @http://www.quizrevolution.com/
 * Quizlet: @http://quizlet.com/
 * Qwiki - An Information Experience: @http://www.qwiki.com/
 * Scholastic Homework Hub: @http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/
 * UNCW.edu - Ertzberger - Microsoft Ed games: @http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm

**Search Engines for Students**

 * Ask: @http://www.ask.com/
 * Boolify: @http://www.boolify.org/
 * CyberSleuth Kids: @http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
 * Kids Gov ( links to government and other kids' sites) : @http://www.kids.gov/
 * Sweet Search: @http://www.sweetsearch.com/
 * Yippy: @http://search.yippy.com/

**Arts**

 * Art Babble (Play Art Loud): @http://www.artbabble.org/
 * J. Paul Getty Museum: @http://www.getty.edu/museum/
 * MOOM (Museum of Online Museums: @http://www.coudal.com/moom/
 * Museum of Modern Art: @http://www.moma.org/
 * Smarthistory: @http://smarthistory.org/


 * ArtsEdge: @http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/podcasts/artsedge.html
 * Classics for Kids: @http://www.classicsforkids.com/
 * Incredibox (create rhythms) : @http://www.incredibox.fr/
 * Ricci Adams' Music Theory Net: @http://www.musictheory.net/
 * San Fransico Symphony Keeping Score: @http://www.keepingscore.org/
 * Science of Music: @http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/index.html

**Foreign Language**

 * =====22Frames (searches for captioned & subtitled videos on the web): http://www.22frames.com/ =====
 * CAPL (authentic images for language learning): @http://capl.washjeff.edu/index.php
 * Forvo (words of the world pronounced): @http://www.forvo.com/
 * Hello World - World Languages for all children: @http://www.hello-world.com/index.php
 * iMendi (online flashcards): @http://imendi.com/selectlangs
 * LangMedia Resources for World Languages: @http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/index.html
 * Languages of the World poster:
 * Language Olympics poster:
 * Learn a Language (multiple languages): @http://www.learnalanguage.com/
 * Lingus (conversational Spanish videos): @http://www.lingus.tv/video/
 * Make Beliefs Comix: @http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
 * Memrise (vocabulary learning multiple languages): @http://www.memrise.com/welcome/
 * Repeat After Us (online language lab; ESL): @http://www.repeatafterus.com/
 * Story Place- The Children's Digital Library (English & Spanish; PreK-5): @http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp
 * Verbs Online: @http://www.verbs-online.com/index.htm
 * Vocabulix (free tools): @http://www.vocabulix.com/framer.html
 * Voxy (ESL resource - learn a language from life): @http://voxy.com/
 * Wordsteps: @http://wordsteps.com/

**Health, Nutrition, and Physical Ed**

 * CDC Ad Decoder: @http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourlife/yourlife_addecoder.html
 * CDC BAM-Body and Mind: @http://www.bam.gov/index.html
 * Cool Food Kidz: @http://www.coolfoodplanet.org/gb/kidz/
 * Fat World - The Game: @http://www.fatworld.org/game.php
 * Health Hut (fitness, nutrition, & health tips): @http://onlinemha.com/blog/
 * Nourish Interactive: @http://www.nourishinteractive.com/
 * NSF The Scrub Clug: @http://www.scrubclub.org/home.aspx
 * Sugar Stacks: @http://www.sugarstacks.com/

**Language Arts**

 * 60 Second Recap ("trailers for books"): @http://www.60secondrecap.com/
 * Books Should Be Free (free audiobooks): @http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
 * BrainNook (Elementary): @http://www.brainnook.com/
 * Canadians Adaptions of Shakespeare Project: Romeo & Juliet (interactive folio & study guide): @http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/rjfolio.cfm
 * Clockworks (vocabulary & typing practice): @http://clockwords.us/
 * Grammaropolis (elementary parts of speech): @http://www.grammaropolis.com/
 * Idiom dictionary: @http://www.idiomdictionary.com/
 * Into the Book (K-4 Reading comprehension): @http://reading.ecb.org/
 * Knoword (match words with definitions): @http://www.knoword.org/
 * Magnetic Poetry - Kids Poetry Page: @http://kids.magpogames.com/
 * ReadWriteThink - Student Interactives: @http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
 * Snappy Words (free visual dictionary & thesaurus): @http://www.snappywords.com/
 * Spelling Bee the Game: @http://www.spellingbeethegame.com/
 * Spin and Spell: @http://www.spinandspell.com/
 * Tar Heel Reader - Books for beginning readers of all ages: @http://tarheelreader.org/
 * Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs: @http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html
 * Wordia (visual video dictionary): @http://www.wordia.com/
 * Wordnik (everything about words): @http://www.wordnik.com/
 * WordStach: @http://wordstash.com/
 * Visuwords (online graphical dictionary): @http://www.visuwords.com/
 * Vocab Genii: @http://vocabgenii.com/
 * Vocabulary and Spelling City.com: @http://www.spellingcity.com/

**Math**

 * BrainNook (Elementary): @http://www.brainnook.com/
 * Conceptual Math (free fraction tools): @http://www.conceptuamath.com/fractions.html
 * Free Math Help: @http://www.freemathhelp.com/
 * GeoGebra: @http://www.geogebra.org/cms/
 * IXL (PreK-8): @http://www.ixl.com/
 * Johnnie's Math Page (Elementary/Low Middle -interactive Math tools): @http://jmathpage.com/index.html
 * Learn Your Tables: @http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/
 * National Science Digital Library: @http://www.nsdl.org/
 * Manga High: http://www.mangahigh.com/en_us/
 * Math Live: @http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Math5.html
 * Math Open Resource (Geometry & Trig construction): @http://www.mathopenref.com/index.html
 * MathTV (videos by topic): http://www.mathtv.com/videos_by_topic#
 * National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: @http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
 * Plus Magazine...living Mathematics: @http://plus.maths.org/content/
 * Web 2.0 Scientific Calculator: @http://web2.0calc.com/
 * Woodlands Junior School Maths Zone (elementary interactive math games): @http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
 * Yummy Math: @http://www.yummymath.com/index.php

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 * Science**
 * 24/7 Science: @http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/
 * Amazing Space: @http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
 * Celestia Space Simulation: @http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html
 * Chemical Education Digital Library: @http://www.chemeddl.org/
 * Chemistry Land: @http://www.chemistryland.com/
 * Edheads: @http://www.edheads.org/
 * FOSS web: @http://www.fossweb.com/
 * Google Body Browser: http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/body.html#
 * Kinetic City-Shape It Up (elementary Earth Science): @http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/
 * NASA: @http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
 * National Science Digital Library: @http://www.nsdl.org/
 * PennMedicine Medical Animation Library: @http://www.pennmedicine.org/health_info/animationplayer/
 * Periodic Table of Comic Books: @http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/index.html
 * Periodic Table of Videos: http://www.periodicvideos.com/#
 * Photographic Periodic Table: @http://periodictable.com/
 * Science Discovery: @http://science.discovery.com/
 * Scientists@the Smithsonian: @http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scientist/
 * Succeeding with Science: @http://www.succeedingwithscience.com/
 * Sumanas Animation Gallery: @http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animation.html
 * Virtual Cell Animation Collection (University of North Dakota): @http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/
 * WorldWide Telescope: @http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx


 * Social Studies**
 * 10x10 (updated hourly links images to news stories): @http://www.tenbyten.org/info.html
 * American Demographic History Chartbook 1790 - 2000: @http://www.demographicchartbook.com/Chartbook/
 * Annenberg Classroom: @http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/
 * Ben's Guide to US Government (K-12): @http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
 * History Animated: @http://historyanimated.com/newhistoryanimated/
 * History Pin: @http://www.historypin.com/
 * iCivics: @http://www.icivics.org/
 * Kids in the House (K-12): @http://kids.clerk.house.gov/
 * National Archives: @http://www.archives.gov/
 * Scribble Maps: http://scribblemaps.com/#lat=42.314111&lng=-83.036825&z=3&t=Map&y=0&p=0
 * Time Rime (timelines): @http://www.timerime.com/
 * Virtual Museum (European history): @http://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.net/virtual_museum/virtual_museum.asp?lingua=en&tab=0
 * Washington Post - Top Secret America: @http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/
 * Who am I? A history Mystery: @http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/resources/whoami/whoami.html