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[|www.izzit.org]. This page provides daily current events in the form of newspaper articles.

[] click on Find a School enter Sandra Day O'Connor select the school on 35th Ave select the tab that says "Most viewed videos" HS Student examples of videos that depict SAT words

[] Lists books that have been given the Award for oustanding informational books.

[] Alex awards are given for books written for adults but appropriate and appealing to young adults (12+).

[] No entries yet - but coming this summer! An Award for excellence for Young Adult nonfiction

[] For the younger readers - several opportunities for comprehension activities.

[] Brief descriptions of books. Recommendations are from author Danny Brassel

[] Lots of great interactive games for building and reinforcing vocabulary.

[] Hard to define academic words are visually depicted on this site. Note: A large piece of this site is blocked at school. But if you are looking for specific clips or images for words you might want to access this from home, copy into a powerpoint or other document, and make use of it that way.

[] Just fun! Try Crime Scene!

[] I enjoy the logic puzzles.

[] activities related to logic, spatial reasoning, word play, categorizing....

[] sort of a "word of the day" site receive a daily buzzword activity by e-mail each day. Examples of how to use the word are provided. this is a link from the Merriam Webster site

[] new entries into the dictionary. This doesn't get updated very frequently but it's interesting to check in on every now and then.

[] This is a site with those goofy puzzles like cof fee (coffee break).

[] SAT words - in cartoon form. It's intended to be a site that you pay for. However, the advertising example changes frequently and is available to print. Overtime - it might make a nice little book. Kids could add their own cartoons and sentences.