• reading

      http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=0&tabid=1  - The Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to reading measurement that matches readers to text.

      http://www.copernic.com/en/products/summarizer/ - from Christopher...summarizes inserted text.

      http://ayr.ednet.ns.ca/pdf/mindpict.pdf - an EXCELLENT activity for visualization

      http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml

      grammar

      http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ - a comprehensive guide to gtrammar and writing, explanation and examples.

• content

      http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1997/zlatas-diary.html  - Book review, concept "childhood stolen" and intolerance

      http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=2&tabid=16&tabpageid=183-  Lexile Power Vocabulary (formerly PowerV) is a systematic and individualized approach

      to vocabulary development that enables teachers to assist students in grades 2 through 12 to improve their reading comprehension skills.  

• lesson plans

      http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/childrenofwar/index.html - Nice plans for Zlata and more.

• ASL resources

      http://www.ntid.rit.edu/dig/index.php -  RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf have developed this innovative dictionary that not only shows you 2,700 signs, but shows most of them in sentences. 

      http://aslpro.com/ - ASLPro.com was created to be a free resource for the classroom teacher. Teachers can create accounts and personalize a quiz for their students' use, then take them into a lab

          and let them practice seeing models other than their own teacher.ASLPro.com was created to be a free resource for the classroom teacher.

     http://www.needsoutreach.org/Pages/sl.html - different categories of  words in sign

     http://www.translatum.gr/dictionary/sign-language.htm - sign language dictionaries  in ASL and other sign languages

• collaborative writing tool 

  http://www.nicenet.org

• word processor

      http://www.internet4classrooms.com/msword_task.htm

• function of MS Word that you find particularly useful  ....comments for editing

   

   

• online editing and feedback tools   

  http://writeboard.com/

   

   

• assessing tools  

      http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/scoring.php

      http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html