Helpful Links

Reading Stuff:

Lexile - where you can (hopefully) find the Lexile Level of a book

What Should I Read Next - where you can get some help finding your next book

Your Next Read - where you can get some help finding your next book

Amazon - a site trying to sell you things, but can help you find a lot of good information about books, and maybe some recommendations

Springfield-Greene County Library - if you need to look up a book for the Library Station or any other library in Springfield and Greene County

EasyBib - help with citing books, magazines, newspapers, journals, websites, anything!

The OWL at Purdue - MLA citation guide, and probably the very best online


Word and Phrase References:
Word Sense - matching thoughts to words
Dictionary.com
Merriam Webster dictionary
The Free Dictionary

Thesaurus.com
Visual Thesaurus

Word Roots and Prefixes from Learn That
Suffixes from Learn That
Online Etymology Dictionary

Idiom Site
Idioms from The Free Dictionary

Word Art:
Wordle - one of the first sites dedicated to creating word clouds

Tagxedo - a customizable word cloud creation site

ABCya! - another great place to create word clouds 


Games:
Free Rice - a place to work on vocabulary, or other skills, and in the process contribute to the World Food Programme

Smart Kit - school-safe puzzle games that will challenge your thinking, in so many ways


Word Confusion - identify the right word for the sentence

Super Word Toss - throw the ball at the correct synonym or antonym to win this game!

Word Frog - antonyms, synonyms, homonyms - choose the right one!

Where to find pictures:
Every Stock Photo - like a search engine for public domain and Creative Commons pictures

Pixabay - a place to find some public domain images

Flickr Commons - pictures contributed from various locations "from the world's public photography archives"


Chess:
Basic Rules of Chess - a single form showing the rules and pieces

Illustrated Rules of Chess - for players who might need a description of the rules

The Basics of Chess - a nice YouTube video showing the basics of chess

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