The resource that I found as a cool tool for school is called Super Teacher Tools. This site has several types of features within it. It has things ranging from trivia games to tools to help you organize your classroom. If you click on even the very first game that pops up, which is a jeapardy game, you can see how something like this would be both fun and educational in your classroom. You can specialize and edit the game (for free!!) to reach the needs of your lesson, and your unique group of kids. You can choose how many teams you need, and if you want it to be timed. If you are registered to the site you can actually select the questions and the answers in the "edit mode." There are four other similiar review games to choose from, along with a quiz maker tool.
There are also some classroom management tools. They have a seating chart generator, and tools to make random groups within your class. The only downside to the group maker tool would be that as a teacher you know your students and can make groups accordingly, and an internet tool is just good at making rondom groups.
There is also a "for fun" section that has random things that a classroom full of kids might find fun to check out, but actually have some educational benefits. For example there is a "Global Head Counter" that keeps track of how many people are alive on the planet, and there is also one for the United States. You might be able to tie this into a lesson, or just check out in class some time. There are also fun things like hangman and a random fact game.
This site can definitely make learning fun for your kiddos of all ages!
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