WEBSITES FOR STUDENTS Stay engaged while at home or at the library. Your teacher will assist you in determining which site(s) would be most beneficial. Instructions for the Steck Vaughen Site For GED Students Address: http://steckvaughn.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/gedpractice Click “Start Practice Test” at the bottom of the page. You can choose from various content areas and receive an explanation for each response. Instructions for Barons Website For GED Students Address: http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=38 Check only the test you want to take and click “Start Test.” You can review the explanation for each question as you go along. Instructions for M.H. Contemporary Website For GED Students Address: http://www.mhcontemporary.com/scripts/cont_home.php Choose “Learning Sites”. Choose “Free GED…” Select a subject by clicking a book. Choose “Student Center”. Select the chapter that you would like to work in. NOTE: The Contemporary practice test is not scored until an individual has completed the entire test and submitted the answers. At this point the score is calculated, the correct answers marked, and feedback given as to the correct answers and explanations. Math Practice For ABE and GED Students Address: AplusMath.com NOTE: This site contains flashcards for addition through algebra. It is great for practicing the times tables, signed numbers and so much more. There are worksheets that can be printed and used by teachers or students; the answers are available also. Instructions for the Skillswise Site For ABE/GED Students Address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/listening/listeningforspecificinformation/activity.shtml NOTE: This site has fact sheets, worksheets, and quizzes in various topics in grammar, spelling, reading, listening, writing, vocabulary, whole numbers, (measures, shape and space), (fractions, % and decimals), and handling data. Study Guide Zone/GED Test: For GED Students Address: www.studyguidezone.com/gedtest.htm When you arrive at the site, scroll down and click the link that you are interested in viewing. NOTE: Has an 82 page study guide, 10 practices exercises in each area with explanations, GED and College Information, GED Practice Questions, and GED Exam Information. Study Guide Zone/TABE: For ABE Students above 6.0 and GED Students Address: http://www.studyguidezone.com/tabetest.htm NOTE: Has a 49 page study guide and TABE practice questions with answers on the following topics: Advanced Algebra, Averages and Rounding, Arithmetic, Commas, Estimation and Sequences, Exponents, Fractions and Square Roots, Geometry, Basic Grammar, Intermediate Grammar, Advanced Grammar, Graphs, Basic Math, Intermediate Math, Advanced Math, Measurement, Nouns, Percents and Ratios, Basic Reading Comprehension, Reading for the Main Idea, Advanced Reading Comprehension, Reading Vocabulary, Sentence Correction, Sentence Flow, Usage Review 1, Usage Review 2, Usage Review 3, and Verbs. Recommended Websites to help students with struggling areas on the GED Tests Languange Arts Writing Site I (California Distance Learning Project): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED2.pdf Organization Site I (Sentence Combining Skills): http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm Site 2 (Transitions & Coherence): http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm Site 3 (Construction Shifts): http://www.mxctc.commnet.edu/clc/cptitema.pdf Site 4 (Paragraphs & Topic Sentences): http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/paragraphs.shtml Site 5 (Essay Organization): http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/essay_organization.htm Site 6(Essay Organization): http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssayOrgMethods.html Sentence Structure Site I (Appositives): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_appos.html Site 2 (Dangling Modifiers): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_dangmod.html Site 3 (Sentence Fragments): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_frag.html Site 4 (Run-On Sentences & Comma Splices): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentpr.html Site 5 (Run-On Sentences): http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm Site 6 (Parallel Structure): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_parallel.html Site 7 (Parallel Structure): http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm Site 8 (Sentence Clarity): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_sentclar.html Essay Writing Site I (Basic Guide): http://members.tripod.com/~Iklivingston/essay/ Site 2 (Writing Tips): http://www2.actden.com/Writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm Site 3 (to Easy Steps): http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/ Site 4 (Homonyms): http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html Math Site 1 (Algebra): http://www.aaaknow.com/equ..htm Site 2 (Using Data & Statistics): http://www.mathleague.com/help/data/data.htm . ( . Provided by the Florida GED Practitioners' Task Force Committee - 2007 Find this document at http://www.floridagedresources.org/gedlinks.htm Site 3 (Line Graphs): http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/geogskills/geogskillsgraphsrev2.shtml Site 4 (Interactive Line Graphs): http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/hd6a/playground.htm Site 5 (Angles): http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/angles.htm Site 6 (Interactive Angles): http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Angles/?version= 1.6.0_0 I&browser=Mozilla&vendor=Sun_Microsystems_Inc. Site 7 (Angles): http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/mathlabtutangles1.htm Site 8 (Triangles): http://www.math.com/school/subject3/lessons/S3U2L2GL.html Site 9 (Measurement - CDLP): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED33.pdf Science Site 1 (Practice Science Questions): http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0809222302/student_view0/ged_practice_test.html Site 2: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/education/ged/sci.htm Site 3 (California Distance Learning Project): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED22.pdf Site 4 (California Distance Learning Project - Life Science Overview): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED23.pdf Site 5 (CDLP - Physics Overview): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED26.pdf Site 6 (CDLP - Earth/Space Science Overview): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED24.pdf Social Studies Site 1 (CDLP - Civics & Government Overview): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED20.pdf Site 2 (Scholastic Interactive Social Studies): http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/social/index.htm Site 3 (Interactive World Map): http://www.mrnussbaum.com/countriescode2.htm Site 4 (Newsweek Interactive Map wi Charts): http://www.newsweekeducation.com/interactive/internationalmigration/index.php Language Arts Reading Site I (CDLP - Reading Overview): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED11.pdf Site 2 (CDLP - Fiction): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED13.pdf Site 3 (Hints for Language Arts Reading): http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/GED/GED_sample_larHints.cfm?Menu_ID_Sel=37300&Lang_Sel=1 Site 4 (SparkNotes - SAT): http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/chapter13section6.rhtml Site 5 (SparkNotes - ACT): http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/act/chapter13section1.rhtml Site 6 (CDLP - Drama): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED15.pdf Site 7 (CDLP - Poetry): http://www.cdlponline.org/gedprint/files/GED14.pdf Site 8 (Example Workplace Document & Questions): http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/education/ged/read.htm Provided by the Florida OED Practitioners' Task Force Committee – 2007 Find this document on the web at: http://www.floridagedresources.org/gedlinks.htm