With the holidays approaching, people are getting excited for holiday parties, baking cookies, exchanging gifts and snow days. 

Along with these fun activities, however, final exams and End of Course exams are quickly approaching.  To help you study for finals and still have fun during the winter holidays, visit these five websites.

http://quizlet.com/
Here you can make your own flashcards or search through flashcards that other people have created, all for free.  Flashcards that others have created are sorted into six different subjects for easy access.  Two simple games are also available to aide in your studying.

http://www.quia.com/
Similar to quizlet.com, this website allows you to make, share, and view flashcards.  It is especially helpful when studying for foreign language final exams.  It also includes more games than Quizlet.com.

http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
When studying for any of you final exams, visit this website to help review.  It explains and has sample quizzes and games for subjects ranging from Language Arts to various science and math classes.

http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
To play free games about various subjects, visit this website, which also includes lessons and sample quizzes.

http://www.sparknotes.com/
To help you review the books you have read in Language Arts throughout the semester, visit this website.  Their slogan is “When your books and teachers don’t make sense, we do,” and they really prove this true, with chapter summaries, character and quote analyses, practice tests and more on nearly every book imaginable.