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August 2011 - Posts

Understanding 9/11 | Scholastic.com

Understanding 9/11 | Scholastic.com : 30+ lesson plans, activities, news stories,videos, book lists and discussion guides. #elemchat #spedchat #sschat Read More...

TeacherInMe: 5 Free Tools for Creating Book Trailer Videos

TeacherInMe: 5 Free Tools for Creating Book Trailer Videos : #elemchat #spedchat Read More...

Benefits to Project Based Learning and Technology Integration | TechnoKids BLOG

Benefits to Project Based Learning and Technology Integration | TechnoKids BLOG : via @ngeeannsec #elemchat #spedchat Read More...

Welcome Martin!

Just found out @ICTMagic has a Tumblr Blog . Check it out for wonderful resources like the one below. ictmagic : Via Scoop.it - ICTmagic An environmental site for kids. Play games, watch animations and even design your own creatures.http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental Read More...

Teachers in Tiaras: Easy Seating Chart Solutions

Teachers in Tiaras: Easy Seating Chart Solutions : teachersintiaras : This idea won first place in our giveaway contest by Sara G, a Kindergarten teacher. Check out her blog here ! One of my favorite and easiest things I do is change my table names constantly Read More...

Printable Game Boards including Scrabble and Boggle. Just print,...

Printable Game Boards including Scrabble and Boggle. Just print, laminate and play. All playing pieces available as well. Free! Make as many as you like. #elemchat #spedchat #gameboards #printables Another idea would be to mod-podge the printable onto Read More...

The Most Awesomely Awesome Website

The Most Awesomely Awesome Website : Via Techronicity #elemchat #spedchat Andy shares the website 1000 Awesome Things and tells how he would use it in the classroom. *I love the idea of having students create their own list or maybe even a book,with illustrations Read More...

An Earthquake And A Hurricane In One Week | Youngzine

An Earthquake And A Hurricane In One Week | Youngzine : Youngzine is a great resource for World News, Science/Tech, Sports, Society/Arts and more! Read More...

10 great “Word Games” for students who finish their...

10 great “Word Games” for students who finish their work early. #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #4thchat #5thchat Read More...

The Learning Page has some very nice free resources based on...

The Learning Page has some very nice free resources based on monthly celebrations, observances, etc. #elemchat #spedchat #printables You can also access their archive of previous months/years. I really like their “Science in the News” feature, which they Read More...

A Teacher's Touch: I Love Harry Kindergarten!

A Teacher's Touch: I Love Harry Kindergarten! : #kinderchat #spedchat #elemchat Excellent videos for kindergarten students. Read More...

Top 12 Ways to Motivate Students | TeachHUB

Top 12 Ways to Motivate Students | TeachHUB Read More...

Create some “funny money” for your...

Create some “funny money” for your classroom. #elemchat #spedchat You can add any picture to the money. A huge variety of templates are available from many countries. Use…. in behavior programs auctions games activities classroom economies Via Festisit Read More...

Draw a Story Problem...Math Station Activity with Printables

Draw a Story Problem...Math Station Activity with Printables : #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat Via Ashleigh’s Education Journey Read More...

Free (and cute) 2011-2012 Journal Covers

#elemchat #spedchat #literacy Added to Classroom Printables Journal Covers for Free ]]> Read More...

LiveBinder Update! K12 Reader features a nice collection of free...

LiveBinder Update! K12 Reader features a nice collection of free worksheets, games and activities. #elemchat #spedchat #literacy Added to Classroom Printables Read More...

Printable Portfolio Covers and Evaluation sheets #spedchat...

Printable Portfolio Covers and Evaluation sheets #spedchat #elemchat #printables Read More...

Online Safety resources for students, teachers and...

Online Safety resources for students, teachers and parents. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech #internetsafety Read More...

Behavior Bingo!

Behavior Bingo! : I am definitely going to try this. #elemchat #spedchat #behavior via Artful Artsy Amy Read More...

Behold - A Search Engine for Creative Commons Images

Behold - A Search Engine for Creative Commons Images Read More...

10 Best Online Tools For Converting Documents | Free and Useful Resources

10 Best Online Tools For Converting Documents | Free and Useful Resources Read More...

jbizzle329: Currently making Math Jenga. I thought it would be...

jbizzle329 : Currently making Math Jenga. I thought it would be fun for the kids on game day. They will be practicing simple number facts, skip counting, and multiples. I hope it turns out well! *I got the idea from my Drinking Jenga game Edit: adding Read More...

25 Freebies for students #edtech #edchat

25 Freebies for students #edtech #edchat Read More...

How to Create Your Own Printables Using Picnik

How to Create Your Own Printables Using Picnik : Via I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar Read More...

Another reblog of something I really like. OOo4Kids is a...

Another reblog of something I really like. OOo4Kids is a simplified version of Open Office and great for students with special needs as well as younger students. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech OOo4Kids is something you should know about. It is an office Read More...

Discover Primary Science and Maths #scichat #spedchat #mathchat...

Discover Primary Science and Maths #scichat #spedchat #mathchat #elemchat Games, videos, activities, interactives and more. Added to Now includes over 100 Science sites for kids. Click on picture to access. Read More...

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet Lots of “Yucky”...

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet Lots of “Yucky” fun kids will learn from and enjoy. Read More...

Magnetic Numbers Create number your own sentences and solve...

Magnetic Numbers Create number your own sentences and solve them. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat Read More...

Hoodie Trouble #spedchat #elemchat #charactered We deal with...

Hoodie Trouble #spedchat #elemchat #charactered We deal with “hoodies” all the time at my school. This is a fantastic “character education” lesson/interactive for older students. Many relevant topics are covered with excellent online and printable activities. Read More...

Create your own number line. Lots of opportunities to...

Create your own number line . Lots of opportunities to customize. #mathchat #elemchat #spedchat Read More...

I haven’t tried Yacapaca yet but it looks pretty...

I haven’t tried Yacapaca yet but it looks pretty interesting. Amazed that it’s free. Yacapaca for Students Learn faster Enjoy it more Yacapaca for Teachers Create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios and more Discover modify and share assessments Set Read More...

Classroom Architect Create your classroom layout. Easy and free!

Classroom Architect Create your classroom layout. Easy and free! Read More...

Parent Communication - Getting to know your child

Great tool to learn more about your students from the people who know them best. Read more about these free printables created by Farley of “Oh Boy Fourth Grade” and shared on LadyBug’s Teacher Files . Parent Communication Read More...

Free School Labels, Worksheets & Party Ideas | Living Locurto

Free School Labels, Worksheets & Party Ideas | Living Locurto : Love this blog! Always been a favorite. Read More...

Kick off the new school year with a Compact for...

Kick off the new school year with a Compact for Reading! #elemchat #spedchat #1stchat #literacy kbkonnected : “ A Compact for Reading is a written agreement among families, teachers, principals, and students to work together to help improve the reading Read More...

Printing Tips for Great Looking Print-at-Home Printables

Printing Tips for Great Looking Print-at-Home Printables Read More...

Puzzles - Gymnasium for Brain

Puzzles - Gymnasium for Brain : Math puzzles galore! Via @ictmagic Read More...

Beginning of the Year Resources

positivelypersistentteach : Just some good ideas and check lists for those of you just starting (and some of them are good to look at even if you have already started). Examiner: 10 Tips for Organizing Your Classroom Scholastic: Back-to-school Tips: Must-Do Read More...

100 Awesome Engineering Projects for Kids

100 Awesome Engineering Projects for Kids : #elemchat #spedchat #scichat Added to Build it! Read More...

Smories are stories written by adults and read by children....

Smories are stories written by adults and read by children. The text goes along the top of the page and may be a little small, but the kids reading the stories are very engaging. I know my reading group will love these. I certainly did. There are no pictures, Read More...

I have added Progressive Phonics to my “Phonics and more”...

I have added Progressive Phonics to my “ Phonics and more ” LiveBinder. It is a great free phonics program. To learn more about it click here . Screenshot Read More...

My “Classroom Printables” LiveBinder is filling up.  I added...

My “ Classroom Printables ” LiveBinder is filling up. I added more free color posters and some great board games from Jefferson County Schools. Jefferson County Schools have a wonderful array of free printable games and game boards. They are full color, Read More...

Mathematics Blackline Masters (Grades P-K to 9) FREE!

Mathematics Blackline Masters (Grades P-K to 9) FREE! : #mathchat #spedchat #elemchat Read More...

The Fab 5 and Hallway Rules

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Runde's Room: Cyber Showcase Preview - FREE Resources for Grades 3 - 5 Monday August 8th only...Check it out!

Runde's Room: Cyber Showcase Preview - FREE Resources for Grades 3 - 5 Monday August 8th only...Check it out! : #4thchat #5thchat #elemchat #spedchat Read More...

Super neat Egyptian Hieroglyphic Typewriter (beta) I’ll...

Super neat Egyptian Hieroglyphic Typewriter (beta) I’ll bet you can find lots of cool uses for this one. #spedchat #elemchat #egypt #writing Lots of other neat links at the bottom of the page. via Vintage Teacher Read More...

Make customized posters for your classroom using Poster...

Make customized posters for your classroom using Poster Maker (beta) by ArtSkill. Fantastic, EZ to use, classroom tool for every classroom. #elemchat #spedchat #artchat #postermaker View the screenshot to see all of the customizations that are available. Read More...

Blogging Tips for Everyone! Theorganizedclassroomblog.com

Blogging Tips for Everyone! Theorganizedclassroomblog.com Read More...

Teacher Dare Day!<br /> <br /> What has been one of your most successful uses of technology in the classroom?

I’ll give you three. Creating a school blog . Now we have a way to showcase their projects and videos. We make tutorials. They love this and can share with family and friends. Using a projector in the classroom. It is attached to my laptop so everything Read More...

Hi, my name is Amy. And I am going into the 4th grade. And I was wondering if you help students with homework? On tumblr?

Sorry Amy, I don’t help kids with homework because I don’t give homework. You see my main job is teaching art and that is all done in the art room. I don’t think Tumblr is a great place for kids because of the reblogging feature that could lead kids to Read More...

Teachers in Tiaras: September Holidays

Teachers in Tiaras: September Holidays : teachersintiaras : More holidays to celebrate as the school year goes on! Monthly: Classical Music Month Hispanic Heritage Month Fall Hat Month International Square Dancing Month National Piano Month Self Improvement Read More...

Start your decorating engines! Bulletin Board Linky Party

Start your decorating engines! Bulletin Board Linky Party : Fantastic resource for “Back to School” bulletin boards. Lots of neat ideas. Via Sunny Days in Second Grade. She sure throws an awesome party. Read More...

Back to School Deals, Specials & More! | via Fabulous Classroom

Back to School Deals, Specials & More! | via Fabulous Classroom Read More...

Teachers in Tiaras: October Holidays

Teachers in Tiaras: October Holidays : teachersintiaras : More holidays to celebrate as the school year goes on! Monthly: Cookie Month National Pizza Month National Vegetarian Month Sarcastic Month Seafood Month Weekly: Week 1: Get Organized Week Week Read More...

WOW! 325 Dialogue Tags to Replace the Word "Said"

#elemchat #spedchat #writing #literacy List begins on page 10 . ]]> 325 Dialogue Tags to Replace “Said” by Rusty Fischer ]]> Read More...

The Lesson Plan Diva: Behavior Plans and Behavior Problems

The Lesson Plan Diva: Behavior Plans and Behavior Problems : 40+ teachers share their “Classroom Behavior” systems. Read More...