September 2011 - Posts
Math Madness #mathchat #elemchat #spedchat #Basketball themed math practice including +, -, and x. Nice interface but would be better with sound. Via ICT Magic (math)
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STEM Ed. Among Cuts Sought in Draft House Budget Plan - Curriculum Matters - Education Week
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A Call for Opening Up Web Access at Schools : #elemchat #spedchat
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WordPlay Cafe ….Awesome free download of the award winning (Parents Choice Award) book by Michael Kline. #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #word games Includes…Cool Codes, Priceless Punzels, and Phantastic Phonetic Phun! Kids will really like these games
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Michelle's Math in the Middle: Pinterest Linky Party! : The party is over but the list is fab. Check out all these wonderful teacher pinners. #elemchat #spedchat
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Fall Math Activities : Via Mathwire.com #elemchat #mathchat #spedchat Activities are also suitable for centers.
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LiveBinder update not to miss! One of the best… Paises@ is a super interactive map tool. #sschat #spedchat #elemchat #maps It allows you to click on any country and find central facts and information about it. Windows pop up with the desired information
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Web Tools That Educators Should Have in the Bag : Via Ozge Karaoglu’s Blog Via @pipcleaves
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Word DYNAMO Turbo charge your vocabulary, reading and writing skills while playing word games, free! #elemchat #spedchat #vocabulary #wordgames via Toby Price at Jedi-iPad Master @teachersharetp
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Creating a Classroom Newspaper Using Google Docs (in 3rd Grade)
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Free Technology for Teachers: 47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom
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Classroom Omnibus - LiveBinder : Excellent LiveBinder with nice resources for all sorts of subjects created by ang1960. #elemchat #spedchat This one is jam-packed. Just the way I like ‘em. Can’t wait to go digging through the goodies.
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Get in the Fold! : An awesome blog totally devoted to foldables and terrific ways of using them in the classroom. Kids love foldables. They make learning fun, engaging and creative.
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Learning Box Base 10 Blocks: Virtual math manipulative : world-shaker : What it is: Today while I was doing a quick Google search for a place I could buy a set of base 10 blocks, I came across this AWESOME digital version by accident. What a happy accident!
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#elemchat #spedchat #writingprompts world-shaker : writingprompts : 246 Did you know that there’s a Writing Prompts Tumblr run by a teacher?
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Oh, How Pinteresting!: Pinterest, Refreshed : pinterest : Next week, you will visit Pinterest and find it looking fresh and new! Here is a taste of what what makes refreshed Pinterest special: A Fresh Look Pinterest is now cleaner and lighter, making
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The students at my school just received tons of free books from First Book. If you don’t know about First Book you should. #elemchat #spedchat #freebooks #firstbook First Book provides free books to low income students. The books received are to be taken
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Another great one from Scholastic. #elemchat #spedchat #graphicnovel #comiccreator added to Cool Comic Creators (contains 50+ Comic Creators) which is included in Write On! for Kids mrsd5107 : Via Scoop.it - All Elementary Explore Amulet, the new comic
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Amen zoeyh2000 : By Amos Kennedy
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Winter's Tail....fantastic website with engaging online activities. : #elemchat #spedchat Videos, activities and games. You can also make your own movie and record your own song.
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40 Alternative Assessments for Learning | TeachHUB: by Charity Preston
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Freebies — Jimmie's Collage : #elemchat #spedchat Great compilation of printables for a variety of subjects.
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Ultimate List of Printable Math Manipulatives & Games — Jimmie's Collage : #mathchat #spedchat #elemchat
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201 Formats for Writing Activities...Freebie! : Wow….Some really fantastic ideas!
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What the Teacher Wants!: Super Teacher Worksheets! : Two great ideas on how to use Super Teacher Worksheets.
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positivelypersistentteach : lhuddles : American Teacher I want to see this when it comes out (soon). Thank you Matt Damon and the people that are making this movie. The trailer brought me to tears. I love my job, but its frustrating when the average person
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Talk Like a Pirate - Ahoy...Wiki : #elemchat #spedchat #talklikeapirate Neat Wiki with lot’s of pirate resources.
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A Review of Social Bookmarking & Other Link Curation Tools | Resources for Teaching Reading : Excellent read on social bookmarking. #elemchat #spedchat #socialbookmarking. Social bookmarking is sharing your resources with others while collecting and saving
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10 ways to give students control… « What Ed Said : Another fantastic post from “WhatEdSaid”.
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Free Activities from Creative Teaching Press : #elemchat #spedchat
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50 Freebies from "A Teacher's Bag of Tricks" : Thanks Jo! A super assortment of goodies.
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Phonics LiveBinder Update! GenkiEnglish is a really cool site for neat phonics/word activities. Great for younger students and english language learners. #spedchat #kinderchat #1stchat #elemchat #phonics Although they are trying to sell their program
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The Best Way to End Copying in Art Class #elemchat #spedchat #artchat Totally agree with Art Lessons for Kids . Great lesson to teach students.
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K-6 Web Actvities : #elemchat #spedchat #kinderchat #1stchat #2ndchat #4thchat #5thchat Fantastic collection from Bellevue School.
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80+ Articles about iPads in Education : coolcatteacher : world-shaker : Plethora of resources out here, being updated on an ongoing basis (several at the top of the list were published within the last week). 80+ articles about iPads in education
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Free Teaching Resources - Blank Alphabet Pages with Graphics *Create Personal Dictionaries : #elemchat #spedchat #literacy
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Printable Alphabet Flags and Banner Letters
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Twenty Tips for Creating a Safe Learning Environment : Good article. #elemchat #spedchat
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Artbot Activities from TVOKids is a neat site where kids can create art and add it to their online gallery. #spedchat #artchat #elemchat Kids can also watch engaging videos to learn more about art, and play a neat game that involves thinking and planning.
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Runde's Room: Character Ed Freebie - From Crayons to College : #elemchat #spedchat The ABC’s to get You from Crayons to College. Can’t wait to get to school tomorrow and hang these on the wall outside my classroom. This is a super, fantastic, wonderful
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Art and Reading and Writing : I really enjoyed this post by Melissa Edwards of Technology: figuring out how the pieces fit fame. She features a site that uses visual art to teach reading and writing standards. What attracted Melissa to the site, LiteracyHead
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Build your own Robot Students can build their own robot and then write a story about the robot character they created. #spedchat #elemchat Students could also pair up and write a story together about their robot characters. Other “Robot Sites” Robots
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LiveBinder Update - Kids Make Music Online #elemchat #spedchat #music 100+ sites where kids can make music online. Lots of nice sites to choose from. A variety of instruments included as well as sites for composing your own songs/raps. We have a new music
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Worldwide Fairy Tale Adventure - Croatian Tales of Long Ago #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #fairytales Super nice collection includes interactive stories, cartoons, animated stories. I really like these Croation Fairy Tales. Very well done and sure to
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LiveBinder Update! 650+ Aesop’s Fables - Many with audio to go along with the text. #elemchat #spedchat #fables #literacy #centers #listeningcenters Nice resource! Added to Awesome Audio Stories and more! LiveBinder. This has great resources that can
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Something for the boys! Online Library collection of Shoo Rayner’s “Dark Claw” books. #elemchat #spedchat #literacy Nice flip-page style interface. Six stories that I believe should be read in order. From the site: “Dark Claw is a thrilling saga of the
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Love these Daily 5 Posters! Polka-dots are so popular and fun! #elemchat #spedchat #daily5 #posters Polka Dot Daily 5 Signs added to Readers/Writers Workshops, Centers, and Resources LiveBinder and Bulletin Boards, Displays, and Decorations LiveBinde
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BBC Science: Interactive Body #scichat #spedchat #elemchat Learn about the human body through interactive games. Each interactive takes approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Added to Sensational Science Sites
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Using Skype as an Academic Tool: Lessons Learned : coolcatteacher : world-shaker : The author’s cool enough to cover using it in several different situations (teacher-student, student-student, teacher-class, etc.). There are some little gems in here.
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ictmagic : Via Scoop.it - ICTmagic A great site full of free fonts for commercial use. Great for publishing children’s work. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools Show original
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Miss. Third Grade: The best rounding freebie!! DO NOT TEACH WITH OUT IT!! : #mathchat #spedchat #elemchat Super printable resource for students that can also be used in centers or mini-offices.
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Surviving a Teacher's Salary: Zoobooks or Zootles 2 Year Subscription - only $25!! : #elemchat #spedchat #scichat #animals I’m going to order ZooBooks for my classroom.
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“A PBS Teachers blog offering strategies and resources to help you create rich, engaging learning experiences with multimedia.” - PBS Teachers Blogs
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Discover America the fun way…with Wilson and Ditch #elemchat #spedchat #sschat Jim Henson’s Wilson and Ditch: Digging America has added a few more locations to explore since I wrote about them last. 15 in all. “Wilson and Ditch are two funny, energetic
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Free Printable Pencil Fags to remember 9/11. #elemchat #spedchat #pencilflags Just print and adhere to pencil. Other subjects also available
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SMARTBoards and Fun Word Activities - Teachers Love SMART Boards
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Let Them Doodle – Tools in Hand « Friday Flash
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Large Printable Bubble Letters
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Create your own “ Boggle ” bulletin board with the free printable letter s from Technology Rocks…Seriously . #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #bulletinboard They are super cute with white polka-dots on a red background.
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Substitute Binder : thingstheysay : I stumbled across this blog a few weeks ago and I wanted to share a concept the author suggested: creating a substitute binder. While many schools and teachers supply binders, I know some classroom teachers who don’t
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Word Tamer …Fantastic site where students can “tame words and train stories” through challenges. Highly recommend! #elemchat #spedchat #writing #literacy via T echnology Rocks…Seriously Read more about it here . Word Tamer has been added to Write On!
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I have been seeing lots of great motivational sayings that have been turned into posters, such as the one below, on Pinterest. Today I discovered that many of the posters I have seen come from Sweet Blessings (shared some bookmarks from the blog recently).
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Pinterest! : Everybody’s doing it. How ‘bout you? #elemchat #spedchat # Great description of Pinterest from an art teacher. It’s not just for art teachers though. All teachers can find awesome resources shared by others. Read more about it by clicking
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Full Screen Messages with Class- You’ve got Gzaas! : Create full screen messages with a unique URL that can also be embedded. #elemchat #spedchat #writing via Digital Goonies Very much like full screen posters. No pics, just words. Very easy to use and
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Wow! Shine and Write … a collection of 40+Maths teaching resources designed to be projected on to a white board and then written on as part of a whole class exposition. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat They’ll even work with an Interactive White Board!
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National Weather Service: Playtime for Kids : #spedchat #elemchat #weather Lots of good info and activities can be found on the site.
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Don't Miss the Teaching Blog Expo! : #elemchat #spedchat Can be viewed online too!
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Here’s the mate!
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5 Ways to Save on Printer Ink : Personally I use #4. Pretty easy to do and saves tons of $$$. Kids love to print their stuff and I used to always have to say no because of the cost. Not any more.
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Free Homeschool Resources : Great resources for public/private schools too. #elemchat #spedchat
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Max My Dream from Pepcid Ac. is a neat little site where you share your dream in 140 characters or less and when finished it is turned into a visual experience. Just a little writing quickie. Dreams can also be shared via link. Added to Write On! for
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VistaPrint and My Flip Signs : Nice post from the Hawk’s Nest . I’m just starting to look into VistaPrint. I hear there are lots of nice ideas and freebies to be had. You can learn more about it here . I also like the idea of using flip signs with the
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101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class : #sschat #spedchat #elemchat
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Five Hallmarks of Good Homework : #elemchat #spedchat #homework Especially liked the “Free to Learn” comment at the end.
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55 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom (including tips) : #elemchat #spedchat #writing
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How to Use Props in the Classroom | eHow.com : Notice tonight’s theme?
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Six Reasons Why Kids Should Know How to Blog | MindShift
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180 Technology Tips | The Teacher List
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Fallin' for Firsties: Daily 5: iPod Listening Center
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Wonderville by The Science Alberta Foundation “ is a fun, interactive destination for kids to discover the exciting world of science.” #elemchat #spedchat #scichat “This award-winning site encourages exploration and curiosity, while helping kids discover
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Student-Made Math Movies ….Superb and cute! #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat Check the skills on the left for more movies. If your class would like to add one they would love even more!
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I Love 2 Teach: Too Cool for School Linky Party : Super tip from I Love 2 Teach Use a yellow highlighter and write “Original” across any paper that you want to save in your files. The word “Original” won’t show up if you copy the paper, and it reminds
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Teachers in Tiaras: Super Secret Walker : Another great idea to maintain and encourage appropriate behavior in the classroom. Love when ideas are easy to implement and work. teachersintiaras : This is another idea submitted by our first place winner,
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Superb Story Map Poster for wall as well as printable for students’ notebooks. #elemchat #spedchat #literacy I saw this awesome idea on Pinterest and tracked it down to Create*Teach*Share . I love the idea of using sticky-notes on the chart. Makes it
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45 Free Online Tools To Create Charts, Diagrams And Flowcharts | Free and Useful Online Resources : via juandon. Innovación y conocimiento
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“ Statetris ” is an online game tetris game that drops states instead of shapes. Really nice game to help students learn where states are located in a fun way. The variations of the game as difficulty increases are really cool and will certainly challenge
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Notebooking Fairy has super collection of notebooking printables for a wide variety of subjects. #elemchat #spedchat Just a few highlights… Character Sketch Timelines Lie vs Lay Ancient Greek Architecture Flatworms
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Lots of great ideas from some pretty awesome educators. #sschat #spedchat #elemchat mrsd5107 : Missed #5thchat tonight? Topic: “Making Social Studies Come Alive”. Well, never fear! The archive is here! http://t.co/vTFzOW5
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