October 2011 - Posts
Show Me Great Lessons! : Interactive Instructional Activities using a Document Camera. #elemchat #spedchat #documentcamera via The Digital Scoop The camera used in this pdf is an Elmo document camera but any document camera should do the trick. I use
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Want to make reading fun on Halloween? #elemchat #kinderchat #spedchat #1stchat How about a roomful of students wearing some BOO-tiful eyewear via free download at BABALISME . My school doesn’t allow costumes so I thought these will be fun for a reading/Halloween
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Free Technology for Teachers: Two Simple Things You Can Do To Increase Communication With Students and Parents
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Lovely idea! featheredneststudio : These would be neat grouped in quantity, or hung from a branch at various heights to make a mobile. ohlordylord : DIY HERE
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tekkieteacher : Here are some fabulous blog posts from two of the presenters at the conference last Saturday. And here are Wes Fryer’s two recaps of the day: Part I Part II I highly recommend you check them out. There are LOADS of great resources on there
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15+ Intervention Ideas for OFF-TASK / INATTENTION in the Classroom : #elemchat #spedchat #behavior via Jim Wright:
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60+ Halloween Sites for Kids! : #elemchat #spedchat #Halloween
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Do’s & Don’ts for Teacher Halloween Costumes : Help to find the perfect teacher costume. Some great ideas. #elemchat #spedchat #Halloween
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Awesome for the millions of “Owl Lovers” out there! I shared this last year and am glad to get a reminder for this year. Thanks! truebluemeandyou : DIY Owl Lover 2012 Calender. Over 100,000 people downloaded the 2011 version This year. You can download
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I just received this email and thought I would pass it on. #elemchat #spedchat #scichat #climatechange Teaching Climate Change Through America’s National Parks, Visit www.ParksClimateChallenge.org Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2011) After the success
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Read to Me is an engaging site where kids can listen to books told by celebrities. #elemchat #spedchat #hearingimpaired #ebooks #audiobooks #videobooks The celebrities are all Las Vegas performers and are pretty entertaining. Kids may recognize some of
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Thanks…Of course, I’m always interested in freebies. Do you have a link? Good luck next Tuesday. You’re in for some wonderful experiences that you will never forget. :-)
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Free United States Bingo Game from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational. With six cards it is perfect for a small group activity. #elemchat #sschact #spedchat #USABingo Freebie ***One way for a larger number of kids to play would be to conduct several
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Grammar Task Cards Galore @LiveBinder - Excellent collection via jackyesheperd. All FREE! : #elemchat #spedchat #grammar #printables #freebies #taskcards Features… Nouns Pronouns Verbs Articles Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions
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If you teach first grade or are looking for first grade resources, don’t miss this one from Mrs. Shannon . #1stchat #spedchat #elemchat #mathchat #sschat #literacy #printables Unique printables for math, social science and language arts are featured .
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I thinks this may be the post you’re looking for. http://kbkonnected.tumblr.com/post/10070070691/build-your-own-robot-students-can-build-their-own
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Sunny Days in Second Grade: Halloween Linky! : Looking for some Halloween activities for your classroom? #elemchat #spedchat #Halloween Head over to Sunny in Second Grade and check out all of the great Halloween links or add your own.
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Tools for Educators - free worksheet makers, game creators, 100% customizable worksheet generators with images! : Fantastic tools that are easy to use. Customize for your own classroom needs. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech #tools
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ESL Cafe's Idea Cookbook - Games : #elemchat #spedchat Lot’s of games that can be used in the classroom.
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An Entire Blog of Free Writing Prompts with Pictures : Great for older students. Some really nice, creative prompts that will get students writing and thinking. #elemchat #spedchat #writingprompts
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Memory Tricks for Elementary Students K-3 : #elemchat #spedchat #memoryTricks
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TechLearning: One-to-One Computing and Classroom Management : Some good tips even if your school is not 1:1. #elemchat #spedchat #classroommanagement #edtech Via @mrsebiology
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Classroom Accommodations for Specific Behaviours : Tons of good information. #elemchat #spedchat Via @flyonthecwall
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10+ Free Sites for Graphic Organizers #elemchat #spedchat #graphicorganizers Free Graphic Organizers from the Education Place Graphic Organizers Too many to count Mrs. Hughes’ Place 60+ graphic organizers Graphic Organizers for using Reading Strategies
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Cool math activity! Create Dot-to-Dot Pictures using your own photos with Picture Dots . #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat #dottodot Easy and Free (sign-up required only if you want to save).
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Google Earth Has Been Downloaded 1 Billion Times : Wow! Google Earth 1 Billion Downloads #elemchat #spedchat #sschat #googleearth fyrmacedonia : As much as one-seventh of humanity has downloaded Google Earth , a technology that is only six years old.
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BAM! Body and Mind #elemchat #spedchat #healthed #4thchat #5thchat From the site: “ BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
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Meet Me at Midnight from the Smithsonian American Art Museum is a neat interactive for older students. #artchat #elemchat #spedchat #4thchat #5thchat #Americanart #interactive From the site: “After a field trip to the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
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Split PDF's...for FREE!!!! : #edtech #technologytools #elemchat #spedchat ovalcat : “This service enables you to split PDF documents free of charge. All you need to do is select the PDF document that you want to split up on your computer, specify the
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truebluemeandyou : nevver : Chris Piascik Art = Sanity So true for so many.
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Pandemonium With Purpose: Teaching Vocabulary and My Secret Weapon « Teacher Created Tips : Love this! Fun vocabulary game that gets students invested in each other’s learning. #elemchat #spedchat #vocabulary Check it out. Via Teacher Created Resource
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sweettalksbooks : Aw, Lily. thedailywhat : Meet The New Muppet of the Day: Sesame Street is set to add a new member to its roster of friendly, fuzzy characters: Lily, the 7-year-old “food insecure” Muppet . Lily — who represents the 17 million children
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sportychicworld : world-shaker : “Respect your parents…” I need a poster of this in my classroom!
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Helping Students Organize Homework Agendas - The Organized Classroom Blog : Some really great strategies and tips. I really like the idea of having the numbers of three homework buddies in their notebooks. Buddies can call each other if they have a question
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Math Hombre: Area Battle Game : #mathchat #spedchat #elemchat #area #perimeter #game Neat Area and perimeter game that students can create themselves. Post includes the instructions and examples.
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Attention Getter: Class-Yes : A neat little trick to get the attention of your students via Whole Brain Teaching . #elemchat #spedchat #attentiongetter
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Create Personal Dictionaries-Free Teaching Resources - Blank Alphabet Pages with Graphics : #elemchat #spedchat #1stchat #dictionary #literacy
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25+ Virtual Manipulatives for grades K-8 #mathchat #scichat #elemchat #spedchat Virtual Manipulatives has every nearly every type of manipulative imaginable. It also has a timer and many other tools. The manipulatives are colorful and eye-catching. Students
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“Status of the Class! Amazing and invaluable tool in encouraging and monitoring the readers in the classroom.” - #elemchat #spedchat #reading #literacy #freebie Go to Create-Teach-Share to read all about “Status-of-the-Class” and how such a small thing
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Strategies for downloading apps (both PAID/FREE) : Via Technology in (Spl) Education #elemchat #spedchat #edtech #apps
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Free Technology for Teachers: Speaker Deck - Another Way to Share Your Slides : Educational Application via Richard Byrne “If you or your students have PDFs or slides that you want to publish for the world to see, Speaker Deck is an option to consider.
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Free Web Conferencing from LiveMinutes : This looks awesome and it’s free!
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» Splashtop – Looking for flash on your ipad? This is as close as you can get ($0.99 Regular $9.99) : Via Technology in (Spl) Education
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Have you found the new Classroom Freebies site?
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Geo-Genius is a challenging and fun,timed geography game featuring the United States. Can you beat the clock? #sschat #elemchat #spedchat #mapgames #geography When the time is up you receive a score. Can you improve on it next time? Don’t miss these!
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Wonka! Wonka! #elemchat #spedchat #behavior #feelings #charactered Added to Character Counts LiveBinder My students love this movie especially the first one. It’s a great movie to watch and discuss appropriate/inappropriate behavior and consequences.
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LiveBinder to the Rescue A Dilemma! Drawing…YES! Writing…not so much. #elemchat #spedchat #comics #templates #writing #literacy Create your own Comic Strips in the Classroom A wonderful teacher at my school told me that he had a few boys in his class
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I Spy with My Little Green Eye… Clever idea from The Muddy Princess. Turn your stickers into “I Spy” boards . #elemchat #spedchat #Ispy #freebie I can see lots of uses for this in the classroom, especially if you have number, letter, and word stickers
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Tumblr Teacher Roll Call : Teachers with Tumblr Blogs sorted by grade and subject/specialties. #elemchat #spedchat #blogs Awesome resource!
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lifeofliterature : ryley-stbatman : I don’t tend to make or reblog more than one post about a certain subject in the news, but as a designer I have to have this one on my blog. It’s not only powerful in the thematic sense of what has direly happened,
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Try IT this year – Ten Techie things to try this year | Via @ICTmagic : Excellent post with great suggestions. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech
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I really like this idea. educationneverending : This is activity from Sheena Cameron’s Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies (a very worthwhile resource for teacher of grade 1-9). It required students to look at the ‘text’, in this case a picture,
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14 Printable Games for Young Children . #elemchat #spedchat #gameboards Although these games are labeled for preschoolers the boards can be easily customized for grades K-1. Might be cool to give the students a game board and a skill, then have them come
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Yikes! I have been getting some awesome traffic on my blog recently. In fact I just found out that on October 3rd I had 2956 page views. I’m stunned…and very grateful. Sincere thanks to all of you who are taking time to stop by and check out what I share.
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Student Friendly Magnetic Poetry …of course it’s free and contains no distracting ads. #elemchat #spedchat #poetry #literacy Magnetic Poetry has four Kid’s Kits to play online. This is great because all of the words are student-friendly. Check this one
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New Initiative Aims to Make Tech Cool to Teenage Girls : gjmueller : A new generation of girls will soon be exposed to a variety of tech-related educational and career opportunities thanks to Tech Girls Rock, a new program announced today at the Clinton
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Trick or Treat Game #elemchat #spedchat #Kinderchat #1stchat Printable Halloween Board Game for K-1. Includes blank game cards so you can add your own. Glue to file folder and laminate. Print cards on card stock.
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soak it in: Any clever ways to teach conflict and resolution? : lhuddles : adiemtocarpe : The curriculum has us studying it for two weeks! I’m running out of ideas on day 3 of week 1. Have you done a Somebody Wanted But So chart? It’s designed exactly
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30 LiveBinders filled with free resources for teachers. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat #artchat #literacy #livebinders #freeresources A wide variety of subjects and levels.
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10 Reasons Your Students Should Be Blogging | From the Desk of Mr. Foteah
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5 Easy Things to Do to Cultivate Passion : Excellent quick read by Pernille Ripp @pernilleripp #elemchat #spedchat #passion When I read #2 I really had to laugh. Sometimes my students make fun of me because of how excited I get in the classroom. But the
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Proud Wall - Excellent idea for a bulletin board where students choose what they are proud of and hang it on the board themselves. #elemchat #spedchat #bulletinboards #differentiation I think this will really make a bulletin board much more meaningful
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EdTech Chic: Skype in the Classroom : #elemchat #spedchat #Skype Great collection of resources for using Skype in the classroom.
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Classroom Freebies! : 150+ Classroom Freebies Easy to sort through Pinterest via Charity Preston. #elemchat #spedchat #freebies
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Teaching My Friends!: It's All in the DaFont! : Great free fonts that teachers will love. #elemchat #spedchat #fonts Via Teaching My Friends
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