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November 2011 - Posts

Do2Learn…Excellent resource for writing paper. #elemchat...

Do2Learn …Excellent resource for writing paper. #elemchat #spedchat #paper #writingpaper Included in Classroom Printables You may also like… Free Online Graph/Grid Paper Illuminations: Dynamic Paper Tool The Amazing Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Make Read More...

Prep and Landing is a nicely put together site to create a...

Prep and Landing is a nicely put together site to create a holiday themed comic. #elemchat #spedchat #writing #comiccreator Educational uses… Create a poem to add to your comic. Create a comic with a rap or chant. Create an advertisement. Create a poster Read More...

Fun Winter Comic Creator included in Comic Creator for Kids...

Fun Winter Comic Creator included in Comic Creator for Kids @LiveBinders! #elemchat #spedchat # Club Penguin Motion Comic Creator turns your comic into a short motion clip. There are many templates, backgrounds, characters, art tools to use to create Read More...

Splat Square is one of the nicest 100 charts that I have...

Splat Square is one of the nicest 100 charts that I have seen. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat #kinderchat #1stchat Simply fantastic for whiteboard use. Every time a number is clicked a colored splat occurs. You can change the colors and print your charts. Read More...

Using Children's Literature to Teach Science

Using Children's Literature to Teach Science : Great collection of science lessons, with printables, based on children’s books. #elemchat #spedchat #scichat Read More...

Linking Children's Literature to Math

Linking Children's Literature to Math : Great (huge) list categorized by function. #elemcaht #spedchat #mathchat Read More...

10 Special Education Teachers to Follow on Twitter

10 Special Education Teachers to Follow on Twitter : Tooting my own horn a little bit because I was included on the list. WooHoo! Check it out because We Read Better put me in some great company. #spedchat #elemchat #twitter Read More...

Great opportunity for budding scientists! #elemchat #spedchat...

Great opportunity for budding scientists! #elemchat #spedchat #scichat gjmueller : Space Lab Wants You: Your Experiments Could Be Performed on the International Space Station! Are you a student between the ages of 14-18 who has an idea for an experiment Read More...

Video Writing Prompts: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Video Writing Prompts: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Read More...

7 Tips for Overcoming Teacher Burn-Out

7 Tips for Overcoming Teacher Burn-Out Read More...

I included this in my  Art Recipes LiveBinder. Many of which...

I included this in my Art Recipes LiveBinder. Many of which would be great for science. #elemchat #spedchat #scichat #artchat Lots of neat formulas and concoctions to interest the students. teachertoolbox : Glow in the dark slime. Anything glow in the Read More...

Black Friday Savings | Yummy Math

Black Friday Savings | Yummy Math : #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat #blackfriday “ When shopping this Friday, students will be able to add some understanding and analysis to the trip after calculating savings in dollars and percents with this very timely Read More...

Horrible Science Lab features a collection of pdf’s for...

Horrible Science Lab features a collection of pdf’s for cool science experiments from Nick Arnold, the author of the Horrible Science Series . #elemchat #spedchat #scichat #scienceexperiments via @sharnon007 Some pretty neat experiments here. Also check Read More...

Love it! Music Shake is cool and fun. Create your own music with...

Love it! Music Shake is cool and fun. Create your own music with their easy to use interface. #elemchat #spedchat #music via @ICTMagic I had a ball playing around with Music Shake . Kids will have a great time creating their own songs and raps. Lots of Read More...

100+ Winter Websites for Kids! #elemchat #spedchat #wintersites...

100+ Winter Websites for Kids! #elemchat #spedchat #wintersites #edchat #mathchat #literacy Read More...

Winter Character Twitter Feeds is just one of the fantastic...

Winter Character Twitter Feeds is just one of the fantastic printables in Tracee Orman’s FREEBIE, Winter Creative Writing Activities . 12 pages in all! #elemchat #spedchat #twitter4kids #literacy Super nice packet. Make sure you check out Tracee’s other Read More...

Dimple Prints…Thanksgiving Party Package…FREE! via...

Dimple Prints… Thanksgiving Party Package …FREE! via Sam’s Cool Tools for the Classroom Awesome Blog! #elemchat #spedchat #Thanksgiving Included in Thanksgiving Read More...

Novice Teacher: Letter to Tumblr

Novice Teacher: Letter to Tumblr : Eva, you can cross 2 books off your list. They’re on their way. Happy Teaching! novicephoenix : Dear Tumblr, I’m posting this letter to anyone who might be able to help. I realize that I have no right to ask, but please Read More...

teacher dare day question: How many unique non-tumblr site visits do you think you get?

Interesting question. Right now many of my visitors come from Pinterest, LiveBinders, and Twitter and I have aprox. 800-1000 unique visitors a day. I don’t really know how many are non-tumblrs. I never would have dreamed in a million years that this many Read More...

Teacher Dare Day question! How and where do you find your really awesome resources?

Everywhere and anywhere. It seems to me that I find the coolest stuff when I’m looking for something else. I have an awesome PLN that I love that I constantly learn from. I use Diigo and Delicious (follow others). I read tons of blogs. Twitter is also Read More...

Making Books with Children | Free Activities

Making Books with Children | Free Activities : Included in Write On! for Kids Livebinder under the tab “Make Books”. 25 resources under this tab alone. Read More...

-Strategic Teaching Strategies for Active Learning

-Strategic Teaching Strategies for Active Learning : Fantastic resource! #elemchat #spedchat #strategies Via @surreallyno Read More...

Teachers: Do you Tweet? Educational Paradigms: Learning and Leading in the 21st Century

Teachers: Do you Tweet? Educational Paradigms: Learning and Leading in the 21st Century : I like the phrase used in this post describing Twitter as a “professional development superhighway”. My thoughts exactly! Great read. Read More...

Just Blog It! Blogging Tips & Ideas | The Daring Librarian

Just Blog It! Blogging Tips & Ideas | The Daring Librarian : I really enjoyed reading this post. Lots of good ideas for new and seasoned bloggers. Read More...

Double the Fun with Twist Our Words and Twist Our Music!...

Double the Fun with Twist Our Words and Twist Our Music ! Students must be 16 to send their creation but any age can use the websites. #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #music Twist our words is a really cool way for students to practice making complete sentences. Read More...

The Toasted Cheese - Writing prompts organized in a daily...

The Toasted Cheese - Writing prompts organized in a daily calendar. #elemchat #spedchat #writingprompts #literacy You may also like… An Entire Blog of Free Writing Prompts with Pictures Readers/Writers Workshops, Centers, and Resources Write with a Penci Read More...

How to Laminate With an Iron | eHow.com

How to Laminate With an Iron | eHow.com : No need to buy a laminating machine. Always looking for inexpensive ways to laminate. #elemchat #spedchat #laminating Here’s another way to laminate with no ironing needed… The Poor Teacher’s Laminator Read More...

Tons of Interactive Whiteboard Games and Activities

Tons of Interactive Whiteboard Games and Activities : Oodles and oodles of them! #elemchat #spedchat #games #whiteboard #edtech Read More...

MathsKit is one amazing resource for teachers. I just added it...

MathsKit is one amazing resource for teachers. I just added it to my Marvelous Math Sites LiveBinder. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat I found it while I was on my hunt for great “dice sites” (previous post) and knew immediately that I had to share it with Read More...

40+ Resources for Dice and Everything Dice Related. Educational...

40+ Resources for Dice and Everything Dice Related. Educational of course! :-) #elemchat #spedchat #dice #spinners #mathchat Kids love dice and seeing dice means fun. Below are some really neat resources for dice. Basically anything and everything dice Read More...

Beyond the Book Report: Ways to Respond to Literature Using New York Times Models - NYTimes.com

Beyond the Book Report: Ways to Respond to Literature Using New York Times Models - NYTimes.com : Good ideas. Read More...

55+ Word Games | PBS KIDS

55+ Word Games | PBS KIDS : Added to Word Party Word Games Read More...

Great Scrabble Idea! #elemchat #spedchat #scrabble #literacy If...

Great Scrabble Idea! #elemchat #spedchat #scrabble #literacy If you don’t have any scrabble tiles click here to create your own. Just print them out and glue on cardstock or chip board and then glue on a magnet. Easy Peasy! Need a piece of metal to put Read More...

Kinect: Not Just For Games | Youngzine

Kinect: Not Just For Games | Youngzine : Great article to share with students. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech Read More...

Thanksgiving Recipe Cards...Fun Writing Freebie! - The Organized Classroom Blog

Thanksgiving Recipe Cards...Fun Writing Freebie! - The Organized Classroom Blog Read More...

Reflective Questions to Ask Students

Reflective Questions to Ask Students : ❤ 25+ excellent questions that you can ask students to get them to reflect on work, behavior, etc. #elemchat #spedchat #behavior #charactered Empower your students by getting them to think reflectively. You may also Read More...

✔this out! Want to use special characters but don’t know...

✔this out! Want to use special characters but don’t know how? Then ✔ out Tammy Worcester’s Tech Tip 99 on how to do it fast and easy. #edtech #elemchat #spedchat #keyboard No need to remember key combinations any more. You may also like… 50+ Web 2.0 Keys Read More...

Writing Contest - So You Wanna Be a DogEared Blogger for National Geographic Kids?

Writing Contest - So You Wanna Be a DogEared Blogger for National Geographic Kids? : #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #contest Win a three month assignment to blog about books on National Geographics Kids online book blog. What to do: Read a children’s chapter Read More...

Time Fillers - Great to leave for substitutes or for when you need a quick little activity to fill a minute or two.

Time Fillers - Great to leave for substitutes or for when you need a quick little activity to fill a minute or two. : via @teachersharetp #elemchat #spedchat #timefillers #substitutes Added to Super Sites for Subs Read More...

Many new additions to my Character Counts @LiveBinder...

Many new additions to my Character Counts @LiveBinder including ” 101 Affirmations for Children “ (flip cards) via Abundance Tapestry . #elemchat #spedchat #charactered #bullying #behavior Lots of great resources for teaching character education in the Read More...

learning & laughing: Tumblr Teacher SOS!

learning & laughing: Tumblr Teacher SOS! : Will this help? Could be modified. Self-reflection report card positivelypersistentteach : iamlittlei : kicksandgiggles : Ladies and gentlemen, I need some “rubric” help, Marzano style. Now, what Marzano calls Read More...

"…reinforcing the idea that effort and elbow grease are as important or more than innate smarts..."

““…reinforcing the idea that effort and elbow grease are as important or more than innate smarts will place kids on the best path of learning. “Instead of saying, ‘I’m not good at math, why bother trying,’ she’ll say, ‘I didn’t study enough, so I should Read More...

Veteran’s Day Resources @LiveBinder #elemchat #spedchat...

Veteran’s Day Resources @LiveBinder #elemchat #spedchat #veteransday #sschat Resources include printables, lesson ideas, activities, videos and more. Read More...

Free Technology for Teachers: 50 Games for Learning About National Parks

Free Technology for Teachers: 50 Games for Learning About National Parks : Great find by Richard Byrne #elemchat #spedchat #nationalparks #sschat #scichat Love the National Parks! You may also like… National Parks Electronic Fieldtrips NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION Read More...

3 Customizable Tools to Help You Create Lessons The...

3 Customizable Tools to Help You Create Lessons The Differentiator Take your idea and turn it into a differentiated lesson. Just click on your choices and they will appear at the top of the page. Excellent! Create your own customized, printable “Project Read More...

The Science Spot is a great resource for science teachers of...

The Science Spot is a great resource for science teachers of middle school students. #elemchat #scichat #spedchat #middleschool There is so much available on this site and it is fun to hunt around it. I really liked the Science Starters. When you’re looking Read More...

Excellent! Student Screencasting - @LiveBinder

Excellent! Student Screencasting - @LiveBinder : Full of examples, tools, reviews, and more. Via @sglassett #elemchat #spedchat #edtech Great binder for teaching students how to screencast! Read More...

Powerful words! mspersaud: teach4thekiddos: If you are a...

Powerful words! mspersaud : teach4thekiddos : If you are a teacher or going to be… Watch this!!! If you are not a teacher.. WATCH THIS! I love this and I am so glad someone put this into words. Always love hearing this, so couldn’t help but reblog it Read More...

The Teacher Report: Are Games a Learning Tool or ...

The Teacher Report: Are Games a Learning Tool or ... : Some insight and many great ideas. #elemchat #spedchat #games Read More...

More Ideas Than You’ll Ever Use for Book Reports

More Ideas Than You’ll Ever Use for Book Reports Read More...

I'm sure you're getting a lot of thank yous today. Your blog is amazing. I use it all the time to find ideas to share with my colleagues. I point people to your blog all the time. The only bad part is that my district blocks tumblr and I can't read you

Wow…You’re more than welcome. Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know that you enjoy my blog. That fuels my passion. I appreciate that you share it with others too. There is so much great stuff out there and I really enjoy writing about it. Read More...

Easy to Make Book Trailers for Librarians, Teachers and Students

Easy to Make Book Trailers for Librarians, Teachers and Students : #elemchat #spedchat #booktrailers #literacy Tutorial Via EdTech Vision Read More...

gjmueller: English teachers, your students have found heaven on...

gjmueller : English teachers, your students have found heaven on earth. CliffsNotes will be presenting 6 minute animated condensed versions Shakespeare classics . Read More...

The Periodic Table Of Videos is a great collection videos for...

The Periodic Table Of Videos is a great collection videos for each element. #spedchat #elemchat #scichat #chemistry #periodictable The videos are interesting and very informative presented by a professor at Nottingham University and his students. Also Read More...

Krazy Dad’s Free Printable Mazes Huge collection...

Krazy Dad’s Free Printable Mazes Huge collection categorized according to difficulty level. #elemchat #spedchat #mazes #braingames Added to my Brain Games LiveBinder. Read More...