December 2011 - Posts
Grants for Teachers - LiveBinder *Take a little time during the break to apply for a grant. Many to choose from. Good Luck! : #elemchat #spedchat #grants
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Pinterest: A Beginner's Guide to the Hot New Social Network : I Love Pinterest! It’s my favorite new resource. :-) #elemchat #spedchat #pinterest Click on my red Pinterest button on the left to see my pins and follow me. Happy pinning everyone!!! coolcatteacher
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Is your class up for a challenge? If so, check out the design challenges from the Museum of Science . #elemchat #spedchat #scichat Worksheets and educators guides provided. Challenges listed in screenshot below. Added to Super Science Fair Project Resources
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Math Moves U is a neat interactive site for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat Travel around a virtual world and solve problems that will enable you to build the ultimate thrill ride. Designed to show firsthand that math, science,
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Top 10 ideas for deschooling yourself in 2012 : #elemchaT #spedchat Via @cybrarian77
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Just updated America’s 50-Nifty States LiveBinder . Includes resources for all 50! #elemchat #spedchat #sschat #USAstates Many online and offline resources/activities, including printables. You may also like… USA Printables United States Bingo iEarn USA
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Project Planning Forms for Project Based Learning : #elemchat #spedchat #pbl Click the link above for the forms You can access the tutorial for designing a project here.
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Google Forms -More than just Multiple Choice How to use and create them. Excellent LiveBinder! via @web20classroom #elemchat #spedchat #forms #googledocs This is something I can really use.
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The Teaching Channel - Excellent videos for teachers! I just watched the “Common Core State Standards for Math” video via The Teaching Channel. Very informative. #mathchat #spedchat #elemchat #commoncore Thanks to @flyonthecwall for letting me know about
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Turn your students into decoding detectives for World Braille Day, January 4th! #elemchat #spedchat #decoding #braille The American Foundation for the Blind has a nice kids section, Braille Bug, where they can learn about braille through games/puzzles.
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Classroom Management Suggestions From My Colleagues - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher : #elemchat #spedchat Part two of a three part series. Lots of good ideas are shared.
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Teacher takes students around the world through technology | Mansfield News Journal | mansfieldnewsjournal.com : Via @ramkumarkb
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Fantastic ideas for engaging learners | Great Maths Teaching Ideas
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I’m joining up with Fern Smith’s Linky Party where she is asking bloggers to share their 3 most viewed posts of the year. #elemchat #spedchat I thought it would be fun to check out some of my stats and find out if I had any surprises like some of the
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Top 10 Ways to Wake-up Students in Class – SimpleK12
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“My Predictions for 2012” Writing FREEBIE! Let the creativity flow! #elemchat #spedchat #teachchat 4thchat Students can really get creative coming up with their own predictions for the new year. They are so much fun to read and share. I hope you can use
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QR Gift Tags | Thoughts By Jen : Cool use for QR codes! #elemchat #spedchat #edtech
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Getting ready for the big night! Live # ReindeerCam ! Santa feeds them at 10am and 5pm est. #elemchat #spedchat #kinderchat #1stchat Added to Amazing Animal Webcams Winter Holidays You may also like these interactive sites… Fraboom is Decked Out for the
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Free Technology for Teachers: Logotype Maker - Quickly Create Neat Logos : #elemchat #spedchat #edtech
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7 LiveBinders for Social Studies LOADED with FREE Resources! #teachchat #sschat #elemchat #spedchat Full of printables, interactives, games,videos, lesson ideas, etc. U.S. Presidents for Kids Black History–Martin Luther King Jr.Day America’s Fifty–Nifty
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Fraboom is decked out for the holidays. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech Check out their free live drawing classes! Simply FANTASTIC! Not to miss. Students communicate with the host via text box and he talks back to them. Learn more about Fraboom . One of
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Documentary Dish : Awesome collection of videos! Space | Nature | Technology | History | Environment | Health | Shows #elemchat #spedchat #scichat #sschat #edtech mrsd5107 : Online videos categorized and linked! Serving brain food for your mind!
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The Akinator - Neat way to introduce a person/character to the class. #elemchat #spedchat #sschat Just think of a character or person and answer The Akinator’s questions. Kind of like “Twenty Questions”. So far The Akinator got all of mine correct. Kids
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10 Priceless Gifts Teachers Can Give Their Students | TeachHUB
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Wow! Nice practice tool for double-digit addition. #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat Love the fact that kids can write on the screen to show their work. Excellent share via ICTMagic! You may also like… Drag-N-Drop Math 40+ Dice Resources (including games)
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Cinema Drape Excellent tool that does away with distracting screen clutter. #elemchat #spedchat #edtech I just checked out Cinema Drape after seeing a tweet for the 3 Amazing Web Tools You can’t Live Without . (If you sent that tweet let me know so I
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Mrs. Jackson's Class Website Blog: Christmas Party Games - Kids'
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And the award goes to... The 2011 Edublog Awards Winners : Can’t wait to dive in to this list and pick up some new resources!
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Chinese New Year Resources! - My guest post on The Organized Classroom Blog : #elemchat #spedchat #sschat #China #newyear Bring in the New Year with a bang! Check out my post for Chinese New Year Resources!
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#elemchat #spedchat #movies TeachHUB Blog "Just because you're showing a movie before the end of term doesn't mean you are abandoning learning. Here are a few ways to get the most educational value out of holiday favorites." http://www.teachhub.com/christmas-movie-curriculum-connection
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dot-ed : We Give Books Ms. Lee just directed me to the great project, from Pearson publishers. They provide books to read online. Every time you read a book, a book is donated to a worthy cause. Click on the picture, and start reading!
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dot-ed : Snoopy knows what’s up.
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Free Printable Stationery - Personalized Stationery : Lots of great choices for the holidays!
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annaslibrary : positivelypersistentteach : 12 Common Myths and Misconceptions About Bilingual Children Even though I was born in the US, I actually learned English as a second language, though it was a close thing. By the time I started school, I was
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Team Maker - Generate random teams for your classroom. EZ to use and print! You may also like… 20+ Class Tools
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3 Great Differentiation Tools! #elemchat #spedchat #teacherchat #differentiation 200 Ways to Show What You Know Great generator for creating engaging lessons. Just plug in your topic and click for results. The Learning Event Generator 2500+ Permutations
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Free Technology for Teachers - Quick Screen Share! : Very easy to share your screen with others. #elemchat #spedchat #teacherchat #edtech Read more about this free tool at Free Technology for teachers.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Riddles & Brainteasers : #elemchat #spedchat #braingames Included in Brain Games
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Jimmie's Homeschool Networking and Fileshare Page : This page has a wealth of templates and ideas for notebooking and lapbooking. #elemchat #spedchat #lapbooking #notebooking Valuable resource.
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Cool and Hip Avatar Creator for Girls ! Easy to customize and download. #elemchat #spedchat #avatar #edchat Make sure you check out the gallery after you create your avatar. You’re sure to see it there. Included in… Cool Comic Creators Over 40 avatar
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Need something fun and educational that is not holiday related but perfect for this time of year? I do and you may too. #elemchat #spedchat #4thchat #5thchat #endoftheyear I know many schools do not allow holiday activities or limit them, and sometimes
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Topmarks - Excellent resource for Interactive Whiteboards for many subject areas. #elemchat #spedchat # IWB #Christmas Lots of educational interactive games. Browse by subject and age group. They include Christmas themed educational games too. Added to
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Excellent Interactive Math Dictionary by Jenny Eather. Now with printable definitions! #elemchat #spedchat #mathchat #4thchat Great to add to math journals! “ A Maths Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students
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““Schools and/or districts appear to compensate for any increased physical activity in one area by decreasing other physical-activity opportunities,” the authors conclude. In all, 32 states permit schools or districts to allow students to substitute other
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Reading Lessons: 12 Ways to Scaffold Texts for Students : #elemchat #spedchat #literacy #scaffolding world-shaker : An interesting collection of ideas. Here’s the beginning—click through for the rest! Students of all levels need some scaffolding; they
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An art teacher articulately writes what most teachers are thinking : Amen everyfiredies : This almost brought tears to my eyes. It’s so painful to listen to the public hate on teachers when I work my *** off every day at a job that most people I meet
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