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Word Mover - ReadWriteThink
Grades
2 to 12
tag(s): creative writing (164), creativity (118), DAT device agnostic tool (179), grammar (212), poetry (219), sentences (50), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Word Mover is a perfect tool to use with an interactive whiteboard or projector for a class activity for constructing sentences. Employ this tool in this manner to teach simple lessons about subject-verb agreement, complex sentences (with proper punctuation), or any grammar lesson. Write a found poem from a descriptive informational article with the proper attribution and citation. Use on class computers and at literacy stations. If you are lucky enough to have iPads, have students use the text to speech feature to listen to their creations. ESL/ELL students especially will benefit from hearing their sentence construction. With older students, creating found poems can be a non-threatening outlet for creativity and self-expression. Have students use a found poem for a book they've read, or a particularly descriptive article about an interest of theirs (sports, animals, music, and more). National Geographic is an excellent source to find descriptive informational writing. You may want students to start saving their work in a digital portfolio. Suggestions are Mahara, reviewed here, for high school students FreshGrade, reviewed here, for middle school students, or Seesaw, reviewed here, for elementary students.Edge Features:
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Learning Toolbox - James Madison University Special Education Program
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): note taking (40), organizational skills (125), reading comprehension (123), Special Needs (33), test prep (97)
In the Classroom
Although this site states it is for working with learning difficulties, much of the information offers support to all students. Use the tips found in the student section to help any student struggling with time management, organization, or comprehension. Share this site with parents as a resource for explicit directions on helping students who struggle with these issues.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Citizenship Toolkit - Microsoft
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): digital citizenship (68), internet safety (118), Microsoft (41)
In the Classroom
Use the PDFs in your class or during professional development. Take advantage of the many free resources and ideas on this site. Bring some technology into the presentations by challenging small groups of students to transform the PDFs presentation into an interactive learning tool for younger students or their peers. Ask them to add questions, feedback, more images, etc. so the PDF becomes a student-created tutorial on an aspect of digital citizenship. Of course, students will be graded on the accuracy of their information as well as their creativity. Think of it as inverse teaching. Have students extract the information (with proper credit of course) and create their tutorial using ePubEditor, reviewed here, or Zeetings, reviewed here. Prepare a rubric before you start or use our Rubrics to the Rescue to find one that shares your expectations for this project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reading Strategies - Reading Horizons
Grades
K to 3This site includes advertising.
tag(s): alphabet (86), phonics (70), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), word study (79)
In the Classroom
This site is worth bookmarking for two reasons. The first is the list of reading strategies. The second is the 30-day free webinar. Reading Horizons claims that implementing the skills in this webinar in your classroom will improve reading by two to three grades. Since the webinar is pause-able, you can complete it on your own schedule within the 30 days.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GoConqr - ExamTime Ltd
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): classroom management (159), flash cards (46), homework (42), mind map (22), quizzes (105), social networking (112), test prep (97)
In the Classroom
Share GoConqr with students to build and use study skills. Although an individual can use the site on their own, it is best to use it as a sharing site for study information. Encourage students to sign up and build a network of friends for creating and sharing resources. Learning support teachers and teachers of gifted-but-disorganized students will want to share the tools and encourage their students to create groups and collaborate with their peers. Have students create review activities and swap them with peers. Use this tool with colleagues to co-create materials to use with content units or materials to use for flipping the classroom. Use this tool for professional development.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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Daily 5s with Technology - Kelsey Hoffman
Grades
K to 3tag(s): listening (87), literacy (106), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), sight words (36), vocabulary development (124), word study (79), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this Prezi lesson plan for reference when implementing technology for students into the Daily 5 routines. Download the apps to student iPads in your classroom. Post a list, with the links to download, on your web page or blog for parents to download to their student's iPads at home. If you are interested in using Prezi in your classroom you will find a review of it here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Daily 5/Cafe Pinterest Board - Jana Wilson
Grades
K to 6tag(s): bookmarks (68), literacy (106), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), word study (79), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Be sure to "follow" this Pinterest board to view new pins as they are added. Use this board as inspiration for creating your own Pinterest board for your Daily 5 links and favorite ideas. Share with colleagues and create a Pinterest board as you collaborate. Create a Pinterest board with links for parents to use at home. The ideas are as endless as your imagination!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Balanced Literacy & Technology Integration - Lorie Squalls
Grades
K to 6tag(s): independent reading (128), literacy (106), professional development (164), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), vocabulary development (124), word study (79), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a professional resource when developing lessons and understanding how to implement the Daily 5 into your classroom. Take advantage of the free printables for use with students. Share this site with teaching colleagues who use (or are thinking about incorporating) Daily 5 strategies.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Technology and the Daily 5 K-2 - Laura Moore
Grades
K to 5tag(s): literacy (106), literary devices (12), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), video (278), vocabulary development (124), word study (79), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use all year while incorporating technology into your Daily 5 components. Post links to downloads for the apps you decide to use so parents can get them on their computers and mobile devices at home for student use. As you get into more and more technology for student use, you may consider suggesting apps to parents that you do not have time for in the classroom. These apps could be for additional at-home practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Daily 5 Technology - Jennifer Lambrecht
Grades
K to 5tag(s): independent reading (128), listening (87), literacy (106), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), video (278), vocabulary development (124), word study (79), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Incorporating technology for students into the classroom is necessary to meet state standards. Let this blog guide you and make it easier. Although the creator of this site is a 1st grade teacher, many of the technology ideas and tools she mentions are appropriate for older students and other grades as well. This especially pertains to the QR Code and iPad Creating, and Skype/FaceTime sections of this blog. Mentioned are several iPad apps this blogger is currently using with her students. One ingenious idea is to use Skype or FaceTime for your Read to Someone component. Primary teachers may be interested in Literactive, reviewed here, and Teach Your Monster to Read, reviewed here, that she has students use on her Chrome Books. So if you are thinking of, or just beginning to use technology in your class, take a look at this blog for an easy start or as a guide for new ideas to add.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Daily 5 - K-5 Literacy Connections
Grades
K to 5tag(s): independent reading (128), literacy (106), reading comprehension (123), reading strategies (51), video (278), vocabulary development (124), word study (79)
In the Classroom
Although these videos feature a first-grade classroom, the Daily 5 routines are great to use for any elementary grade. If the Daily 5 is new to your classroom, these videos will be a great asset in helping you understand what you do, what the students do, and how all of it sounds and looks. Once you have viewed the videos, click on the Pacing Guide to view what to do for the first 23 days while implementing the Daily 5.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dustbin - Class Tools
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): game based learning (138), quiz (86), quizzes (105)
In the Classroom
Develop Dustbin activities to review any topic and save for use as a classroom center. Have students create review Dustbins as a study tool. Be sure to demonstrate how to make and share Dustbin before having students set up their own. Ideas for categorization activities are unlimited, but can include categorizing types of animals, literary elements in novels, habitats, characteristics of geographic areas, and much more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Breaking News Generator - Russell Tarr
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (153), images (277), newspapers (96)
In the Classroom
Assess students prior knowledge by creating a Breaking News piece to introduce a new unit. Ask students to fill in an interactive KWL chart from Holt, reviewed here, or discuss in small groups what they know about the topic. Use in presentation slides by downloading the image from your computer. Then upload the image to a slide presentation creator such as Slidestory, reviewed here. Suggest to students that they do the same for their presentations. Use as a timeline of events for lab experiment, a novel study, historical event, and more. You might want to think about using this tool as a storyboard for digital storytelling; printing blank templates would work well for storyboarding.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FreeConferenceCall.com - freeconferencecall.com
Grades
K to 12tag(s): chat (51), DAT device agnostic tool (179), parent conferences (23), parents (57)
In the Classroom
Use Free Conference Call to set up virtual parent/teacher conferences with participants located anywhere in the world. This is especially useful when multiple teachers are involved or when parents may not reside in the same location. Share your screen as needed to provide information on assessments and student work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Critical Reading Study Guide - Jennifer Kelly and Dr. Brad Hokanson, University of Minnesota
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): critical thinking (120), reading comprehension (123)
In the Classroom
All core content teachers can use this interactive worksheet to help students understand their text book and other informational reading. Creating a study guide such as this will help students stay focused on the reading. Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector with students and discuss the information presented. Have students complete the questionnaire as part of any reading assignment. Share a link to this site on your class web page or blog for students and parents to use as an at-home resource. Use student responses to create a poster with an online poster creator, such as Fotojet, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Office Mix - Microsoft
Grades
K to 12tag(s): images (277), Microsoft (41), quiz (86), quizzes (105), sound (105), video (278)
In the Classroom
Use this tool to create Flipped Lessons, moving some material like knowledge activities, as a pre-class activity. Office Mix is a valuable tool when you will be out of the classroom. Your plans are ready to go! Absent students can easily follow the content from the day. Differentiate for your classroom by creating a Mix that can be used for students to review as needed. Students who need it can review while others can focus on the material that they need. Use this tool wherever a PowerPoint with more detailed explanations are needed. Club advisors can use this tool to show 'how to' information for extracurriculars or field trips. Use this tool to show how to complete forms correctly, saving time and frustration! Students can create a Mix to share information researched for any class presentation at the end of a unit such as Black History Month, the Civil War, etc.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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180 Days: Challenge - PBS
Grades
K to 12tag(s): classroom management (159), professional development (164)
In the Classroom
Take the 180 Days Challenge as part of your professional development activities. Use individual scenarios as a prompt for discussions within your school or grade level. Be sure to share this site with other teachers and administrators as part of your ongoing teaching discussions. Use videos found on the 180 Days Challenge to discuss how your school handles different classroom situations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Q-Files The Great Illustrated Encyclopedia - Q-Files Ltd
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): aircraft (25), amphibians (21), animals (322), asia (72), aztecs (9), birds (54), china (63), cultures (109), dinosaurs (55), earth (224), earthquakes (50), ecosystems (93), electricity (92), energy (207), erosion (18), europe (74), forces (45), insects (72), literature (272), mammals (36), mayans (14), medicine (70), microscopes (13), moon (72), oceans (165), photography (157), planets (128), polar (19), population (66), religions (68), rocks (52), romans (35), scientists (69), solar system (119), space (222), sports (99), telescopes (8), vikings (10), weather (201)
In the Classroom
Use Q-Files as an informational reading source for a variety of subjects. In science and social studies use as a way to provide background information for inquiry-based projects. Have students use resources for multimedia projects such as Slidestory, reviewed here, Prezi reviewed here, or Flipboard, reviewed here, to share their findings. Pair these articles with literature to provide a better background information base, such as information on ancient China or Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. Add as a bookmark to student computers and on your class website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Creating a Rubric: Tutorial - University of South Florida Health
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): assessment (113), professional development (164), rubrics (31)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use when creating a rubric of any kind. Share with students and have them set up their own rubrics, based on the requirements, for projects. Doing this may help clarify the requirements. Be sure to check out other TeachersFirst Rubrics resources here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Amazon School Lists - Amazon
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): classroom management (159), preK (288)
In the Classroom
Create an Amazon School List for your building or teaching team and distribute your supply list or a wish list in an easy to find format for parents to access anytime and anywhere. Share what your class specifically needs to be ready for the start of school or a new marking period. Include the links to your lists on your class web page. Library/media specialists can share a schoolwide list to keep the media center well stocked with supplies. Art teachers can request the craft items and supplies they need. Even grandparents can help out the school when they know what is needed. Share with your school's parent organization for creating their own lists.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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