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Story Starters | Scholastic.com
"Hundreds of creative combinations that take the writer’s block out of creative writing. Set young writers loose with prompts that focus on character (who the story is about), plot (what happens in the story), and setting (where or when the story happens)." You can also pick the story format (notebook, letter, newspaper or postcard).
ImageChef
Many classroom uses! Create a custom image without any technical knowledge or advanced tools. Modify text in a variety of image templates to create professional quality images with your own personal touch.
Educational Uses
-Visual poetry
-Study letter sounds
-Gifts, posters, cards
Zimmer Twins
The Zimmer Twins is a fun way to incorporate technology into the classroom. Watch your students expand their vocabulary, practice proper writing habits, and become junior movie producers all at the same time!
Students can:
Watch a starter (a short animation that ends with a cliff-hanger).
Create their own ending to the story by writing dialog for the characters and putting scenes together.
Save their work on the website for other kids to watch, rate and comment on.
Watch and rate movies made by other kids.
Kinderteacher!
Mrs. Critchell is a retired Kindergarten teacher sharing lesson plans and resources to help other Kindergarten teachers.
Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies
A reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Watch the engaging 15-minute videos and try the online interactive activities.
"Behind the Lesson" provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch the 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.
Science Up Close
Interactive science content for grades 1-6. Well aligned with entire science curriculum for these grades.
ExploreLearning - Interactive Math and Science Simulations.
Online simulations that power inquiry and understanding.
DogEared Book Blog - National Geographic Kids
"DogEared is a blog ALL about books. Good books, funny books, adventure books. Books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places... Books about, well, almost EVERYTHING!!"
Free 3D Software for Interactive Whiteboards
A free opensource 3D virtual world" designed to be used with interactive whiteboards. Did you hear that? It's FREE and OPENSOURCE!!!
Wii in my Classroom
Tom Barrett shares examples of ways that he has integrated the use of the Wii with teaching and learning in his classroom.
Skillswise at BBC
Practice English and math skills with factsheets, worksheets, quizes, games (some can be played on a Wii).\n\nNOTE: These activities alone will not encourage higher order thinking.
ClassTools.net: Games for Education
Flash games and tools for teachers. The random name-picker alone makes this site a winner. Graphic organizers and custom quizzes put it over the top. [via Vicki Davis]\n\nNOTE: These activities alone will not encourage higher order thinking
Math Arcade on Funbrain... can you win all 25 games?
These math games go great with a wiimote and WiinRemote software.\n\nNOTE: These activities alone will not encourage higher order thinking.
Squeakland
A free media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways
StarLogo on the Web
StarLogo is a programmable modeling environment for exploring the behaviors of decentralized systems, such as bird flocks, traffic jams, and ant colonies. It is designed especially for use by students.
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