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daretodifferentiate - Cubing and Think Dots

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Many kindergarten teachers are afraid to attempt Cooperative Learning! It's really easy and the kids have so much fun while they are learning! Here's a game called Quiz, Quiz Trade (Taken from my Kagan Cooperative Learning book!) This game will reinforce any skill you choose!

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125 Learning Sites for Kids (and Teachers)

Tech Integration for Busy Teachers 125 Learning Sites for Kids (and Teachers) Reading/Language Arts Kidsreads.com – A great place to find out about your favorite author, new releases, and book reviews too! CyberGuides – Great supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. The Children’s Literature Web Guide – Internet resources related to books for children and young adults FableVision Place – A “fabulous” multimedia “place” for kids to explore!
We started our summer vacation as of last Wednesday! It is hard to believe that we have over two months off! http://lessonplansos.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-19T11:41:00-07:00&max-results=7

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websites for kids

Technology is pretty amazing! There are lots of wonderful ways to help our child practice the skills they are learning in school. Often times with some of these great educational sites our children don't even know that they are learning at the same time!

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http://www.senteacher.org/Print/Literacy/ Adobe Flash Player 10 or better is required to view and print these resources. Updated! Quickly create Flash and Word Game Cards from Word Lists. Change size, fonts and colours.
As the end of the year approaches, it can be more and more challenging to keep your students' attention. Brain Breaks are important, but there are plenty of things you can do within a lesson to keep kids from day dreaming...or worse yet, nodding off. Here are some ideas: Desk Switch: Students have ten seconds (count down from ten) to find another desk to sit in that is in a different part of the room than his or her normal desk. Students stay in that desk for the rest of the lesson. Why? Two reasons, first switching desks gets them up and moving. http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2012/04/20-ways-to-keep-your-students-attention.html

20 Ways to Keep Your Students' Attention | Minds in Bloom

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come to the front of the class game vs. teacher

This game is so simple to set up/prepare for... and it's so exciting for the kids that it's their favorite game to play! It's also my favorite game to play because I love to see them get so excited just to read their words! I initially found this game years ago on Little Giraffes , but I've expanding on it a bit to incorporate some math skills! First things first, download this template.
One of my favorite ways to review a skill is to use the 4 Corners strategy. http://www.talesfromoutsidetheclassroom.com/2012/04/4-corners-review.html

4 Corners Review