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Free Printable Board Game Templates. Warning Sign Generator. SecondGradeSquad.com / How cute is this for a fall art activity? Kindergarten / Computer website list for classroom. How to Restore a Whiteboard with Step-by-Step Pictures. Edit Article Edited by Benn, Flickety, Lillian May, Blizzerand and 9 others Don't throw old whiteboards away. This article describes how to restore dry erase whiteboards that become hard to erase and/or require constant cleaning. After following these steps, the whiteboard will become easy to erase again. Ad Steps a Whiteboard Step 1 Version 2.360p.mp4 00:00 00:07 00:07 spaceplay / pauseescstopffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster (latest Chrome and Safari)←→seek . seek to previous 12…6 seek to 10%, 20%, …60% Restore a Whiteboard Step 1 Version 2.jpg1Erase the whiteboard with a dry eraser.

Tips. Whole brain teaching site. Whole brain teaching. Are you familiar with Whole Brain Teaching? I discovered it online last fall while I was exploring information on how the brain learns. This is the first video I saw on the topic: You may notice in the video that the instructor (Coach B from WBT) keeps the students totally engaged, and uses many of the important brain based learning strategies: talking, using emotions, visuals, movement, teaching chunks of information, giving immediate feedback. The above video shows students much older than the ones I work with. If you go to the Whole Brain Teaching website, or simply search "Whole Brain Teaching" on You tube, you'll find loads of videos of Whole Brain Teaching methods used with every age.

As we're finishing up the school year, I had asked the children to list their favorite memories from second grade. At the top of most of the lists: The ScoreboardThe Improvement WallSuper Speed MathSuper Speed 1,000 (Sight words) You guessed it, these are all straight from Whole Brain Learning! ClipArt ETC. Alphabets The Alphabets ClipArt collection offers 1,193 illustrations arranged in 43 galleries including decorative letters and numerals, complete alphabet sets, and several sign language systems. If you are looking… American History and Government The American History and Government ClipArt collection offers 2,513 illustrations arranged in 26 galleries. The images range from exploration and Colonial America, to the American Revolution and Civil… Ancient and Medieval History The Ancient and Medieval History ClipArt collection offers 1,456 illustrations in 18 galleries from ancient Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, Rome, and Byzantine cultures.

Animals The Animals ClipArt collection offers 10,528 illustrations arranged in 96 galleries, including amphibians, birds, crustaceans, fish, insects, mammals, and reptiles. Arts and Architecture Business and Industry Community Flags and Emblems Home Literature Mathematics Military Music People Places Plants School Science Sports and Recreation Transportation ClipPix ETC.

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Back to school. Parent communication. Classroom management. Special needs. Brain breaks. Holidays. Tech ideas. Parent volunteer gift. Grade the Work, Not the Behavior. How to Download Videos Off YouTube (A Technology Tuesday Post!) Time flies when you're having fun... and it flew all the way to Tuesday again! Thank you for all of your votes again! The winner this week is: How to Download Videos off YouTube. I do have to say though... all of you blog hoppers really kept me sweating! When I glanced at the poll, I thought it was a three-way tie at first! I wouldn't even know what to do if that were to happen! Now, I'm assuming this goes without saying, but just to be safe: this tutorial is strictly for educational use. I primarily download YouTube videos for: Organization!

Now, for the first option: How to download YouTube videos without installing any software. Option Two: The easier way to download YouTube videos (this tutorial only applies to Mozilla Firefox users! You can download this tutorial as a PDF by clicking this picture! Note: This tutorial is hosted on Google Docs. Be sure to vote for next week's Technology Tuesday Post!

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Me. Community building. Birthdays. Learning activities.