3 (free!) ways to share bookmarks with students using Wibki
I’m always on the lookout for great free tech tools for teachers, so I was excited when Wibki reached out to me about reviewing their site. Wibki is a completely free tool for saving and sharing your favorite websites, and it’s especially nice for teachers because it’s an easy and highly visual way to bookmark sites for students. Here’s what Wibki is all about in 55 seconds:
Fun Kids Online Math Games
"Sheppard offers everything from early math to pre-algebra. The lessons include interactive activities to practice concepts. Students can shoot fruit, pop balloons, and even play math man (the math version of pac man!). Fractions, place value, money, and basic operations are some of the areas that are covered. Check it out at " --Shannon Jakeman , sjakeman.blogspot.com "Online math games, like the ones that you'll find for free at Sheppard Software, provide a valuable opportunity for children to learn a great deal while they're having fun.
Key Ideas and Details Informational Text Online Games Primary » The Teachers' Cafe
Key Ideas and Details Informational Text Online Games - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1,2,3, RI.1.1,2,3, R2.1.1,2,3. Ask and answer questions about key details, identify the main topic and retell, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information. Who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding.
Teach by Calendar – WebEnglish.se
Skip to content The Swedish Curriculum stipulates “living conditions, traditions, social relations and cultural phenomena” to be part of the content of communication. One way of fulfilling this requirement is to bring various holidays and yearly celebrations into the classroom. Here are some recommended materials for most levels behind the actual date in the Calendar.
CyberSmart! Student Curriculum
NEW! Learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through choose-your-own-adventure interactive experiences DIGITAL COMPASS - Where are you headed? The only educational game that gives kids the freedom to explore how decisions made in their digital lives can impact their relationships and future. Bring a blended-learning approach to teaching digital citizenship DIGITAL BYTES teaches teens digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities that tackle real-world dilemmas.
Math Learning Center
The Math Learning Center offers a variety of free products for all grade levels. Unless otherwise noted, all of these resources can be used with any math curriculum. Lessons & Activities, Grades K-5 More than 130 activities sets and worksheets organized by grade level and topic. Each grade level includes a correlation chart for Common Core State Standards. Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Story Writing and Fiction Teaching Resources and Printables KS1
Character map worksheets (Ref: SB6025) Simple worksheets to assist pupils when creating characters for their stories. Fairytale character posters (Ref: SB2025) A set of 13 A4 printable posters showing common characters from fairytales. Including prince, princes, witch, wizard, dragon, fairy, elves, knight and more! Story and Fiction Writing Resources Beginning, middle and end story-writing posters (Ref: SB1953) 3 colourful posters to act as visual prompts when discussing story beginnings, middles and ends.
5 of My Favorite English Games for ESL Students
I saved the best for last. My students requested this game more often than any other game we ever played. It's based on the old drinking game "Ring of Fire," modified for the classroom. Materials needed:A standard deck of playing cards, a whiteboard, 20-30 small slips of blank paper, and a bowl.
How Not to Teach Context Clues
To most intermediate, middle, high school, and college teachers, teaching context clues means helping students consciously identify and apply strategies to figure out the meaning of unknown words through hints in the surrounding text. These hints include pictures, syntax, text format, grammatical constructions, mood or tone, mechanics, and surrounding words that provide synonym, antonym, logic, or example clues Many of these teachers would also label the structural analysis of the unknown word itself as a context clue. Using morphemes (meaningful word parts, such as Greek and Latinates), syllabication strategies, grammatical inflections, and parts of speech also can help students figure of the meaning of unknown words.
