I just came across a great website that is developed by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a team of experienced educators It is a sight rich with resources for K-4 students and teachers. The site allows the student to practice eight research based strategies of reading comprehension, [...]
Entries from January 26th, 2009
Teaching Reading Comprehension
January 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Resources
Tags:comprehension·reading
Technology Night 2009
January 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Student Work
For the third year in a row, our school district will host Technology Night. It is a night for parents, students, administrators, Board of Education members and the community to see technology in action in our schools. It will be held on Feb. 25th. In the past, we have asked the teachers to be the [...]
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Martin Luther King’s Message-Wordle style
January 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Resources, Uncategorized
I heard about Wordle a while ago and tried it out and thought it was pretty cool. I passed it on to our writing resource teacher who also thought it had great possibilities for use in writing lessons. So, I have been waiting to find the right time and the right way to introduce Wordle [...]
Tags:MLK·Resources·Social Studies
SMART Board Templates
January 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments · SMART Board, Uncategorized
For those of you who are just starting to create new lessons on your SMART Board…here’s a gift. I always advise people to search for lessons that may already be created. They may meet all your needs or may need to be tweaked slightly and then will be just what you’re looking for. Here are [...]
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SMART Board Resources
January 6th, 2009 · 8 Comments · SMART Board
Our school is lucky enough to have SMART Boards in almost every classroom. Today, we held a training session for beginning SMART Board users. As the instructor showed the teachers the gallery section and all the different ways you can create lessons, I saw that overwhelming look come over their eyes. When do any of [...]
Tags:SMART Board
Ancestor’s Journey
January 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Grade 3
Studying immigration can help students discover the connection between their past and present. Recently, third grade students studied the journey of immigrants from other countries into the US. They created a Google map portraying the journey of the immigrants they studied. They also added their research to placemarks in the map and ended up with [...]
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