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The Differentiator

vanveghel — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:58:05 +0000

The Differentiator is a website that helps you write objectives based on Bloom’s Taxonomy. It is as simple as going through the different tabs such as, Thinking Skills, Content, Resources, Product and Groups to choose the appropriate term and the Differentiator organizes it into an objective that can help your students demonstrate their learning. http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/

Reading Intervention on the SMART Board

vanveghel — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:42:05 +0000

I came across these wonderful notebook files created by Amber Coggin. She created these to help students with specific reading skills. These might be skills addressed as a part of a reading intervention program, or used as a part of a reading center or workshop. No matter how you may choose to use them, they are an invaluable resource for any student. They are fun, interactive games where students won’t even realize that they are gaining valuable skills while playing. There’s a file for grades K-2 and one for grades 3-5. Thank you, Amber!

K-2 Reading

3-5 Reading

Halloween and the SMART Board

vanveghel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:40:14 +0000

Thanks to one of my favorite sites,Teachers Love SMART Boards, you have access to a host of Halloween goodies all in one place. There is a Halloween Resource page that lists Halloween clip art, games, puzzles, informational activities, create your own activities, Notebook resources and sound files. It is filled with lots activities that are ready to use. Be sure to check it out. http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/smartboards-and-halloween-resources.html

Mrs. Pancake

vanveghel — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:18:16 +0000

I am not sure where the name Mrs. Pancake comes from, but I do know that this website is full of resources for teachers. The site contains “doodads” which are down-loadable, printable educational resources for parents, teachers and children. It is perfect for the beginning of the school year when you might be thinking about how to fill up that bulletin board or replacing some outdated posters or just making your classroom look a little better. The site is arranged in categories such as literacy, numeracy, classroom helpers etc. Some doodad examples are: colorful alphabets, number lines, borders, numbers, days of the week, states of matter, faces of dice, clocks, seasons and one of my favorites…question words. You can search by category or by tags and if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, Mrs. Pancake is also looking for new ideas! http://mrspancake.com/index.php

Games Anyone?

vanveghel — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:07:59 +0000

If you are looking to create a game for your class but you don’t know how to get started, look no further. This site contains lots of game templates that can be customized to fit your content area. They all use PowerPoint so it is something you can also use on the SMART Board. Games can be a great way to review content, to make curriculum exciting and to engage students. http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

Earth Day

vanveghel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:10:36 +0000

Earth Day is coming up and what better way to teach the kids about conserving than to use the SMART Board instead of paper and pencil tasks. These 3 lessons are full of interactive activities that will be lots of fun while also reinforcing those concepts that Earth Day is all about. Rainforest has beautiful illustrations along with rich content to guide the students through the layers of the rainforest while they learn about the plants and animals that live there. Rainforest by Liz Koehler

The Glyph Poster allows students to use the notebook software to create an Earth Day poster while using pictorial forms of data collection. Perfect for integrating math skills with social studies content. glyph-poster by Denise Sozda

Celebrate Earth Day is a comprehensive introduction to the holiday that is perfect for kindergartners and first graders. celebrate-earth-day by Christine Wolzl

Save the Words

vanveghel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:20:38 +0000

Words allow us to have language. Language allows us to communicate. This website lets us know how important it is for us to use words. You must take a look at this site. It will astound you with it’s visual appeal. You can adopt words, sign up to receive a word of the day or simply explore the meaning of new words. How about asking your students to adopt a new word each week or assign an adoption as a homework assignment. There are many ways this site can be used to help extend a student’s vocabulary. Take a look at Save the Words!

Refrigerator Magnets

vanveghel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:24:55 +0000

Remember those little magnets you could play with on the refrigerator? You could make words with individual letters? Or when you got a little older, you could string words together into phrases or even sentences? Well now you can do the same think, only online of course. Magnetic Poetry gives you a choice of 4 different kits of magnetic words on your own virtual refrigerator. Each kit is based on a different theme such as First Words, Storymaker and Best Friends. All you have to do is drag the words you choose over to the front of the refrigerator and create. This has endless possibilities in the classroom especially if you use this on the SMART Board. Imagine giving your class tasks at the refrigerator that can be differentiated for each student. You could ask one student to create a sentence using an action word. Or another student might be asked to create a sentence using spelling words. And of course you can change the tasks with the different themes too.

Read Across America

vanveghel — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:13:42 +0000

March 2nd is Read Across America Day. The National Education Association has sponsored this event for the past 12 years. The focus of the event is to motivate children to read, in addition to helping them master basic skills. The NEA’s website has a dedicated section to this event with many resources and materials to help you celebrate this day. One resource is 4 free digital books from Dr. Seuss at Kidthing. And don’t forget to visit Dr. Seuss’ fun filled website Seussville for ideas too.

Spelling City

vanveghel — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:42:36 +0000

Spelling City is an online spelling program that is customizable. You can enter your own spelling words and create games, quizzes and worksheets that are customized to individual students. Imagine students being able to play games like Word Search, Unscramble, HangMouse and CompleteThe Word using their own spelling lists. With the teacher options, teachers can create and save lists for the entire year. Students can also login and access this from home. With a focus on differentiated instruction, this free website can be a great way to track and assess individual student’s progress.