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Lesson Plan: Dinosaur Math

— TeachersFirst

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How It Works

This lesson on simple addition is part of a collection of lesson plans featuring multi-sensory approaches to help all learners, including special needs students who benefit from multiple experiences with concepts. The plans focuses on consistency, repetitiveness, tactile and visual reinforcement—great for children with special needs. The original lesson plans were written by award-winning teacher Nora Coyle of Colorado, a KOAA-TV "Teachers First" Award winner. The staff of TeachersFirst has incorporated technology options, tips, and templates appropriate for younger students into the lesson plan to add yet another way for your students to experience and interact with new concepts. <br> <br>rnrnMany of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.

In the Classroom

Experienced and new teachers alike will find this example helpful in designing multi-sensory, technology-infused lessons.

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Tag(s): addition, addition,

Stories to Grow By

— Whootie Owl Productions

K-5 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://storiestogrowby.org/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:49 share

How It Works

This site has free stories, mainly fairy tales and folk tales, indexed by topic. Highlights include various holidays, international stories of all types, free reader’s theater pieces, and free online recorded stories (click "Stories on CD" to access free downloads). All stories are "kid-tested" and uplifting. Students are able to make comments (and read other viewers’ comments). They are able to search for stories by age (ranging from age 6-14), theme, type of story, and location. rn<br> <br>rnBe aware: this site does include some advertising. This site requires Quicktime. Get it from the <a href="/tools.cfm ">TeachersFirst Toolbox page.</a>

In the Classroom

Check with your administrator about students submitting their own names or making comments about the stories. You may want to give the students a classroom name so their identities remain anonymous. Use this site to find stories that represent cultures of the students in your classroom, whether they are ESL or students with different ethnic backgrounds. Use this site also to find stories for various school holidays. Play a story aloud on your speakers, then allow students to record their own stories with musical backgrounds.

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Tag(s): air, folk tales, listening, folktales,

Google Mars

— Google

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How It Works

Experience past missions to Mars, including landings of probes and pictures collected in the missions. Choose layers based upon elevations of the Mars surface, infrared imaging, and visible pictures. Click on points of landings to learn about the past missions. Search the structures of the surface of Mars: mountains, canyons, dunes, plains, ridges, and craters. Search through regions, spacecraft, and stories.

In the Classroom

This is a great site to share on a projector or interactive whiteboard, especially if your school’s limited bandwidth prevents you from having multiple computers using it at once. As the new Mars probe generates scientific data, view the past failed and successful Mars missions in detail. Compare landforms and elevations between Mars and the Earth. Use the mission dates and data to create a time line of space explorations. Even young ones can "see" Mars and write space stories imagining visits to another planet.

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Tag(s): solar system, plants, mars,

Kids Memory

— kidsknowitnetwork

K-7 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.kidsmemory.com/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:49 share

How It Works

This site claims to improve memory with its interactive games. The highly interactive games include one that’s similar to the game Memory. Others include remembering a series of numbers, one in which you click on bulbs that light up after the lights turn off, and one that has you click on parts of faces to improve sequential memory. Most of the games have several levels so these activities can easily be differentiated for your students. The site provides specific ideas for ways teachers can use the activities.rn<br> <br>rnThere are some minor advertisements included at this website. This site requires Flash. Get it from the <a href="/tools.cfm ">TeachersFirst Toolbox page.</a>.

In the Classroom

Have a team competition as students use the site on an interactive whiteboard, projector, or computer station for higher scores or better times than another team. Learning support teachers may want to try it as a memory improvement tool. Our editors really do not know if it works or not. Leave a comment on this review if you try it(TF members can do this)! <br> <br>Save this site in your favorites. Use the site for enrichment, or test it out as a memory tool as you try out different study skills. You may want to list this site in your class newsletter and on your class website for students to use at home.

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Tag(s): game based learning,

Little House Books

— Harper Collins

K-4 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.littlehousebooks.com/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:49 share

How It Works

Are you a Laura or a Nellie? Click Extras at the top menu for you and your students to read about the girls of Little House to see whom you are most like. Plan a big "Little House on the Prairie" event using the many suggestions and materials available. Printables, a classroom activities guide, lesson plans, games, author information, and more await you here.

In the Classroom

Teachers, mark this site as a favorite to use when you plan your Little House or pioneer unit. If you need a quick quiz for any of the Little House books, you will find one already prepared for you. Directions to make your own autograph album, scrapbook, "Little House" recipes, and more are located in the Teachers section. The classroom activity guide features 17 pages of ideas!

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Tag(s): reading comprehension,

It’s Up To You

— BBC Northern Ireland Learning

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How It Works

Although this site is no longer maintained, most links are working. Learn about exercise and eating healthy at this kid-friendly website. Tony didn’t get chosen for the football (what Americans call soccer) team, and he is devastated. Come along with Tony and his friends to learn about how his choices kept him off of the team. Learn about the four food groups, nutrients, the importance of exercise, and several other topics about health and fitness. There is a link for teachers with objectives, curriculum standards, and more details about this interactive website. Other highlights include an online review quiz, drag and drop health activities, research and facts, tips for choosing the right food, and much more. Since this site was created in the UK, Americans may notice some minor spelling and grammar differences. A few activities on this site require Flash; however, there is still plenty of information to learn from making your visit worth while.

In the Classroom

Help fight childhood obesity and promote healthy habits by motivating your students with this fabulous website. Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to take your students on this journey to health and fitness. Beginning readers will need a "helper" with the written voice bubbles. This website is ideal for a science unit on nutrition or a physical education class. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to explore the interactive, drag and drop activities and review quiz.

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Tag(s): nutrition,

Webbing into Literacy

— University of Virginia Curry School of Education

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How It Works

Putting books into homes may be a daunting task; however, putting activity cards with well-loved nursery rhymes is more attainable. That is the philosophy behind this site, intended to put quality literature with accompanying activities into the hands of beginning readers. Use the menu bar at the top of the homepage to find a bundle of activities. From alphabet learning to simple reading of nursery rhymes and easy poems, this site will load your files with quality activities for the younger crowd and their families.

In the Classroom

Kindergarten teachers, make activity centers using these easy-to-print worksheets or send them home in a learning packet for additional practice. Intended for Head Start teachers, you will find most activities are perfect for Kindergarten students.

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Tag(s): alphabet, nursery rhymes, rhymes,

Batter’s Up Baseball

— Prongo.com

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How It Works

This website offers a Flash-enhanced math game built on a baseball theme. The problems (addition or multiplication) presented vary widely in difficulty, so the game could be used across several grades or with students of varying ability. Students have the option of choosing single digit questions, double digit questions, or a home run (difficult question).

In the Classroom

Demonstrate this colorful website on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students work on individual computers at their current math level. Use this website for review before an addition or multiplication quiz on single or double digits. If individual computer are not available, use your interactive whiteboard or projector and play a class game of "around the world" with the math questions.

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Tag(s): multiplication, baseball, addition,

Scratch

— Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab

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How It Works

Want to get in touch with your inner child? Get Scratch! Warning: The use of this application is quite fun and engaging! Scratch is a downloaded program that creates interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. This application can be used for bringing simple ideas and projects to life. It has great use as a paint program without using the animations. Downloads/install files are available for Mac or PC. Other links include a Getting Started PDF, Help screens to show what each block controls and how to use, and a Reference Guide which provides an overview of the interface. A support page is also available for help in using the application. <br> <br>rnMaterial created can only be viewed within the program. Drawings are not saved as a JPG or pic file. However, a "snapshot" of the screen can be created by using these keys in Mac: apple, shift, and 4 and click/drag to surround the portion to save. In PC use: control/print screen. These snapshots can be uploaded or used as a picture in other applications.

In the Classroom

Quick start: Click stage and in the center pane, click on backgrounds. Click on paint to make a new background. Different colors, pens, and materials can be used to create the background or an image can be brought in from your computer. Objects in Scratch are called a Sprite and can be added in by choosing the folders below the screen. By clicking the script tab, blocks can be moved in to create motion, add sounds (even record your own message), and change the look of the Sprite. Blocks are linked on to each other to create a series of events. A control block dragged to the top of the blocks control which key starts the event. Advanced options include adding variables and other controls. rn<br> <br>rnBe sure to check with your Technology Department, as many districts require authorization to download or install new applications. Projects can be shared online; however an account is required. rn<br> <br>rnWork is saved to the computer itself and only shared online via an account. To avoid problems concerning content made by outsiders or issues with sharing, save the work locally and either create your own gallery on a supervised class website/wiki or set up a single account where you share the "best" projects online via your own log-in. Remind students of the school’s Acceptable Use Policy and consequences of violations, if you do allow them to join/share. Images used should adhere to all copyright rules. Use pictures taken in class or those with Creative Commons licensing (and provide attribution!). rn<br> <br>rnPractical tips: Students quickly catch on to this program when allowed to play and easily see what they can make from it. Provide a simple assignment with defined rules/tasks to learn the tools. Younger students may familiarize themselves more easily working with a partner. rnHave students use a storyboard to write down what they will do/draw/say in their creation in order to keep tabs on what students and their creations. rn<br> <br>Possible uses: For the lower grades, Scratch provides unlimited possibilities. Use as a new way to show vocabulary usage. Use the paint program to add information to a picture from your class field trip or science experiment. Use Scratch to help in storytelling a concept in a new and unique way, such as how rocks are formed. In the upper grades, use Scratch to show complex material in a new way. For example, students can draw DNA and show replication, etc. through their drawings and storytelling. Draw the different movements of landforms in plate tectonics. Draw or illustrate solutions to Math problems.

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Tag(s): problem solving, coding, drawing, computational thinking, design, animation, critical thinking, STEM,

ESL HQ

— ESL HQ

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How It Works

This site helps regular classroom, ELL, and ESL teachers prepare vocabulary review and game sheets by providing ready-made sets of pictures and flashcards. You must register, but registration is free and is simple. The many topics and options are a bit difficult to find because of all the forums and blogs on the page; just look for the tabs across the top of the opening page and also "See this Worksheet" when you enter a subject category page. Registrants can create their own combinations of the pictures provided and leave a copy of the worksheet at the site for others to use. The pictures themselves are fairly neutral and would work with all elementary levels. Warning: this site has several advertisements that can be rather distracting. Also, due to the forums and blogs, this is NOT a good site to send students to independently.

In the Classroom

This site is a time saver when you are looking for pictures around a certain theme for your ESL and ELL students. Select whatever pictures you like and create worksheets, games, and flash cards. Have students review the pictures and vocabulary with each other after you demonstrate the activity.

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Tag(s): clip art, flash cards, printables, vocabulary, clip art, flash cards, vocabulary,
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