TeachersFirst - Featured Sites: Week of Jan 15, 2012
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Alan Cooper's Homonym List - Alan Cooper
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): editing (91), homonyms (8), spelling (98), word choice (14), word study (60)
In the Classroom
Challenge your students to use both homonyms in a meaningful sentence. Each word's meaning should be obvious in the context of the sentence. Then give the students a fill in the blank test on the words where they have to choose the correct spelling of the word. Challenge students to put some of the more difficult words/homonyms on a poster using Automotivator, reviewed here. For a creative challenge, have students create simple animations distinguishing the homonyms using one of the animation tools from the TeachersFirst Edge. Award Homonym Oscars for the best animations.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Thinking Mathematics! - James Stanton
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): critical thinking (117), fractions (157), gifted (65), prime numbers (26), probability (97), puzzles (142), video (261)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to view videos available on the site. This site is perfect for advanced or gifted students to use for learning new concepts or exploring different approaches to mathematics not typically covered in classroom materials. After sharing this site on your interactive whiteboard, allow students to explore the site on their own. Challenge your students to create their own videos demonstrating a tough math concept. Share the videos using a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lyrics Gaps - lyricsgaps.com
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cross cultural understanding (165), cultures (140), french (75), german (48), greek (32), italian (29), japanese (47), portuguese (22), russian (24), songs (44), spanish (106)
In the Classroom
This is a wonderful find for ENL/ESL and world language teachers. Teachers may prefer to do a class registration and use the offerings of the site with the entire class. Challenge your students to create (and submit) their own songs/activities in a new language. If school policy does not allow students to share songs on a site, have students create their own in-class presentations of songs and similar exercises using one selection from this site as a model.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathispower4u - Video Tutorials - James Sousa
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): area (52), business (51), charts and graphs (170), equations (119), factoring (25), functions (51), integers (22), measurement (124), operations (72), order of operations (28), percent (58), place value (34), prime numbers (26), ratios (47), test prep (68), tutorials (54), volume (34)
In the Classroom
Share videos on your interactive whiteboard as in introduction to a new concept or as review. Embed the links to videos of weekly concepts on your class website or blog. Create a link on classroom computers to current content for students to use as a review resource. Ask students to rate the most helpful videos they find and share their recommendations on a class wiki. Share this site with parents to use as a resource when helping students at home. Challenge students to create their own how-to video of math concepts. Share the videos using a tool such as SchoolTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Games for Mathematics Education - Freudenthal Institute
Grades
K to 7tag(s): critical thinking (117), estimation (34), logic (163), money (114), puzzles (142), symmetry (27), time (92)
In the Classroom
Create a link to this site on classroom computers for students to explore. Share a link to the site on your classroom website or blog for students to access at home. Display the site on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to use as a math center. Be sure to explain how to translate the site into English (when necessary).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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