TeachersFirst - Featured Sites: Week of Dec 30, 2012
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Introducing Text Structures in Writing (5th Grade) - Utah Education Network
Grades
4 to 6tag(s): process writing (38), reading comprehension (144), reading strategies (100), sequencing (17), writers workshop (31), writing (319)
In the Classroom
Print materials included with this lesson and use as an addition to a current writing and reading comprehension units. This would make an excellent addition to standardized test preparations to help students analyze and assess readings provided during testing. Extend this lesson beyond science texts. Use lesson components and ideas for social studies and all other non-fiction reading materials.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Take Me Back To - takemeback.to
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1900s (74), 1910s (7), 1920s (15), 1930s (20), 1940s (14), 1950s (9), 1960s (26), 1970s (10), 1980s (7), 20th century (62), decades (7), timelines (56)
In the Classroom
Build context around historic dates using details of pop culture, magazines, and more. Have students search for their birthdate and write about significant events on that date. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to create a visual comparison of two different dates or of a past date with today. Ask students to generate questions about an important date, such as Pearl Harbor day, and use cultural details to generate a "snapshot" of what life was like before the world changed. What can you tell from the information shared here? How do you know? Challenge your students to use a site such as Timeline Infographic Templates, reviewed here, to create timelines of events in the 1900's.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Generate Data - Form Tools
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): data (148), mean (19), median (16), mode (13), population (48), variables (14)
In the Classroom
Use this site to generate data that can be used to determine averages, mean, or median. Use the data to practice with graphing or analyzing data. Download results to computers and allow time for groups of students to make sense of any portion of the data and present their findings to the class. Use as an introduction to a discussion of data and how results can be interpreted. Discuss the use of bias in reporting results and different ways that results can be presented.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Thought Questions - Marc and Angel Hack Life
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): critical thinking (112), writing (319), writing prompts (58)
In the Classroom
This is the perfect site to start your students' day or end your day with them. Use these questions as writing prompts or quick writes. Penzu, reviewed here, is a quick and easy blog tool to replace paper and pencil and enhance learning. You may want to ask students to choose their favorite and form small groups to discuss their answers. Post some of the same questions on bulletin boards. Discussing or debating these questions would be a powerful community builder at the beginning of the year or when forming new small groups. To avoid the advertising, have your question on the screen before projecting it on your screen or whiteboard. If your class includes gifted students, they may react well to such thought-provokers. Encourage them to collect favorite prompts and responses in an "idea bin" such as Lino, reviewed here, to use at times when they are ahead of the class or need extra writing challenges.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sound City Reading - Kathy Davis
Grades
K to 2tag(s): alphabet (51), phonics (50), preK (262), reading comprehension (144), reading strategies (100), spelling (98)
In the Classroom
Browse the site for materials to use along with your current classroom curriculum. Print books and sound pictures for students to take home for practice. Share a link to the site on your class website for parents to access additional reading materials. Use materials with ESL/ELL students for additional reading practice. Use with learning support students for extra support in reading.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mr. Anker Tests - Henry Anker
Grades
1 to 7tag(s): addition (127), alphabetical order (8), capitalization (9), decimals (84), division (97), earth (186), fractions (157), geometric shapes (135), homophones (6), keyboarding (28), map skills (56), maps (207), money (114), multiplication (121), number sense (70), reading comprehension (144), sign language (10), spelling (98), subtraction (108), synonyms (16), time (92), vocabulary (237)
In the Classroom
Create a link to activities and tests on classroom computers to use for review. Share a link to the site on your class website or blog for practice at home. Assign the "tests" for homework practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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