Dec
3
VectorKids Web Review
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings-
Taking a look at a site called VectorKids that was found on a hunt for online, interactive Flash Cards for my 1st graders to work on their addition facts. Although the flash cards are a huge plus for this site, the rest of the site is just as engaging and fun for kids of multiple [...]
Dec
2
Smart Board Tutorial #4 – Using SWF Files
December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings-
Today I am posting the 4th tutorial involving the best practices and implementations of Smart Board usage in my 1st grade classroom. Today’s tutorial discusses the ability to effectively use the “whole” area of the Smart Board to preview and play Shockwave File games that may be on a website that has lots of distracting [...]
Nov
30
Everyday Mathematics – Unit 3 – Patterns
November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings-
Just put the finishing touches on Unit 3 – Visual Patterns, Number Patterns and Counting and it is ready for downloading at my Shared Box.Net folder. I am finding out as I go along with these “All-in-One” Notebook File lessons for each unit, what works really well with the kids (i.e. Good internal linking for [...]
Nov
25
Professor Garfield Web Review
November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings-
Looking at getting back into some reviews of sites that I have found helpful with my curriculum in school years current and past. Today’s post is taking a look at a site that was discovered by pure accident three years ago while surfing the web for information about a Pearson Digital Learning product called Knowledge Box.
Professor [...]
Aug
31
Speakaboos Speak to Our Class
August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings,
With the start of the school year beginning for some already and some of us in the coming weeks, I am going back to the original plan for this site, which is to share some insight and depth into websites that could be considered useful in day-to-day classroom activities.
I will still be posting Notebook Lessons [...]
