Alexis Morgan’s Blog

These are my links for December 4th through December 6th: What Will Happen Next? – This learning activity is a worksheet designed to help students understand prediction. Students look at the picture provided and draw a corresponding one where they decide what will happen next. Links to teacher resources are included. ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: The [...]

These are my links for November 15th through December 1st: BrainPOP Jr. | Synonyms and Antonyms | Lesson Ideas – What?s Another Word For…? What?s the Opposite Of…? | Scholastic.com – Try these bright [syn. brilliant, glowing] ideas for teaching synonyms, then turn students’ thinking upside-down with antonym activities. Bookreporter.com – Mind, Brain, and Education: [...]

These are my links for August 30th through November 12th: Brain Games – EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing – 100 Great Google Docs Tips for Students – Interview: A Conversation With Wendelin Van Draanen*Writers Write — The IWJ* – The College Issue – Those Who Write, Teach – NYTimes.com –

These are my links for July 1st through July 16th: Investigating open source software and educational robotics – pdf document – Seventeen Interesting Ways* to use Voicethread in the Classroom – 7 Things You Should Know About VoiceThread | EDUCAUSE – Philippians 1:6-8 –

These are my links for June 20th through June 22nd: Google For Educators – Book Search – Tools ?(Google Teacher Academy Resources)? – Provided By Google Certified Teachers Even more lessons ?(Google Almanac)? – pdf document – pdf document –

These are my links for May 2nd through June 17th: Learning Vocabulary Fun (Test Preparation – Improve your vocabulary while having fun. Test Preparation Vocabulary.com – Vocabulary University participants learn thematic vocabulary words by using interactive puzzles with words in sentence context, crosswords, word exercises and activities. Free GRE General Test Preparation Materials – GRE [...]

These are my links for April 28th through May 2nd: Language Arts Standards – 3rd grade student performance skills – Using Inference – Using Inference – Reading Comprehension Worksheet How to Use iGoogle | eHow.com – How to Use iGoogle. iGoogle is Google’s customized landing page system that allows you to arrange your “perfect” home [...]

These are my links for April 22nd through April 23rd: Guided Reading – Web English Teacher – Mrs. Cowan’s Guide to Guided Reading – pdf document – Differentiation in a Reader’s Workshop | Scholastic.com – Third grade teacher Marissa Ochoa shares ideas on meeting students’ individual needs. New and first year teachers will learn how [...]

These are my links for February 23rd through April 21st: 26 Learning Games to Change the World | Mission to Learn – Creating Cross Campus Language Learning Communities – Photovisi – Create a wallpaper collage and more from your photos! – Follow-up activities for recording and videoing conversations – Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools [...]

These are my links for February 11th through February 20th: Kids.Net.Au – Search engine for kids, children, parents, educators and teachers – Searching sites designed for kids that are child safe. Includes a Thesaurus, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Toy Store. – Kitzu – Find, Learn, Create – Digital Kits for Education from the Orange County Department [...]