Ms. De Santis’ Blog

With the first day of school  just around the corner, I thought this clip might provide something for reflection. How will you guide your students this year?  Will you change their vision?

Mention pies, pizza, and math- and I think fractions.  If your students don’t have the same reaction (or flinch at the word fractions), maybe this site will help.  Guaranteach has free fraction resources .  While the rest of their site is subscriptions based, the fraction videos are free. While the video are grouped in general topics (i.e., adding fractions), you can also select a more detailed segment (adding fractions with unlike denominators or adding mixed numbers).

A visual representation of military strategies and battles is the goal of History Animated.  Currently many of the Revolutionary, Civil, and Pacific war are available.  (You can sign up for their mailing list  to get updates of new animations.)  While the site does allow you to download, I had some trouble, yet the links did work.  These animations are fairly straightforward.  There is also an option (for a fee) to purchase a CD with the animations.  There are maps, limited music, and text.  This is not a flashy video game type of presentation-yet I think it would be a worthwhile tool especially for the visual learners.