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Entries from April 25th, 2010

Happy Earth Day!

April 25th, 2010 · 6 Comments · animoto

How was your Earth Day celebration?  Jackie McGrade’s students share their day in this animoto.

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To the new Thinkfinity (and beyond!)

April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Content- Cross Discipline

  Thinkfinity has been improved!  Same magnificent free resources but now easier to navigate!  I especially like the new community feature.  Create a free account and you can now save your favorite Thinkfinity resources on My Stuff page.  You will also have access to other educators and the ability to upload resources. Click here for [...]

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Don’t just connect the dots!

April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Math, SmartBoard

Connect the sums!  Here’s an addicting game to improve your addition skills. With Connectsums, you can add using numbers, dice, money (or select the ? for a random selection).  All you need to do is select the numbers to add to the target- but you can only move from adjacent numbers.   If you would rather [...]

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Stormy Weather

April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, Voicethread

The weather forecasts in Meredith Scully’s class Voicethread are much more enjoyable than one I just read in the newspaper.  This delightful Voicethread was created by her talented second grade class.  Their artwork and forecasts were inspired by Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- I’m still waiting for M&Ms to rain down! Please share your comments [...]

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