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Entries from June 17th, 2010

Doodle me a story

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Math, Content - Science, Content - Social Studies

Doodle Splash is a creative tool to connect student art with literacy from ReadWriteThink. Here the short version of the lesson plans.  The students read part of a story and then summarize the text.  They then create a doodle (online) to illustrate the story and explain their artwork. The final part asks the student to [...]

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SMARTBoard Tutorials

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · SmartBoard

You never know where you will learn something!  Karen Perno forwarded this site containing SMARTBoard video lessons from the Henderson County School system. I reviewed a few –they are clear and to the point.  While you do not need SMARTBoard notebook software on your machine to watch the videos, you would need it to try [...]

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Third Grade Math Sites

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Content - Math

While at Arleth this week, I visited with Jeannette Moser.  She share two of her favorite math sites.  The first provides a review of division.  While the Dositey site does have some products for sale, there are several free activities. Icy Slides, Flips, and Turns provides practice with geometric shapes.

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American History Animoto Style

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · animoto, Content - Social Studies

How is your New Jersey history? Need a refresher on the Battle of Monmouth?  Not sure who won (or who did the commanding)?  Three of Lori Schmidt’s technology students (from Jen Mahieu’s class) put all the facts you need to know into an entertaining animoto. Please share your feedback with them by commenting on this [...]

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