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Smore in the newspaper

May 17th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

After reading Number the Stars, a class created smores as newspapers.  They were told the war had ended and to write an article describing the return of the Danish Jews.  Here are three samples- use the scroll bars to see the entire product.

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Shakespeare Uncovered

May 17th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

  As I pass classrooms, I often see copies of Shakespeare’s works.  From The Taming of the Shrew to Romeo and Juliet, seems as if everyone is reading.  Here is PBS site with a host of Shakespeare related videos and interactives at Shakespeare Uncovered.  (from Free Technology for Teachers).

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Match the picture

May 9th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, SmartBoard

From ReadWriteThink, here is an engaging interactive- Picture Match.  Should you match pictures based on initial sound or one of the vowel sounds?  Complete with audio, you can select your letters or go for the random choice. (From Free Technology for Teachers)

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Bang the drum for this site

May 6th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

Book Drum takes well known (and loved) novels and adds maps, videos, and images.  I checked out a few of the titles and found the summaries to be informative as well as the vocabulary lists and images.  You can get the big picture view or select the Bookmark tab and get illustrations to match specific [...]

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