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Your Personal Language Guide

February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Content- Foreign Language

I came across Language Guide on Larry Ferlazzo’s blog.  He mentioned it for the ELL classroom and especially the interactive quizzes.  Presented in a dictionary form, you can see the object, see the word, and hear the pronunciation.  To get the interactive quiz, click on the options at the top of the page.  Aside from [...]

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So how readable is that site?

February 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, Content - Science, Content - Social Studies, Content- Cross Discipline

  Unlike books (that often come with a suggested grade level for reading skills), websites don’t always these features.  The Readability Test Tool is a quick way to gauge the reading level of the site.  Simply paste in the URL (or supply some text from the web page), and you can get an appropriate grade [...]

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100 Snowballs

February 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Content - Math, SmartBoard

Here is a site from ABCya where you students can create with 100 snowballs.  Explore their creativity-or practice their counting / grouping skills. This would be fun on a SMART Board or perhaps as a station. (From TeachersFirst)

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Do you like Green Eggs and Ham?

February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

Tim Tebow does. And you and your class can join Tim on February 15. Check this site for all the details.  It will start at 9 ET (and according to the site, continue all day- based on this, I’m guessing it is not a live feed but rather a recording). This Book It site also [...]

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