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Animoto is fast, fun, free, and absolutely fabulous!! When you apply for a teacher account (it took 2 days for my application to be processed) they will set you up with an account - to which you can add your students. If you create a gmail account, you can create sub email accounts for all of your kids (ex. youremail@gmail.com would become - for your kids - youremail+1@gmail.com, youremail+2@gmail.com, etc.) so they can create their own videos. The link for all the finished videos will then be emailed to your original gmail account. Cool. When I have more time for my students to work on a project, I actually prefer to use Photostory or Movie Maker, but when you don’t have a lot of time to devote to a video project, Animoto is definitely the way to go! Plus, it is so easy to use! You just upload your images and music (they have a library you can choose images and music from as well), put your images in order, add text, and a few clicks later, your movie is being processed.

Here is an example of an Animoto Video, so you can see what I am talking about:

Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by Caroline LaMagna
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Here is a list of some prefixes and suffixes that are among the most common in the English language.

Prefixes:

ab- (away from)
be- (on all sides, overly)
de- (reversal, undoing, downward)

Read more…

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Caroline LaMagna
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Remember, it is important to maintain consistent verb tense in your sentences and across paragraphs while you are writing. You would not write:

I go to school yesterday.

You should write:

I went to school yesterday.

Or:

I will go to school tomorrow.

Or:

I go to school five days a week.

Here is a review game:

Consistent Verb Tense

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Caroline LaMagna
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Newly posted:

Virginia History - The Arrival - Fling the Teacher - answer 15 multiple choice questions about the arrival of the colonists in Virginia history correctly and you’ll know enough to fling your teacher away! Be careful…if you miss a question, you have to go back to the beginning!

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Caroline LaMagna
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Here is an online review (with multiple choice questions) for 4th grade social studies. It covers the geography of Virginia and the early history (before the colonies).

Virginia History Review - Part 1

(Part 2 of the review is coming soon!)

Posted on March 13th, 2009 by Caroline LaMagna
Filed under: Elementary | No Comments »