Caroline LaMagna is a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network

Animoto for Education

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

Notes You May Have Missed

Notes on Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Notes on Verbs and Verb Tense Consistency

Common Prefixes and Suffixes

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…

English Review - 1st 9 Weeks

Just a few quick ones - but just in time!

Click the following links for vocabulary review:

Here is some additional practice for Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words: 

Have fun!

Consistent Verb Tense

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

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Here are some review games for you!

Have fun!

Virginia History - The Arrival

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!

Science Review - Grade 2 SOLs

2nd Grade SOLs 2.4 and 2.7:

Life Cycles and Animal Adaptations - Fling the Teacher - answer 15 multiple choice questions 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!

The rest of the review quiz-games are comprehensive: Read more…

Virginia History Review

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!)

Science - SOL 5.5

One more review game:

Vertebrates and Invertebrates - type in the answers to the questions to earn time to save the Earth from alien teacher invaders! Spelling counts!

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