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VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/#q.b116426.i604779 Voice Thread lets students or teachers do oral presentations with visuals, then lets others add comments. The demo above is from an art class, and students, parents, and teachers added their comments to specific parts.
Sight Word Shockwave
We were looking for a computer-based way to determine which sight words we needed to teach which students. This one met our needs. Basic sight words are flashed one at a time, and you (or parent volunteer, or best reader) … Continue reading
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Tagged BSV, reading, recognition, sight words, word identification
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Parenting The Spirited Child
I love these 7 tips! Fatherhood and the Fiery Child: 7 Tips for Parenting Your Spirited Child 1. Keep your cool: First and foremost, don’t let your child lead the situation (or better yet, don’t follow their lead), and make … Continue reading
LEA BSV
LEA BSV (Language Experience Approach, Basic Sight Vocabulary) Kids with high verbal intelligences will have a tough time learning basic sight words (went, they, into) by rote. But if you ask them to learn the sight words in context –in … Continue reading
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Make An Educational Arcade Game!
http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/quiz Put in 6×4*24 and 6×4 will be a question in your video game, and 24 will be the correct answer. You can then play 6 different games with your questions. Use it for vocabulary, missing letter in spelling, etc. … Continue reading
FlipWords and Chicktionary
Click on the letters to spell a word. You can click up, down, left, right, or diagonally to spell it. http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/flipwords/index.htm Another good game for spelling is Chicktionary. Use the letters on the chicken eggs to spell words. http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/chicktionary/index.htm
Sign of the Beaver
In the book Sign of the Beaver, Attean and Matt have a little treaty where Matt will teach Attean how to read, while Attean will show Matt the ways of survival, Native American style. One thing Attean teaches Matt is … Continue reading
Musical Intelligence
We have a large number of students who respond to music. What if you had to summarize the chapter you read in your book as a rap? Wrtie it out so it’s legible, then put it to music. Here is … Continue reading
Wordlist Generator
You always need a wordlist for something. Select PrePrimer, Primer, First, Second or Third Grade, select serif (where the l looks like the number 1) or non-serif (where the l looks like a line) and font size (try large). http://www.interventioncentral.org/tools/wordlist-fluency-generator
http://photofunia.com/
Need a fun writing story starter that’s visual? Take your student’s picture and run it through http://photofunia.com. It’s Fun! It’s Photo! It’s Photofunia!