Requisition Time!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by dkindig

I’ve just turned in my requisitions for next year, and here are a few interesting items you might consider for your classrooms or homes.

We Both Read series

Electric Hand Tally Counters

Glitter Smilies for Charts

Twin Tip Sharpies

Inexpensive Pocket Folders

Talk Points: http://www.learningresources.com/product/talk+point–8482-%2C+set+of+5.do?sortby=ourPicks&sortby=&&from=Search – Simple buttons record and replay up to 10 seconds of clear sound. Use for activity instructions, reminder messages, word or sound practice, math fact exercises, speech therapy

Graphing question of the Day kit http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/product/graphing+question+of+the+day+with+magnets+kit.do?green=98D6C005-72A9-5C93-0BBC-40E3FAAE1782

Free place to get a nice blank 100′s chart: http://www.mrsvandyke.com/Docs/blank100chart.pdf

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Punctuation Paintball

Posted on April 24, 2012 by dkindig

This is a cool game to play and learn punctuation.
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/braingames/iknowthat/Paintball/Medium.cfm

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Wallwisher

Posted on April 18, 2012 by dkindig

Your class can put up feedback on a virtual “bulletin board”. In this wall
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/GIXMG8ouwO
teachers gave feedback about how an after-school technology workshop went. As a result of the feedback, we’re meeting in small groups today, rotating through stations.

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Focus Week Videos on China

Posted on April 4, 2012 by dkindig

I used Animoto to produce quick 3-minute videos, with music, with cool wipes and fades. I fed it 10 second videos, or longer ones that it took the first 10 seconds of, and did this:
http://animoto.com/play/WY0dXA1ULY7SKSxmA1F4Dg

http://animoto.com/play/kQZqpVS3h7BvHNdmaSlLpA

http://animoto.com/play/RdjYPlzvQ3vrDn7W7a0Erw

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Fry Flash

Posted on March 7, 2012 by dkindig

http://www.candohelperpage.com/files/sight_vocab/updated_flashcards/fry_flash_100_01_25.swf

This webpage tests kids on their sight words (using the Fry List). You (or a good reader in the class) clicks “Yes” or “No” after the reader reads each word. There are 25 words in each set. At the end of 25 words, you can Print the results. Make sure you put Name and Date on the top!

Fry Words 1-25 have a “100″ in the link. Change that to “200″ for the next set, “300″ for the next set, and so on.

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Help Students Most By Using Novelty!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by dkindig

Here’s why helping kids do novel tasks grows the brain more than repetitive tasks:
Once the task is learned, brain energy slows. Students who were taught creatively, with novelty (and I like to think the Harley Way), score better than kids with teachers teaching to the test!

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/kuszewski20110720r

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What Your Teachers Want To Tell You….

Posted on January 23, 2012 by dkindig

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-parents/index.html

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Specialized gyms help over- (or under-) sensitive kids

Posted on January 17, 2012 by dkindig

http://www.childmind.org/en/posts/articles/2012-1-15-treating-sensory-processing-issues-sensory-gym

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Stencils and Beginning Step by Step Drawing

Posted on January 5, 2012 by dkindig

Do you have any stencils? I’m having kids trace a square, for example, then try to draw one that looks like it the same size. Here’s a good stencil set for cheap: General Purpose Junior http://www.dickblick.com/products/chartpak-pickett-arrows-and-shapes-templates/?wmcp=amazon&wmcid=feeds&wmckw=55476-1800

The best early step by step drawing book is The Big Green Drawing Book.  http://www.amazon.com/Emberleys-Big-Green-Drawing-Book/dp/0316789763/ref=pd_sim_b_8 )

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Getting Boys To Read

Posted on December 17, 2011 by dkindig

I have some suggestions on my Summereaders website here about motivating books that boys like, but I just stumbled upon this website: http://www.gettingboystoread.com/content/summer-reading-suggestions-boys

In the replies to the original post are some great suggestions that I’ll be sure to check out, figuratively and literally!

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