New Professional Materials available from the Middle School Media Center
Are you looking for new ideas in teaching vocabulary? The Professional Resources below provide new ideas for all content areas. If you are interested in looking at these new resources, send me an email and I will check them out to you and have them sent to you in our school mail delivery.
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, Linda Kucan, 2002.
Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 by Janet Allen, 1999.
Teaching Basic and Advanced Vocabulary: A Framework for Direct Instruction by Robert J. Marzano, 2010.
Vocabulary Games for the Classroom by Lindsay Carleton and Robert J. Marzano, 2010.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
District Wide Information
Internet4Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/whiteboard_lesson.htm
This link provides many, many resources with lessons for interactive whiteboards. Check it out!
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/whiteboard_lesson.htm
This link provides many, many resources with lessons for interactive whiteboards. Check it out!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
District Wide Information
Eduscapes - SMARTBoard in the classroom
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
Eduscapes - Engaging Learners the SMARTBoard Way provides many engaging activities and ideas to use in the classroom. Arts Alive Games looks like a great music website with many activities including composing music, learning about composers and a name that instrument game. Making vaccines allows you to make six vaccines in a virtual labratory (from NOVA science programming). In addition to some interactive activities, there are many Notebook examples of how to include fonts, colors, and shapes; include hyperlinks; rotate and move objects; as well as adding audio and video to your lessons and much more.
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
Eduscapes - Engaging Learners the SMARTBoard Way provides many engaging activities and ideas to use in the classroom. Arts Alive Games looks like a great music website with many activities including composing music, learning about composers and a name that instrument game. Making vaccines allows you to make six vaccines in a virtual labratory (from NOVA science programming). In addition to some interactive activities, there are many Notebook examples of how to include fonts, colors, and shapes; include hyperlinks; rotate and move objects; as well as adding audio and video to your lessons and much more.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
District Wide Information
I have discovered two Art related websites/search engines. Hopefully these can be of help to teachers teaching art or looking for ways to integrate art into their lessons.
Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Artcyclopedia is essentially an art search engine/encyclopedia to find information about an artist and the period of art during the time the artist lived, images of the artist's works.
Artsonia http://www.artsonia.com/teachers/lessonplans/
Artsonia is a free online art museum where all of the art is done by kids. The link above provides lesson plan ideas for grades K-12. This can be a great source for ideas! Sign up and check it out!
Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Artcyclopedia is essentially an art search engine/encyclopedia to find information about an artist and the period of art during the time the artist lived, images of the artist's works.
Artsonia http://www.artsonia.com/teachers/lessonplans/
Artsonia is a free online art museum where all of the art is done by kids. The link above provides lesson plan ideas for grades K-12. This can be a great source for ideas! Sign up and check it out!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
District Wide Information
Welcome back!
Student Blogging Guidelines http://www.techlearning.com/article/23336
This article is a great resource to consider when you have students blog or comment on a blog for your classroom. Much of it is common sense, but great as a reminder for students. You may even consider requiring students to have students and parents sign off as a part of a blogging policy to follow for your class.
The Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
The Wayback Machine is an internet archive dating from 1996. Check it out! Remember, once you post something on the internet it will always be there.
Student Blogging Guidelines http://www.techlearning.com/article/23336
This article is a great resource to consider when you have students blog or comment on a blog for your classroom. Much of it is common sense, but great as a reminder for students. You may even consider requiring students to have students and parents sign off as a part of a blogging policy to follow for your class.
The Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
The Wayback Machine is an internet archive dating from 1996. Check it out! Remember, once you post something on the internet it will always be there.
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