Group items tagged

This is a great wiki created by an 8th grade math teacher.  It has much of her course content organizaed.  She did a classroom2.0live session on 3-9-13

"Mathigon provides a series of free, interactive, online courses that are designed to complement 6th grade through college level mathematics instruction. The website was founded by Philipp Legner, who studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge and mathematics education at the London School of Economics. Legner, who currently works at Google, wanted to design a website that enabled learners to examine mathematics concepts by actively engaging in problem solving. Each course explains key concepts and skills through a series of short explanations, helpful visualizations, problem sets, and quizzes. Learners receive feedback as they work their way through each course. Visitors to this website can find courses by browsing through the course library, which sorts available courses by grade level (6-9; 10-12; College, Fun and More) and by topic (Geometry; Functions and Equations; Probability and Statistics; Calculus and Mechanics; Applied Mathematics, etc.)."

Using Flubaroo to create/grade quizzes using google spreadsheets. Also a good way for students to create quizzes/collect data

Brief video tutorial on using Flubaroo for grading in conjunction with google forms

Nice site with author info, resources for new middle grade books, and more.

Houghton Mifflin site with examples of student papers at different levels. Grades K-5

NPR story about a research study comparing K-8 schools to configurations where students switch in 6th or 7th grade.

Several videos by Rick Wormeli on such topics as feedback, differentiation, grading

Lots of discussion in the comments

Blog posts every Monday with links to middle grade book reviews

Common core pinterest page wtih 3500+ followers

Free app aimed at grades 5-8

Monthly report of freebies,designated by grade levels.

Hotlist on Persuasive Writing rec. by Shannon Saul " I especially like the advertisements which go along with the 3rd lesson in the 5th grade writing unit, and the True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and the Hey Little Ant one.  Cheerios commercial and cooking with insects looks interesting also"

Although this is designed for high school, lower grades could adapt some of the ideas.

Standards for each grade in math. Nice graphic

Laura Candler's Common Core pinterest for grades 2-6