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"This lesson uses the four modalities of reading (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) on a math word problem to bridge the gap between reading and math. After a read-aloud from the book Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, students create their own word problems with answers. Students solve each other's problems. As they reread the word problems, fluency and comprehension increase. Finally, students use the skills they've learned creating word problems to complete a crossword puzzle. As students read the math concept words presented in the puzzle and write the correct answers, their reading and writing math vocabulary skills increase."

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A free windows text-to-speech plugin for Microsoft Word. It will speak the text of the document and will highlight it as it goes. It contains a talking dictornary and a text-to-mp3 converter. Wordtalk: A call scotland website

Geograffiti creats voice-marks - audio postings to specific map locations. For example, a history teacher assigns his students to create an audio tour about local history. The students go to various historical monuments and buildings in the community and then phone in historical summaries of the significance of these sites to Geograffiti, which places the oral recordings in the appropriate geographic locations on the map. This activity would enable students to research local history, pratice public speaking, and learn geography in one assignment.

"The LF10 is a loose association of middle school students in undisclosed locations in cyberspace dedicated to promoting awareness of important academic terms and concepts through absurd stop-motion films"

I checkd out some of the videos the kids made. This looks really engaging. What a great way for kids to demonstrate their understanding.

I checked out some of the projects. What a great way for students to demonstrate understanding of a concept.