Group items tagged

3-8 Factsheets, quizzes and activities to build skills in math and literacy. Classroom Connections: Students can use independently as a center choice to reinforce skills in math and literacy. Teachers can use to project on SmartBoard for introducing concepts and whole group practice and reinforcement of concepts.

Elementary Classroom Connections: A site that has math and ela games to improve your skills in these areas. Puts content into fun practice for students.

Framework, activities, resources for reading comprehension strategies Can be adapted for all grade levels Classroom Connections: * Comprehension activities can be used to set a purpose for reading and to organize and make sense of information in the content areas and literacy * Activities can be used to differentiate learning in the content areas * Framework and activities reinforce skills needed for the NYS ELA tests--without "teaching to the test"

Grades 3-8 A website for teachers that explores comprehension and content reading strategies and when to use them in social studies. This site can be used to help teachers enure their students have the necessary strategies to understand social studies content.

All grade levels Teachers enter in spelling/vocabulary lists that the site generates into interacive learning activities including games (hangman, word searches, matching games). Also includes a "teach me' and "test me" option- generated from entered words. Classroom Connections: * Literacy-Introduce spelling and vocabulary words * Whole group instruction of literacy- spelling/vocabulary words * Math/Science/Social studies- create lists for students to reinforce spelling and vocabulary in all areas * Independent practice- use as a choice for center work to reinforce spelling/vocabulary in all areas * Whole group practice- Interactively on SmartBoard

Grades 1-5 A resource for interactive activities to give students practice with weekly spelling words. This is a great activity for students to utilize at home when practicing weekly spelling words. It is a more engaging activity for students to complete spelling activities.