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Take this quiz to uncover your strengths.

4-12 This is another pre-assessment tool for shaping instruction. The benefit of this is that you can choose to cater to students' strengths or you may choose to challenge their weaknesses. As with the Learning Style Inventory, I would suggest that this be conducted several times during a school year since children are so prone to change. I would suggest that a teacher take this test as well, so that we are careful to not always teach with the understanding that students have the same strengths and weaknesses as us. After you take the test, read the information that applies to your intelligence.

Online quiz building tool

This is a great alternative to creating, printing and grading your own quizzes. With this site, you can build a quiz online for free and the ite will do the grading for you. This is a must have. One difficulty with this is that if you have students who are SWDs, with test mods that call for tests read aloud or questions clarification. A great addition would be to have the ability to add a coach, such as in cast book builder for SWDs.

Online gradebook and more

If you haven't looked at this site in a while, it's worth another look. Appropriate for all grade levels. This is a free online grade book. Recently they have added more sophisticated communication tools, class calendars, the ability to upload files and much more. The discussion feature could double as literature groups or Socratic Circle. The one downside to this is if you do not wish for students to have access, as soon as you print them out a progress report, they have their student code and can get online and check their grades at any time. This could be difficult in the instance that students and/or parents are wondering why this person's project is graded and theirs is not. Check out the new wiki feature.

K-12 Math resource for students and teachers. Site provides interactive math activities for students. Site also provides lesson plans for teachers to go along with activities. Classroom Connections * Use lesson plans in conjunction with math activites to reinforce concepts * Teachers- use student interactives to introduce math concepts and practice in whole group setting using SmartBoard * Students can independently practice concepts using interactives as a center choice.

Grades 3-8 Interactive- step by step process for students to do a research project. Links are included at each step--to provide students help with that step/skill. Classroom Connections: * Use to teach each step of the process whole group- interactively using SmartBoard--Teaching one step per day. * Students can do interactive activities as a center choice

Purpose of the Website: This is an unbelievable tool for introducing the research process to students. The website is particularly helpful for the visual learner. Students can explore different ways to plan their research, search for information, take notes and use the information they find. Grade Level: 3-8 Classroom Connection: Using this website as a learning tool, students can use guided inquiry to develop a plan for research. Students could also use the information on this website to participate in a webquest in which they need to develop a "research guide" for their district to help new students understand how to perform a research project.

Grades 3-8- students and teachers Interactive resources for teaching and applying writing research skills. Classroom Connections: *Teachers- Use "Getting Started" prompts to interactively teach each step of the writing process as it relates to research *Students- use the "Getting Started" prompts to independently work on a research project * Teachers- Use research mini lesson to instruct how to find resources

K-6 Audio children's stories--Narrated, illustrated, with text for students to read along. Fairy Tale section Classroom Connections: * Use for Daily 5- Listen to Reading activity-- to improve fluency and comprehension * Have multiple students listen to chosen stories and form a discussion group

K-12 Interactive math manipulatives to address/teach/practice various math concepts. Classroom Connections: Use interactively on SmartBoard to introduce and practice math concepts in a whole group setting Students can use as a math center to practice and reinforce math concepts independently. Give students word problems. Have students demonstrate the answer using the manipulatives- whole group, pairs or independently

Professional- K-12 Teacher resource for writing objectives for lessons. Includes an interactive Blooms Taxonomy table for reference. Classroom Connections: Teachers- use this resource for examples of tasks/activities to use in classroom to meet various objectives according to Blooms Taxonomy

Professional- K-12 Tool to measure the Lexile reading level of given text. Cut and paste or type in a portion of a text and the tool will analyze and give the readablity of the text. Classroom Connections: Teachers- use to to ensure students are reading the appropriate text for their reading levels.

Professional for K-12 teachers Reading comprehension strategies and activities to prepare students for state tests- without "without teaching to the test", presented by Mary Blow. Includes a blog area. Classroom Connection: * Refer to and practice various types of questions daily and across all content areas so students are familiar with them for the test--as well as a life skill * Use "think pair share" to review homework, questions from assignments. * Use blog to communicate with other teachers about strategies to prepare students for state tests *K-2 teachers- begin to use strategies and teminologies with younger kids to familiarize them

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.

Teacher Resource- K-12 Ideas for hands on games, activities, lessons to reinforce all math concepts/skills. Includes ideas for math portfolios and writing in math (constructed response questions). Classroom Connections: * Use activities to introduce/reinforce/practice math concepts taught. * Use to differentiate instruction- reaching all types of learners * Use writing activities to practice writing skills in math

Professional/ all grade levels 5 part series on advantages of creating rubrics and creating rubrics Classroom connections: * Use to help create rubrics for all assignments in all content areas * Use to communicate clear expectations for students * Use to organize a clear understanding of the objective of assignments for yourself and students * Use to clearly assess students based on clear expectations and objectives

K-8 Student reference site with educational resources, activities and games addressing all content areas. Classroom connections: * Reference resources- dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias etc. can be used interactively on SmartBoard- for whole group instruction and practice * Reference materials and search engine can be used by students for research projects and content area assignments * interactive/educational activities and games can be used as a center choice

Professional/All grade levels Authenntic assessment--overview and examples comparison of authentic assessment and traditional assessment Classroom Connections: * Use to help choose different ways to assess students for different situations/needs * Allows teachers to assess all different types of learners to give all students a way to show what they know

Pre k- grade 8 Math practice for students. Organized by skills, by grade level. Multiple choice / fill in questions. Immediate feedback, explanations, reinforcement of concepts given for incorrect answers. Classroom Connections: * To introduce new math topics * As a math center activity * As Whole Group interactive practice/ SmartBoard

K-12 Online poster creator. User can make personal themed posters, using various fonts, images, videos and links. Classroom Connections: *Teachers- create a poster of vocabulary words in science social studies, literacy or math-- include images, fonts, words, videos to reinfoce concepts * Students- create posters to demonstrate what they learned about concepts in any content area- by including text, images, font * Students- Create posters of research done on various topics- or books reports

Grade level- 7-12 CC- Students can create a glogster for a Roman Emperor as to why they would be the best candidate to be Mr. Rome Overview- A great site to post ideas, important information, and great organizational tool designed with images and color. Cons- Need some time to get used too.

This is a tool to be used by students or by teachers to create an online poster. One con to this site is that students will first have to be familiarized with copyright law before reusing information. If the poster is intended to communicate research information, there is no built-in way of creating a bibliography. Check out "Today's Top Glogs" for fresh ideas.

Professional K-12 Resources for teaching writing--Prompts, lessons and resources for teachers. 6+ one writing traits and ideas for using mentor texts is addressed. Classroom Connections: * Use list of mentor texts as examples to model different writing traits * Use various writing prompts to help students get started with writing * Use "Across the Curriculum" to teach and encourage writing in all content areas