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Crowd-sourced, open-source strategy-a-day calendar

This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas. 

The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.

Google Spreadsheet that links to a Google Form. Use this template to customize your own checklist. Go to File>Make a Copy. Then, in the new spreadsheet, go to Form> Edit Form.

Student's strength/preference is to provide verbal responses. Student might answer questions using her/his voice. Student outlines thoughts for an essay by recording voice notes in each cell of a graphic organizing template and then goes back to type in what was recorded. Teachers could use this feature to provide audio feedback. Teacher could use this feature to provide instructions, hints, reminders, or other comments to students.

"Picto-Selector is a free tool for creating visual schedules. The download contains over 28000 pictos (images) translated to English, Dutch, German, French, Danish and Spanish. (Some pictos are also translated to Arabic, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian and Indonesian)"

SEE ME, FEEL ME, TOUCH ME, HEAR ME: Adapting Books for Divergent Learners PowerPoint Presentation Click on this link for a document containing instructions, considerations, samples, resources, specific units, and sites for assisitve technology support materials The A-Z of Adapting Books for Students with Disabilities in Virginia Click on this link for a document filled with resources specifically for adapting books by Ynez Peterson, OTR/L, AT Specialist Click on this link for ideas on how to fill your room with literacy while meeting the needs of diverse learners by Judy Owens and Gerald Abner SET-BC Accessible Books Video demonstrations on creating and FREE accessible books for downloading from Special Education Technology-British Columbia To download, open, edit and print these files, you must have Boardmaker® software , available at www.mayer-johnson.com .

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This site provides wonderful tutorials in using Excel in the classroom

"Everything from vocabulary to multiplication to dissecting a frog - we got it all". The website offers alternative ways to learn and practice new academic skills. You can even create your own activities by using their templates.

Create engaging and adaptive learning games for quizzing students on any topic. They can be made and shared with other teachers, as well as students. Visit brainrush.com and sign up for free!

Fun children's crafts, including printable craft templates, for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school kids

Page 10 of this flipchart can be used for drag n' drop activities.