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"Look directly below this blog post to see my blog roll consisting of fifth-grade focused blogs - all in one place! The list below will update several times a day, so please check back regularly to see all the newest teaching ideas just for you! "

"delve into the topic of copyright and Creative Commons to help my students develop good blogging habits."

A collaborative effort to collect blogs for students of various grade levels.

Easy to read: TTJunior.com offers easy-to-read news stories for 2nd Graders, 3rd Graders and advanced 1st Graders, as well as remediation and ESL for all grades. Easy to write: Students can post blog comments that teachers review before publication. Click below to sign up. It's fast, easy and free!

"...three award-winning educational wikis on Wikispaces. These wikis have been used to interact with schools from around the world, share classroom activity, and turn online class notes into end-of-year exams. They're great examples of how wikis can be used to create engaging learning experiences. "

"A new blog from the York Daily Record/Sunday News focusing exclusively on youth sports in York and Adams counties."

50 Ways to use DE board Builder

The purpose of this post is to identify additional ways to use word walls with mathematics content.

"Integrate Wolfram|Alpha into all of the subject areas, from spelling and language to geography, science, and math. In this video, see examples of how a 4th grade teacher utilizes Wolfram|Alpha and describes the advantages that teacher and students get from incorporating it into lesson plans."

"I created this Mixbook to record our classroom events for this school year. I plan to add to it throughout the year. This is what we accomplished during the first full week of school."

The Super3 is a simplified version of the Big6. Based on the original six steps, the Super3 uses Plan-Do-Review, three main steps, to help very young children think about what they need to do in an assignment, how they'll do the work, and finally to reflect on their work. The Super3 is a practical method to integrate information literacy standards into a primary school teaching environment.

The Internet can be a scary place for elementary teachers. On one hand, you want to share the Internet as a wonderful tool with your students, but on the other, you worry about safety and helping them find the most useful resources without getting lost on the information superhighway. Because of this, we've put together a listing of some of the best sites for elementary teachers and students online, plus a few tools to help you keep everything together.

Part I: Knowing your Students & Teaching with the Library of Congress Here are some criteria that can help narrow your search before you begin and keep you focused on what will be the most effective primary sources to use with your students.