SW Elementary

"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! "

The complicated story

"Children are curious and interested in the world around them. GoGo believes in satisfying and encouraging this curiosity by publishing real news stories that are not only relevant to them, but also capture the silly and the serious goings on in the world today. Firsthand feedback from children reinforces the fact that GoGo is engaging children, teaching children, and adding something to their sphere of learning"

Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color! Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color!

Kids Health videos and quizzes

"1ST GRADE HM READERS' THEATER"

Barcavage's class used webcams to scan codes regarding St. Patrick's Day on the netbooks.

Speakaboos brings classic children's entertainment into a digital world. Beloved characters and treasured stories are given new life through amazing celebrity performances, beautiful illustrations, and original music. At Speakaboos, children develop literacy skills while learning about technology in a safe and fun environment.

Interactive websites!

"Words Their Way is a word study program in which students learn by sorting words into categories. The links provide Powerpoints that can be used by teachers to model the word sorts or have individual students access the sorts on the computer. "

"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 basic premise is if some students prefer more action based literacy activities, could technology fill that role? We came up with technology tools that could be used as Before, During and After reading strategies."

We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. All of the books available for online reading are children's picture books appropriate for children through age ten. There is a mix of fiction and nonfiction, a range of authors, and an equal balance between read-alouds and books for independent readers. There are many picture books you can read using the projector.

Classroom Job Application, Time line template, quilt square, story map and more!

Action packed site for elementary and middle school students.

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

Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually. For this reason, graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and businesses around the world.

"webmixes where you will find a selection of the best links for that subject. This page is about Elementary research ."

Follow the race to the White House from the primaries to Election Day!

This site has TONS of free educational, instructional videos for K-12!