Shady Grove Online Resources

lots of LA and math games and activities - good to put on moodle for practice

"Hundreds of worksheets. Millions of combinations"

"A fantastic resource was brought up in the forums. http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/alternat_algor.htm has some great Powerpoint files illustrating some of the Everyday Math Algorithms. "

At Mathalicious, we believe that math isn't something to learn, but a tool to learn about other things. Our mission is to help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available. Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards but, unlike most content, emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications.

Story books online

Pre-made lessons and lesson plans for the Smartboard

Top 10 Sites for Creating Timelines by David Kapuler - good resource for timelines on research projects and state projects at SG

Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page.

Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page. Great way to take notes for a research project.

When it comes to finding math resources for students, it is sometimes a little harder than 1, 2, 3. For teachers or parents who want to find great resources that won't cost them a penny, here are some websites where you can find math resources and activities for free!

Successful readers make guesses based on what they read and what they already know. The object of this game is to infer what is being described by the clues you read.

Lots of sites for online reading K-3

Word & Sentence Level Paragraph Level Essay & Research Paper Level Ask Grammar, Quizzes, Search Devices Peripherals & PowerPoints # GrammarPoll, Guestbook, Awards

A recent study showed that of our 53 million K-12 students, 51 million of them (or 93%) play video games.1 Wouldn't it be better if a higher percentage of these games were educational? Well, parents and educators looking for the best free educational games online need look no further than the ten great sites on this list. Each site has an educational foundation that makes learning fun for students of all ages, and every teacher will tell you that children learn best when they are having fun. So, check out the websites on this list to provide an enjoyable online learning experience for your children.

"Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills."

A wiki for Wikipedia

Sharing Our Expertise: A Celebration of Writing!

Welcome to Moodle Docs, the documentation for Moodle that everyone may contribute to. In this English version, officially launched on 26 January 2006, we are currently working on 1,908 articles, including the documentation of new features in Moodle 2.0

A few weeks ago, a Social Media Cheat Sheet was doing the round. A nice visualization of the pro's & cons of each social media channel, but with a business/marketing focus. I thought I should do one for social media use in education. However for most of the teachers I work with, our Moodle (EIT Online) is still their primary online teaching environment. So instead I set out to create this poster size guide for teachers, allowing them to compare the functionality and pedagogical advantages of some standard Moodle tools, adding a column to indicate how tricky the tool is to set up

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

These are just a very few examples of different types of poetry. Most of the definitions have at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding. All examples were provided by the members of Shadow Poetry or previous Egroup. More definitions for related poetry items may be found in the Shadow Poetry Handbook (link located above). As a bonus, we feature poetry forms created by selected poets as new and challenging writing styles. Try not only the traditional forms, but some of the rewarding invented formats as well!