Shady Grove Online Resources

Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids and families. Two (or more) people create a Storybird in a round robin fashion by writing their own text and inserting pictures. They then have the option of sharing their Storybird privately or publicly on the network. The final product can be printed (soon), watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library.

"ABCya! is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers. ABCya! educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. "

Create flash cards and quizzes to complete online.

Look, say, write, cover, check is a great multi-sensory approach to practice and learn new vocabulary.

The United States History Map is an interactive Web site where students can learn about the geographic features of the United States, the regions and areas of the United States, and the development of the geography of the United States over the course of history.

Links to websites for all subject areas.

"You're the cashier at this crazy store. You need to give change to the customers buying things. Try to sell as many items as possible before the time runs out. "

"Pan Balance - Numbers Use this tool to find numerical expressions that are equivalent to one another. If equivalent expressions are placed in the blue and red pans, the scale will balance"

Import text from a document or Copy / Paste text to convert it to a MP3 file that can be downloaded and used in your favorite MP3 Player.

Shut The Box Flash Game Roll the dice. Flip over numbers to add up to the number on the dice.

In February, 1997, Susan Brooks and Bill Byles began a collaborative effort to extend assistance to fellow teachers. In November of 2000 that project expanded to a web presence known as Internet 4 Classrooms ("i4c"), a free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high-quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials. The portal is used by teachers, parents and students of all ages on six of the seven continents (there are not many classrooms in Antarctica) and is available to anyone with an Internet connection. We do not charge a subscription fee. To find out more about Susan and Bill, please go to our short bios.

"Create timelines, share them on the web."

Online resources from the Center for Language Education and Research. Includes Quiz Break, a jeopardy-like program, an Audio Dropbox tool, a virtual dropbox for audio recordings to use on any web page, Scribbles, a program that can capture handwriting using a pen-based hardware tablet or computer mouse, and more.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation.

Create a word: Helps students add a prefix or suffix. It also has them put it into context clue sentences.

misterteacher.com offers interactive standards-based activities for students in the areas of math, science, and social studies. Teachers can find resources to enhance their SMARTBoard lessons and activities. Printable activities and worksheets are located throughout the site. Also includes mini-movie animations.

"Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development. " Great videos for all subjects and grade levels. Very quick registry/log in and you can make your own folder online to save videos for each year.

"Enhance your lessons with hundreds of interactive lesson activities correlated to curriculum standards."

"Interactive Whiteboard Resources"

This site aims to provide teaching and learning resources to make the use of the interactive whiteboard in the classroom easier and more productive. Interactive whiteboard resources are categorized.