Study guide and articles relating to the book Fair Isn't Always Equal - Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom. Great resource for further professional development.
Love this site - I am always looking for new websites for kids, and these are current and have reviews about how good or bad they are. You can also subscribe to get a weekly email about new sites and their reviews.
Lots of great ideas to work on math, probability, statistics, or arts and architecture using pennies. We always have more pennies lying around than we know what to do with right?!
This site has some really fun ideas for science. Most of them are elementary or Middle School but you can always modify things and make them appropriate for High School
Having a variety of groups throughout the day I find that I am always looking for different ways to present a concept. This particular site had a multitude of activities for students and activities for educators (needing PD ideas).
I've seen a lot of hubbub lately touting the teaching of reading at an increasingly early age. First, there was a commercial for a program claiming it could teach your baby to read. Then, I saw an ad for a school whose biggest selling point (according to the ad) was that their school can have your child reading before kindergarten.
I have been subscribed to Education World for 7 years now. I love it! I receive their weekly newsletter. There are always so many intriguing articles and entertaining activities of every topic to keep my students happy and learning. I learn something new with every newsletter. This URL is to subscribe so their newsletters.
The students will design a layout to assemble type, graphics, and images to create print media that communicates information. Project is either saved in .pdf format, on-line, or a hard copy is provided. Discover an endless library of free books, picture books, & poetry or use simple tools to create books in minutes. Storybird is a creative community where readers & writers celebrate storytelling.
5 minute fillers - as a sub teacher there are always times when I could use a special 5 min activity here or there. An activity that is fun, so the students don't realize they are learning. There were MANY choices at this site. Useful for almost any teacher.
I will use this for my students when we are working on power points. It seems like there is always some picture we can't find. There are some very good sites linked on this page.
As a reading and writing teacher, I have always wished for a magic potion to give to my students that would immediately illuminate the power and necessity of growing as a reader on their lives. The closest I have come to that magic potion are the words of Frederick Douglass from his powerful Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
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