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Maureen LaFleche spotted this great resource and here's what she has to say about it "Check out CK-12.org. It is a website that provides open-source content and technology tools to help teachers provide learning opportunities for students globally. Free access to high-quality, customizable educational content in multiple modalities suited to multiple student learning styles and levels, will allow teachers, students and others to innovate and experiment with new models of learning. CK-12 helps students and teachers alike by enabling rapid customization and experimentation of teaching and learning styles. Text can be read at two different levels - grade level and basic. You can download books and activities as pdf, epub or mobi." I have checked out several of the units and they look excellent for middle and high school.

French teacher resources and different files for: numbers, colours,animals, time and weather, food and drink, body and clothing, friends and family,hobbies and sports, home, school and around town, seasonal  and other.  

Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you. With a super easy set-up, clean interface and multiple transition and theme options, Slide is among the most popular tools for self expression on the web today. Slide can be embedded onto any website, viewed on your desktop or shared with your friends or fans. Slide supports dozens of social networking and blog platforms, including MySpace, MySpace Blogs, Bebo, Blogger, eBay, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, livedoor, LiveJournal, Piczo, Sina.com, Sohu.com, Tagged, Typepad, Windows Live Spaces, Wretch, Yahoo! 360 and Xanga.

Packed with book trailers and educational games, School library media Kids is designed to provide an interactive online experience to help get students motivated to learn, to read, to think and to make choices. SlimeKids also showcases an array of exceptional literacy-related resources such as author and book review websites as well as superb learning tools including reference works and search engines.

The creator, Andy Fine, has a master's degree in teaching,  and writes, "SlimeKids was created to provide students with a playful, easy-to-use interface through which they could learn about and access valuable online resources. The website is designed to self-motivate students to make their own choices and judgements about what is most useful for them. One important aspect of SlimeKids is that it helps students to explore their interest in books and reading, which has been the main goal of my career. SlimeKids is an interactive website through which students can read, search, watch videos and play language arts-related games."

Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Watch our engaging 15-minute videos and try the online interactive activities. Behind the Lesson provides information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch our 10-minute professional development videos and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

French 6 consists of 5 Modules divided into 13 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 in this order since concepts build on each other. However Module 5 can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, Remembrance Day can be completed in November. Most school years consist of 200 days. Notice that there are only 130 days of work. The remaining 70 days are to be used to play games and practice what is being taught. Module One: My Health and Well-Being Module Two: My Neighbourhood Module Three: Alberta - My Province Module Four: The Environment Module Five: Holidays and Celebrations

French 6 consists of 5 Modules divided into 13 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 in this order since concepts build on each other. However Module 5 can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, Remembrance Day can be completed in November. Most school years consist of 200 days. Notice that there are only 130 days of work. The remaining 70 days are to be used to play games and practice what is being taught. Module One: My Health and Well-Being Module Two: My Neighbourhood Module Three: Alberta - My Province Module Four: The Environment Module Five: Holidays and Celebrations

I highly recommend this! Short video explanation of Kahoot, a very engaging and easy to use learner response system! You can use public quizzes or create your own. Basically you launch the quiz on your device and display it on a screen. Students will see the questions and the answers. Students sign in to kahoot.it on their own devices, enter the quiz's pin number, a nickname and respond. To create your own kahoots, go to getkahoot.com to create a free account.

Short video explanation of Kahoot, a very engaging and easy to use learner response system! You can use public quizzes or create your own. Basically you launch the quiz on your device and display it on a screen. Students will see the questions and the answers. Students sign in to kahoot.it on their own devices, enter the quiz's pin number, a nickname and respond. To create your own kahoots, go to getkahoot.com to create a free account.

GradeSaver offers study guides, application and scholarship editing services, literature essays, college application essays and writing help. GradeSaver ClassicNotes provides study guides with chapter summary and analysis. GradeSaver offers literature essays and college admission essays to our members. Use our writing resource center to get writing help and tips for improving your essay.

French 7 consists of 4 Modules divided into 11 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules 1, 2, and 3 in this order since concepts build on each other. However Module 4 can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, La cabane à sucre can be completed in March or April. Most school years consist of 200 days. Notice that there are only 110 days of work. The remaining 90 days are to be used to play games and practice what is being taught. Module One: School Module Two: People Around Me Module Three: Weather Module Four: Holidays and Celebration

French 7 consists of 4 Modules divided into 11 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules 1, 2, and 3 in this order since concepts build on each other. However Module 4 can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, La cabane à sucre can be completed in March or April. Most school years consist of 200 days. Notice that there are only 110 days of work. The remaining 90 days are to be used to play games and practice what is being taught. Module One: School Module Two: People Around Me Module Three: Weather Module Four: Holidays and Celebration

This is an update to Bloom's revised taxonomy to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's revised taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous computing.

French 4 consists of 4 Modules divided into 16 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules One, Two, and Three in this order, since the concepts build on each other. However Module Four can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, Halloween can be done during the last two weeks of October. Note that in Module Four students can choose to do two of the five Sections. Therefore, in order to complete this course, students are expected to do 13 of the 16 Sections. Module One: My Classroom Module Two: Who Am I? Module Three: My Immediate Family Module Four: Holidays and Celebrations

French 4 consists of 4 Modules divided into 16 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules One, Two, and Three in this order, since the concepts build on each other. However Module Four can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, Halloween can be done during the last two weeks of October. Note that in Module Four students can choose to do two of the five Sections. Therefore, in order to complete this course, students are expected to do 13 of the 16 Sections. Module One: My Classroom Module Two: Who Am I? Module Three: My Immediate Family Module Four: Holidays and Celebrations

French 5 consists of 5 Modules divided into 13 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 in this order since concepts build on each other. However Module 5 can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, Christmas can be completed in December. Module One: My Elementary School Module Two: Clothing Module Three: My Home Module Four: Animals Module Five: Holidays and Celebrations

French 5 consists of 5 Modules divided into 13 sections. Each section has 10 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes each in length. It is important to work through Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 in this order since concepts build on each other. However Module 5 can be inserted at appropriate times of the year. For example, Christmas can be completed in December. Module One: My Elementary School Module Two: Clothing Module Three: My Home Module Four: Animals Module Five: Holidays and Celebrations

The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning.

This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text. Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this. Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards. The initial focus will be for grades 5 and up, but teachers of younger students may be able to find some uses or inspiration from the site.

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

ThinkTank is designed to help students develop a Research Organizer (a list of topics and subtopics) for reports and projects. Based on the subject assigned, the students can refine it by choosing from a variety of suggestions and by using a random subtopic generator. This helps students learn how to refine a subject so that it is more manageable for Internet research.

Teaching spelling is easy with SpellingCity.com. Input spelling lists for your students to use for free spelling help. Students can learn spelling words, practice spelling tests, and play fun spelling games. Keep track of your spelling list curriculum, share spelling lists, and get ideas for teaching spelling on our spelling forum. Help your child learn spelling at SpellingCity.com. Use your own spelling words or use our database of great spelling lists. Kids can play safe online spelling games that will get them ready for their spelling tests. Get the free spelling help you need at SpellingCity.com. Practice word lists, look up your teacher's spelling lists, and relax with some fun spelling games. Don't worry about the big spelling test -- just learn your words through SpellingCity.com.

Games. videos and info for kids about countries and geography.

Password: 7rocksTo edit: jeopardylabs.com/edit/chapter-7-rocks-and-minerals2 Final Jeopardy: Why is the rock cycle so important?

This site has options to put links for websites and put a description or questions for the students to do in relation to the website. The site is shown in the box below and it is interactive too.