Nursery Rhymes May 30, 2009
Posted by anne marie in ELA, Notebook 10, SMART Board, Websites.Tags: ELA, Kindergarten ELA, Nursery rhymes
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Happy Saturday everyone! I was looking for some interactive ELA websites to use with one of our Kindergraten classes and found one from Northumberland NGfl, with 18 interactive nursery rhymes called Readalong Nursery Rhymes. Each of the rhymes can be read or sung, each has a sequencing activity that works great on the SMARTBoard and in addition, each rhyme has an acompanying range of other resources including SMART Notebook lessons. ENJOY!
A2ZKB.com March 10, 2009
Posted by anne marie in ELA, Fun, Games, SMART Board.Tags: ELA
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A2ZKB.com is a fun site that offers a variety of activities for young learners. You access the activities by clicking on the side tabs of the book.In the Games tab you will find Make a Snowman (follow directions) and Pop the Balloon. Our House is also great for object identification- students touch the object in the room, a pop up screen appears and when the speaker is touched it states the answer. There also is an e-book called The Farmer and the Sun. To practice letter and color identification I use the Board tab. An alphabet board appears with a color palette in the left hand lower side of the page. For example, I ask students to make a yellow A and they have to touch the color yellow and then the correct letter– like I said great for a review! ENJOY!
Rhyming Reggie! March 5, 2009
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If you are looking for a primary interactive activity to teach/review rhyming words do I have the site for you! It’s found over at Scholastic and is called Reggie Loves to Rhyme! There are 12 different theme areas to enter that will give you a screen with the rhyming word and then 3 words to pick from. There is audio support, it is self-correcting and as an added plus it works wonderful using the SMARTBoard! ENJOY!
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! March 2, 2009
Posted by anne marie in ELA.Tags: Dr. Seuss, ELA
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For those of you who don’t know it, today celebrates the 105th birthday of the marvelous author Theodor Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss. When I was in the classroom, teaching in the city of Springfield, which is the birthplace of Dr.Seuss, March 2nd was always one of my favorite days. We would celebrate by making “Green Eggs and Ham”, baking a “Cat in the Hat” birthday cake and inviting guests readers to share their favorite Dr. Seuss stories. One year we also had the pleasure of visiting the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Gardens at the Springfield Museums.
Each year the NEA celebrates and launches their Read Across America campaign on March 2nd, in honor of Dr. Seuss. This year Read Across America partnered with Kidthing.com and is offering 4 free Dr. Seuss digital books- WOW! The NEA also offer several downloadable resources- here is a link to those resources. Additional fun, games and activities can be found over at Seussville. com. Enter the playground area to find the Click and Play games that work very well with the SMARTBoard. Another fun game that works well on the SMARTBoard is “The Lorax Game”. There also is a very nice biograpgy about Dr. Seuss on this site.
It also looks like Google is celebrating by changing their fonts today to depict some characters created by Dr. Seuss. So there’s still time to grab your favorite Dr. Seuss book, make some green eggs and ham or bake a ”Cat in the Hat ” cake to celebrate the 105th birthday of Dr. Seuss!
Update- I just received a message from a fellow blogger, Jen, who told me about a wonderful site she has created with several Dr. Seuss resources. Here is a link to her site- scroll to the bottom of the page to access her links. Thanks for sharing, Jen!
Practice Letter Sounds December 2, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA, Websites.Tags: ELA, Letter sounds
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Came across a Teachers and Families activity, Letter Sentences, that offers practice of letter sounds with sentences. Student clicks on a letter, a new screen appears with a picture and sentence incorporating words that begin with the chosen letter. To hear the sentence read you click on the picture. This presents well on the SMARTBoard and is interactive in the sense that you need to touch items to participate. I also have had my students rewrite the words that begin with the identified letter.ENJOY!
Visualize Poetry November 4, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA.Tags: ELA, Poetry
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An ELA Teacher shared a very interesting and innovative poetry site that I want to share. It’s called Poetry Visualized- The Visual Poetry Network. It is a compilation of poetry that combines motion graphics (video or film), music and of course poems. Take a look at Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers”. What a creative way to present and introduce the art of poetry.
There are several selections, some original and others classics. And of course viewing these hopefully will inspire students to create their own “Poetry Visualized”. ENJOY!
Math and More! October 7, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA, Math, SMART Board.Tags: ELA, Math
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For all of you math teachers here is a special treat– a website I came across called Johnnie’s Math Page that is overflowing with interactive math tools (which work well on the SMARTBoard). Talk about hitting the lottery!! The interactive math section is organized by topic, not to mention there are also links to math lessons & worksheets, videos, and eduational games. AMAZING!!
Johnnie also has started a blog where he reviews websites that he finds fun and eduational called Johnnie’s Review Page. And if that’s not enough he also has a page dedicated to identifying links to interactive stories and books called Johnnies Story Page. All of which are organized in five different categories.
There are so many resources on these sites so please go explore and ENJOY! And I just have to send a BIG THANK YOU to Johnnie for making this site available– it’s absolutey wonderful!
Match letter/vowel sounds September 9, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA, SMART Board.Tags: ELA
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Read/Write/Thinkhas a great educational game that teaches/reinforces letter and vowel sounds and works super with the SMARTBoard, called Picture Match. There actually are 3 games to pick from– beginning letter sounds, short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds. Pictures appear on the screen, with audio support, and the student must touch the correct letter and/or vowel box. If correct, the picture is put in the box. It’s very user friendly and is a fun way to review these skills. ENJOY!
Word Wizard September 3, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA, Games, SMART Board.Tags: ELA, SPelling Skills
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Read/Write/Think has an educational game, Word Wizard, that tests spelling skills using the theme of 4 very popular children’s books. I would recommend reading the book with your students first and then completing the games. The games work well with the SMARTBoard sine the students simply click and drag the correct letters to spell the answer. Oh yeah, and it also gives audio input. Also want to mention that there are different levels (noted in the left hand corner of the screen by the book)- so when you complete the first round click “go” to begin the next level. ENJOY!
Make your own flag August 23, 2008
Posted by anne marie in Fun, Games.Tags: art, ELA, Fun
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As we continue to watch the Olympics, one thing that is always constant at the end of a race or game or meet are the winning Olympians proudly displaying their country’s flag. This reminded me of a PBS game which allows students to create their own personal flag– Build-a-Flag. Students click and drag items to the flag, making it their own unique design. This game works well with the SMARTBoard since it is very interactive. I use this game to address choice-making objectives, to encourage student creativity and as a spring board to a creative writing activity. Oh yeah– almost forgot to mention, once completed the flag can be printed and/or emailed. ENJOY!
