Here are three great online tools to support the learning of Current Events as well as support our exposure to Informational Text sources.
The Week in Rap ~ a free resource from the Wisconsin Media Lab. (Grade 5 - 12) There are printables and other resources available for teachers & students.
Newsela ~ this is a great site that has leveled news articles in multiple categories. A great site that meets students informational text reading needs.
Channel One ~ check out this Daily News Show. Click on Daily Shows tab, to see the show with today's news highlights. If you click on the Educator tab, you can have this emailed you you on a Daily basis. the email will contain Discussion Questions, Vocabulary words, Assessments, and more.
DOGONews ~ a text based current events site at appropriate reading levels for students in grades K-8. Includes vocabulary, standards alignment, comprehension questions, and critical thinking challenges.
What great online resources do you use in your classroom to learn and share Current Events?
These activities are fun, online math games and online tools which would be great as centers in your math classroom. They involve application of math skills in different ways that students may find challenging, yet lots of fun. Play them, explore them, and enjoy!
Geometry Toolbox ~ draw and experiment with geometric tools, such as the ruler, protractor, and compass while drawing online.
Virtual Manipulatives ~ choose a grade level and then explore a variety of tools
Kakooma ~ compete using basic math skills and beat your component or classmate
Expresso ~ solve problem equations using order of operations while racing the clock. Can you do it? Choose your level of difficulty.
More Greg Tang Math ~ problem solving games that use basic math skills; challenging and fun!
The Problem Site: Math
The Problem Site: Strategy ~ Lots of different math "games" that challenge your students thinking
Thinking Blocks ~ these tools help to visualize math problems
More Math Manipulatives ~ great tools for students to play with and create math solutions.
Math Playground ~ more math fun ...
Are you having your students stretch their math thinking and having them apply basic math skills into problem solving type scenarios. Students who are able to apply their basic math skills will be stronger at math than those who can not. Problem solving and applying math to real life situations is a great way to not only make math lots of fun, but also stretch students math communicating and thinking.
Here are some web resources to help you do this:
Math Starters of the Day
- This site has a math problem each day on the calendar. It might be a good warm-up for kids at the beginning of the day or as independent work during math centers.
http://nrich.maths.org/students
- Click on Students and then choose your grade level at the top of the screen. The current live problems will appear on your screen.
- Clicking on SchoolMath Topics gives you math topics to choose problems from.
- Games and Interactives... obviously gives you games and interactives.
- Clicking on the Topics button may also give you a good way to choose specific math topics that align with your current math goals.
- Clicking the Teachers link at the top of the screen and then choosing your grade level will give you great resources geared to your grade level.
http://www.mathlanding.org/
- This site is easily searchable by grade level and by math skill or topic. Once you search, you will get a list of activities and interactives that meet the skill and grade level you chose. Great activities for Math centers and independent math thinking and exploration.
- Click on Collections, and the Classroom Collections gives you a different way to look for activities. Here you can also see activities as they relate to the Mathematical Process standards.
http://mathforum.org/index.html
- This math great find, while a subscription based site (which might be worth the price....), it also has some resources to explore for free.
- Under Problems & Puzzles, you see at the top center the problems for members and the problems for free. Try KenKen for a challenge of basic math computation. Great fun!
- On the left. check out the Sample Problems
