Typing Adventure is a nice little game that young students can use to practice their typing skills. To play the game students just have to visit the game site, read the directions, and press start. The game scenario presented to students is a character leaping from stepping stone to stepping stone. To move along the path students have to type the letters of the stones they want to jump to. Students earn points based on speed and accuracy.

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The Science Behind the News - The Why Files

The Why Files is a good website that I discovered in a Classroom 2.0 discussion. The Why Files is a resource designed for students to learn about the science of stories in the news. The Why Files doesn't cover every news story, just the stories that have clear connections to science concepts. For example, one of the stories on the front page over the weekend was about the start of Hurricane Season. The story goes on to explain in text, image, and video the science of hurricane formation.

Applications for Education
Most of the material on The Why Files is geared toward an elementary and middle school audience. The teachers' section of The Why Files offers pdf guides and quizzes that you can use to teach the science of the stories featured on the front page of The Why Files. The Why Files could also be a good resource for students to explore independently or with their parents.
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Everyday Mathematics

    






 Resources for Everyday Mathematics In Smart Notebook Software Grades 3-5

     3rd Grade
     4th Grade
     5th Grade

Resources Relating to Everyday Math.
As we've already found out -the EveryDay Math games are not interactive for SMARTBoard however this site provides EveryDay math/curriculum according to grade. Everything is listed according to the standard. Most work with the SMARTBoard.

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/K.htm

Video series of teachers using Every Day Mathematics in the class room grades K-5.

Everyday Mathematics video series
Once on the page look in the Click a Link box to pick a sample lesson by grade level.

Back to School Resources Courtesy of Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Link to Kathy Schrock's web
Back to School Checklists
...this site links to sites to help you get off to a good start

Back to School from Scholastic
...icebreakers, plans, and units for the K-5 grade levels

Back to School Lesson Plans
...teacher-submitted ideas for that back-to-school time

Back to School Technology Activities
...teacher-submitted ideas for technology use at the start of the school year

Back to School Theme
...all types of back-to-school lessons and ideas

End of Year Planning
...links to lessons and activities for the end of the school year

First Day of School Sites
...a link to all types of sites to help you get ready for the first day of school

Icebreakers and Energizers
...a nice list of beginning-of-school year activities

Icebreakers for the First Day of School
...teacher-tested ideas for the first week back to school

Icebreakers, Warm-up, Review, and Motivator Activities
...icebreaker activities for every age

Icebreakers, Warmups, Energizers, & Deinhibitizers
...some icebreakers for older students as well as link to other sites

Internet4Classrooms: Back to School Resources
...great links about everything from classroom set-up to discipline

Reading Units Website

Website with unit lesson plans for a variety of intermediate (grades 5-8) books.  This site provides teachers with chapter by chapter vocabulary, printable questions, and activities for students.  There are over 80 books indexed on the site.

great website to assist with guided reading groups. This website has questions and activities for many popular and classic books.  Thanks to Jason Hugues at Minnesauke for the link!

Firefox Add-ons for teachers

Nuke Anything is a Firefox add-on that could be handy the next time you choose to print a webpage. With Nuke Anything installed in your browser you can right-click on any element of a webpage and remove it before printing that page. When you right click on an element a red outline will appear so that you can be certain you're not removing something that you didn't intend to remove.  If you have students or colleagues that are in the habit of printing articles to read offline, try getting them in the habit of using Nuke Anything. Using a tool like Nuke Anything could save a lot of wasted ink and paper.  For people who aren't Firefox users, you might want to check out Joliprint.

Kadoo A fast easy way to share files

Share files with students use the cloud service Kadoo.  You can upload files that can be accessed by students using a web browser or a hand held device like the iphone or ipad.  Simply set up your free account and upload your files, including video files for students.  You have up to 200 MB per upload and 5 GB of storage space.