Showing posts with label skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skills. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Super Thinkers

SuperThinkers is a fun and challenging site targeted for learners in grades 5 through 8, but also fun for learners of all levels. Their mission is to inspire creative problem solving, critical thinking,
deductive reasoning, and logic. They call this kind of deeper thinking - "SuperThinking."

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Math For Kids



shared by Jerry Swiatek on diigo

KidsNumbers.com is the absolutely free math resource designed by teachers, specifically for students and children of all ages. A place where students can practice all aspects of math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, in a fun and pressure free way.

Filled with free math games and math activities to review, and keep your math wits sharp, or use one of their math foundations programs to develop the basic brain skills that are required to succeed with math.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Study Tag



StudyTag
is a learning community that helps you Ace every single quiz and test you take -- study smarter, not harder!

Study Tag is a good resource for students to study and develop academic skills independently or collaboratively. -Free Technology 4 Teacher-

StudyTag community creates lessons it finds interesting. If StudyTag doesn't yet have the lesson you need, no problem. StudyTag editors help you quickly enter the facts you need yourself! Create a private course for your specific class, teacher or professor. Create a public course and study with new friends you meet on-line.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

How To Do Research?

I'm always in search of great resources. For this to happen I read and follow lots of wonderful blogs and Silvia Tolisano's Langwitches Blog is one of them.

How To Do Research is part of the Kentucky Virtual Library, for introducing and supporting research skills in elementary age students.

The site guides your students through the process of researching. It includes media, such as books, magazines & newspaper articles as well as websites.


Monday, December 1, 2008

Lesson Grade Level Chart

21st Century Literacies refer to the skills needed to flourish in today's society and in the future.

Which lessons are appropriate for your students?

As a teacher, you can begin by looking at the chart below to see which lessons are appropriate for the age and abilities of the students you teach.


These lessons were created to support the AT&T/UCLA Initiative for the 21st Century Literacies.
The Grade Level Chart is maintained by Mary Lasica, AT&T

Monday, November 3, 2008

E-Learning For Kids


Established in late 2004, e-Learning for Kids is a global, nonprofit foundation dedicated to fun and free learning on the Internet for children ages 5 - 12.

"Children from 5-12 build and improve basic skills with the best quality e-learning courseware"

"Parents and educators have a pre-screened source of articles, research, and related links"

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Interactives from Learner.org


"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Writing Teacher Blog


LearningExpress has created a new blog, called The Writing Teacher, for sharing ideas and expertise on helping students become better writers.