Brite Kids Online

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Brite Kids is a subscription tutorial site that also offers a demo of activities for each grade level. Click on buttons at bottom of screen to scroll through activities.

These are large format for SMARTBOARD use. They include several tutorials including how to compare large numbers and how to complete In and Out Tables.

Explore various grade level topics. For instance, the Decimal Value activity is shown on the 3rd grade list.

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Fractions and Decimals on a Number Line

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Worksheets and Activity Lesson for decimals on a number line.

Learning Upgrade Fraction Tutorial and Practice

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Learning Upgrade Demo - Fractions - Tutorial with Mixed Numbers - - -Includes Practice.

Coordinate Graphs Learning Upgrade Demo

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Learning Upgrade Demo - Tutorial and Practice on all four quadrants.

Learning Upgrade

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Mean, Median and Mode

Classroom Tools.Net

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Mister Teacher.Com

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Mister Teacher gives students and teachers interactive web-based learning activities and mini-movies for SmartBoard use.

What is a SmartBoard mini-movie?

A SmartBoard mini-movie is a simple (most involve only a click of the mouse), interactive animation that teachers can download and add to their galleries. From there, the movies can be inserted into their SMART Notebook presentations. Each mini-movie is a dynamic Flash file, similar to the same files that are already included in SMART Notebook's resources.

How can mini-movies improve my SMARTBoard activities and lessons?

Use mini-movies to make subjects like geometry and motion come alive. Capture the attention of learners by using animation to teach standards-based concepts. Draw on the movies and click the buttons to give students instant feedback!

Here are some of the mini-movies available. Click the link at the top to visit site!

Associative with Addition
Associative with Multiplication
Commutative with Addition
Commutative with Multiplication
Distributive Example 1
Distributive Example 2

Transformations

A Rotation
N Reflection
T Rotation
H Slide
W Slide
T Reflection

Make a Big Number Game

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Reading Rainbow offers a couple of math games.

Saving Energy and Money

Pin It The hard economic times plowed right into the school system this year. In response to the needs of our population, we are not allowed to ask parents for school supplies. We were not given any budget from the county to buy supplies. And, our pay is reduced!

So we've been asked to cut back. It's easy to see that misuse needs to be corrected. For instance, consistently running toilets in the bathroom stands out as a conservation blunder. It's easy to explain to students how the school's water bill is affected by blatant waste. It's easy to understand that FIFO (First in, First out) rules need to be applied to the supply cabinets. But, how do you explain to students that even though the lunch menus are printed in color on glossy paper, we don't have money for pencils? Instead, we are going outside to sit in the dirt and write our math problems in the sand!

Most teachers spend a bundle annually on classroom supplies, books, treats and decorations in response to the needs of their students. Just the cost of purchasing a pencil a day for each child for a single class for a week equals the cost of a dinner on the town . . . and don't forget the cost of a pencil sharpener! A teacher can't say NO! How does a student work without a pencil? We are obliged to supply if we want the child to succeed.

Our county is now pondering the idea of eliminating classroom personal refrigerators and microwaves in response to budget cuts. The mention of more teacher focused restrictions, hardships and limitations added to the dark cloud of reduced staff, increased classroom size, and limited resources only incites more discontent.

So, here are a few jovial thoughts to join the ranks of budget-wise suggestions:

Maybe we could ask the students to only flush poo or every third use!

Or, we could only run the air conditioner between noon and 2 PM!

Or, move all desks to the windows and turn off all the lights!
Or, run computers on a ration system!

Or, serve cold lunches every other day!

Or, vacuum the floors once a week! (Sorry . . . that routine is already in place!)

I'm sure there are many more possibles to save money that put the burden on victims instead of budget creators.

Maybe, I'll stick around long enough to hear some ideas that actually relate to improved learning and promoting teacher confidence.

The Zone - TxCAE

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Texas Education site hosts examples of common assessment pre-tests and post-tests for named objectives. The assessments are limited to a few questions that focus on basic comprehension of objective. Both reading/literary elements and math objectives are available.

Academic Skill Builders

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Arcademic Skill Builders are research-based and standards-aligned educational games that offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills. They incorporate features of arcade games and educational practices into fun online games that will engage, motivate, and teach your students.

Play games for free right here on the site!

Senteo 2.0

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• Download Senteo Instructions
• Evaluate Senteo Results
• Video Intro to Senteo 2.0
• Download Teacher Toolkit 2
• Teacher Tube Video Tooklit 2
• Creating Assessments in Senteo 2.0
• Known bugs with previous versions of Senteo
• SmartBoard Blog
• Individual Student Reporting in Senteo 2
• SmartBoard Support for Senteo 2.0
• Features of Senteo 2.0
• Tagging and Instant Questioning
• Should we upgrade to Senteo 2?
• What is different about the reports in Senteo 2.0?

****How to use ASSESSMENT RESULTS in Senteo 2.0!