Westfield has been invaded by the Cicadas. The deafening sound and swarm of these fascinating insects is upon us. To some it is extremely disgusting but to many, including some our students, it is an awesome wonder of nature. Senor Vasquez has found this amazing video by Samuel Orr that you may want to share […]
Treble Cat HD From iTunes: Treble Cat is a highly entertaining game designed to help kids and adults learn how to quickly identify notes in the treble clef. This will help to effortlessly improve sight reading skills. This game has been designed and created in collaboration with professional musicians and educators. Kindergarten […]
For those of you who are looking forward to next year, Google offers a free two-week professional development class on Google Maps and Google Earth. You will learn how too use these tools to enhance your lessons in a variety of subject areas. Please see the description from Google below and click on the image […]
Number Pieces Basic (Base Ten Blocks) From iTunes: Number Pieces Basic helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Students can use the number pieces to represent multi-digit numbers, count, regroup, add, and subtract. The drawing tools allow students to label representations and show their understanding. […]
I know that many of you have tried out the Toontastic app in you classroom. This app is great for storytelling, but there is so much more you can use it for. Launch Pad Toys, creator of the app, has a webpage that highlights how teachers are using Toontastic in a variety of subjects. It […]
Expressions for Autism From iTunes: Understand and recognize expressions by recreating them with facial features! Expressions by EdNinja was developed by experienced autism therapists specifically for children with autism and other special needs. Expressions is simple interactive exercise designed to train and improve human emotion recognition by recreating facial expressions such as anger, fear, […]
Quick Response (QR) Codes are a great and easy way to incorporate technology into your classroom. Many teachers have started using them for end of the year projects. Some examples are bulletin board displays with audio recordings of student’s reading their writing, white book recordings, book talks to post on novels, and scavenger hunts. QR […]
National Geographic Kids This website provides many resources to help your students learn science, geography and history. The site has video clips on nature, history, animals, the environment, and space. The animals section contains links to profiles that your students can use for research. There are country facts and images and a news section that […]
Mission US: Think Fast! About the Past From iTunes: Test your knowledge of history as you race against the clock! Featuring characters from the online role-playing adventure game Mission US, Think Fast! About the Past is a fast-paced trivia game that introduces hundreds of fascinating facts about different eras of American history. Players can […]