TeachersFirst - Featured Sites: Week of Dec 14, 2014
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Corbettmaths - Mr. Corbett
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): addition (129), angles (52), charts and graphs (171), coordinates (15), decimals (85), division (98), equations (119), estimation (33), fractions (160), geometric shapes (135), inequalities (25), mean (19), measurement (122), median (16), mode (13), multiplication (122), probability (99), problem solving (233), pythagorean theorem (19), quadratics (27), sequences (12), square roots (15), subtraction (110), time (91), transformations (12), volume (34)
In the Classroom
Use printables and worksheets from Corbettmath for homework, review, and reinforcement of any math concept. View videos together and have students complete practice questions. Create a link to YouTube videos on your class website or blog for students to view at home. Use this site to differentiate for students of all levels. Share this site as a way to review before tests.Mathsticks - John Duffty
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (129), division (98), fractions (160), money (113), multiplication (122), numbers (120), percent (59), place value (34), preK (271), probability (99), problem solving (233), puzzles (149), roman numerals (7), subtraction (110), time (91)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save Mathsticks as a resource for math activities. Download and laminate games for use in math centers. Create take-home bags for students to practice and play games at home. Be sure to check out the "Popular Now" link for activities other users have recently downloaded.Trading Card Creator - ReadWriteThink
Grades
2 to 9tag(s): back to school (55), biographies (94), book reports (28), characterization (19)
In the Classroom
Use the main character in a story your class recently read and demonstrate this tool using your projector or interactive whiteboard. Social studies classes can portray a famous person or event in history. Science classes can develop trading cards for plants, planets, cells, or just about anything else you study. In a geography class, use cards to describe a place. Students can use trading cards to help them remember facts and vocabulary from any class. Teacher-librarians can encourage students to make trading cards about books or authors. Use cards at the beginning of the year for students to create a trading card about themselves. After sharing with classmates, post them on a bulletin board for back-to-school night.25 Maps and Charts That Explain America Today - Washington Post
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): demographics (13), financial literacy (93), maps (220), politics (118), religions (95)
In the Classroom
This site is excellent for enrichment or critical thinking about the U.S. and societal/governmental issues. Display a map on your projector or interactive whiteboard during political campaigns to ask why different politicians/parties have gained a foothold in certain states or locations. Include links to specific maps from it on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Venngage, reviewed here. Have students create maps including local information using MapHub, reviewed here. Students can add icons, URLs, text, images, and location stops!Formatically - Tyler Bell and Duncan Harma
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): citations (33), essays (21), plagiarism (34), quotations (19), Research (87), writing (325)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard or projector and this tool to walk your students through each step of the MLA formatting process. Point out all the particulars that this tool is doing so students get a better understanding of MLA formatting. Send the students home to use the tool on their most recent essay as practice. Ask them to keep track of any questions or problems they have while using this tool. The next day, go over the questions.Gift Cards for Good - Google Sites
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): service projects (17)