Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Graphing made easy!

Gina Henderson found this excellent graphing tool.  Super easy!  Great visual and then save, print, email, etc.  

p://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Great enrichment games

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Seems so far to be mostly elementary, but haven't looked at them all yet.  I got this from a site with loads of cool tools for teachers--rubrics, quizzes, games, etc.  www.4teachers.org

Great Resource for lots of games! Awesome!

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/gameresources.htm
All different kinds of games! Awesome site!

Great Game site for Social Studies

http://www.texaslre.org/onlinegames.html

Bill of rights, Preamble, Pledge, everything!

Monday, August 3, 2009

Elementary, My dear?

I am starting this blog for teachers in Red Oak ISD to share successes and frustrations on making and using games in the classroom.  Please list if this is for Elementary or Secondary kids (grade level is even better), the link (if there is one) and a brief paragraph about what you did.  You can also post lesson plans using games and any helpful advice.  

Feel free to list questions--such as "Does anyone have a great game for reinforcing dangling participles?"  Hopefully, teachers will check the site and we can all benefit!

Please respect confidentiality of students and personnel!

Questions can be directed to lisa.young@redoakisd.org