Monday, June 8, 2009

Teacher Tools

Teacher Tools

Write Rhymes
I can see this as a useful tool for my sixth graders when they are writing poetry that rhymes.

Xtra Normal
Xtra Normal looks interesting and would be fun. The kids love dramatizing. I talked to Judy Callahan about it, and she recommended that if the sixth graders did it, it should be done during class.

Wallwisher by Nik Peachey
There were several “tools” that I found interesting and may use next year.
At Phrasr, www.pimpampum.net/phrasr one can visually illustrate as many words as one wants for a phrase or sentence. There are a number of picture choices for each word. This would be especially helpful for poetry writing.
Creating Comic Strips http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ would be fun for a vocabulary activity.
Ediscio http://www.ediscio.com/ is a good site for creating and sharing flash cards and other knowledge. One can even add pictures and videos

2 comments:

  1. Wow, Martha, you have been busy. I will have to post lesson two on about Visualizing Data tomorrow. It is almost complete. Great job.

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  2. Martha, you've found some cool sites that I might use, too. Thanks!

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