Archive for July, 2009

Elementary School Resource Sites

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Elementary Learning Sites

Learning your Alphabet
Help a monkey shake coconuts out of the tree
Count Us in Games
Games designed to help children understand basic number concepts
Between the Lions
Get Wild about Reading
English & Math & Science
from BBC
Early Reading Skills
Educational Games
Spelling City
Enter your own spelling words, then select: Test me, Teach me or Play a Game
Reading Website for emerging [...]

Teddy Bears Around the World

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Our school mascot, José, is a traveling bear. He enjoys roaming the world, getting to know new places and meeting interesting people.
The Teddy Bears Around the World blog will provide the space to hang out and communicate with different teddy bears around the world to hear more about their lives and adventures. This will allow [...]

What Could it Mean? VoiceThread

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Let’s create a story about traditions, customs and practices around the world for and with our students.
We need to sharpen our kids’ skills to foresee and sense cultural misunderstandings, instead of letting them grow up to be insensitive an believing everyone will have the same cultural background knowledge.
VoiceThread, “What Could it Mean?”
I am looking for [...]