1st Grade- Color of his Own!

Chameleon Stuff:
Coloring page

Learn all about Chameleons

Chameleons Information Network

Ed Helper Chameleon Ideas

The Mixed up Chameleon
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/themixedupchameleon.html

I mean...

I meant from now till middle March...oops! ;)

New gal at Schhol

Stephanie Reader will be in my room for a few (60 hours) days from moe to middle March. Thought you'd want to know. She is a senior at OUC.

Any Questions?

Does anyone have anything (tech. related) -that you need help with or would like to know about?

Thanks!

There were a couple of sites there that I was not aware of...Thanks!!! TeresaB

Thanks for all the web sites, Jennifer. I'll be very busy checking them all out!
Judy

Games and Gadgets!

These are some sites that I like to use in my centers. I have a list of many more- If you find these useful I will add the rest. Please let me know what you think of these... click the comment link at the bottom of this entry and leave a comment!
Click- Healthy Teeth for a site on oral health.

Click- Clifford's Interactive Story Books

Click- Children's Storybooks Online

Click- ABC order

Click- Alphabet Action

Click- This is AMAZING- Bembo's Zoo: Letters Come to Life

Click- All About Arthur

Click- CBeebies Stories and Rhymes

Click- Missing Word Game: Between the Lions

Click- Curious George Activities

Click- Draw and Color with Uncle Fred

Click- GameGoo- This site has a lot of FUN games.

Click- Starfall Games

Click- ABC kids- Disney

Click- I Know That : Games

Relatives:Reading & Technology

"Teaching in the Information Age requires that educators modify their view and transform their instructional practices to utilize technology’s power to improve the reading ability of students. "
Check out the site below:
http://mrsdell.org/reading/

Technology in Reading Instruction- This article is very informative-
Check it out:
http://www.serve.org/seir-tec/publications/NewsWire/Vol6.1.pdf

A friend for Language Arts- How technology can enrich reading and writing skills
http://www.electronic-school.com/0198f4.html

These two articles are on-Technologies that support
Reading Comprehension in students with disabilities:
http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/Us_Eu/conf/csun_98/csun98_026.htm

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e599.html

What are smart boards?

I have been reading through some of the needs assessments, and a lot of our technological "wishes" could be solved with smart boards. Smart boards, which can simply be used as a white board, but it interacts with your computer. You can access your computer from standing in front of the class. You can do power point lesson and pull up photos and/or articles from the Internet to share with your class. Your finger tip acts as the mouse... so it's really quite simple.

Although Smart Boards are amazing and would be lovely to have in every classroom- they can be a little expensive. Most schools represented in my technology courses at OU Athens have smart boards in every room, but there are a few that have one smart board set up in a lab style. The teachers reported that they simply reserve the room on a schedule posted in the main office...

Click the link to see more on Smart Boards!!!

Communication is Key

I do believe that we need to improve our way of communication in this building. We need to be able to spend time with other grade levels ( and our own ) to discuss topics such as intervention. We all need to be using the same form of intervention. I often find that someone may be using a form of intervention that I am not familiar with. This makes it difficult for me to understand the outcome of the intervention. It would be highly beneficial if we were able to see what (if any) intervention a current student received in the past. This would also let you know when the student began to struggle and what has (or has not worked) in the past.

Communication Is Key...

Do you Agree?

What is your opinion on our current intervention process?

Do you feel you know what forms of intervention other teachers are doing?

How would it benefit you (and your students) if you knew the interventions used with each specific child in the past?

Please answer the questions honestly!