Week+6+Resources

Krista Zade's Links for Week 6:

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This website would be perfect for 1-5 grade students learning about animals. There is a wide variety of animals available for students to choose from. What I love most about this site is that the pages for each animal have words, pictures, and video, so students with different learning styles and students with different levels of readiness are all engaged. There are a few animals without videos, though, so if you have students who need the extra auditory support, you will want to work with them to find an animal where all three elements are included.

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I am so excited to use this website with my class! The page I have linked to has games for students to practice addition, but at the top of the page there are links to other pages with the same or similar games for subtraction, multiplication, division, science, and English. I would use this website with K-5. In my class, I would have each student working on the page that best fit their readiness needs. Within each game you can further choose levels of readiness. For instance, in an addition game you can choose if you want to work only on 0s, 1s, 2s, and so on, or if you want to work with a combination of equations. Additionally, the games at Fun 4 the Brain look like they would be very engaging to students. Several of the games, such as "Sketch's World" are similar to video games where students have levels. There is no math until students get to the end of the level, then they have to answer some equations before they can move on. I think kids would like having a regular game where they are not inundated with working the whole time.

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Students grades K-6 would benefit from many of the sites linked here. The literacy sites look especially promising. I am hoping to try the K-2 Bitesize Literacy with my students on the SmartBoard. They are games that would work well with a whole group and use only clicking, no typing. After introducing the games as a whole group, students would be able to work on this site on their own. Since there are a variety of sites, students can choose according to interest and readiness. In most of the sites, each game even has levels from which students can choose, furthering the differentiation by readiness.