Friday, July 31, 2015

Word Search Machine

 
Word Search Machine is software which allows you to create word search puzzles in minutes. Puzzles can either be printed or saved as a jpeg image to be inserted into digital content. With the touch of a button the hidden words can be displayed in red to produce an answer sheet. Create multiple versions of a puzzle using the same word list. Ideal for classroom competitions! There are no copyright limitations so puzzle image files can be inserted into commercially sold products. (PC & Mac)
 
I created a few word searches already! Very easy to use. I also bought the crossword puzzle machine. Love both of them. I am very excited about both products and am so happy with how easy they are to use. Thank you for creating something so may of us need.

I just created my first Word Search with ease. Thank you for this!

Works great! Got one done already! Very exciting! Thanks so much. Way cool.

 

Electro City
(Online Activity)

 
Electro City is an online computer game that lets players manage their own virtual towns and cities. It’s great fun to play and also teaches players all about energy, sustainability and environmental management in New Zealand.
 
 
 

Crossword Puzzle Machine

 
Crossword Puzzle Machine is a computer program which allows you to create crossword puzzles in minutes. They can either be printed or saved as a jpeg image to be inserted into digital content. With the touch of a button words are displayed in red to produce an answer sheet. Create multiple versions of a puzzle using the same word list. Ideal for classroom competitions! There are no copyright limitations so puzzle image files can be inserted into commercially sold products. (PC & Mac)
 
It has been my goal to add more activities and quizzes to go along with my curriculum (and to my store), and your machine was easy to use! Thank you for taking the time to create a great product!

Just made my first crossword puzzles using the "machine." I just love this this product. It is so easy to use and my new crosswords are beautiful. Thank you!

Thanks for taking on the challenge of creating a very easy to use crossword puzzle program. It's so nice not to deal with Excel or worry about breaking copyright using a third party website!

 

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Ancient Rome Trading Cards

 
Are you looking for a way to add interest to your Ancient Rome unit? Do you need more activities for your learning stations? “Ancient Rome Trading Cards” is a set of 54 trading cards highlighting famous persons, places, events and documents of Ancient Rome. Print and laminate the cards to create a standard set of playing cards. "Educational Trading Card Games" details three original learning games. "Creating Educational Trading Cards" shows teachers and students how to make their own cards.
 
These are fantastic - was planning on making my own but yours are wonderful! Great as a quick snap of each aspect of Ancient Rome - I plan on using them to distribute to students and have them complete a research project on their given topic to become an 'expert' and teach the rest of the class about it. Thank you!

Wonderful trading cards! I have been collecting the ones you sell as they work so well!

My students really enjoyed this activity! Thank you!

 

Emperor Game
(Online Activity)

 
This is your chance to rule the largest empire the world has ever seen. You can choose which emperor you want to be, then you'll face real situations where you have to decide what you want to do.
 
 
 

Fact-Filled Bingo:
Ancient Rome

 
Fact-Filled Bingo is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Ancient Rome unit. The talking robot calls out random Roman topics complete with pictures and interesting facts. 40 bingo cards are provided. Use the companion program Fact-Filled Slideshow and a SmartBoard/projector to highlight 48 different Roman topics. Again the talking robot does the narrating. As a bonus I’ve included the manual “Text-to-Speech” which teaches you how to make PowerPoints talk.
 
I am really looking forward to using this in my 6th grade history class! Great looking product!

This is great, love it! Can't wait to use it with students.

Great fun! My students really enjoyed! Thank you!

 

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Fact-Filled Bingo
Musical Instruments

 
Fact-Filled Bingo is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Music. The talking robot calls out random instruments with pictures, facts and sound clips. 40 bingo cards are provided. Use the companion program Fact-Filled Slideshow and a SmartBoard/projector to highlight 48 different instruments with facts, pictures & music. As a bonus I’ve included the manual “Text-to-Speech” which teaches you how to make PowerPoints talk. (PC & Mac)
 
This is great, love it! Can't wait to use it with students.

Great fun! My students really enjoyed! Thank you!

Fantastic product! Thank you!

 

Garfield: Cyberbullying
(Online Activities)

 
Let Garfield and his friends teach students grades 3-5 how to deal with cyberbullying.
 
 
 

Musical Instruments
Trading Cards

 
Are you looking for a way to add interest to your Music Class? Do you need more activities for your learning stations? “Musical Instrument Trading Cards” is a set of 54 trading cards highlighting various instruments and instrument families. Print and laminate the cards to create a standard set of playing cards. "Educational Trading Card Games" details three original learning games. "Creating Educational Trading Cards" shows teachers and students how to make their own cards.
 
Will be a great addition to my instrument unit!

Always looking for ways to do "painless" research with my Library classes. Thanks!

Great trading cards. Thanks for the information about making your own!

 

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Scientific Method Posters

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Ban All Bad PowerPoints

 
The building principal was proud of the work the eighth graders had done on their Immigration PowerPoints and asked me to sit in on a presentation session. A majority of the slides had unreadable text, overlapping pictures, annoying backgrounds, grammatical errors, and distracting transitions. “Ban All Bad PowerPoints” is a two day lesson where students view a PowerPoint presentation, record the errors they found on a worksheet, and then make changes to the presentation before saving.
 
Just showed this lesson today and my students were glued to the screen. They enjoyed pointing out the errors and in fact, found one or two I hadn't thought of!

This is so cool! Great job! It's so hard to explain to students that Less is More! and not everything should be in neon! Thank you!

Love it! Students can learn so much from what "not" rather than a list of do's. I also like the suggestion of doing it in small groups. Can't wait to use it when I begin a presentation unit with my seventh and eighth graders.

 

Dance Mat Typing 
(Online Activity)

 
Welcome to Dance Mat Typing, a fun way to learn touch typing. There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages. You start by learning the home row keys. Each stage builds on previous lessons, introducing new letters as you progress. You’ll soon be touch typing like an expert! At the end of each level you can test your typing speed and get a fun reward.
 
 
 

You Never Know!
(Online Video)

 
Can you really know who that "friend" is?
 
 
 

Monday, July 27, 2015

Westward Expansion Trading Cards

 
Are you looking for a way to add interest to your Westward Expansion unit? Do you need more activities for your learning stations? “Westward Expansion Trading Cards” is a set of 54 trading cards highlighting people, events, locations, treaties and ideas. Print & laminate the cards to create a standard set of playing cards. "Educational Trading Card Games" details 3 original learning games. "Creating Educational Trading Cards" shows teachers and students how to make their own cards.
 
These trading cards are really great for children to see pictures of that time period. I will be using these in a center where the children will answer questions about the cards.

Always looking for ways to do "painless" research with my Library classes. Thanks!

Great trading cards. Thanks for the information about making your own!

 

Texas Independence (Online Activities)

 
The Texas Independence Web site seeks to restore Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Convention of 1836 to their rightful place in Texas history, of equal if not greater importance than the epic battles of 1835-36. Through innovative and exciting Web-based technologies, the site brings the struggle, compromise, and sacrifice of the Convention of 1836 to life. It introduces the men who founded a new nation to a new generation of Texans.
 
 
 

Fact-Filled Bingo:
Westward Expansion

 
Fact-Filled Bingo is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Westward Expansion unit. The talking robot calls out random western topics complete with pictures and interesting facts. 40 bingo cards are provided. Use the companion program Fact-Filled Slideshow and a SmartBoard/projector to highlight 48 different Old West topics. Again the talking robot does the narrating. As a bonus I’ve included the manual “Text-to-Speech” which teaches you how to make PowerPoints talk.
 
This is great, love it! Can't wait to use it with students.

Great fun! My students really enjoyed! Thank you!

Fantastic product! Thank you!

 

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Math and Car Bingo

 
Math & Car Bingo is a game you can play in the classroom to reinforce addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square root and exponent skills. Instead of drawing ping pong balls, the teacher randomly draws clue cards which provide equations for the students to solve. The answers are the numbers to cross off the bingo cards. And when school is out and the family is on vacation you can use the same materials to play license plate bingo and avoid the “Are We There Yet” syndrome.
 
Great fun! My students really enjoyed! Thank you!

Great practice!

 

Questionaut
(Online Activity)

 
Join Questionaut on his journey through strange worlds, and use your English, Maths and Science knowledge to recover his friend's hat.
 
 
 

Graphing: Survey Says

 
Are you looking for a lesson that combines survey taking and creating graphs on the computer? Are you concerned some students don’t have access to the required software? This lesson is for you! Learn how to create professionally looking graphs using a free online resource. A four page handout complete with pictures will show you how. Lesson plans with handouts detail the survey process. Included is a classroom game based upon the survey results.
 
Very thorough. Thank you. I look forward to using it with my students.
 

Thursday, July 23, 2015

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Infinite Worksheets:
In & Out Boxes

 
Tired of searching Google Images for free In/Out Box worksheets that are worth what you pay for them? Do you find those yearly subscription services are overpriced? “Infinite Worksheets: In & Out Boxes” is the solution for you! This PC/Mac compatible software gives you access to 50 unique In/Out Box worksheets: Addition (12), Subtraction (12), Multiplication (12), Division (12), and Algebra (2).

Do you have students that need additional help? Do you need multiple versions of the same worksheet to measure progress over time? Every time you select a worksheet all the examples change! Use the “Key” button to toggle between the worksheet and the answer sheet. Both can either be printed or saved as a JPEG file. Ideal for those who want to keep digital copies of their worksheets! TPT sellers are free to add created materials to their products without restrictions.

See how easily worksheets can be created by watching the following video:
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Infinite Worksheets:
Sampler (Free)

 
“Infinite Worksheets: Sampler” is a free computer program (PC/Mac) which allows you to select from a catalog of 10 sample worksheets from my Addition, Subtraction and In/Out Boxes Infinite Worksheets products. The software is fully functional and allows you to create copies in a matter of minutes. Completed worksheets can either be printed or saved as a jpeg image to be inserted into digital content. With the touch of a button an answer sheet can be produced. There are no copyright limitations so worksheet image files can be inserted into commercially sold products. Need an additional copy with different examples? Every time you select a worksheet you create a new, unique version. Like what you see? Check out the full versions!
 
 
 
 

Grand Prix Multiplication
(Free Activity)

 
Grand Prix Multiplication is a multi-player racing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race one another while practicing their multiplication facts! Standards: 3.OA.C.7: Fluently multiply and divide within 100.
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Word Wall Brick Factory

 
Word Wall Brick Factory is software which allows teachers and students to create decorative bricks for word walls. Give your bulletin boards a professional look by choosing from 32 brick types, 10 fonts and 16 font colors. Visit the computer lab and let your students create bricks displaying hard to spell words and subject matter vocabulary. Completed brick pages can either be printed or saved as jpeg images to be inserted into digital content. No copyright limitations! (PC & Mac)
 
 
 

Get Motivated!  (Creating Motivational Posters)

 
Walls are dominated by an egg shell white. Bulletin boards are adorned with posters and borders filled with tack holes. It’s open house and you have the drabbest room in the wing. What do you do? “Get Motivated!” teaches you how to use an online utility that allows you to create bulletin boards, display class rules, and decorate walls. An easy to understand user guide complete with screenshots makes it easy for students to create binder covers, PowerPoint slides, and colorful report pages.
 
What this did was show me a bunch of really cool resources for making projects and graphics! What I wanted originally was a customized motivational poster. But when I found his site what I actually did was make a magazine cover.
 

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Westward Expansion Trading Cards

 
Are you looking for a way to add interest to your Westward Expansion unit? Do you need more activities for your learning stations? “Westward Expansion Trading Cards” is a set of 54 trading cards highlighting people, events, locations, treaties and ideas. Print & laminate the cards to create a standard set of playing cards. "Educational Trading Card Games" details 3 original learning games. "Creating Educational Trading Cards" shows teachers and students how to make their own cards.
 
These trading cards are really great for children to see pictures of that time period. I will be using these in a center where the children will answer questions about the cards.

Always looking for ways to do "painless" research with my Library classes. Thanks!

Great trading cards. Thanks for the information about making your own!

 

Texas Independence (Online Activities)

 
The Texas Independence Web site seeks to restore Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Convention of 1836 to their rightful place in Texas history, of equal if not greater importance than the epic battles of 1835-36. Through innovative and exciting Web-based technologies, the site brings the struggle, compromise, and sacrifice of the Convention of 1836 to life. It introduces the men who founded a new nation to a new generation of Texans.
 
 
 

Fact-Filled Bingo:
Westward Expansion

 
Fact-Filled Bingo is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Westward Expansion unit. The talking robot calls out random western topics complete with pictures and interesting facts. 40 bingo cards are provided. Use the companion program Fact-Filled Slideshow and a SmartBoard/projector to highlight 48 different Old West topics. Again the talking robot does the narrating. As a bonus I’ve included the manual “Text-to-Speech” which teaches you how to make PowerPoints talk.
 
This is great, love it! Can't wait to use it with students.

Great fun! My students really enjoyed! Thank you!

Fantastic product! Thank you!

 

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Usually when I tell my students that we are going to learn how to write poems, some of them say, “I can’t write a poem,” or “Yuck, Poetry!.” By the end of the  workshop, which takes about 2-3 weeks, most of the kids realize that they can in fact write all sorts of poems and they even like it.

I start my workshop by letting them know that they will be making an interactive poetry booklet of different types of poems and that we will pick one to be published in a book that comes out in May or June. They really love the idea of having a published poem. 

I show them the book from previous years and read some poems for them. Now they’re really hooked.

This was one of the poems that I read. It was written by a 6th grade boy who had no idea that he was a poet until he wrote this. It was published in the book entitled, “A Celebration of Young Poets,”  which was one of the top poems for grades 4-6. So proud of him. What is so great about this company is that all the kids who send in a poem get published.

Azure Drake
Azure blossoms at my feet
Beside the road smelling sweet
To the shade of a Sycamore tree
Swaying branches over me…. Whispering
Footsteps coming down the path
An ancient one with wooden staff
Long white beard and cloak blue smeared
Electric eyes not to be feared….Scintillating
A Druid friend from long ago
The magic words sure to know
Staff held high over azure flowers
Secret words of light and power….Conjuring
Rustling in the indigo bed
Rising up scales, tail and head
Wisdom eyes, majestic wings
Breath of lightning, Dragon sings….Thundering
Climbing on blue scaled back
Soaring on white cloud track
Snowcapped mountains, Seas of sand
Born of air, Free of land….Dreaming
                                                                by Sean Hayden

After this introduction there is an overview of the types of poems we’ll be
writing.


1.  Acrostic  is a very simple poem and kids have fun with it. You come up with a subject such as Summer, you write the word down the side of the page. You then come up with a word or phrase that   begins with each letter in the word and describes your subject.
    So many happy weeks
    Under the beach umbrella
    Making castles in the sand
    Moving, splashing, swimming
    Every day till evening comes
    Remembering all the fun

2. Limerick is a humorous or nonsense poem with 5 lines. Edward Lear
      made them famous in the 1800s, when he wrote the :Book of
      Nonsense.” Easy to write and the kids love doing these… The 1st,
      2nd, and fifth lines rhyme and usually have 7-9 syllables.
      The 3rd, and  4th lines rhyme with each other and have 5-6
      syllables. They usually begin with, “There once was a- - -,”
      You should read some limericks from Lear’s book… Here’s one:

There was an Old Man with a beard,
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, “It is just as I feared!-
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nest in my beard.
                                                       By Edward Lear  
  
3 Riddle is a type of poem where something is described without
    actually saying what it is. There is a punch line which is the answer
    to what has been described. Riddles are usually funny and can
    rhyme if the author wants, however, they don’t have to rhyme. You
    can do this as a collaborative activity, have each group come up
    with a riddle and have other students guess.
   
    What is black, white and read all over?
    Answer: A newspaper.

 4.  Cinquain  is a type of poem  that was created by Adelaide Crapsey. It is a
     type of poetry consisting of 5 lines with a certain amount of syllables
     in each. The !st line has two syllables and starts with a subject. The 2nd
     line has 4 syllables and describes the subject. The 3rd line has six
     syllables and shows action about the subject, The 4th line has 8 syllables
     indicates feelings about the subject, and the 5th line has two syllables and
     is a synonym taking the place of the subject.

   Kayla
    The red husky
    runs, jumps, plays and licks me
    sweet, friendly, playful, happy
    my dog.

5.  Diamante  is a poem that was developed by Iris Tiedt in 1969. It is shaped like a
    diamond with 7 lines and uses different types of words that do
    not  have to rhyme. 1st line: Starting subject (noun), 2nd line two
    adjectives to describe 1st line, 3rd line write three verbs, to
    go along with 1st line 4th line write a short phrase about line 1
    and a short phrase about line 7. 5th line, write 3 verbs about
    line 7, 6th line two adjectives about line 7, 7th line write the
    end noun or subject.

Summer
Sunny hot
Sweltering tanning snorkeling
Family vacation Christmas holiday
sledding, skating, snowmen
Freezing cold
Winter.

 6. Haiku is a type of poem that is traditional to Japan. It consists of
     3 lines. Line one has 5 syllables, Line 2 has seven syllables, and line 3
     has five syllables. This type of poem seldom rhymes.

                                                Over the Wintry
Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.    
                                            by  Natsume Soseki
                                                                                          

7.  Shape Poem is a poem that describes an object and is shaped
     like the object that it is describing. They are to use as many adjectives
     they can.

A
volcano
a large mountain,
erupting and shooting
lava into the sky! Making all
the people run away. So much
black smoke in the air. Red hot lava
flowing through the cracks and down
the sides. Covering everything in its path.


 8. Free Verse is a poem that may or may not rhyme and it has no set pattern to it. An example is Sean’s poem. 

What needs to be stressed to the class is that they should continue to use sensory words, colorful adjectives, as well as nouns, verbs and adverbs.
I introduce the poetry workshop using the following: I have a number of cards that I copy for each student with these words: noun, adjective, adverb, verb, smell, touch, hear, taste, feel. The first lesson is to shuffle the cards and turn them over so that they cannot see the word. They are to pick a card and write a word that corresponds with it, then put the card on the bottom of the pile. For example: noun they might write down the word- bird, adjective - pretty, taste-sweet, and so on. After they have come up with a word for each card. They shuffle them again and come up with more words. They then write a little poem using only these words and draw a picture to go along with it.

Another activity that we’ve had fun with is to have a day of writing sensory poems. I would bring in cotton, sandpaper, a rock, string, a spoon, etc. and put one item in a paper bag. The kids would put their hand inside it and touch the object without looking at it. Next we’d brainstorm what words could be used to describe the sense of touch. They’d have to write a free verse poem using only these feeling words and could not mention what the actual object was. You can use the same item for everyone, or vary them. This was done for all the senses as well. I bring in coffee beans, peanut butter, a flower for smell; hard candies for taste; I’d play a CD for hearing, for sight, I have a sand painting in a goldfish bowl. They look at it and write a poem about it.

We usually do poetry in the spring so pick a sunny day, bring the class
outside and have them write a poem about nature, just using sensory words. Some of my kids would lie under a tree in front of the school and look up at it. Others would look at insects or flowers or just lie down and look at clouds. Some interesting poems came out of this.

My partner who teaches science suggested that we collaborate. He would teach them the biological and scientific aspects of our senses which made the lesson more valuable and memorable. Love the teamwork.

Stay tuned for my  poetry workshop interactive notebook and more. I'm working on it now and it should be ready soon.

Thanks so much for reading my post.

                         Deann

 Resources:
1.  Celebration of Young Poets- Creative Communication, Inc.
    90 North 100 East
    Logan, UT 84321
    www.poeticpower.com
2.  https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-diamante-poem
3.  https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-cinquain
4.  http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
5.  http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick.htm
6.  https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-shape-poem
7. https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-riddle
8. http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/limericks-by-edward-lear
9. http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Fabulous-Forms-Poetry-Brainstorming/dp/0439073464/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0780FM4030ATDFPFY8VK
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