Math Fluency Facts - Worksheet GeneratorIf you teach math, this is a must-have on your favorites bar! This worksheet generator contains 93 different worksheets that you can customize. The sheet even contains a description and alignment page that breaks down the worksheets into grade level. It includes worksheets for grades K-12. Check it out below. In order to use the worksheet generator, follow the step-by step instructions on the directions sheet. This will explain how to customize the worksheet to fit your class needs, as well as how to print correclty. It's easy peasy!
These math sheets are great for math methods where they must be efficient and accurate with their answers. These could be incorporated into any math lesson as a warm up, exit ticket, or use with an instructional strategy. Happy Mathing! CLICK HERE FOR MATH FLUENCY FACTS - WORKSHEET GENERATOR
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Google Arts & CultureSeveral of our teachers have been using Google Arts and Culture this year to enrich their lessons. We all know many of students today learn best visually. Look no further than Google Arts and Culture to provide easily accessible visuals to enhance your lessons.
Google Arts and Culture features thousands of art collections broken down by theme, movements, mediums, artist, historical figures, and places. You can even explore places, museums, and galleries using Google Street View! Classroom Uses:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE Join us each day as we count down the 12 Days of Techmas! Each day will feature news you can use on all sorts of technology you can add to your tech toolbelt! Tis' the season for technology! Mystery Animal GameGoogle Voice Experiments recently released this Mystery Animal game. The objective is to figure out the Mystery Animal by asking no more than 20 yes or no questions. This little gem can be played right in your classroom as long as you have a mic. Use your webcam or document camera with a mic to make this a whole class game, or have students play in groups using a chromebook or iPad.
This is a great way for students to practice critical thinking skills! For the record, some of the mystery animals are very challenging and could stump even a high- schooler, while some are easy enough for a Kindergartner. It's all in the questioning. Tip: Have students brainstorm their questions first using Padlet or a Google Doc. Suggested Questions: Are you an herbivore? Can you be found in Asia? Do you live underwater? Do you lay eggs? Do you have feathers? Do you hibernate? CLICK HERE TO PLAY MYSTERY ANIMAL Autodraw is part of Google's A.I. Experiments. It boasts a new style of drawing, by allowing a machine's artificial intelligence to interpret what you are drawing. In a matter of seconds, your not so artsy doodle can turn into a professional looking visual. We all know our students can be great visual learners, and AutoDraw is perfect for that. AutoDraw is simple to use, but can in fact help students and teachers unleash their creativity. AutoDraw is completely free and can be used on any device. Drawings can be downloaded and saved, or can be shared on social media or by copying the link! CLASSROOM USES
3. Use the following tools to help create your drawing.
Watch this brief video on how you can create an awesome visual with no artistic skill whatsoever! Check out my before and after...eek! In our last blog post, we walked you through how to find add-ons. This week we want to share our favorite add-ons for Docs, Sheets, and Forms. We think this list includes the most useful add-ons for teachers and the classroom. Add-Ons for Docs
Add-Ons for Sheets
Google Form Add-Ons
Add-ons are available within Google Docs, Sheets, and Forms. They are developed by 3rd party developers, not by Google. Add-ons let you do more with Docs, Sheets, and Forms, and open up new useful features. Watch our quick video on how to find add-ons in Docs, Sheets, and Forms. Google Street View can be found within Google Maps. It provides streetside panoramic views from several places around the world. Street View can provide an immersive cultural experience by knocking down the walls of the classroom, and allowing students to experience the world at their fingertips!
Padlet is an app that gives students a completely blank wall for students to "post" their ideas. Think of Padlet as one BIG sticky note full of student led ideas! Padlet's virtual wall is best used for creation and collaboration. Teachers can provide students with a specific topic or prompt and students begin to fill the virtual wall with links, pictures, notes, etc.
1. Bubblegum Oldies This is my ALL TIME favorite station for the classroom! Bring the 50's vibe into your classroom with this station. It is perfect when students are up and moving. Use this when students are having group discussions, changing stations, or completing active lessons. 2. Vitamin String Quartet This is a student favorite! Vitamin String Quartet takes billboard hits and creates instrumentals with just violins! From country to hip hop this station is great to keep students productive and moving. 3. Easy Listening Radio This station is all about smooooth listening. This station is great for high schoolers when working individually. Features artist like Adele, Jason Mraz, Micheal Buble, Glenn Miller, and Frank Sinatra. 4. Sinstrumentals Radio Perfect for productivity! The beats on this station are great when you need your students to work at a steady pace. Completely instrumental but with an easy hip hop edge that your students will love! 5. Nature Sounds with Music Radio
Create a calming atmosphere when necessary. This station plays slow instrumental tones with nature sounds like rain, thunder, or birds in the background. Document cameras can be the fastest and easiest way to integrate technology into your classroom. However, it is SO much more than just a camera! In our district, most document cameras have pretty advanced software that can be used for a multitude of activities. Read below to find out new ways to use your document camera! Document Camera Tools Most document cameras have software that supports the following features:
How Can I Use These Features? Record Everything! I can't stress how much time you will save by recording lessons, notes, explanations, etc. Examples:
Interactive Notebooking Hit record and demonstrate how-to cut and paste work into an interactive notebook. It will save to the archive manager, and you can later share it to individual student devices, or share whole class. Students can watch it as many times as necessary without you having to repeat the instructions multiple times. I LOVE interactive notebooks, and this was a lifesaver! Reading Outloud Place a book or novel under the camera and zoom if necessary to visually enlarge the pages for students. Demonstrate active reading for your students by using the annotation feature. Take notes in margins, highlight main ideas, or underline new vocab terms. Hold a quick lesson on punctuation as well. Jumbotron My students always loved this! When students are working in groups appropriately, turn the camera on them and show them on the "jumbotron." This is a great way to get off task kiddos back on track. Sometimes, I would capture the group's photo and leave it displayed on the screen for the next class to see. The next class would work hard in groups to see if they could get their photo on the "jumbotron." You can also use it to display exemplars in student work! Webcam Use the camera and audio feature just like a webcam! Take digital field trips, connect with another class, or video conference with a colleague or guest speaker. Absent Students Take photos or record work during your daily lesson. Share it with students who are absent. Student Projects Let students or groups record themselves presenting a project. This could be simply presenting a poster, letting a student present a lesson, or having them create a fun news broadcast. You can archive the videos and then upload them onto a class Youtube page for students and parents to view. Save and Share All images and recordings automatically save within the archive manager in the document camera software. Scan student work and share it on your class website, with parents, or students. Create folders or "stack" as the software may call it, and keep them to use the next year. Show and Tell Younger students can show off objects they bring to class, by zooming in, rotating, and even recording themselves presenting the object. Whole Class Discussion When presenting a document or picture, allow students to come up and write or type in thoughts or answers using the annotation tool. When finished, make sure to take a quick snapshot of the document to store in your archives. Before and After Use split screen to display how work should look before and after. Scan Mulitiple Pages Use the time-lapse feature to scan multiple pages or images quickly. You can then open the images and annotate them. Keep in mind each document scanner brand and version does slightly vary. If you need help locating these features, or would like a session on how to use them, please email [email protected].
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