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September, 2009                                                 Newsletter Archive

The month of September has been very busy with testing using MAP.  Information for MAP can be found at www.wnea.org.

Contact your MAP coordinators for your username and password to make the most of your assessment data from MAP.

Websites that made me say WOW this month:

• Creative Bulletin board ideas: http://www.thevirtualvine.com/displays.html

• Online books- good for  your electronic whiteboard:

  • Tumble Books - Available through various library sites, you don't have to acquire a trial username/password.  Try http://www.co.napa.ca.us/Library/Site/4/142/378/TumbleBooks.aspx

  • New York Public Library list of e-book sites: http://kids.nypl.org/reading/Childrensebooks.cfm

  • Any kind of book you can think of for kids to make.  Most use power point! http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/

Worksheet Websites - September's most asked question- Do we have a school subscription to edHelper?

Here are some alternatives that are free:

• Teacher Net Worksheet Generator: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/make-your-own/

• Hot Chalk: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Worksheets.htm

• Rhyme a Week - family words - complete with vocabulary card pictures: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm#Seventy_One

• A Compact for Reading & School Home Links: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/index.html

• A to Z Teacher Stuff Printables: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/index.shtml

• ABC Teach: http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/

• Super Teacher Worksheets: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/

New for your Interactive Whiteboard

Teacher LED - http://www.teacherled.com/   (You'll also find this on the Smartboard page of The Joy of Teaching Technology website.

Sites passed on by the Glendover Staff:

• From Cindy Meadows who got it from a parent: from the Lexington Public Library site use your library card number to download eAudiobooks from the netlibrary link found under Services and Resources.  You'll have 21 days to listen to the book.

• Lauren Rister is using Harcourt.

EnJOY teaching,

JOY

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