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Sight Words Games

January 18, 2017 by Elyse Quill

As an educator and tutor, I have come across tons of sight words websites and apps that I have found to be helpful in one way or another. Many of these resources can be made into games but they are not always customizable. Recently, I came across SightWords.com, a web-based resource that offers lessons with research-based strategies for teaching sight words as well as flash cards and a wide variety of games that can be generated with preset lists or a custom set of words.

If you are looking for an easy way to make flash cards to help your students learn their sight words, whether the focus is on Dolch, Fry or any other set of sight words, use the Flash Card Generator for printable full-page, half-page or quarter-page flashcards. These cards can be created quickly with any or all Dolch or Fry word lists. There is also the option to type in other words to create custom flash cards with a limit of 24 words at a time.

The other option is to create custom flash cards by typing words in the boxes under

Happy Hour of Code 2016!

December 7, 2016 by Elyse Quill

As some of you may already know, this week is “Hour of Code” week. Schools all over the world are participating in the “Hour of Code” to encourage students to learn crucial computer science skills, not limited only to technology but also logic, problem-solving and creativity. Even if your school is not officially participating in “Hour of Code” this week, you can still promote this skills throughout the year. Below is a list of resources curated and collected by a fellow contributor of Participate Learning, Wes Hall…

*Note: Scroll down to see all of the resources in this collection

These are amazing resources for children ranging from iPad apps and websites to board games such as the Robot Turtles board game. This is a fun way to encourage elementary-aged children to develop an understanding of coding and programming. Click the image below to purchase the game on Amazon.com:

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Tips for Creating and Managing your Classroom Technology Center

November 24, 2016 by Elyse Quill

If you have one or more desktop computers or laptops for students to use in your classroom, here are some helpful tips for creating and managing your classroom’s Technology center:

1. Use an online bookmarking tool to store and organize your favorite websites. My favorite is Symbaloo because of its visual interface. Each tile visually shows the website to which it is linked and clicking on the tile automatically launches that site. Below is the Symbaloo page I set up for my son’s First grade class (drag the scroll bar on the bottom of the webmix below to the right to see all of the resources). Symbaloo allows you to add markers to group websites by subject (see the tile background colors below). These webmixes can be shared with a simple link you can send to parents for easy home access to the resources. Also keep in mind that you can create more than one webmix on your account so you can have one for each subject or keep a separate private webmix for your PD resources or your favorite online teacher resources. The best part is that Symbaloo is free – register here to get started. (Note: There is a Pro version but it is really not necessary to purchase this paid plan, at least not initially.) More information about Symbaloo coming soon… please subscribe for updates!

2. Keep student login credentials for subscription websites in a bin at the technology center. Each student should have their own laminated login cards for each program that requires login access. If there are multiple cards for each student, hole punch the laminated cards and put them on a binder ring such as the one below.
3. Use task cards to direct students toward specific activities. Check out the Tech Time Activity Cards in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Below is a preview of the product…

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4. Keep a binder or clipboard with daily technology log sheets so that when your students use the computers, they can write their name and the activity they completed. This will help you keep track of what your students are doing during Technology time. Click here to download this Activity Log freebie from my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

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Please come back often for more tips on successfully managing the Technology center in your classroom.

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Sight Words Games

Happy Hour of Code 2016!

Tips for Creating and Managing your Classroom Technology Center

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