Week 5 - Instructional Software
Drill and practice-
ixl.com
This website allows students to practice math skills and concepts. You can specify the grade level and actual skill you want students to practice. Students can earn awards for completing problems correctly.
Tutorial-
http://www.khanacademy.org/
This website uses videos to teach the lessons chosen. Students may then practice the skills learned. The computer will offer hints if needed and has the students repeat the lesson if they answer a certain number of questions incorrectly.
Simulation-
http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm
This website is a simulation of an owl pellet dissection. It is fabulous! It lets students read about information regarding owl pellets, how to dissect owl pellets, and then provides a virtual dissection. We dissect owl pellets in 3rd grade, but I'm going to use this as a before activity.
Instructional games-
http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html
This website has SEVERAL instructional games to use in your classroom to help make practice more fun for your students. I have used Big Wheel, Sunken Treasure, and Allign the Stars. They're great because you don't have to type in the template. I use them for vocabulary practice.
Problem solving-
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/problemsolving.html
This website has some fabulous problem solving activities. I tried some myself and had some difficulty. I had to play them a couple of times to be successful. I'm very interested to see how my students do.
Integrated learning systems-
http://www.classworks.com/
This website allows students take a diagnostic test and an individualized learning path is assigned based on those test results. Lessons and practice are given based on the student's needs. Teachers may adjust those paths as needed. There is a cost for this learning system.
Twitter reference
tweeted by @pbskids:Have fun practicing addition skills in SPACESHIP POWER-UP, a new
The website has some neat games for students. I played some math and problem solving games. I think my 3rd graders will really enjoy this!
My son has used khanacademy.com and on the SMARTBoard at our schools we have used ixl.com. My kids loved that. I also wrote down the others that I haven't heard of and will be visiting these sights to see how I can use them in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing. I love IXL too and love how they send detailed e-mails about student’s progress. I enjoyed exploring the other websites you listed. I remember when my daughter was in 3rd and she talked about the owl pellets!!!! That site must be wonderful along with your science lesson! Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou had some great websites listed. I have used most of them and they are definitely on my favorites list! My school system just started to use classworks, is this something you use in your classroom?
ReplyDeleteWe do not use classworks, but it looks great! Let me know how you like it.
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