- Westwood Elementary School
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General Resources
Administrator and Student Directions Directions for Administrators and Students MCA Student Tutorials Tutorials that are shown up to 1 week before testing Student Samplers Samplers for Students Pearson Next MCA Testing Site Login to Pearson Next MCA Testing Westwood Information Google Site Ed Tech Who Do I Contact? Staff Roles and Responsibilities SMARTboard Resources BrainPop Google Calendar Education World Find lesson plans, ways to develop professionally, technology integration ideas and other information about school issues. Wordle Create cool "word clouds" from text The Teacher's Guide Find lesson plans and more History Teacher Find resources for teaching history VisuWords Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts Treasures ConnectEd McGraw-Hill Treasures Leveled Reader Database Language Arts Wiki Nancy Kean Look for books that will help you teach different genres or topics Audio/Video/Presentation Resources - some websites may be blocked in-district
Animoto Photo presentations Big Huge Labs Create and print personalized motivational posters, calendars, movie posters, magazine covers, badges, mosaics, and collages Blabberize Using photos for messages Blogs -
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Kidblog
WordpressOnline conversation Concrete Poetry Draw or choose a picture and add a poem to it Glogster Online digital posters Google Maps/Earth To create literature tours Jeopardy Labs Online Jeopardy game creator Make Believe Comix Make your own comic strip Mixbook Photobook creator Pocket Mod Book that prints and folds into a mini-book Prezi Online presentations in poster-board format Realewriter For creating picture books with real pictures Storybird Use donated artwork to create a story around Tagxedo or Wordle Word clouds Time Glider Timeline software Voicethread Voice, video, photo discussion forums
Intervention ResourcesIntervention Central Intervention Central provides teachers, schools and districts with free resources to help struggling learners and implement Response to Intervention. International Reading Association Find articles, lesson plans and other resources from other literacy professionals. Promising Practices Network The PNN website is a unique resource that offers credible, research-based information on what works to improve the lives of children and families. Intervention Techniques Here's a place where you can find effective teaching techniques. Students studying special educaiton at the University of Virginia and East Tennessee State University have read and summarized scores of research articles about teaching techniques for exceptional learners. Literacy Information and Communication System Find and use evidence-based research to make decisions about reading instruction. Education Oasis Find printables, lesson plans, graphic organizations and other resources to help you teach.
