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Reading and Math Educational Websites

Reading:

Math:

Additional online K-12 teacher resources:

How to add these sites to the school folder

As with any other educational technology tool, educational websites should be used as part of a planned lesson to teach core curriculum concepts. For example:

Anticipatory Set - A short activity, dispatch or prompt that focuses the students' attention and ties previous lessons to today's lesson.
Purpose - An explanation of the importance of this lesson and a statement concerning what students will be able to do when they have completed it.
Input - The vocabulary, skills, and concepts to be learned.
Modeling - The teacher demonstrates what is to be learned
Guided Practice - The teacher leads the students through the steps necessary to perform the skill using multiple modalities.
Checking For Understanding - The teacher uses a variety of questioning strategies to determine if the students are understanding.
Independent Practice - The teacher releases students to practice on their own.
Closure - A review or wrap-up of the lesson.

Example:

Patterns

Core Curriculum: 1st Grade Mathematics, Standard 2, Objective 1
Anticipatory Set: Patterns Shape Our World
Purpose: identify, create, and label repeating patterns using objects, pictures, and symbolic notation
Input: Mathematical language - attribute, repeating patterns
Modeling: Eyes on the "big screen"
Guided Practice: Polk Dot Shorts
Checking For Understanding: Pattern Dots
Independent Practice: Kid Pix Patterns
Closure: View student project and review concepts and vocabulary learned

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