Links to My Resources

Here are some links to resources that I have created:

5th Grade Science

Educational LiveBinder

Formative Assessment LiveBinder

Smart Board LiveBinder

Useful Links For Smart Slates

Here are some useful links to help with the Smart Slate:

Smart Exchange

TechSMART Tutorials

SMART Notebook Tutorials

Simple K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Getting Ready for a New Year!

I'm eager to create a new Smart Slate lesson for my Language Arts class--unfortunately not so eager that I got started on it over break like I had planned, though!  Prior to break, I had lofty visions of watching Smart Slate tutorials, gaining new skills, and creating several lessons, but just like my plans to clean closets, organize my personal photos, and complete some sewing projects, somehow relaxing and enjoying myself got in the way.  I don't have any pangs of guilt, though; sometimes people just need to step back and take it easy.


Now that we're just about to get back into the swing of things, though, I do plan to start my next lesson.  I'm planning a unit on opinion writing with the other 5th grade teachers in the building, and I plan to put it all together on the Smart Slate, similar to my unit on simile and metaphor that I completed several weeks ago.  It was great to have all the worksheets, activities, PowerPoints, and videos all linked together for easy access, and I hope to complete this process with other lessons as well.  For one of the first activities for the opinion writing unit, I plan to discuss the difference between fact and opinion, and then have several statements accompanied by pull tabs that reveal either the word "fact" or "opinion."  The students really enjoyed the pull tab math lesson I had created awhile ago, and I think they'll be excited to have another chance to use the pull tabs in class.