December 2008
Super Action Comic Maker
Easy to use Comic Creator to inspire story-telling.
Choose the background for your Action hero. Use the slider to choose the pose. Add speech bubbles and text. Click next top add up to six frames.
November 2008
BigUniverse.com
Read & Create Children's Picture Books Online - Great authoring tool for creating your own books. Use the library of pictures or upload your own.
Writing Fun by Jenny Eather- helping kids write using text organizers.
Excellent site for different genre examples and organizers. Takes time to get familar with site but worth it. Nice for smartboard as there is a write online feature.
October 2008
On the Tip of My Tongue
Index of Idiomatic expressions, spanish and french equivalents, some cartoon examples, audiory samples, contextual examples
June 2008
Wordle: using word clouds in a lesson
Nice example of how to use wordle in the classroom as a pre-reading strategy.
September 2007
eWord Game
Companion to textbook Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary but still useful for grades 1-6. Hover over the word or definition to hear it read aloud.
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