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center is a staple in my weekly literacy center rotation. It is also a favorite of my students. I utilize the following wonderful and FREE sites: www.Spellingcity.com and www.Starfall.com. I have the students go to theses sites each week during center time and while we are at
the computer lab. To make sure my students are participating in a worthwhile learning experience, I created direction sheets. By using the direction sheets, I am able to ensure that my students are focusing on a
specific phonic element and are reviewing their weekly spelling words. So even though, they are visiting the same web sites each week, they are playing different games and/or focusing on a different spelling or phonetic skill.
Click on the pictures below to download your own set of directions! I have the premium membership and it is amazing! I love to have my students use their personal passwords and go onto SpellingCity.com as a an alternative to doing written spelling homework. They love it, too!
These are super!! I am a kindergarten teacher and we have a new website that our school pays for.http://www.studyisland.com/.im not saying it great by any means but we have to use it:) its a little and by a little i mean diffcult for kids to log on to and go to assignmenta....I am very curious as to how you made these instructions?!? I know you are busy but any help would be so awesome!
ReplyDeleteJessica, I took screen shots of the web page and inserted them into a Word document just as you would a graphic.
DeleteOH... I am all about the membership giveaway!!! This is awesome. I use the site in class, but do not have a membership.
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THANKS!
You are fabulous! That must have taken some time to compile these directions! Thanks for sharing them!
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Live2Learn
I saw these ideas on Pinterest and they were on my {long} to do list tonight! Thank you so much for making exactly what I needed! I love following your blog and seeing all of your amazing ideas.
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You have a wonderful site! I love it, thanks for sharing!! How do we enter to win?
ReplyDeleteThese are PERFECT. And Brilliant! :)
ReplyDeleteA Teeny Tiny Teacher
Have you hear of Professor Garfield or pbskids? Those are two great free sites!
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Thank you . I use starfall with my K kids and they love it. This will help them go where I want them to work.
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Fun In First
Super!! These will be great for our computer lab! =)
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First Grade Blue Skies
Thank you so much for sharing! They will certainly be useful for the younger students in my school.
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Teaching...My Calling
Thanks for sharing this! I will be using it with my students! They LOVE spelling city!
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Oh good, we use the same series, so this is a great help!
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Thanks for sharing this. I love it! My kids love starfall and I would love to be more intentional with what I ask them to do on there. I appreciate the directions you shared as well. Now I might be able to let them use some different sites that they needed more explicit directions for.
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thanks for this download! I've working on creating something like this! I love when I just have to work smarter not harder :)
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Thank you so much for sharing these! They will come in handy next year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this, it's great! Also, have you tried a site called xtramath? It's also free and provides wonderful practice for math fact fluency.
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