SPS Tech News
Term 1 Week 3
Welcome
The Mathematics Shed
Did you know The Literacy Shed has a friend...The Mathematics Shed? Go there to find some videos to help teach Maths concepts. It's only relatively new so not heaps of resources yet. Hopefully it ends up being as detailed as The Literacy Shed.
Maths Warriors
National Geographic Mapping Interactive
This website is a mapping interactive that allows you to view representations of various statistics on a worldwide scale e.g. populations density, human footprint, earthquakes, temperature.
This site also allows students to use a measuring tool to locate distances between locations. Additionally there are drawing tools and markers for students to place on maps.
Each interactive map created is given an individual link so students can share their work.
NAPLAN Teaching Strategies
Have you seen the NAPLAN Teaching Strategies websites? They have lesson ideas associated with outcomes, including WALT (We Are Learning To - Visible Learning) statements. Stuck for an idea on how to teach an outcome??? Search in NAPLAN Teaching strategies websites. Very easy to navigate.
NAPLAN 2011 Teaching Strategies -
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/naplan/teachstrategies/yr2011/
NAPLAN 2012 Teaching Strategies -
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/naplan/teachstrategies/yr2012/
NAPLAN 2013 Teaching Strategies -
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/naplan/teachstrategies/yr2013/
Block Posters
Here's a handy website for making classroom displays. First you upload any picture, then the website will enlarge it over a number of pages (you choose the dimensions). When you print the poster from the website the pieces fit together to make a poster.
Spelling Activities
Are you looking for some new and different spelling tasks? Here are 40 things to do with your spelling words, ready to print and laminate.
http://fortheloveofenglish.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/2010-spelling-activities.pdf