Treats for Teachers – Dec.2 – Dec.9,2011

TOOLS

Wordle
Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from texts, giving prominence to frequently appearing words. You provide the text and then tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes to create imaginative notebook covers, posters, wall art or even to present a jumble of word ideas that can get the class thinking.

Printable Certificate
Encourage your students by creating custom certificates to appreciate their unique talents. Batch printing is supported to speed the printing of multiple certificates or to a list of recipients.

States Trivia Printable Board Game
Print this board game with question cards for your students and travel around the USA while answering trivia questions.

Custom Duty Chart
Get your students involved in the classroom by creating your own custom duty roster for various tasks around the classroom. You can choose from a wide range of themes provided and follow the easy steps. To save paper, the chart can even be laminated so that you just wipe it clean every week.

RESOURCES

EduPic
Liven up lessons, projects and reports with images and graphics. All photographs are free for use for educational purposes.

Word Scramble
Part of a series of Brain Games, Word Scramble requires you to unscramble words within 30 seconds to build up attention, reasoning and speed. Hints are provided and scores can be tracked to note improvement.

Online Children’s story books
Here’s an online collection of illustrated story books for children of all ages, from pre-schoolers to young adults. Audio versions are included with some. Also available are an assortment of riddles, puzzles games and quizzes.

Science and Technology of WW2
70 years ago on December 7 the Japanese fleets attacked Pearl Harbor. This is a chance for students and teachers to broaden their understanding of WW2 history with these lesson plans and activities put together by the National WWII Museum.

GIVEAWAYS OF THE WEEK

Book Giveaway For Teaching Children With High-Functioning Autism: Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom
Here’s a book designed to provide practical ideas and support to teachers who have students with high-functioning autism in their classroom, as well as integrating various therapies within a classroom, suggestions for assessing students’ learning, and a range of teaching ideas. You could win this helpful guide book here.