This
site is a wonderful sight written by the students of Gotha Middle School
in Florida. The information
created and given is written on a student level and is easy to understand.
It includes not only a World of English area that I would want the
students to use, but it also includes other middle school level topics of
information like US government and algebra. Using this site is extremely
easy. The only weakness is
that it is limited in the information it provides and may not have areas
of interest for all students nation-wide.
This site relates to the writing content standards #3 and #17.
This
site is for all students grades k-8.
The site is sponsored by Syvum Technologies.
It is online interactive education and learning activities for
kids. Subject areas included
are math, English, science, and languages.
Many academic standards are emphasized in the activities on this
site including reading #12 and writing #17.
Information is supplied in the following English curriculum areas:
poems and rhyming, and verbs and pronouns. The site invites interaction in
that its layout is brightly colored and easy to read and is easy to use
and understand. I like this
site as it gives immediate feedback to the user on how they did.
www.cctc.comnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
This
site is a guide to grammar and writing for students in junior high and
high school. The student is
able to choose from several areas from sentences to paragraphs to essays
to research papers. The site
also covers grammar and mechanical help to a writer.
This site coincides extremely well with many of the standards in
writing especially #17. It covers different types of writing and the
grammar conventions also. This site would be awesome for both students to view for help
and teachers to use to supplement writing units.
This site is hosted by Professor of English Charles Darling from
Capital Community College in Hartford, Conn.
This
site is for student and teacher. The
puzzle maker program works well for teachers who are making games for
students. I do this weekly for spelling and vocabulary.
My students have used this program when completing novel contract
requirements. The site is
very easy to use in that it provides simple instructions.
Other features of interest to me at this site are the clip art and
the dictionary plus. The dictionary plus is also a thesaurus. Student
could use this to define words for their weekly spelling units, when
writing, and when reading. Discovery
or Discovery Schools is the maker of this site.
This is one of my favorites.
This
site is great. I especially
like the mind stretchers. They
vary in degree or level and type. There
are inventions, games, stories, and puzzles that encourage thinking
skills. I love to start or
end the class with a brainteaser. This
site is superb for this area. Although,
this is not directly related to an English standard, don’t we all need
to exert and bend the mind? This site is co-sponsored by the Association
of the US Army and the Network for Instructional TV, Inc.
This
site is extremely useful to students doing research. The reference material is so accessible and relevant to
student projects. Using this
site teaches students research skills and helps them find information
needed. We have used this
site in researching authors and books.
Any classroom could use this vital site on a daily basis.
This site is applicable to the reading standard #21 by using a
media center for study and research.
This site is sponsored by the Department of Education and Cultural
Affairs.
Being
a middle school teacher and a member of SDAMLE, this site has become very
important to me in the last few years.
It is the National Middle School Association.
