Math Resource: Math-Aids - CGI Based Math "Worksheets"

Yes, I know, we hate the word worksheets but we also know there is a time and a place for them.  Math-Aids has FREE downloadable CGI (cognitively guided instruction) worksheets so I sort of love it!  You will too! 

Tech Resource: Scratch! Video Game (and other awesome projects) for Kids!

This one isn't from my field experience.  It is from my summer job.  I work for Computer Explorers teaching summer day camp classes for kids from K to 6th grade.  They are all STEM oriented.  The one I probably enjoy the most is Scratch.  It is a really powerful tool that is kid friendly.  It was designed by MIT and is...wait for it...FREE!

Here is a nifty video to show you what it can do!
 

Tech Resource: Kahoot!

Of course this is another resource from my cooperating teacher!  For extension activities she had her GT (gifted & talented) kids create "Kahoots" which are basically a trivia game.  The kids in the class can play along via their iPads or cell phones (ugh) while the game is displayed on the SmartBoard - they buzz in their answer (multiple choice) and get points based on how fast they got it and if they got it correct.  Think bar trivia for kids where the students are creating the trivia game.

And, of course, it is FREE! 

Reading Resource: ReadWorks Website

For my Block II field experience I spent some time in a fourth grade class at a STEM school.  The curriculum at this school was very much what I would call "integrated."  Instead of having separate Reading, Writing, Social Studies and Science lessons they used content from all areas across every subject.  Often for reading they read about science and for writing they wrote about social studies.  You get the idea, right?

Well one of the resources my cooperating teacher used for reading practice was the ReadWorks website.  You can search by grade, subject, reading level, and comprehension strategy.  It is aligned with the CCSS and easy to use.  I thought it was pretty fantastic.  And the best part?  It is FREE!