Sunday, November 18, 2012

Materials Generators

One material generator that I often use is EdHelper especially for reading instruction. Since I use a lot of chapter books for whole class books, literature bookclubs, and independent reading, I use Ed Helper to access already created vocabulary word lists and reading quizzes for specific books. I also use it for ideas for end of book activities and projects.

Superteacherworksheets is another website that I use frequently especially for math instruction. It's format is easy to use and it's free. Whenever I need extra practice worksheets for specific skills or even homework sheets, I use this worksheet generator.

Acccelerated Math by the  Renaissance Learning program is a math curriculum generator that I use every week. I assign students a practice sheet on Monday, and they turn it in by Thursday. The answers to these practice sheets are put on scan tron cards which I put through a scanner.  If they are struggling on a specific skill, the program alerts me. If they are mastering specific skills,  I can assign them a test to take. It is basic skill drill type curriculum, but I've found that it provides much needed practice for my students.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Laurie,
    I've used Edhelper before and think it's a great website. One can find numerous resources on that website. I have never used Superteacherworksheets and plan on checking it out. Thanks.

    P.S. I replied to your comment on my blog about the timeline generator

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