Assignment #2

For Teachers:
I chose these websites for teachers because they were a good variety of websites that I would like to use in the future. One of the websites that I'm really looking forward to use is Teacher Vision. This website is set up so that you can search by grade, subject or you can just look up lesson plans. I really like that this website has so many ideas that I could potentially use in the classroom. The other website that I would like to use for fun activities is ABC Teach. This website has different activities that you can print out to do in the classroom like cross-word puzzles and word searches and you can also create your own spelling lists. I could use those items for reviews or as a way of introducing new material.

For Parents:
The sites that I chose for parents were the pretty basic PTA or PTO websites which have a lot of useful information for parents that have a lot of time to get involved in their child's' school. My Favorite websites were Figure This!, and the NEA website. These two sites were my favorites because they don't require full time participation on the parents side. The Figure This! site is a website had contains numerous math challenges that parents can do with their kids together so that the parents who have full time jobs can still get involved with their child's education. I also liked the NEA website because it gives simply, practical ways that parents can get involved in their child's learning.

For Students:
All of the websites that I chose for kids are sites where kids can log in and get help with their homework or play fun games. One of my favorite sites is Yahooligans. This is the site that the Elementary school that I am student teaching at this year used last year for all the children, and the kids loved it. In this site kids can play games, listen to music, and get help with their homework. The other site that I really like which I have used in the past is Eduplace. This is a great website where students can go in and get information about the different topics that they are learning about in school.

Mathematics:
The sites that I chose for this all have to do with math for kids and for teachers. I chose math because it is something that all districts are struggling with, so I wanted to find some fun ways for kids to do math. My two favorite websites that I found are Kid Numbers and Cool Math. Cool Math has one of the greatest math sites for kids that I found. The site is very colorful and easy to navigate, so I think it would really grab kids attention. This site has a lot of math games that kids can play, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and others. I also really like the website Kid Numbers because not only does it have games for all of the math basics, but it also walks children through the process of learning how to perform these operations.

Reading and Language Arts:
This is also another area where many schools are struggling. Here I chose sites that are both for teacher's and for students. Many of the websites that I found are fun sites that the kids can crate their own stories or poems at. The two websites that I would probably use the most are The Teacher's Desk and the Writing Den. I really like The Teacher's Desk because it gives a lot ideas about different writing activities that a teacher can use in the classroom to get the students ready for writing a story. The Writing Den is a great resource for students because you can look up all of the different parts of speech, and it also walks students through the process of writing a sentence, paragraph, and essay.