Awesome teacher resource... Scootle!

 

Well, I know its winter for sure now.... everyone in our family has been sick for the past week... no fun at all! Finally, everyone is on the mend and I have time to a) catch up on all my favourite blogs (Which I've really missed!) and b) do a bit of blogging myself!

 

It's a crazy, busy time at school too... I'm not in the class so I don't have all the sick kids (except mine at home) or the reports to write so I'm considering myself pretty lucky! Last week I spent a bit of time trying to get some Interactive Whiteboard resources together for Maths and spent quite a bit of time on Scootle.... such an awesome resource!

 

Scootle is jam packed full of digital resources... bets of all, they're all designed to use with the Australian curriculum! At the moment, nearly all Australian teachers can use the site, I think NSW teachers can't yet, but they'll be able to later in the year. If you haven't had a chance to have a good look through, I really recommend it!

 

I use it mainly for the Learning Objects, which are great to use on your Interactive Whiteboard, but it has a ton of other resources - videos, audio clips, teacher lesson plans and assessments as well.

 

 

I've taken a few screen shots of Learning Objects that I use.....

Number Trains- for ordering, recognising amount and numerals, skip counting, place value

Pirate Treasure Hunt.... great for Problem Solving

Garden Symmetry.... finding objects with one line of symmetry (there's also a Learning object for 2+ lines of symmetry)

Do you use Scootle? I'd love to hear about any Learning Objects that you find useful :)

Interactive Whiteboard Resources

Wow! It has been SO hot here... we had 45 degrees yesterday! (That's 113 F!) It's a bit cooler today, about 33 degrees I think, but we are in for some more scorching weather this week.... but that's Australian summer I guess! It has been nice to get down to the beach in the evenings, but during the days we've been pretty much stuck inside.

So... this has meant I've spent quite a bit of time resource-hunting on the internet! It started me thinking about internet websites that I use a lot in my classroom and I thought I'd share a couple with you... and I'd love to hear about sites that you find useful in your classroom too.

A few of my favourites for Interactive Whiteboard activities are:

 Copacabana Public School Website  

This site has so many links to activities for Interactive Whiteboards, all sorted by curriculum area and grade level.

ABC - Count Us In Games

 

Great for basic Maths concepts - I use this regularly with my Reception (Kindergarten) class.

ICT Games 

We use the date chart from this site every morning in our class. It is so simple and easy to use, and you can also add the name of the day's Special Helper. I always print off a copy for the helper to take home... the kids love it!

I hope you find these useful... I'd love to hear about the web resources that you use in your class too.