Week 5 Thing 12

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I had the most fun this week exploring the 100 websites for educators.  I found so many things that I can use in my classroom.  One website that intrigued me helps you search for sounds which would  add spice to a read-a-loud.  For instance I love to read the Bearstain Bears book, The Spooky Tree.  Now I can easily add sounds to make it even more impressive.  http://sounds.com/

911writersblock had numerous prompts and interesting leads for stories which is a must if you teach 4th grade.  Another fun writing website that reminds me of mad libs is called rinkworks.com  The twist is that they select memorable books for the cloze reading.  It is extremely helpful because it has a dropdown box in case your students get confused between adjectives and nouns.  Gigglepoetry has always been a class favorite.  http://www.webook.com/911writersblock
http://www.rinkworks.com/crazytales/
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

I really liked glogster for creating posters, but probably will just keep it for my own personal use.  Since I am concerned for student safety,  I would like to hear any comments from anyone who has previously used this site in their classroom.  Librarything seems perfect for my personal hobby and I am considering signing up twice, once for school and once for fun!  Once again I am concerned about how to keep this safe for my students since it is a type of social networking.  http://www.librarything.com/

 I have been searching for Roman games all week, because I possible might be transferring to third grade this school year.  I had not been able to find anything worthy until I used the advanced search engine.  I found a lovely website that shows a picture of different settings in that time period with one thing that is out of place.  You click on all the different items trying to find the one item that is misplaced.  If you choose wrong, it tells you what the item is called and its use.  Once the game is over, you select the time period that all the misplaced items were from.  What fun!  http://www.wartgames.com/themes/list.html