Websites and Apps to manage the Ohio Learning Standards.
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Websites
INFOhio Many offerings in this collection of vetted resources for Ohio students K-12 are searchable by lexile level. INFOhio's Tech Skills for Online Testing This Pearltree is a collection of tools students may use to practice online tech skills found in PARCC and AIR assessments. No account necessary. State Testing Blueprints Test blueprints provide an outline of the content and skills to be measured on the test. Kahn Academy Find free instruction for K-12 in Math, Science, Arts and Humanities. Learn at your own pace or assign to students for extra support. Also provides practice for the ACT and other college entrance exams. Newsela Current news articles may be adjusted by lexile range. Some articles have accompanying quizzes for teachers to assign to students. Students don't need email. LearnZillion Common Core resource for ALL educators, including coaches and principals. Easy to create a class code for student quizzes and practice sessions. Prepdog Common Core practice assessments for 2nd - 9th grade students. Shmoop Practice AP/ACT/SAT resources and literature guides. Common Core and teacher support links. Note: includes some advertising. Quiz-Tree.com Flash required. Quiz game covering many content areas including Spanish and SAT, GRE, GMAT and more. Free log-in required. iPad Apps Educations Interactive Whiteboards Turn your iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Create video tutorials and diagrams. Add comments to an uploaded image. Apps Gone Free Get the app, check it daily and save $ on high quality apps that have "Gone Free" for a limited time. Smartots Large collection of teacher approved apps for students/parents. Some free. TechChef4U iPhone app that lets you search for free quality apps for children and students. Categorize by grade level, category or platform. Book Creator $4.99 app. Create books and upload to iBooks to share. MeeGenius! Free app for Apple/Android. Can also use on laptop/computer. Provides some free/some paid books that students may listen to/read along or read independently. Rover App for Education Install this free app to open Flash-enabled resources on your iPad. Available from iTunes. |
English Language Arts
Practice Tests and Scoring Guides Model Curriculum and Practice tests for High School and 3rd grade Litcharts Classic Literature guides for Apple and Android. New from the editors of Sparknotes. Guides are 10 pages or less and free. Storyline Online Hear celebrities read books. Find related activity guides. Spin and Spell K-3 spelling practice. A voice reads the words. Comicmaster Create and print short graphic novels. Also contains ideas for using GNs in the classroom. Science Explore Live webcams of animals around the world. **May be addicting** Chemicool Interactive periodic table with detailed information about each of the elements. Edheads Gaming website. Students can replace a hip, design a cell phone, etc. Shedd Educational Adventures Aquatic science resources for K-12 from Shedd Aquarium. Health Solve the Outbreak Free app. Game. Students become trainers who must manage a situation/scenario so that as many people as possible are saved. Social Studies/History ICivics Gaming website teaching students about a representative democracy. Debate issues, vote and be Obama for a day. IfItWereMyHome.com Compare information about different countries. Family and Consumer Sciences Playspent.org This role-playing game teaches financial literacy. Students must find a minimum wage job and make payments on housing, transportation and other bills. Technology Gamestar Mechanic Students learn about game design and create games. Lesson plans included. Media Smarts Digital and media literacy toolkits. Teach youth the thinking skills they need to engage with media as an informed citizen. STEM HowToSmile.org Award winning website with Science and Math activities. |
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Lesson Planning
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Reading A-Z
Online guided reading program See Mrs. Stump or Mrs. Fourman for username and password. Discovery Education Streaming Educational videos-see Mrs. Obringer for the passcode to create an account Pete's PowerPoint Station PowerPoint lessons in a wide variety of content areas Sites For Teachers A collection of over 500 lesson plans and ideas |
Teachers.net
Collection of lesson plans, blogs, projects, ideas and resources. Search by content area, grade level or state. Educator's Reference Desk 2000+ lesson plans and resources Lesson Planet Subscribe for a free 30 day trial Collection of lesson plans, complete with downloadable materials Teaching Tolerance Articles and lessons about diversity and culture Website Evaluation WebQuest a webquest created at a SOITA workshop for high school students |
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