January's Focus is on a Healthy Lifestyle

Hello again. . .

In January, our Occupational Therapist and Speech Language Pathologist are working in tandem to focus on the topic of a Healthy Lifestyle.  They asked me if I could gather some resources they could use in the Learning Lab that promotes this topic.  I found a lot of different choices. . .check them out and see what you think!  How can you utilize these in your classrooms or schools?

You will see the topics they focused on in bold and then links to the websites.  I also tried to write if the website CANNOT be used with a Smart Board.  Most can-which is awesome :)

General Health

Keeping Clean

This BookFLIX pairing is great for young children.  You do need a subscription to be able to view it.  However, many local libraries and school districts have them!

Healthy Kids Quiz

Informational Website

Informational Website

Informational Website

Nutrition

This is the Way We Eat our Food

This BookFLIX pairing is great for young children.  You do need a subscription to be able to view it.  However, many local libraries and school districts have them!

Healthy Eating Game

Can only use on computer, can't be used on the Smart Board.

Calorie Counting Game

Mission Nutrition Game

PBS Kids Lunch Lab Games

Color Me Hungry with Cookie Monster

Chef Solus' Word Search

Elena's Crossword Puzzles

Pyramid Healthy Power Words

Talking Nutrition Dictionary

Tony's Food Gadget

Bon Appetite Arcarde

Chef Solus Cooking Academy Game

Kevin's Build-A-Meal

Nutrient Machine

Pyramid Panic with Chef Solus

Talking Food Label

Falling Food Arcade Game

Food Groups Jigsaw Puzzles

Healthy Harvest Maze

Matching Meals Card Game

Slap Snack Card Game

Talking Food Pyramid

Talking My Plate

Fruit Flying Game

Whack a Snack

Bookflix:  The Way We Eat Our Food

Illness/Doctors

PBS Kids-Germinator Game

Can only on use on the computer, not the Smart Board

Hospital/Surgery Game

This is a HARD one!

Elmo Goes to the Doctor Game

Baby Hospital Game

Sleep

Time for Bed Game

Dental Health

Take Care of Your Teeth

This BookFLIX pairing is great for young children.  You do need a subscription to be able to view it.  However, many local libraries and school districts have them!

Healthy Smile Game

Dentist Game

BookFlix:  The Care of Your Teeth

Elmo Brushing his Teeth

Love your Teeth

Happy Techning :)

Maria

Weekly Reader

Hello again. . .we've had some teachers in our building coming into the Learning Lab and using the Weekly Reader digital resources.  I used to get Weekly Reader in my 2nd grade classroom and stopped because I thought it was too juvenile for them.  However, this new application is amazing!  You can view video clips, interactive games and much more.

They have an entire section for each grade level that explains what's available that month.

In this Teaching Center, you can find information suggesting how to teach/utilize each week's lesson.  Put these digital magazines on your Smart Board and you immediately have another engaging educational tool.

OR children can always use these resources in the Learning Lab or on the computers in the classroom during a station/center time.

In honor of February's focus on Black History Month, Weekly Reader has a digital resource to support your classroom. (Please note that I have focused on 2nd grade, but Weekly Reader goes up to 6th and also has science supports.)

Each link to the right of the Weekly Reader, takes you further resources for your teaching needs.  If you click on Digital Edition, you will see a digital copy of the above magazine with a toolbar at the bottom.

Moving from left to right on the toolbar, you can:

1.  View all of the pages in the Weekly Reader.

2.  Have the Weekly Reader read to the class.

3.  Highlight important material in the magazine.

4.  Hide the information if you want to "quiz" your class.

5.  Mask a portion fo the resource. . .which is the opposite of highlighting.

6.  Zoom in.

7.  Zoom out.

8.  Take notes that can then be printed.

9.  Add a link/website.

10.Print

11.Move the position of the toolbar.

12.Get help.

Then, when you get into the digital resource, you will see small links to further information.  For example, on the front cover, you will find symbols that allow you to:

Moving from left to right, you can:

1.  Pre-reading Questions

2.  Preview Vocabulary

3.  Concepts of Comprehension

4.  See a slideshow of Dr. Martin Luther King

On pages 2,3 and 4, you see more symbols on different part of the pages which enable this resource to be even more interactive.

As always, with a cool resource like this one, there is a small hitch. . .you have to have a subscription to  view many of the resources.  So. . .check out their website and if you already receive Weekly Reader, you won't have to pay an additional fee for the digital resources :)

Visit Weekly Reader below!

Weekly Reader

Happy Teching :)
Maria

Martin Luther King Jr.

Good Morning-

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., several of our classes have been writing reports, completing timelines and reading books about the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr. I've collected some resources that we've been using and would love to add some of yours!

One of our favorites has been the BrainPOP movie, quiz and activities.  If you do not have a BrainPOP subscription, this is your lucky day! This movie and activity sequence is free this month so take advantage. Occasionally, BrainPop does have some free content to share with non-subscribers, so check on a monthly basis to see what resources are available to you.

BrainPOP-Martin Luther King Jr.

Also, another fan favorite is always Bookflix.  Here are two books that we have explored through Bookflix:

Here's the Bookflix link:

Bookflix-Martin Luther King Jr.

Here are some additional resources I've collected over the years:

MLK Jr. Mural

MLK Jr. I Have a Dream speech

This is a new one explaining how the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was built:

MLK Jr. Memorial

There are so many more resources out there! When I was in the classroom, our favorite video of Dr. King's life was the cartoon Our Friend Martin.  Below is a clip and a link you can follow to purchase the movie.  It's excellent!

Our Friend Martin, Trailer

Our Friend Martin on Amazon DVD

Happy Teching!

Maria