Teacher Tech- Student Resource page

One of my EdTech Mentor projects is updating the Technology Resources section of my school website. These are some of our K-5th grade resources. I also made a TK Tech page and a Teacher Tech Tips pageWhat do you think? Have you tried out these sites before? Kiddle Search Engine Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids powered by Google, offering safe kids web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors Your child can access most sites with their perminate ID #, their lunch number.  If you need this number, the office or teacher can get it for you. Reading Curriculum Mc Graw Hill "Wonders" This website will give you access to what your child is learning in class: https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/ To Log in : Username:Student Lunch Number pusd (example: 12345pusd) Password: Student Lunch Number pusd (example: 12345pusd) Go Math website Go Math is your child's math curriculum. From this website you will find assignments for your child and access activities your child can do to practice their math skills  To Log on you need to enter your child's I.D# (lunch number) And the password given to you or the password you created from the temporary password that was sent home www-k-6.thinkcentral.com You can find the Math on the Spot videos for K-6th grade here https://goo.gl/ssf7Qw    Imagine Learning  Imagine Learning is a tool for learning how to read and increase comprehension. In this program your child will have a variety of options, from learning to identify the ABC's, phonics , and comprehension lessons, please take the time to explore. To Log in :https://client.imaginelearning.com/?studentlogin&sitecode=630600 Username:  Student Lunch Number Password: stu123   *The password is case sensitive and may have been changed by the teacher. Or download the Imagine Language & Literacy app for iOS or Android or Kindle Stoneman's school code is 630600 Imagine Math Facts AKA Big Brainz This is an engaging game base program that assesses and teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division math facts https://bigbrainz.com/login/?studentlogin&sitecode=630600 To Log in : Username:Student Lunch Number Password: Student Lunch Number Or download the Imagine Math Facts app for iOS or Android or Kindle Stoneman's school code is 630600 Raz Kids Raz Kids website will allow you access to many different leveled books as well as other activities for your child. This is a great opportunity for your child to be read to and read daily.  Your child can access ABC books, leveled books, decodable books and complete assignments assigned for them while they earn stars. Please take advantage of this valuable resource by logging on daily for 10 to 20 minutes. https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login Accelerated Reader https://hosted219.renlearn.com/281302/default.aspx To Log in : Username:  Student Lunch Number Password is student initials (for example Melissa Ortuno's password is mo) Be Internet Awesome Kids can play their way to being Internet Awesome with Interland, an online adventure that puts the key lessons of digital safety into hands-on practice with four challenging games. Play in English     Juego en espanol    TYPING                                  Code for Typetatic is red panda Typing Club    Dance Mat Typing ONLINE LIBRARIES                       OTHER LEARNING SITES Many of these site contain advertisements and links to other sites. Please supervise students while they are online.

Whole Brain Teaching- Where to Start?

UPDATED 2020

Whether you are new to Whole Brain Teaching or have used WBT for years there is soooo much that is new each year it is easy to feel overwhelmed. I have been using WBT since it was Power Teaching and there is always something new to add to the WBT tool belt. There are just soooo many wonderful ebooks, videos and ideas! Where do you start? When do you start what? What if it is not the beginning of the school year? Can you still start WBT? So many questions but no worries, we can do this!

With Chris Biffle's newest book Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids: Fast Track: Seven Steps to Teaching Heaven, all the amazing Whole Brain Teaching tools have been organized into seven steps. If you are brand new to Whole Brain Teaching, you may only use the first 2 steps or even only Step 1 and I promise you it will be life changing! I of course recommend grabbing all 3 of Coach B's books and using all the tools WBT offers but you can get started right now for FREE, even if the school year has already started, even if you are on break or not in the classroom :)

Step 1 is Super Improver and all you really need is some index cards and a pen. All the info you need to get started is at https://wholebrainteaching.com/intermediate/super-improvers-team/
If Super Improver in the classroom is not exciting enough, there is also Super Improver Family edition! Find out more on the official FaceBook page videos page under the Super Improver playlist and the Super Improver Facebook group
I will share more soon about how I use Super Improver in my classroom and at home.

Step 2 is Character Education and is my favorite part of WBT. Again you can get started for free on the official WBT page and be sure to grab the Character Ed ebook at TpT :) SEL, Social Emotional Learning, is so very important and I believe vital to every classroom, and in PreK and TK it is a part of our Learning Foundations. Whole Brain Teaching makes character education so easy to implement and a part of every school day.
Start your WBT journey with these two steps. Once you are ready to dive deeper, move on to Steps 3, 4 and 5. Ready to dive really deep? Add Step 6 and 7.

Step 3 is Master WBT Basics. This is the How to Teach part of WBT and the part that takes the most time to implement. I can't imagine teaching without the WBT Basics and each year feel a tiny bit closer to mastering these always improving tools.

Step 4 is Gamify Classroom Rules.

Step 5 is Play Scoreboard

Step 6 is Reforming Bleoved Rascals




Step 7 is Activate Power Ups