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Student Academic
Websites & Teacher
Planning Websites
Presented by: Christy Hann
www.mrshann.com
Date:
November 4, 2014
Objectives
• Discover Common Core aligned academic websites to use with
students. Set up your class on a website of your choice today.
• Learn resources for planning lessons correlating to the new CCCS
adopted by the state of Michigan. Register an account.
• Explore lesson plan book websites providing efficient ways to keep
weekly lesson plans complete with Common Core standards and
student objectives. If interested, sign up for a free trial.
Student Academic Websites
Common Core Aligned
StudyLadder
Scootpad
• Create individualized ‘learning paths’ to differentiate learning
• Common Core aligned
• Free Basic Package includes Math & ELA/Reading, plus basic reports
• Easy set-up, Video tutorials for teachers & Students
• App available for iPad
• Fun for Students – Leader board, earn coins as a reward, choose
wallpapers, link with friends, send ‘shout outs’ to others
• Main activities are more like worksheets – games have to be earned
• Monitor students & print basic reports (advanced reports in paid version)
Scootpad
Click here for the YouTube Channel “ScootPadInfo” – Many
Scootpad video tutorials can be found for teachers, students,
parents, and more.
***In September of 2014 Scootpad updated their interface. Unfortunately, at
the time of this presentation there were not updated videos. They do offer
weekly webinars on Tuesdays and written instructions on the website.
StudyLadder
• A sequential learning program with videos, interactive activities,
whiteboard activities, worksheets and assessments covering 10 subjects
• Free for teachers - Easy set-up, Parent letter provided for home access
• ‘No passwords’ option for lower elementary
• Connect to your school and transfer students as they advance grades
• Fun for Students – Earn certificates & rewards such as creating an avatar!
• Game based activities keep students engaged in tasks
• Common Core aligned
• Monitor students & print reports
XtraMath
• Basic Math Fact timed practice
• Completely Free for Schools & Home Use
• Easy set-up, Parent home letters, Video tutorials for
teachers, parents & students
• Placement quizzes at startup place kids at
individual levels
• Fun for Students – Not flashy, no animations,
quick short daily timed math fact quizzes
• Monitor students’ progress & print reports
• Math only
TenMarks
• Common Core aligned
• Free Basic Package for single classroom use
• Easy set-up, tutorials for teachers
• Monitor students & print reports
• Provides problem solving and video or written instruction with
immediate feedback to the student if incorrect
• Not flashy, no gimmicks, no distractions for the students – Works more
like interactive worksheets on the computer with audio
Lesson Plan Resource Websites
Common Core Aligned
Beta Version
Share My Lesson
• Create a Free Account to join the community & to share lessons
• Made by teachers, for teachers
• Search 297,926 teaching resources – tag favorites and save searches
• Subject areas: Arts, English Language Arts, Foreign Languages, Health,
Math PE, Science and Social Studies
• Categorized by K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
• Common Core Aligned
Better Lesson
• Create a Free Account to join the community & to share lessons
• Made by teachers, for teachers – Supported by the NEA
• **It is a brand new site, still in its beta version. This means they are
currently developing, adding, and updating features available.
• Search by Common Core Strand, subject, or grade
• Math, Language Arts, and Literacy
Other Lesson Plan Resources
Common Core Worksheets
Common Core Checklists
Need additional resources for students, find
worksheets on this site, search by common core
strand, grade, subject
Need a checklist to keep track of curriculum
covered. Check out this site with K-6th grade
checklists. Surf around and find a lot of other
great resources too! Find grade appropriate
Lower El - ‘I Can’ & Upper El – ‘I Can’ statements.
Lesson Plan Books
Online Versions
The End!
A special thanks to:
• Kelly Strackbein
• Robin Griffin
• Kathy Donohue
Please visit www.mrshann.com/pd
to find a link to this presentation
and a webmix of the websites shared.