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apostrophes

The Dreaded Apostrophe
background and a one-rule description

http://www.dreaded-apostrophe.com/
The Apostrophe Protection Society

http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
An example of misuse

http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/09/your-watching-learning-channel.html
An Apostrophe Blog

http://apostrophecatastrophes.blogspot.com/
Learning apostrophes

http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/punc.html
Another Learning Apostrophes page

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/apostrophes.htm
Yet Another Learning Apostrophes page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/index.shtml
Interactive Learning Apostrophes page

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishB13.htm
Another Interactive Learning Apostrophes page

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/punctuation/apostrophes/apostrophes.htm
Yet Another Interactive Learning Apostrophes page

http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/punctuation/punct3.html

Probability

Interactive spinner
National Library of Virtual manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_186_g_2_t_5.html?open=activities&from=category_g_2_t_5.html
Interactive spinner
has changeable dice as well

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ExpProbability/
Data Management and Analysis: Elementary Level Ideas--across all content areas

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.97/forsythe1.html
Probability Games in a Bag-Marilyn Burns article

http://www.gradewinner.com/p/articles/mi_m0STR/is_n7_v103/ai_15237276
Journaling in Math

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/nzcer3/research/2004SRLjournalling.htm
Ideas That Lead To Probability

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/billstein_awl/medialib/shodor_site/lessons/pm1.html
Probability - MathGoodies

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol6.shtm
National Agricultural Statistics Service

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Education_&_Outreach/NASS_Kids/index.html
Sample assessment of tallying

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/nzcer3/maths/stats/8000-099/st8024.htm
Interactive sites with repeated trials

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RacingGameWithOneDie/
Kindergarten games on the web
Domino lessons

http://www.kconnect.com/kc-math.html
interactive bar graphs, pie charts and spinners

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_1_t_5.html
Kindergarten math resources

http://www.howard.k12.md.us/math/elem.math/smart/kindergarten/default.htm

Student Levels of Thinking in Probability

New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/maths/stats_probability/sp_overview_e.php

Examples of Curriculum Guides or Maps

Kindergarten

http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/curriculum/math/Mathcurrent/Kindermath/strands/k_data_analysis_probability.htm
First grade with essential questions

http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/curriculum/math/Mathcurrent/1stmath/1st_math_strands/1st_data_analysis_and_probability.htm
Second grade with essential questions

http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/curriculum/math/Mathcurrent/2ndmath/2nd_math_strand/2nd_data_analysis_and_probablity.htm
Third grade with essential questions

http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/curriculum/math/Mathcurrent/3rdmath/3rd_math_strands/3rd_data_analysis_and_probablity.htm

Online Surveys for Kids

Alfy

http://www.alfy.com/Clubhouse/Survey/index.asp
Color Survey with many questions tht simply gives reults--no numbers

http://express.colorcom.com/colorsurvey/
Headbone Zone-a variety of surveys where kids can see the immediate change of their vote

http://www.headbone.com/features/voter/
Printable Surveys made by kids for kids

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/surveyprint_2.htm
Evaluating Web Pages--not a survey-just didn

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalelem.html

Online Games

Roll 2 Dice game

http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/2dicebar.html
Estimating Percentages of a Colored bar

http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/percent1.html
Combinations-How many different cars, football strips or ice creams can you create?

http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/combi.html
Racing One Die

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/ma/gamema.html
Interactive Probability

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml#probability
Interactive Combinatorics

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml#combinatorics
Combinatorial Games

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml#games
Online probability simulations

http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/index.html
Flipping Pancakes

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/SimpleGames/Flipper.shtml
Electronic Dice Bag

http://www.irony.com/java/igedb/

Let's Make A Deal--The Monty Hall problem

Monty Hall Simulation

http://www.stat.uiuc.edu/~stat100/java/Monty.html
Monty Hall, Three Doors (Two Simulations)

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/monty3/
Now Playing Let's Make A Deal

http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Monty/Montytitle.html
Monty Hall Trap (Explanation)

http://www.jimloy.com/puzz/monty.htm
Monty Hall Dilemma

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/hall.shtml
Monty Hall Paradox

http://math.ucsd.edu/%7Eanistat/chi-an/MonteHallParadox.html

Other Lessons on Probability and Statistics

National Agricultural Statistics Service

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Education_&_Outreach/NASS_Kids/index.html
Probability in Grade 2

http://www.richlandclicks.org/Teacher/connections/grade2/probability.htm
Probability Through the Year

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=14474
Mathematics of Fair Games

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/ma/gamema.html
A Variety of Lessons-- briefly described

http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/HTML/DEVENSLEARNINGCENTER/prob.html
Random Drawing

http://www.athens.edu/vinsobm/lesson_10.htm

Graphing Lessons

Graphing lessons from "The Math Magic Resource Page for the K-4 Teacher

http://www.geocities.com/smilecdg/graphingles.html
Adventures in Statistics--a fifth grade lesson on area of classrooms, which incorporates measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of results.

http://mathforum.org/trscavo/statistics.html
Create a Graph-Due to popular demand, the Create A Graph website has been completely redesigned with dozens of new features and better graphs.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/
Collecting Data and Graphing--4th or 5th--comparing arm span to heighth

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/phma1600.htm
Skittles heights for 1st and 2nd

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma9514.html
Apples A Peel To Me-K comparison of real versus representative graphs

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma9409.html
Junk Food Math-grades 3 and 4 to teach estimation and introduce percentage

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma9014.html
Design, Spin and Graph--K-1 lesson on spinning an dthree sectioned spinner and graphing the results; all materials provided.

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/kfca1.html
11 Different Activites for Graphing From Houghton Mifflin (can also do a search on measurement to find more)

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/searchengine.cgi?SEARCH=Graphing&WORD_POINTS=0,1,0,0
Sit and Be Counted--K-1 lesson making a human graph

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/m980417a.htm
Graphing Lessons--a variety

http://www.geocities.com/smilecdg/graphingles.html
Let's Make A Deal-probability

http://www.cyberbee.com/probability/mathprob.html
Alfy's Thematic Unit on Graphing

http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/graphing_data/GD_2.asp

Math

Interactive Mathematics Explorations (aimed at middle school)

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/index.html
Elementary Interactive Mathematics Explorations (with lesson plans)

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/elementary/index.html
Interactive Mathematics Projects from UVA's Center for Technology and Teacher Education (flash)

http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/flash/home.html
Interactive Mathematics Projects from UVA's Center for Technology and Teacher Education (excel)

http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/excel.html
Mac math software you can dowload

http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/mac/elementaryEducation/.directory.html
Adding positive and negative numbers at UVA's Teacherlink

http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/flash/IntegerCars/IntCars4_b.html
Suggested booths for a Math Fair at school

http://matheducation.missouri.edu/um2to/mathfair/booths.html
Tips on Developing a Math Fair

http://matheducation.missouri.edu/um2to/mathfair/tips.html
Math plans for upper elementary

http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/plans/index.html
Project M3 for bright math students

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/projectm3/students_activities.htm
Sketchpad in Grades 3-8

http://www.kcptech.com/dgylconf/proceedings/sketches.html
Math and Literature Connections

http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/Lesson037.html
4th and 5th grade Math links

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/math.html
More than you would ever want to know about Venn Diagrams

http://www.theory.cs.uvic.ca/~cos/venn/VennEJC.html
Wonders of Math (tessellations, fractals, spirographs, etc.)

http://www.math.com/students/wonders.html
More math links than you have time to explore

http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/curric_linx/maths/maths_linx.htm
Strategies for Solving Word Problems

http://www.mathstories.com/strategies.htm

Math Games and Puzzles--Stretch Your Brain!

Newton's Windows

http://www.suzannesutton.com/getting_started.htm
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/content.shtml
One of the best game sites I have found--go to the Puzzle Parlor!

http://www.gamepuzzles.com/
A Cool List of Resources

http://www.gamepuzzles.com/resourc6.htm
Hands on Math Extensions for Elementary School

http://www.dpgraph.com/janine/mathpage/handson.html
Another list of resources form the Kadon site

http://www.gamepuzzles.com/resourc5.htm
Math in Daily Life

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
We All Use Math Everyday--the math education site that goes along with the TV show NUMB#RS

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ti/index.shtml
Second Graade Math Enrichment

http://www.cvsd.org/libertylake/second/k/math/enrichment.htm
A list of links to other math sites

http://www.kidinfo.com/Mathematics/Mathematics.html
NRICH--Mathematics problems, games and articles

http://nrich.maths.org/public/
Saxon--enrichment activities

http://hsuppappserv.com/activites/
Web Based Activities

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
Clever Games for Clever People

http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html
House of Math Word Problems

http://www.mathstories.com/

Sites for use with Airliner

Wikipedia
Search for something of interest and use the Airliners to teach selective underlining by having different students read the same

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Virginia Road Maps
Download the appropriate PDF and have multiple students plan a route between two cities or towns. Discuss pros and cons of each

http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/maps-state.asp
ReadingQuest
Use the Airliners to guided practice in completing any of the graphic organizers.

http://readingquest.org/strat/home.html
Word Whirl Games
Think critically by playing with letters and words.

http://blackdog4kids.com/games/word/whirl/index.html
KidPort
A variety of grade- and subject-specific activities that can be done as a learning station or whole class.

http://www.kidport.com/

Books online

Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309069955/html/index.html
How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom (2005)

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074339/html/
Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards

http://www.nap.edu/books/030906998X/html

Learning Strategies

Addressing Accessibility in Math

http://www2.edc.org/accessMath/default.asp

Cool Art/Deductive Reasoning

Pictures Interactive

http://www.mathstories.com/strategies.htm

Place Value

differentiation

website 1

http://www.nea.org/teachexperience/diffk021218.html
website 2

http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/research/
website 3

http://www.smcm.edu/Academics/Edstudy/d7-Proj/Projects/ResearchSites/acbrowning/index.htm
website 4

http://www.stephanietolan.com/is_it_a_cheetah.htm
website 4a

http://www.dirhody.com/home.html

Webquests

Volcanoes

http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/educ575/wq04KristiRaines/DPKristiRaines.htm
Kenya

http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/educ575/wq04ElizabethGurney/DPElizabethGurney.htm
Roller Coaster Physics

http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/imax/roller_coaster_physics.htm
Hunt for the Hunter--Orion

http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/educ451/McDaniel/WQ_Robyn_McDaniel.htm

21st Century Teaching and Learning

Assessment

Digital Storytelling Links

D Story

http://www.dstory.com/dsf_05/
Story Center

http://www.storycenter.org/
Cookbook

http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html
Elements

http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/
Infotoday

http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm
Digital Storytelling

http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/
Scott KY

http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html
SF Gate

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/specials/1997/dstorytelling.shtml
How to

http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/howto/Digital_Storytelling/
Teaching Teachers

http://www.teachingteachers.com/story.htm
Digitales

http://www.digitales.us/
Telling Lives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tellinglives/what.shtml
Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_20/b3681104.htm
Kenton KY

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/DigitalStory/dstindex.htm
Tech Teachers

http://www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
Creativity

http://creativity.net/digitalstories.html
e2bn

http://story.e2bn.net/
Niles HS IL

http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/joebre/story.htm
Jason Ohler

http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/
Maricopa

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/learnshops/digital/examples.php
Bubbe

http://www.bubbe.com/dsb/dsf/
OJR

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1034121182.php
acmi

http://www.acmi.net.au/digitalstorytelling.jsp
Tech Teachers examples

http://www.techteachers.com/digstory/examples.htm
Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ds.html
Scott KY Teacher Stories

http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/teacherstories.html
ePortfolio Workshop

http://homepage.mac.com/eportfolios/workshop/links.html
Williams

http://cf.williams.edu/oit/itech/digitalstorytelling/index.cfm
KSBE

http://its.ksbe.edu/dst/
UMASS

http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Digital%20Storytelling%20Main%20Page.htm
UH EDU

http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/examples.htm
NCREL

http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/resource/stories/scott.htm
Wakonse

http://clte.asu.edu/wakonse/ENewsletter/digitalstorytelling_idea.htm
FCPS

http://teach.fcps.net/trt18/Digital%20Writing/digitalstory.htm
DePauw

http://www.depauw.edu/it/digitalstorytelling/
Looksmart

http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317828/us317850/us220970/us10033088
Georgetown

http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/digistories/resources.html
Texan Cultures

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/digitalstorytour/
Simmons PDF

http://my.simmons.edu/services/technology/ptrc/pdf/digital_storytelling.pdf
MIT Press

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10772
Springer

http://www.archimuse.com/mw2004/papers/springer/springer.html
Make a Connection

http://www.makeaconnection.org/opencms/opencms/makeaconnection/org/content/MediaCenter/press/press85.html
Next Exit

http://www.nextexit.com/dap/woc/hearth.html
Cado

http://cado.ayn.ca/elisapie_story4.asp
Bryn Mawr

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f03/web3/l1updegrove.html
UNT Edu

http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/STORYTELLING/StorytellingWebsites.htm
Shaw

http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/artarchitecture.html
42 Explore

http://42explore.com/story.htm
Storyarts

http://www.storyarts.org/
20 20 Hindsight

http://www.2020hindsight.org/category/art/
Workshop

http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/workshops/dps/storytelling.htm

Self Regulated Learning

Effective Practice to Support Self Regulated Learning

Teacher Strategies

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/nzcer3/research/2004SRLeffectivepractice.htm
Emergent Self-Regualted Learning in Young Children

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/nzcer3/research/2004SRLscienceinvestigation.htm