January Staff Development Workshop
New
Date:
The aim of this Staff
Development Workshop is to become aware of available
Internet resources to improve student achievement in math, science, and
language arts.
Teacher’s Name:
Amanda Ashley
Grade Level: 5
Language Arts Internet Resources-List sites you feel would be useful in assisting students in skill mastery. The website URL can be copied and pasted in the space provided below. Explain briefly how you would utilize the site.
Site 1: http://www2.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/sc.cgi
Utilization: I would use this particular site with my fifth grade class to reinforce recognition of misspelled words. Students are then required to know how to spell that word correctly.
Site 2: http://www.education.com/blaster/mymeaning.shtml
Utilization: I would use this site with my fifth grade class to help my students practice meanings of both familiar and unfamiliar words.
Math Internet Resources-List sites you feel would be useful in assisting students in skill mastery. The website URL can be copied and pasted in the space provided below. Explain briefly how you would utilize the site.
Site 1: http://www.prongo.com/math/
Utilization: This site would be wonderful for my fifth grade students. The multiplication problems are set up at 3 difficulty levels, which would reach all of the students in my class.
Site 2: http://www.dositey.com/addsub/memorymult.html
Utilization: This site would be terrific for students who need extra practice with their basic multiplication skills. It also challenges the students memory.
Science Internet Resources-List sites you feel would be useful in assisting students in skill mastery. The website URL can be copied and pasted in the space provided below. Explain briefly how you would utilize the site.
Site 1: http://brainpop.com/
Utilization: This website has unlimited information, short movies, and activities for any Science topic imaginable. I would use the short movies because they are very up to date and I feel that my students would learn from them.
Site 2: http://www.artyastro.com/artyend.htm
Utilization: I would use this website to offer some fun activities related to the study of our solar system.