I need some suggestions for appropriate software to support the kindergarten curriculum to be used with kindergarten students both at school and at home. HELP! I tried googling and that wasn't very helpful at all.
I took a look at the website suggested by Rick (sightwordswithsamson.com) and found it to be exactly what I was looking for as a supplement to my reading program. I would second what Rick says about children using it in both the classroom and at home. However, I would note that this is more the case for students with involved parents. There is a free trial so it is worth taking a look at. I ended up buying a 6 month option which allows me to set up all 27 of my students in one account.
Have you looked at the Lightspan Achieve Now program? It runs on any sony playstation so the kids don't have to have computers or internet at home. It has a bunch of CD's with educational games on them. Our school bought a bunch of playstations for the kids that don't have them at home and we have parents come the first week of school and sign contracts saying they would return them. Then we send home the specific games that we are working on. We have been doing this for 3 years and it works really well. The games look awesome and really cover our objectives.
On 11/11/06, Sandy wrote: > I need some suggestions for appropriate software to support > the kindergarten curriculum to be used with kindergarten > students both at school and at home. HELP! I tried googling > and that wasn't very helpful at all. > > Thanks in advance.
Does anyone have experience with a good quality voice activated word processing program tha you would recommend for use by students in grades 2 - 6? Any you can warn me about? Please post ASAP. Thank you.
On 11/17/06, Lynn wrote: > Does anyone have experience with a good quality voice > activated word processing program tha you would recommend > for use by students in grades 2 - 6? Any you can warn me > about? Please post ASAP. Thank you.
12 songs, 12 instrumental tracks, quizzes, crosswords, short essay question that all line up exactly with my social studies curriculum. When my students and I go to the computer lab they just put on there head phones and go to work while quietly tapping to the beat. My school found Songs for Social Studies at [link removed].
On 11/22/06, yongkuk wrote: > There is some free SCORM VLE content for maths available > here. They also have a demo VLE (moodle) that you can look at.
On 11/22/06, yongkuk wrote: > There is some free SCORM VLE content for maths available > here. They also have a demo VLE (moodle) that you can look at.
Since I'm the computer teacher, I have a small budget and the site license price doesn't seem bad. I'm just wondering if there would be enough benefits. I know I'd use it but I'm not sure about the classroom teachers...I also need good basic software for the intermediate grades so I need to be careful how I spend my budget. Thanks for the info.
On 1/18/07, Sue wrote: > On 12/01/06, ComputerGal wrote: >> Do you have a subscription to the Enchanted Learning web >> site? Is it worth it? I'm debating about it for our >> school. Thanks. > > I had one for a year, but I wasn't all that impressed with > it. If you are thinking about trying it, do like we did at > my school - the four of us in our grade level went together > and bought one subscription to share between us. Then if you > don't like it, it wasn't all that expensive anyway.
I LOVE IT!! It is just wonderful!! There are tons of sheets you can use along with nomanclature work, etc. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS SITE!!! IT IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY!! Can't believe other poster wasn't impressed with it!! Guess she just didn't dig around on it enough! The resources are limitless!! Try it, you'll LOVE it!! Ronda
I wanted to share that I found some wonderful writing software that is geared for elementary students. It is web based and guides students through narrative, descriptive, persuasive and expository writing. You can go to the website and get a free trial. My students love it!
I don't have a clue as to what kind of technology a first grade classroom could best benefit from, but I have to prepare a power point presentation to the school board on a hardware or software product that can be used in an elementary classroom. Any product ideas. Haven't a clue how a smart board works but it looked interesting?
On 1/02/07, mary wrote: > I don't have a clue as to what kind of technology a first > grade classroom could best benefit from, but I have to > prepare a power point presentation to the school board on > a hardware or software product that can be used in an > elementary classroom. Any product ideas. Haven't a clue > how a smart board works but it looked interesting?
I saw a new math program at a conference a few months ago. I can't remember which company made it but it was called "Straight Curve Math". I liked it because it was one of the few programs I have seen that was designed to be used on a smart board, for direct instruction. It wasn't one of your typical programs that you just plop a student in front of a computer. It was also much more interesting (and less time consuming) than just doing powerpoints, which is what I have been doing in the past.
On 1/04/07, Leslie wrote: > Has anyone found success with software for ELL students?
I work for Essential Skills. We develop reading/language arts and math software for K-5 and older remedial students. We have an ELL program "First Words for ELL" that teaches over 500 key English vocabulary words. The program offers instructions in English as well as Spanish. We are currently developing additional ELL titles that should be available later this year. Our "Sight Words" program is frequently used with ELL students. Have a look at our website for details about these and other programs. If you place an order through your school you will receive a free 45 day evaluation. I hope that this is helpful.
I took a look at the website suggested by Rick
(sightwordswithsamson.com) and found it to be exactly what I
was looking for as a supplement to my reading program. I
would second what Rick says about children using it in both
the classroom and at home. However, I would note that this is
more the case for ...See More