Back to School with Creativity

Back to School with Creativity Creating a More Connected Classroom

Use Decks of Playing Cards to Refresh Your Students Math Skills

Math Card Games via kwout

A deck of playing cards is a versatile tool to help any student practice critical math skills at every grade level. Use common card games with modifications to maximize their educational value. Possibilities are endless. Teach probability etc.

Comics In the Classroom

http://teach.com/comics-in-the-classroom/comics-as-educational-text?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

"Throughout the month of August, Teach.com and Reading With Pictures are bringing you Comics in the Classroom, a blog series about using comics in education, including why graphic novels are complex texts as defined by the Common Core Standards, how to use graphic texts to teach in the content areas, how and where to find the best graphic texts, and more. We hope you’ll join us and bring the power of comics to your classroom!

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Notable Sites for August

google-classroom



abcya

free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web.



thinglink

Define an image through multimedia. Present ideas. Create links to amazing sites. Explore, share and create with ThingLink in theclassroom!

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ThingLink Launches a Free iPad App