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Spooky Math Games Just In Time for Halloween
Spooky Sequences- Triangular Numbers
Spooky Sequences- Square Numbers
Spooky Sequences backward by 1's
Spooky Sequences backward by 2's
Spooky Sequences backward by 5's
Spooky Sequences backward by 10's
Courtesy of the Oswego City School District, Oswego, New York
Where do teachers go to get lesson plan ideas and resources for their interactive whiteboard?
The obvious place to go is to Smart Technologies Notebook software lesson activities where you can search for lessons by subject and grade level.
Another idea is to search through the eThemes Resources listed by grade level. This site provides an extensive library of lesson ideas and resources that can help teachers develop materials for their SMART Board.
Hello to all my friends who visit Teachers Love SMART Boards!
Today is my birthday so I thought I would share with you two fun flash games to use on a Friday afternoon to kill a little time.
The first game is called Uncross The Lines. It's a fairly addictive game that the kids can play at the SMART Board.
The second game has absolutely no redeeming value other than to make you smile. It's called Flight of the Hamster. I'm sure some of the more creative teachers can use this game to create a fun lesson plan.
Please use these games in an educational setting only and remember...Sharing is Caring!!
Please enjoy this outstanding video of one of the regional winners of the SMART’s World Teachers’ Day Video Contest. Great job Mary!!!
Created by Mary Lehman from Stony Brook Elementary School in York, Pennsylvania, USA
A few primary teachers sent me an email to thank me for providing some fun games for their Kindergarten and 1st grade classes.
Your kind words have prompted me to give you a few more games for your interactive whiteboards.
1. Here's a great interactive counting game for the kids just learning to use numbers.
2. Here's a fun matching (memorizing) game that has audio to help kids remember.
3. Here's a new twist on the old peg logic game. This is wonderful game for the kids!
Remember that I have some more flash games available for people who register for the Smartboard teacher forum. Please stop by the forum; ask questions; help other teachers; or just browse around!
It's important that we all share ideas and thoughts. To help encourage you to leave comments, I will send anyone who leaves a comment on this blog two free flash games for the Primary grades. If you're not a primary school teacher, you can always share the games with other teacher who can use them!
Sharing is Caring!
The following collection of blogs appears to be a class assignment for teachers in answer to the question:
What do I think about using visual thinking software in the classroom? What about the SMARTboard? What will they do for students and for me?
Check out some of the outstanding responses:
I want to direct you to a teacher's website called Mr. Hudson's World. It's a good example of putting information from the classroom into a blog and sharing it with parents, students, and teachers. It also has a great example of how he saved an entire math lesson on the Smart Board and put it on his blog in PDF format. Way cool!
Lastly, here's a blog entry from a learning and development consultant and his take on the Smartboard.
SMARTBoards and interactive websites for Mathematics
Primary School - Check out ICT Games and give yourself plenty of time to look around and fall in love with all the great interactive activities.
Middle School - Math Playground has a remarkable collection of interactive activities including word problems, logic games, videos, and even an interactive programming language.
High School - Where do you go for interactive activities for your more advanced mathematical concepts? EASY, you go to RonBlond. I truly wish I had advanced visuals like these when I was taking my advanced math classes.
The October edition of the EDCompass newsletter has just been released and it focuses on the various resources available to educators. It also includes the Feature Article entitled "Blog On" which has some great information about blogs in education and even talks a little about this blog, "Teachers Love SMART Boards."
Here's what else you'll find:
One of the all-time great Interactive whiteboard resources is the Skillswise page created by the BBC. This page was created for adults working to improve their reading and math skills. However, the resources are perfect for high school remediation or grade 3-8 core classrooms. This site has some of the best interactive writing lessons for the Smart Board and really lends itself perfectly to student interaction.
This site has factsheets, interactive quizzes, worksheets, and even interactive games for your smartboard.
As they say, "try it, you'll like it!"
Okay, everyone likes to play a few fun games on the SmartBoard. Maybe you could use this one for a Friday afternoon reward. Here is the classic Battleship game for your enjoyment. If you want, you can right-click and Save the file directly on your computer.
For the younger kids, here's a great website called Pauly's Playhouse that is full of fun games and activities suitable for the primary grades.
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