A Circus of Thinking Skills Classroom activities using Inspiration, a great information organization program for kids and teachers. Inspiration Here is an overview of how Inspiration can be used to help students organize information in all curriculum areas. Go to the Downloads page to get the 30 day trial version of Inspiration. Classroom Activities using Movie Trailers Here are some fun movie trailers with ideas on how to use them in the classroom to build reading, writing, math, science and other curriculum area skills. Some of these trailers are very large and you may have trouble downloading them. You can request the Planet Discovery CD to get these materials in CD format. Universal Access Station Description of a computer and scanner setup that enables students to scan a book into a computer and have the computer read the book out loud. Go to the Downloads page to get a trial version of TextBridge Pro, an optical character recognition software program. Pre-K Science Lessons (Multiple Intelligence Format) Here is a great example of using the Multiple Intelligence Theory to develop a lesson plan. Art to Zoo Thematic Units (grades 4-9) From the Smithsonian Institute, these publications are great ways to integrate curriculum in the classroom. 150th Anniversary Archeology Contrast Elections Japan Landscape Ocean Helping Your Child With Homework A great publication for parents. Instructional Sports Videos - SportsID.COM Here is a source for some really great videos for anchored instruction activities. Teachers and students can create a lot of reading, writing and thinking activities based on the content of these sports instructional videos. Get some of your gifted students to work on transcribing the scripts of the videos and you have an anchored reading, writing and spelling vocabulary. Add an electronic graphic organizer such as Inspiration, and students have the tools to chart and organize the information in a variety of ways. This is really powerful stuff for building reading and information organization skills for students who enjoy sports.	Making Accessible Web Sites Eye Yummies Tuesday Teacher Training Writing Activities Reading Activities ESE Resources Strategies for Teachers Downloads (fun software) Request CD's Papers Laying Around eMail David

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