Volume 4, No. 16
18 March, 2005
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...going, going...
http://sms1.fcps.net/tec/
Available seats at Fayette
County's TEC conference June 2nd are almost
gone! Register now if you intend to go! A list
of sessions are available on the website. |
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The Kentucky Core Content for
Assessment
Yes, Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT)
is coming! Featured in this issue are selected
topics from the
Kentucky Core Content for Assessment, the
basis for state testing since September 1999.
In this edition of
The E-Line, for each of the content areas
below, a resource is
included, and one or two of the
Kentucky Core Content item (boxed in
gray) associated with the lesson are cited.
This week we also feature
several sites to help your high school student
prepare for those college entrance exams!
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On-line
Testing Resources |
Testing Resources for your High
School Student
SAT Prep -
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/prep_one.html
- College Board, the designers of
the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
provide a full downloadable sample
test at their site, plus other
resources. Of course, their
tutorials are for sale.
ACT Prep -
http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/
- The designers of the American
College Test (ACT) also provide
practice tests and other resources
for free on their website.
Test Prep Review
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http://www.testprepreview.com/
- This free resource has sample
tests online for dozens of
achievement tests, though there is
no indication (at least that I
could find) who produces and
maintains the materials. Also, for
ACT/SAT math and vocabulary drill
and practice, look to the free
site from Elias Sabb (http://www.saab.org).
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Content Area
Resources |
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Health/ Practical Living |
 Good
Character
http://goodcharacter.com/
Very content-rich,
and primarily
teaching/professional development
resources, this free site is aimed
at character development.
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PL-E-1.1.1 -
Individual behaviors
(e.g., etiquette,
fairness, politeness,
sharing, listening) show responsibility and respect
to others (e.g., families,
peers, teams). |
There are teaching guides and materials
grouped by age, lessons aimed at
sports, resources for community
service projects, and hyperlinks
to other sites on the subject of
character education.
This very rich and useful resource is
offered free of charge by
Elkind+Sweet Communications,
Inc./Live Wire Media, San
Francisco. |
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Mathematics |
 Count
Us In
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/
The Australian
Broadcasting Corporation offers
this collection of online
mathematical activities aimed at
the very young (P-2).
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MA-E-1.2.1
- Read, write, and
rename whole numbers
MA-E-1.2.9
- Order and compare (>,
<, =) whole numbers and
fractions |
There are
helps with concepts for teachers,
and the activities/games are
actually downloadable for use
locally on your own computer
(they're simple flash files).
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Reading |
 Wired
for Books
http://wiredforbooks.org/
Interviews with
authors and readings from books,
extracted from Don Swaim's CBS
Radio program, with additional
materials from the annual Ohio
University Spring Literary
Festival.
RD-M-3.0.12 -
Identify an author's opinion about a subject.
RD-M-x.0.10 - Connect information from a passage to students' lives and/or real world issues. |
These are audio files delivered in true streaming Real
format (not available for
download), and there's something
for almost all age groups (though
mostly for high school and adult). |
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Science |
 Physical
Science Resource Center
http://psrc.aapt.org/
The resources offered
by the American Association of
Physics Teachers are searchable by
topic, grade level, and resource
type.
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SC-H-1.4.1 -
Objects change their motion only when a net force is applied. Laws of motion are used to describe the effects of forces on the motion of objects. |
Apparently AAPT does not
produce much of its own, since most
of the resources are off-site, but
its quite easy to browse and search.
The site also includes threaded
discussion, and resource submission
and sharing. Good physics resource! |
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Social Studies |
 FBI
Kids Page/Youth
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm
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SS-H-1.1.3 - The U.S. government's response to contemporary issues and societal problems (e.g., education, welfare system, health insurance, childcare, crime) reflects the needs, wants, and demands of its citizens (e.g., individuals, political action committees, special interest groups, political parties).
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The Federal Bureau
of Investigation offers this
collection of online activities
and informational sites in two
clusters, one for K-5, the other
for 6-12.
There are informational
areas describing the FBI, Internet
safety tips, recent cases, and
information about the use of dogs
in investigation, amongst other
things. There are no specific
teacher resources. |
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Writing |
 Writing
Fix
http://www.writingfix.com/
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WR-H-1.3 -
Literary writing artfully communicates with the reader about the human condition. Literary forms in the portfolio include poems, short stories, and scripts/plays.
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Sponsored by the
Nevada Writing Project and the
National Writing Project, this
quirky site supports writers, and
the teachers of writers. There is
a random writing prompt generator,
a kids area with games, links to
other writing prompt sites, helps
with
NWREL's 6+1 Trait Writing assessment
method, and
even an online word processor! |
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Grant Resources |
 The Spoke's
You Can Make a Difference
http://www.thespoke.net/ycmd/
The Spoke is a virtual
gathering place for young people. Sponsored
by Microsoft, it provides blog space and
other interactive capabilities so that high
school students can build their own
community. The "You can make a difference"
grant contest offers free Visual Studio
software to all participants submitting a
charitable program design/idea, and the
chance to win $5,000 to be divided between
the charitable project, a college
scholarship for the student applicant, and a
grant to the student's school. [Suggested
by Greg Drake.] |
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