Monday, March 30, 2009

Spellling Site

http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/#endings

here is a good example of a spelling site that might help some of your learners.
These lessons seem well defined and not too long.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Fabulous Math

http://library.nald.ca/learning/browse/author?name=Kate+Nonesuch

This is the link for Kate Nonesuch's really excellent book on teaching math.
It is huge, so you probably don't want to make a copy of the whole thing.
But download the PDF copy and then you can go through it at your leisure.

Create a Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Here is a good website about how to make all kinds of graphs.

Try it out.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

More links

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/

here is another link from University of Victoria. Some grammar and some reading.



good spelling resource full of exercises and rules and concepts.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Webs and Links

Useful Websites and Links

 

General

 

http://www.literacybc.ca/Training/hub.php

The main hub of activity for what is going on in the world of Literacy in BC.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/

From the UK, lots of worksheets

 

http://www.eastsideliteracy.org/tutorsupport/General/GeneralLessonList.htm

Adult Education – tutor support – lots of lessons.

 

http://www.az-aall.org/AALL/Pages/Links/Studentlinks.htm

Lots and lots of lessons from Arizona

 

http://www.abc-canada.org/en/adult_literacy

ABC Canada – lots of information and resources here


http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/sc.cgi

wonderful games, good for math and reading both

 

http://www.nald.ca/info/events/annual/fld/fld.htm

National Adult Literacy Database

 

http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/R/reading/index.html

Great UK series, poignant and telling. Google and choose video with Can’t Read, Can’t Write

 

http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/downloadfull.html

Create your own crosswords.

 

 

 

 

Reading and Writing

 

http://www.thewclc.ca/edge/

online newspaper

 

http://crayon.net/index.html

Create your own newspaper

 

http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/jacobson.pdf

Using everyday materials

 

 

http://www.literacytools.ie/viewGameCategory.cfm?id=6

Games to play with learners

 

http://members.tripod.com/~ozpk/0000vocab

Vocabulary and spelling games

 

 

http://www.literacynet.org/vtd/Poems.html

Create a healthcare poem

 

http://www.nald.ca/literacybasics/initial/progress/01.htm

A nice little progress chart

 

 

Numbers

 

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions.shtml

Every worksheet you can dream of for math

 

http://library.nald.ca/learning/item/6562

If you only download one book on teaching math, make it this one.

 

 

 

http://www.softschools.com/math/worksheets/

Every other worksheet in the math world you could generate.

 

http://www.aaastudy.com/add.htm#topic1

Lots of math stuff.

 

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/math/

Online math free to join and interactive lessons

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/

Worth writing again, just to focus on the math stuff.

 

http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

Money flashcards – US money, but it could work

 

http://www.mathleague.com/help/wholenumbers/wholenumbers.htm

Whole numbers

 

http://drill.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=2&page=12

Online do it yourself flash cards

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/cooking.html

Math in daily life. Some interesting problems you can use.

 

http://alri.org/harness.html#lesson plans

Some good ideas in the Math Lessons section

 

http://library.nald.ca/learning/browse/author?name=Kate+Nonesuch

Changing the Way We Do Math – must have download

 

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

Excellent for fractions multiplying and dividing. .Shows the work

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.skillsworkshop.org/l2lit.htm#Rt/L2.1   

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/journal-prompts.html            

Writi

http://www.mysterynet.com/see/                                                        Reading


http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/                                                        MATH/grammar/spelling activities …Excellent printable

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables.htm  Elementary School…but still very well done

http://www.aaastudy.com/mny45ax2.htm#section2Math

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/tutor.html#numeracy           Many links

http://www.nwlincs.org/NWLINCSWEB/Teltv2/Introd.doc.  tutor outline

http://www.lcnv.org/links/index.cfm   links to usa sites

 

http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/resourcs/documents/Adult%20Literacy%20Resources%20-%20SLI2007.doc

http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/teacher_tutor.htm#math_teach_prep Math Learning Disabilities Links

http;//www.abc-canada.org/math literacy/