ClassTools.net

There are lots of tools on [|www.classtools.net]. Here are some favorites that are free, take little instruction to successfully complete, and integrate technology into something you already need to do. SEVERAL SAMPLES PROVIDED, SO SCROLL DOWN.

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 * Living Graphs let you plot changes over a period of time. A good use for this is tracking a characters emotions over the course of a story. A Cinderella example is below.

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 * Timelines for biographies or autobiographies are available as well. Enter the low and high values of the years and click to add events.

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 * Upload a graphic image and use the Post It feature for kids to label the diagram. This example is for the rainforest strata, however, you could label parts of a plants, various organs in the body systems, planets and bodies in the solar system, labeling parts and functions of systems in general, identifying coins, identifying polygons or solids, and more.



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The Dustbin Game allows students to sort or classify information into respective bins. This version I created had to do with a nonfiction lesson connected to polar bears. Students needed to organize their facts so they could prepare a product on "How a Polar Bear Uses its Body for Survival." From the collection of facts, they had to determine which were keepers and remained on topic. Here is the link: []