Posted by Tammy Maaske on
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Since I am a substitute and do not have a username or password I will not be able to actively respond to this question.  If I had a regular classroom, I would use the resource Britannica school.  This resource can be manipulated by users to fit the needs of each student and their learning styles.  Botanical school is an online encyclopedia that has three levels, elementary, middle school, and high school and students can create their own account and save their materials.  Teachers can create their own accounts, access lesson plans and save materials.  It allows the teacher to differentiate the lesson plans and make them age-appropriate.  Botanical school has many content types such as articles, images, videos, dictionary, magazines, and e-books.  Since collaboration is a key component in education today, teachers can share lesson plans with their peers.  Peers can add their own content and details to make the lesson template their own.

My third-grade classroom had students of various levels and three fourths of my students were ESL learners so it was very difficult to help individual students understand the book resources we used.  The Britannica school resource will help all students access and understand the given information.

Book Flex is another resource I intend utilize.  Students will be able to listen to books while viewing each word that is being said.  It supplements and reinforces reading.