Filamentality

Filamentality is a great way to design an interactive learning environment for students. The site walks you through a step by step process for gathering your links and organizing them into your own online learning activity. This is a great site for creating webquests or just a collection of your favorite sites. Want to see what is already out there for you to use in your classroom? Try searching Filamentality by your grade level for TONS of learning environments that are already created! Check it out at http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/

Grammar Practice

This week's tip is a combination of several different interactive sites for practicing grammar. All of these sites include fun games to engage students and track their progress.

To Bee or Nottoobee - http://www.funbrain.com/verb/index.html
In this activity, students have to choose the correct verb to complete the sentences. Students practice the correct use of am, is, are, were and was.

Word Frog - http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/
Help the frog find the correct fly to eat! The correct fly must have the matching synonym, antonym or homonym.

Flip A Chip - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/flip/
Choose the correct ending for the word to correctly complete the sentence. There are six levels and each completed paragraph can be printed and checked for accuracy.

They're, Their, There - http://www.better-english.com/easier/theyre.htm
Choose the correct word for the sentence. The teacher is able to track when an incorrect answer is chosen.

Wacky Web Tales

Remember Mad Libs? Wacky Web Tales challenges students to apply their knowledge of parts of speech. Type in the words correlating to the correct parts of speech and your story is created in seconds! What a neat way to practice reading and grammar skills! Visit Wacky Web Tales at http://www.eduplace.com/tales/