Red Ribbon Week / Say No to Drugs - Door Decoration Contest

We had a "Say No To Drugs" Door Decoration contest and it was awsome. The children participated in the decorations and I went crazy taking pictures and chasing down the winners for group photos. So I had to make a video. It came out pretty good. Even added music - please enjoy.

Thanksgiving Video - children safe, Funny jokes and children safe

We created this Thanksgiving video for our school to play over the entire school video system. Our principal thought it was cute and the children we beta tested it with thought it was "Awesome". Yes we beta tested it.

If you want a safe funny and a bit silly Thanksgiving video - feel free to use this at your school or for home. I personally love the jokes.

Memorial Elementary Fall Parade - Halloween alternative safe

Memorial Elementary

Avon Park, Fl

Fall Parade

Alternative fun activity for children at school and fun interactive activity for Parents and family. Great safe idea for everyone and the children loved it.

Neok12 - fun ways to learn Science

At NeoK12, They believe that kids learn best when they 'see' how things work, when, where and why they happen.

Watching educational videos is a great way to learn because it allows kids to build a visual picture or model in their mind.
The visual dimension not only helps them understand concepts better, but also stimulates curiosity and encourages self-learning.
Educational videos are possibly one of the most effective learning tools, and honestly, even most grown-ups will find them enriching and entertaining as well.
NeoK12 also features Web2.0 tools for learning and teaching. Our School Presentation tool, a mashup of Flickr and Wikipedia, allows users to create and share interesting school presentations online. Our Quizzes, Interactive Diagrams and other Educational Games Puzzles are a fun, interactive way to improve learning. These are also excellent interactive whiteboard resources for the classroom. Other tools allow teachers to create and share video playlists with notes and instructions for their students; find and recommend new videos for NeoK12.

We at NeoK12 are committed to cataloging the best free online educational videos from across the Internet at one place.
We watch and review each and every video to ensure they are accurate, safe and appropriate for K-12 kids.

http://www.neok12.com/

IXL Learning - makes math practice fun!

IXL (WEBSITE)
Here is a Web-based math program that has pulled together math skills, response feedback, awards, and reporting into an easy-to-use and fun format. A subscription allows students to practice both at school and at home. Alignment with state grade-level standards is a great plus for teachers!

Parents on the lookout for ways to help their Pre-K child all the way up through eighth grader can now find a tool that may usurp time presently devoted to video games. Plans are underway to add Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry.

You may want to try the 30-day free trial to see if IXL is a solution for your students as they strive to meet or exceed math standards this coming year.

http://www.ixl.com/

IXL

Practice makes perfect, and IXL makes math practice fun! IXL allows teachers and parents to monitor the progress of their students and motivate them through interactive games and practice questions. Widely recognized as the Web's most comprehensive math site, IXL offers a dynamic and enjoyable environment for children to practice math. Students who use IXL are succeeding like never before.

Moon Math - interactive math game

Professor Garfield - interesting fun site

Fact Dash, math interactive game for kids

Celebrate Freedom Week Video

Celebrate Freedom Week Video



All our schools were required to celebrate freedom week.
We had to incorporate educational activities that included information about the bill of rights and the constitution.

We were also required by law, every day to recite:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United"

So I created this video to have the whole school fulfill the required law and still have fun in our morning announcements.

Constitution Day Video

In our all our schools we celebrate "Constitution Day".



I created This Constitution Day video to give our kids at my school a fun intresting way of celebrating Constitution day and a hidden way of learning. All my videos are used in the elementary school system and must be Child safe appropriate material.
Please share this video and website with your school and friends.

Orb Switch Game - fun eye hand coordination, child safe game

Orb Switch Game
Get all the orbs of the same color on the correct side.

Fun children and Adult game that entertians and helps with hand eye coordination. Personally I love this game.

Holloween Children Safe Video

Holloween Child safe Video.



I created this video to play at my Elementary school. I will Broadcast it over the school wide system. It was created to be a fun, silly, a bit scary but children safe video.

Children should be able to enjoy the holiday without having nightmares or emotional truama. Please feel free to watch and share this video with your kids or students.

ACALETICS - method of math instruction teaches students

The ACALETICS® method of math instruction teaches students that the preparation required to be a good athlete is what is necessary to be a good student – practice, practice, practice!

Educational Development Associates, Inc. (EDA) was founded in 1985 as a learning center specializing in math, reading and test preparation. EDA offers several research-based, results-based supplemental products and services to schools throughout the country to boost student performance and achievement. Through its innovative ACALETICS® Math program, EDA has helped more than 250,000 students improve test scores dramatically by providing invaluable resources and direct support to schools. In 2006, two of Florida’s Top 10 Schools Making Progress (out of 2800 schools) partnered with EDA. Additionally, one of our High-Poverty Schools is among Florida’s 2006 Top 10 High-Performing Schools.

ACALETICS® schools throughout Florida made significant gains in the two Math criteria measured by the State: % of students Making Learning Gains and % of students Meeting High Standards (scoring at or above grade level). Some selected highlights are:

• Three ACALETICS® schools ranked #1 in their respective counties in % of students Making Learning Gains in Math: Orange Brook Elementary with 86% (Broward), William Lehman Elementary with 92% (Dade), and Brooksville Elementary with 84% (Hernando).
• 25 ACALETICS® Schools are recipients of the Florida School Recognition Award which grants $100 per student to schools which maintain an “A” or improve their school grade.
• Dade County’s West Homestead Elementary increased 32 percentage points in percent of students scoring at or above grade level in Math, from 36% in 2004 to 68% in 2005.
• Broward County’s Panther Run Elementary maintained 91% of their students scoring at or above grade level in Math.
• Palm Beach County’s only two “D” schools in 2004, Rosenwald and West Riviera elementary schools, improved their school grades to a “C”. West Riviera now ranks 3rd in the county among all “C” schools in % of students Making Learning Gains in Math (70%).
• Hernando County’s Moton Elementary, an ESE Center School, made Adequate Yearly Progress under the “No Child Left Behind” guidelines. Over 33% of Moton’s student population is classified as students with disabilities.
Follow link to: www.acaletics.com

FCAT Explorer - getting help

FCAT Explorer and Focus Reading for FCAT 2.0
The 2011 FCAT marks the first time the FCAT 2.0 standards for reading will be tested. Not to worry FCAT Explorer and Focus are here to help. The Support Services Team has reviewed reading content for FCAT Explorer (grades 3 through 8) and Focus (grades 3 through 10), comparing the 2007 Sunshine State Standards (SSS) foci to the 2009 FCAT 2.0 foci.
Based on this review, existing content was a near perfect match. In fact, this transition was virtually seamless. Students still receive the same great instructional support features and skill-building activities as before. The only change you may notice is that, now, the teacher and administrator reports are mapped to the FCAT 2.0 reading foci. Questions or
concerns? Please don’t hesitate to contact our Support Services Team for a more complete explanation of our process.

A New Year and a New Look
Can you believe it? It’s our 10th anniversary here at FCAT Explorer. We’ve come a long way since FCAT Explorer was first piloted in 1999 when we had just one program, 4th grade reading. Today, we have 11 FCAT Explorer programs in reading, mathematics, and science—all incorporating the latest in instructional technology and design. Since our inception, we’ve created over 12,000 practice items for FCAT Explorer and its companion website, Focus.
To celebrate our decade of growth and achievement, we have a brand new homepage design. A new banner animation includes many of the fascinating characters found in the FCAT Explorer programs. Come join the party at www.fcatexplorer.com!

Find us on Facebook!
Get updated news and announcements with the FCAT Explorer Facebook page.
See classic FCAT Explorer artwork. Friend Captain Frog (aka Ferdinand Smith)! Give us your feedback or show your support instantly—with the FCAT Explorer Facebook page.

NCMEC - Net Smartz Kids

NCMEC

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, (NCMEC), is a private, (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization which was created in 1984. The mission of the organization is to serve as the nation’s resource on the issues of missing and sexually exploited children. The organization provides information and resources to law enforcement, parents, and children, including child victims, as well as other professionals.

NetSmartz Workshop

NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.

Keep your children safe online: Smartz Kidz

Star Fall - Help children with reading

I started my 4 year old with Starfall and she is now reading on her own, and she is so proud that she can read all 15 beginner books without my help! She wrote her first letter to me, on her own, using her personal dictionary with the correct punctuations and can tell you the verb, noun and descriptive in a sentence.

— Homeschooling Parent
Pennsylvania

About Starfall
Founded in 2002, Starfall is made possible through the vision of the Polis-Schutz family. Dr. Stephen Schutz and poet Susan Polis Schutz founded Blue Mountain Arts publishing company in 1970 and together with their son, Jared Schutz, created the popular electronic greeting card company, bluemountain.com. The Polis-Schutz family shares a passion for education. Susan Polis Schutz was a teacher in New Jersey and New York City in the 1960s, while Jared Schutz Polis served on the Colorado State Board of Education.

Starfall is recognized and highly rated by experts. The Reading Teacher named Starfall.com one of "Five Internet sites too good to miss" (May 2006). In 2005 and again in 2008, Homeschool.com recognized Starfall as one of their top five educational websites. Starfall was the first Internet site to be recognized by Children's Software & New Media Review as the highest rated product in their Early Elementary category, Spring 2004.

Starfall is produced by a dedicated and talented team led by Brandi Chase. The Starfall team of educators, artists, designers, animators, musicians, and engineers live all over the world!

Yahoo! Kids - learning with Games?

Get the Scoop on Yahoo! Kids
Have a question or two about Yahoo! Kids? Curious about our privacy policies? Want to know if our Search and Web Directory are kid-safe? You've come to the right place! We've answered these and other common questions about Yahoo! Kids right here. Thanks for your interest!

1. What is Yahoo! Kids?
Great question! Yahoo! Kids is Yahoo!'s entertainment and education site for children aged 6 through 12. Our mission is to connect you and your children with the best—and safest—content on the Web. We want to be your kids' #1 starting point on the Web—the place where they can always find just what they're seeking, whether for school or fun.

Launched in 1996 as "Yahooligans!," Yahoo! Kids uniquely combines the power of the Yahoo! network, our relationships with the top producers of children's content and kid-safe search built on more than 40,000 Web sites vetted by our editors. There's nothing like it on the Web.

We encourage you to explore our site and visit frequently. We're adding fresh content daily and have big plans for the future—all dedicated to the benefit of your children.

2. What happened to Yahooligans?
It's still here! Everything your kids knew and loved about Yahooligans! (our original name) is in Yahoo! Kids: our Directory, our educational content, our vast library of games, our Music section and more. All we have done is refresh its appearance, update its technology and give it new life. And a new name, of course.

One important change is that we separated our entertainment features from our educational content, which now resides in our StudyZone. We did this to remove possible distractions for your kids, whether they're doing homework or working at school.

As with all Web sites, some features may come and go. But we took care to retain some traditional favorites. Earl is still answering questions (although he had a makeover) and our Jokes section remains very popular.

If you're missing something from Yahooligans!, take a few moments and look around. You're likely to find it.

3. How is Yahoo! Kids different from other children’s Web sites?
Let us count the ways!

• We have the resources of the entire Yahoo! network. We work closely with Yahoo!'s market-leading properties—Games, Music, Movies, TV... You get the idea. No other kids' site has such power.

• We are deeply human. We have the best technology available, but everything that you see on Yahoo! Kids has been reviewed by real, live human beings who feel a profound responsibility for your children's welfare.

• We are independent and can feature everything your kids want to see, regardless of the source.

• We offer more than entertainment. We offer solid educational content with a dash of fun. There's a time for work and a time for play, and we offer both.

• We feature kid-safe search based upon our Directory of more than 40,000 Web sites. Yahoo! editors have reviewed every one to be sure it's appropriate for your children. Kids Yahoo

Discovery Education - inspiring learning and transforming classrooms

Who We Are
Discovery Education transforms classrooms, empowers teachers and captivates students by leading the way in providing high quality, dynamic, digital content to school districts large and small, rural and suburban and everything in between.

Accelerate student achievement in your district by capturing the minds and imaginations of students with the fascination of Discovery, tapping into students' natural curiosity and desire to learn. Discovery Education offers a portfolio of opportunities for districts to meet students where they want to learn in the digital age. With award- winning digital content, interactive lessons, real time assessment, virtual experiences with some of Discovery's greatest talent, classroom contest & challenges, professional development and more - Discovery is leading the way in transforming classrooms and inspiring learning.

"It is essential for students to have multiple and varied exposures to content in order for them to truly learn and understand it. Discovery Education is an invaluable resource in this respect, helping me to provide interactive media, visuals and videos that depict things that these students may never be able to see or be exposed to otherwise."
Nicole Wagner, Teacher, Tavan Elementary

What We Achieve

Implementation of Discovery Education impacts the way an educator teaches, providing them the digital content and the professional development to transform classroom instruction into an immersive, experience that inspires a student's natural curiosity. Discovery Education impacts the way students learn, breaking down barriers and moving beyond static textbooks to a digital delivery they already embrace. However, accelerating student achievement is the ultimate result we all want to reach. Discovery Education has worked with school districts across all sizes and demographics and consistently delivers results. We evaluate our services on both the qualitative (student engagement, teacher satisfaction and impact) and quantitative measures (test scores).

For example:
•Charlotte Mecklenburg School District (CMS): Dr. Peter Gorman's (Superintendent CMS) goal was a 3-5% gain in science scores over a very short time frame. A pilot program using Discovery Education Science led to double-digit gains in science scores year-over-year in CMS. Composite retest scores on North Carolina's science end-of-year exam for grades 5 and 8 increased by 26 points.

Who is The Happy Scientist?

Who is The Happy Scientist?
Rob Krampf’s lifelong love of science began when he was five years old. Like many five year olds, Rob was obsessed with dinosaurs, and decided that when he grew up, he wanted to be a scientist and dig up dinosaur bones. He never outgrew that obsession, and it led him to a career in museum education, and eventually to digging dinosaur bones with some of the top paleontologists, but that was only the beginning.

Even as a child, Rob’s love of science blossomed far beyond dinosaurs, ranging from kitchen chemistry to exploring pond water through a microscope. His family supported and encouraged his scientific adventures, putting up with smelly chemistry experiments, escaped pet lizards, and several hundred of pounds of rocks stored under his bed.

While studying geology in college, Rob volunteered in the Collections and Education Departments at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum. This quickly developed into a real job as a science educator, and eventually Science Services Coordinator. During his thirteen years at the Pink Palace, Rob had the pleasure of working with (and learning from) some of the most amazing educators he had ever met. He wound up teaching lab and field classes in geology, biology, chemistry, and physics. This included everything from digging dinosaurs bones in South Dakota to studying Gray Whales off the coast of Mexico, from mapping caves in Tennessee to standing barefoot in a pan of water with million volt sparks from a Tesla coil jumping from his fingertips.

In 1987, Rob was ready for new challenges, and went into business as an independent science educator. Rob put together "Watt is Electricity", a traveling high voltage program designed to show students and adults that science could be exciting and understandable. Living on the road, he toured the country full time for seven years, looping from Key West, Florida to Seattle, Washington. Along the way, he researched and developed new programs on Lightning, Combustion, and Energy, combining the excitement of dust explosions and setting my hand on fire, with understandable explanations of how and why the demonstrations work.

By 1994, Rob was again ready for new challenges, and took a job at the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville, Florida. A job that started with outreach programming and program development quickly lead to a position as Director of Education and Collections. While it was exciting to "hold the reins", it meant giving up most of his teaching time in favor of meetings and paperwork.
By 1997, Rob was more than ready to leave the meetings behind, and get back to work as an educator. With a home base in St. Augustine, he started working with Florida Power and Light (now FPL). They contracted with him to present my Electricity and Energy shows at schools across their service area, about half the state of Florida. Visiting as many as 180 schools a year kept Rob busy, but it also gave him plenty of opportunities to develop the hobby of nature photography in the Everglades and Florida's wetlands.

In 2006, another adventure came Rob’s way in the form of science videos. While the live performances are lots of fun, he realized he can only be in one place at a time, and demand far exceeded his abilities. It also meant presenting his most popular programs over, and over, and over. Through video, Rob found a way to reach a much larger audience, and the freedom to develop a stream of new programs, often on a weekly basis. 

The challenge of learning the art of video production has been almost as exciting as the new teaching opportunities it has presented. Today, Rob does most of his work as a "lone wolf" producer, traveling with his wife, Nancy to find new science adventures to share. It is a wonderful life, and it makes him a very Happy Scientist.

Britannica Online School Edition K-12

Britannica Online School Edition K-12 gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers high-quality online learning materials that are developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition K-12 offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopædia Britannica.

In addition to the vast trove of information in Britannica Online School Edition K-12's four unique encyclopedias, we also feature thousands of magazine and journal articles from EBSCO, an Internet Guide with editor-selected Web sites chosen for their relevancy and educational value, teacher resources, videos, multimedia, interactive lessons, and thousands of images and illustrations that help bring subjects to life. If you would like to learn more about Britannica Online School Edition K-12, view our Guided Tour.

Titles that are award-winning; content that is curriculum aligned and recommended by teachers and industry leaders; information that teachers, professors, and librarians are confident using and sharing: this is what constitutes the Britannica Difference. With Britannica, you teach with confidence; they know for sure.

Students and educators can access their Britannica Online subscriptions through mobile devices including the iPhone and Blackberry. Simply have your institution's username and password ready for authentication, and you'll have anytime, anywhere access to Britannica!


Today, Encyclopædia Britannica serves teachers, librarians, and all ages of students better than ever before. The youngest students can reinforce what they're learning in the classroom with the Britannica Discovery Library or the new online Britannica Learning Zone. Science teachers will want to introduce the new Britannica Illustrated Science Library to their middle school students. And the Compton's 2008 edition is a stunning update to this award-winning product that belongs in every library. And the list goes on. Encyclopedia Britannica

Educational Resources for all ages

Khan Academy - free world-class education for anyone anywhere

Learn almost anything for free.

A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.

The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.

All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.



With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 180 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.

How it works for students

Students can make use of our extensive video library, practice exercises, and assessments from any computer with access to the web.

Complete custom self-paced learning tool
A dynamic system for getting help
A custom profile, points, and badges to measure progress

Coaches, parents, and teachers

Coaches, parents, and teachers have unprecedented visibility into what their students are learning and doing on the Khan Academy.

Ability to see any student in detail
A real-time class report for all students
Better intelligence for doing targeted interventions

Over 2400 videos

Our library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.

"I teach the way that I wish I was taught. The lectures are coming from me, an actual human being who is fascinated by the world around him."
—Sal

A world of exercises, with help along the way

Practice math at your own pace with our adaptive assessment exercises. You can start at 1+1 and work your way into calculus or jump right into whatever topic needs some brushing up.

Each problem is randomly generated, so you never run out of practice material. If you need a hint, every single problem can be broken down, step-by-step, with one click. If you need more help, you can always watch a related video.


I'm a teacher, coach, or parent, how do I start using the site with my student(s)?
First things first: you need an account, and you need to be signed in on the Khan Academy. So, sign in or sign up. Once you've got an account you can actually start getting students to add you as their coach.

The next step: every student that you want to coach needs an account as well. Students over 13 can sign up for Google or Facebook accounts immediately.

If your students are under 13:

You currently have two options: you can sign your school up for Google Apps for Education, which will help you provide each student with a Google account that can be used with Khan Academy, or you can have your students' parents individually create accounts for each student on either Google or Facebook. We are constantly working to improve this situation, but that's the best we've got at the moment (sorry!).

If you already have Google Apps for Education accounts but aren't able to use them to sign in on the Khan Academy, you might need to upgrade your account.

Clicking "Get started" should take you through the process to finish the upgrade. Khan academy

Once this is done, each student will need to identify you as their coach. There are detailed instructions and screenshots on the Coach page

Lexile® Measure ? reader measure from a reading test or program.

What is a Lexile® Measure?

A Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. The Lexile measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it — 880L is 880 Lexile.

A student gets his or her Lexile reader measure from a reading test or program. For example, if a student receives an 880L on her end-of-grade reading test, she is an 880 Lexile reader. Higher Lexile measures represent a higher level of reading ability. A Lexile reader measure can range from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced readers. Readers who score at or below 0L receive a BR for Beginning Reader.
A book, article or piece of text gets a Lexile text measure when it's analyzed by MetaMetrics. For example, the first "Harry Potter" book measures 880L, so it's called an 880 Lexile book. A Lexile text measure is based on two strong predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: word frequency and sentence length. Many other factors affect the relationship between a reader and a book, including its content, the age and interests of the reader, and the design of the actual book. The Lexile text measure is a good starting point in the book-selection process, with these other factors then being considered. Lexile text measures are rounded to the nearest 10L. Text measures at or below 0L are reported as BR for Beginning Reader.

The idea behind The Lexile Framework for Reading is simple: if we know how well a student can read and how hard a specific book is to comprehend, we can predict how well that student will likely understand the book.
When used together, Lexile measures help a reader find books and articles at an appropriate level of difficulty (visit Find a Book ), and determine how well that reader will likely comprehend a text. You also can use Lexile measures to monitor a reader's growth in reading ability over time.

Lexile Measures Help Readers Grow, and Help Parents and Teachers Know

Teachers and parents can best serve a student's literacy needs when they treat him or her as a unique individual, rather than as a test score or a grade-level norm or average. The reading abilities of young people in the same grade at school can vary just as much as their shoe sizes. However, grade-leveling methods commonly are used to match students with books.
When a Lexile text measure matches a Lexile reader measure, this is called a "targeted" reading experience. The reader will likely encounter some level of difficulty with the text, but not enough to get frustrated. This is the best way to grow as a reader—with text that's not too hard but not too easy.

When you receive a Lexile measure, try not to focus on the exact number. Instead, consider a reading range around the number. A person's Lexile range, or reading comprehension "sweet spot," is from 100L below to 50L above his or her reported Lexile measure. Use this Lexile range in our Find a Book search. And don't be afraid to look at books above and below someone's Lexile range. Just know that a reader might find these books particularly challenging or simple.

If a student tackles reading material above his or her Lexile range, consider what additional instruction or lower-level reading resources might help. Ask him or her to keep track of unknown words, and look them up together. Or take turns reading aloud to each other to chop up the reading experience into smaller portions. Likewise, you can reward students with books that fall below his or her Lexile range for an easier reading experience.

What is a Lexile measure?
There are two kinds of Lexile measures: the Lexile reader measure and the Lexile text measure. Students receive a Lexile reader measure as a score from a reading test - it describes his or her reading ability. Books and other texts receive a Lexile text measure from a software tool called the Lexile Analyzer - it describes the book's reading demand or difficulty.
When used together, these measures can help match a reader with reading material that is at an appropriate difficulty, or help give an idea of how well a reader will comprehend a text. The Lexile reader measure can also be used to monitor a reader's growth in reading ability over time. Lexile helps readers grow, and helps parents and teachers know.

When a Lexile text measure matches or is in the range of a Lexile reader measure, this is called a targeted reading experience. The reader will encounter some level of difficulty with the text, but not enough to get frustrated. This is the best way to grow as a reader - reading text that's not too hard but not too easy.

What can I do with my Lexile measure?

You can easily find "just right" books either for school or for pleasure reading. You can also easily know when a reader might need a little help, or a little more challenge.

When you receive your Lexile measure from a test, try not to focus on the exact number. Instead, consider a reading range around the number. A young person's Lexile range, or reading "sweet spot," is from 100L below to 50L above his or her reported measure. Use this range in our Find a Book search. And don't be afraid to look at books above and below someone's Lexile range. Just know that a reader might find these books particularly challenging or simple.

If a student tackles reading material above his or her Lexile range, consider what additional instruction or lower-level reading resources might help. Ask him or her to keep track of unknown words, and look them up together. Or take turns reading aloud to each other to chop up the reading experience into smaller portions. Likewise, you can reward students with easy reading just as adults like to grab a couple of pulp novels to read in the beach chair.

Where can I receive a Lexile measure?

MetaMetrics does not publish tests that report Lexile measures. Neither is there an online test on our Web site. Instead, we partner with state departments of education and test publishers to create assessments or link existing assessments to report Lexile measures. Currently, students can receive Lexile measures from many different tests and reading programs.

What is the relationship between grade equivalents and Lexile measures?

There is no direct correspondence of a specific Lexile measure to a specific grade level. Within any classroom or grade, there will be a range of readers and a range of reading materials. For example, in a fifth-grade classroom there will be some readers who are ahead of the typical reader (about 250L above) and some readers who are behind the typical reader (about 250L below). To say that some books are "just right" for fifth graders assumes that all fifth graders are reading at about the same level. The Lexile Framework for Reading is intended to match readers with texts at whatever level each individual reader is reading.

With that said, we have a more detailed explanation and a chart available that shows Lexile ranges from actual test scores across the nation in each grade. Please keep in mind, the "Reader Measures" column of this chart is not to be taken as recommended ranges. This is simply where young readers are reading. And know that students scored above and below these ranges as well -- the ranges in the table are the middle 50% of students in each grade

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BrainPOP - animated, curriculum-based content that engages students

Founded in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. In June 2011, we launched GameUp™, a collection of top free online game titles that tie right in to curriculum. All of our resources are supported by BrainPOP Educators, our teacher community now more than 135,000 members strong and featuring free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices, groups and forums, and much more.

Ideal for both group and one-on-one settings, BrainPOP is used in numerous ways in classrooms, at home, and on mobile devices, from introducing a new lesson or topic to illustrating complex subject matter to reviewing before a test. Content is mapped to Common Core, aligned to academic standards, and easily searchable with our online Standards Tool. Uniquely suited for 21st-century learning, all products are fully compatible with interactive whiteboards, learner response systems, projectors, Macs, and PCs. No downloading, installation, or special hardware is required.

BrainPOP was conceived by Dr. Avraham Kadar, M.D., an immunologist and pediatrician, as a creative way to explain difficult concepts to his young patients. Today, we host more than 11 million visits to our web sites each month. We take pride in our in-house team of educators, animators, and writers, who produce and continually improve BrainPOP, incorporating valuable teacher and parent input. We are aided by diverse group of educators who serve as our Academic Advisors.

BrainPop

To start exploring BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL, register for our Free Trial. BrainPOP Educators and GameUp are always free.

Kid Blog - fun and safe for all

Kidblog is different
Kidblog is built by teachers, for teachers, so students can get the most out of the blogging process.
Kidblog meets the need for a safe and simple blogging platform suitable for elementary and middle school students. Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all publishing activity within the classroom blogging community.

If you've tried (perhaps with limited success) other blogging platforms like Blogger, Edublogs, or Wordpress.com, you'll notice the Kidblog difference immediately!


Kidblog is Safe

Kidblog's advanced privacy features put safety first:
•Teachers have administrative control over all student blogs and student accounts.
•Your students' blogs are private by default - viewable only by classmates and the teacher.
•For "semi-public" blogs, set up guest (e.g. parent) accounts that require a password to view students' posts/comments.
•Comment privacy settings block unsolicited comments from outside sources.
•Kidblog does not collect any personal information from teachers or students.


Kidblog is Simple

Kidblog helps your students focus on what's important:

• No advertising of any kind.
• Simple login menus allow students to select their name from a list of students in the class, eliminating the need to memorize usernames.
• Clutter-free design means your students will spend less time fussing with widgets/options and more time publishing.
• Central blog directory and simple navigation links make it easy for students to find classmates' blogs.

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FunBrain - free educational games, online books, and comics

About Funbrain

Since 1997, kids, teachers, librarians, and parents have enthusiastically turned to Funbrain for its free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.

Teachers and librarians can confidently encourage students to use Funbrain during their free time in class, assured that kids will enjoy an educational, safe online learning experience. Funbrain's games help students build on what they have learned in class and acquire new skills in reading, math, and problem solving.

Parents can trust Funbrain to deliver a fun and safe experience for even the youngest children. The Playground helps parents introduce their preschoolers to the Internet and teaches them how to manipulate the mouse and keyboard. Selected by FamilyFun magazine in its September 2010 issue as one of the top ten websites for kids, Funbrain is committed to providing a safe gaming environment that bridges learning and entertainment.

Funbrain never collects personally identifiable information from kids. For more information please see our Privacy Policy.

Funbrain is published by Family Education Network, a part of Pearson, the education, services and technology company. Pearson's other primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

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