Typetastic!

I sit at my desk steadily typing away while my students look on in amazement.  "Mrs Bond!  How do you type so fast?" they ask in awe.  I practiced!  

Typetastic!  is a FREE online typing program that uses colors and games to engage young learners.  Give it a whirl!  I am sure that many of your students will appreciate this skill when they are typing up those essays when they get older :)

Quizizz

Do you like Kahoot?  I LOVE Kahoot, but I was running into an issue (especially with math) with my kids running out of time before they could select an answer.  Kahoot has a maximum time limit of 120 seconds.  Now, one suggestion that the help desk at Kahoot suggests is to make a copy of each question and insert it BEFORE the scored question.  This is a bit much for me, so I decided to look into some alternatives.  Quizizz has become my new favorite.  Quizizz has a bank of member-created assessments, but it has features that Kahoot lacks.  First of all, you can set the time limit to 15 minutes.  Second of all, it is self-paced.  Students move on to the next question once they answer the one they are currently on.  Finally, you can create quiz and give it as homework with a window of time to complete the quiz.  

Do students need an account?  Nope! Just like with Kahoot, students go to the site and enter the code to play :)

Pick-A-Path

Pick-A-Path

The Pick-A-Path app is an app that has been created by the NCTM.  The user chooses a path through different operations with the goal of reaching the target total.  This is great for building mathematical and reasoning skills.  As the levels go up, the game increases in difficulty. 

Professor Garfield

The Professor Garfield Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational collaboration between Paws, Inc., the global headquarters for Garfield the Cat, and Ball State University, a nationally recognized leader in teacher training and digital education.  The primary focus of the activities/games on this website is literacy.  My favorite activity is Reading Ring where students have to sequence the Garfield comic strips, but there are many other activities on this website as well that support literacy. http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html