Great ideas that work in the classroom!
| Language Arts - Try Mr.Nussbaum's Great-Noun-A-Thon! This is a fantastic way for teachers to use cooperative learning to enforce noun recognition and vocabulary development in a way students will love -GUARANTEED! |
| Language Arts - Mr, Nussbaum's Book Report Template. The book report template can be used for several grade levels and gives students two options for exciting alternatives to typical book reports. |
| Language Arts - Learning classroom manners are very important in the early grades. Check out the poems my class wrote in response to the classic story - The Thingamajig Book of Manners. |
| Math - This is a link to instructions for many wonderful math games (especially card games) that really teach and reinforce critical math skills such as addition, subtraction and multiplication! |
| Math - Morning Weather Game - This is one of the most popular ideas I used in the classroom. Students start out each day with an exciting game that involves estimating the temperature. |
| Science - Mismatched Adaptation. This is an exciting Science/Language Arts activity that will really get students thinking about animal adaptations and why they work. |
| Social Studies - License Plate Game The license plate game is an exciting way for students to earn extra rewards while learning about the states at home and in the car. While it's designed for Virginia students, it can be adapted for students in any state. |
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How to use mrnussbaum.com |
Mrnussbaum.com can be used by parents, teachers and students alike to provide enrichment, remediation, extra practice, information for reports and projects, or just for fun. It is a work continually in progress and will not be fully completed for several years. Mrnussbaum.com features interactive flash-based maps, activities and scavenger hunts. There are many games, puzzles, quizzes, on-line activities, informative pages and unique opportunities. Students can earn GeoBills for completing activities and can exchange them for educational prizes. Below is a list and description of major links. This summary cannot possibly describe everything on mrnussbaum.com - YOU HAVE TO EXPLORE TO SEE EVERYTHING! Home Page - Description of mrnussbaum.com and links to all pages and activities. Language Arts Factory - Students can practice phonics and reading comprehension through many on-line, activities and questions sheets.Words-a-Plenty is a particularly fun acitivity in which students have to unscramble as many words as possible in the given amount of time. Math Lab - Students can practice a wide range of math skills on-line. There are several wonderful games to reinforce math concepts.Cash Out , Tackle Math Ball, and Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop are especially popular. The Math Worksheet Generator automatically generates worksheets in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division with remainders, division without remainders and fractions for students to try on-line or print out off-line. Circumnavigators - This section of the site is devoted to geography. Students can access interactive maps on countries, continents and U.S. states. There is even an interactive world maps. Coast to Coast and Conquer the Continents are among the most popular games on the site. Biography Machine - This section is devoted to famous people and history. Students can access information and interactive activities on presidents, explorers and more. Mr.Nussbaum's Interactive U.S. history timeline will be ready soon. Try Timeline - our U.S. world history challenge. Zoo Nussbaum - This section is devoted to the world's animals and habitats. Check out our special interactive section of American Birds, and check out our Clickaway Studio - a giant coloring book filled with birds and animals that students color on-line! Games - This is probably the most popular part of the site. Choose from many awesome games on many different subjects GeoBills - This section of the site indexes every activity on mrnussbaum.com and displays the parameters according to each for earning GeoBills. GeoBills can be exchanged for awesome educational prizes. |
Connections
Below is a list of some of the internet's most magnificent web-sites for students and teachers.
| www.brainpop.com - Watch amazing flash-based movies on hundreds of k-12 subjects. |
| www.ecokids.ca - This is one of my favorite websites. A beautiful, interactive website for kids concerning our fragile environment. Lots of games! |
| www.nationalgeographic.com/kids An amazing website full of educational games, activities and lots of fun! |
| www.iknowthat.com - This is a beautiful Flash-based website that features dozens of games and activities that students will love! |
| www.worldatlas.com - This site is a wonderful source of information and printable maps and flags that is absolutely perfect for students working on state or country reports. |
| Other Sites of Interest |
| Virginia SOL Practice Page - This is an excellent site maintained by VDOE. Lots of games and ideas! |
| Reading Research - This is a site that connects to hundreds of resources regarding reading research. It is maintained by the National Institute of Health (NIH) |
| Multiple Intelligences |
| No Child Left Behind |