Can you make a Google Sheet? You can use Flippity!

Give Flippity a Google sheet, and watch what happens

Someone had waaaaay too much time on their hands and went to town creating all kinds of cool things to use in the classroom from a simple Google sheet: a word search, timeline, crossword puzzle, random name picker, and oh so many more. The only thing I can tell you is to go see it to believe it: click here!

ReadWorks for Free High-interest Reading and Assessments

Get Students to Read More--and Read more Carefully--with ReadWorks

If you're looking for more ways to diversify your class' reading choices and include some accountability, look into ReadWorks. They offer over 5,000+ nonfiction articles to choose from for quizzes, and my favorite, Articles-a-Day. You assign groups of articles based on grade level or reading expertise and students write a summary. You can assign 1 student, a group, or your entire class.

Find out more here.

Fractions Blocked Out... in a Good Way

Fog Stone Isle: Fractions with Blocks

From the site: "In FogStone Isle, students design their own virtual worlds through highly engaging and challenging math games.
"Neuroscience, pedagogy, and game-design are brought together to aid students in solving complex math problems adapted to their learning level.
"FogStone Isle supports 4th through 8th grade students in gaining conceptual understanding."

It's a little early in the year for my 4th graders to try it out, but I'll post an update here once I do... it's hard to beat free! Click here to visit the site, or here to view an introductory video.