Assignment 3: Resources for Teachers

     My toolbox consists of blogs filled with videos, games, worksheets, or music. While others are about teachers the experiences they have had in the classroom.  The grade that I chose was second grade and I covered most of the subjects.  It was hard to figure out which sites I wanted to put into my toolbox.  I chose the sites that I considered to be more relevant to the teacher and the lessons.  They are organized by teachers blogs, official sites, to game blogs.
     The blogs that I found and put on my toolbox really captured my attention.  When I become a teacher it will be great to look back and easily find websites that could help with my teaching.  It takes a while to look up and find sites that suite your purpose, and just trying to find twelve sites for this project took a good deal of time.  It's always nice to have a site that has a list of links to things.  It just saves time and it's so much easier.

 1. Hooda Math Blog
     -  This site has a few math games that are fun.  I played the princess math game, even though it was super easy for me.  I got to dress up the princess in different clothes in order to find the correct combination that solved the math problems.  They also have cool worksheets and many different games that could work.  The games are for all ages and some of them are pretty tough.  They have all different kinds of games: logic, business, science, and more.  These games could be used as review for different lessons or as part of introducing a new topic.  Students always have more fun when a game is involved.
 2. Learn English
     -  This site has many different features for teaching English.  There worksheets are simple to use and easy to print out.  They cover grammar, give examples for different tense, and so on.  This would make finding quick and easy worksheets a lot easier.  A teacher's time is precious, even the littlest thing can go a long way in preparing a lesson.
 3. 2nd Grade
     -  This teacher has provided some really cool posts.  She has put up songs to help the students learn different lessons.  For instance, putting the water cycle to the tune of "Oh My Darling Clementine" and doing hand motions with the song is pretty ingenious.  These would be great ways to help the students remember bigger words, as well as learning the order of different cycles.  Music is only part of what she has posted.  She also has some things on technology, games, and others.  This would be a good resource to have when teaching, because it can help you think of creative ideas for your own classroom.