Verizon+Thinkfinity+Resources

These are the WOW resources we found during our training taken from //Verizon Thinkfinity// website. =Region V= United States Mint **HIP Pocket Change** Games This Web site, from the United States Mint, is the U.S. Mint's Site for Kids' game section. Many of these games are for older kids, but young students who are learning to identify coins might like the game called Coin Memory where they play a matching game with the various coins. The Cents of Color game lets you paint the new state quarters. This resource is referenced in the ReadWriteThink lesson titled "Authentic Writing Experiences and Math Problem-Solving Using Shopping Lists."

=Region VI= Diamante Poems In this student interactive, used in several ReadWriteThink lessons, students learn about and write diamante poems, diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to an annotated list of lessons this interactive supports.

=Region I= Artificial Anatomy: Body Parts In this interactive, from Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students learn to identify parts of the body by matching images of body parts to their location on Jerome, a papier-mâché anatomical model. =Region VII= Alphabet Organizer In this student interactive, used in several ReadWriteThink lessons, students can organize vocabulary words and notes in alphabetical order and then print out an alphabet organizer chart or pages for an alphabet book. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to an annotated list of lessons this interactive supports.

=Region II= Meadow and Swamp Animals This student interactive, from an ARTSEDGE lesson, tests students' knowledge of swamp and meadow animal habitats. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to the lesson this interactive supports. =Region III= Calculation Nation Have you tried the newest games on Calculation Nation? Dig It challenges players to place fractions on a number line while digging for gemstones. Drop Zone continues the fraction challenge by having players add fractions to collect more token before their opponents can.

=Region VIII= GeoSpy In this Xpeditions lesson, students research and learn about the culture, physical geography, and history of select countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. Acting as "tour operators," small groups of students create an imaginary tour group itinerary that highlights interesting and important destinations as well as characteristics of their selected countries.

=Region IV= Build Your Community: Student Interactive 3 This student interactive, from an EconEdLink lesson, has students chose six businesses they feel are most important to have in a community. When they have made their choices, students can print a picture of their community. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to the lesson this interactive supports.

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=Imbedding tools in trainings= =Shared by Region I= Book Cover Creator In this student interactive, which accompanies several ReadWriteThink lessons, students make covers, which include text and illustrations, for books that they read or write. Students can create front and back covers as well as full dust jackets. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to the lessons this interactive supports. =Shared by Region IV= Make State Maps With MapMachine In this Xpeditions lesson, students compare and contrast their state with another one using observations they make from National Geographic's MapMachine. They look at their own state's maps as the teacher creates them for the class, and they then make their own maps of another state of their choice. They list their observations of the two states' maps and then write paragraphs comparing and contrasting what they have seen.

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