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Cameron Calland-Jones Program Development for the Gifted Learner

Worksheet for Fun and Engaging Resources for Students and Teachers

Transum:
This site provides teachers & learners with mathematics lesson starters for
the day that involve mental math reasoning. Transum was designed for
teachers and upper Secondary/High school pupils by a former teacher and
current Headmaster from the UK who now teaches in South East Asia.
There are a variety of engaging, daily, practice exercises for students to do.
I found the comment section to be useful to find out how other educators
were using this site in their classrooms and to find out what questions have
come up with other uses. The feedback scale from 1-5 was also helpful in
that it provided an area to comment in hopes of having appropriate additions
made to the website.
The site provided a section labeled For Learners, For Teachers, and For
All. Each section had specific activities under each title so users can find
what they might need.
As a warm-up, extension, think-pair-share or ticket-out-the-door, I could
see myself using the Flash Tables with my students in a flexible grouping
model. The Online Psychic involves students guessing a number and the
Psychic picks your secret number. Students could discuss rationale and
look for patterns in providing an explanation as to how the game works. I
would also utilize the mathematical puzzles for critical problem solving
practice with my diverse learners. The Shine + Write activity could be done
whole group on the interactive board as a quick warm-up at the beginning of
class.

EDSITEment:
A partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the
National Trust for the Humanities provided the making of this website. I
love that the links on the site have already been reviewed for content, so I
Cameron Calland-Jones Program Development for the Gifted Learner

do not have to worry about the safety or of the information students come
across.
This site provides lesson plans and student resources for the Humanities on
the web. There are support lessons and stand-alone lessons. The lessons span
Art & Culture, History, Social Studies, Literature and Language Arts.
Students have access to a blog for and about humanities in the classroom
called Closer Readings+. As an educator, I can get updates on new lesson
plans as they are added. I was intrigued
to find the section on the website titled EDSITEments After School and
Summer Time Series. Here you can find a variety of extension activities
that spark interest in students using topics, ideas and objects from the past
and providing a connection to present day. Students can engage in authentic
research that could lead to improved self-discovery on self-selected topics.
I could see assigning one of these activities for my students and seeing
other ideas for projects bounce off for students based on personal
interests.

Khan Academy:
This site is for Learners, Teachers, and Parents. A class can be set up for
tracking purposes. There is access to math concepts by topic and grade
level, Science and Engineering, Arts and Humanities, Economics and Finance,
Computing and Test Prep. I could see myself using this site in my classroom
of diverse learners to set up a personalized learning path for students and
track on-going assessment of learning. Students could experience
differentiation simply through choosing the content area of interest. There
are modules, practice, videos and users can receive instant feedback.
Students can learn at their own pace. On the website, you can find a section
titled Math Missions, which allows students to explore and practice beyond
their regular coursework and specifically select skills that are above grade
level. This site could be used for acceleration practice and extending of
learning to provide differentiation for all learners. I could see myself using
this site with students who needed a few gaps filled, as you can choose
Cameron Calland-Jones Program Development for the Gifted Learner

specifically what skills you want to work on. If you miss two practice
problems in a row or three in a set, it is suggested that the student stops
and watches a video on the skill before making another attempt to try again.
Khan Academy offers challenging practice with computer programming
tutorials for extension.

I specifically choose websites that spanned a few content areas because I

am not exactly sure if I will only be teaching TAG students next year or if I

will also be teaching a math section of advanced or accelerated students.

This past year at Ocee ES, the lead TAG teacher taught a 2nd grade advance

math class. I can see the Khan Academy site being useful with

differentiation and providing a home-school connection where parents can

also see their childs progress.

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