Searching+Tools

Search Activities

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 Introduction:
====A word wall is a collection of words that are displayed on the wall. Students have easy access to these while completing school assignments. 1st graders are responsible for knowing 200 site words. Words are introduced each week. Parents are always asking what they can do to help their child with learning these words. My pathfinder will provide parents, students and myself with alternative activities. ====

Search Strategies:
====I first went to [|www.google.com] and put in word wall. I located several sites for teachers with lesson plans. One site offered working with your words in holiday themes. I found several sites with internet games. They had great graphics. Student would enjoy playing them. Next I went to [|www.boolify.org]. I tried high frequency and activities. Next I tried high frequency words and activities and site words. I located one good site from Boolify. I enjoyed the Boolean puzzle. It was fun just to watch the puzzle grow. I included four sites that I thought were activities the best. ====

 Resources:
====Teachnet.(n.d.).Interactive Word Wall.retrieved February 5, 2010, [|http://www.teachnet.com]. This site gave a good example the basic goals and guidelines for constructing word walls. At the end, activities were provided. ====

====Family Education Network.(n.d.).Wall of Words.retrieved February 5,2010, []. This is a fun interactive game students can play. Students build sentences using words provided by the game. ====

====National Geographic.(n.d.).game.retrieved February 5,2010, [|http://www.NetGeo.com]. This is an interactive game students can play to make words and phrases. Students click on the letters to make words. ====