January Mish-Mash

Today I am posting a few different items:
A MATH website for grades 3-8. The site is called LearnZillion and it has tons of short lessons aligned to the Common Core in Math. Each has an instructional lesson for the students; a directed practice (very short); and a commentary for the instructor. You do need to sign up (For FREE). I am including a link to a lesson so you can get an idea of what is offered: Factor Pairs 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Problem Solving Webinar

This is an archived webinar that was presented live, earlier this year. The webinar is an hour long. You are able to start and stop the webinar as needed. Laura provides all handouts used in the webinar and she also offers books to augment your problem solving instruction in your classroom, if your are interested. I've used her stuff and she writes excellent activities. Possible re-licensure points – check with your Administrator.
Be sure to check out her “File Cabinet” for lots of free stuff.

If you are looking for a song to use in your instruction here is a site that has 3,000 SONGS that you can use in the classroom—not links to the songs themselves but information that identifies its practical use in the classroom: literary, historical, political, and/or social reference(s) contained in the song.. http://www.learningfromlyrics.org/songs.html

ONLINE TALKING STORIES from the UK
SCIENCE STORIES
LINCOLN MEMORIAL INTERACTIVE
DOGO NEWS  teachers create their own site with curriculum, assignments, and current news items---- could be great for a daily class check-in; daily starters; or landing page for the computer lab