App Spotlight

Vocabulary Spelling City provides spelling, vocabulary, writing and language arts activities for K-12 cross-curricular word study.


Great app to have students practice for 24 tournaments. Students have two modes: Beat the Clock and Untimed /
Game- Based Classroom Response System Kahoot! is a FREE classroom response system that allows teachers to control the questions, students to use any web-enabled device, and real-time classroom discussion about any topic!
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OpenEd.io is the largest K-12 educational resource library, offering over one million lesson plans, assessments, videos, and games for every Common Core Math, Language Arts, Literacy and Next Generation Science standard (in addition to other state and international standards).
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Professional Development Opportunities

Google has as range of tools for teaching and learning. This collection of lessons introduces what each tool is and how to apply them in the classroom.
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Google For Education


Virginia State Reading Association Annual Conference
Richmond, VA
March 12-14, 2015
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VSRA Conference /
Susie Orr’s Foldable Resources
Engaging Students with Foldables was created by Susie Orr, an elementary social studies specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools. These templates were modeled after the folding techniques of Dinah Zike. These models correlate to specific Virginia SOL objectives and essential knowledge.
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Susie Orr’s Resources

With multi-disciplinary content that purposefully aligns to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the STEM Educational Quality Framework, and Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy, we’ve earned a place in K-12 curriculum and in classrooms worldwide. Teachers can use the daily Wonder to jumpstart their students’ critical thinking, or dip into our ever-growing collection of Wonders for content that relates to specific themes and student interests.
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