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What it is: Starfall is a free learn-to-read phonics website primarily designed for kindergarten through second grade. It is a great resource for struggling readers. Starfall offers beginning readers interactive books, games, videos (complete with fun reading strategy songs). Starfall also offers free downloads of their printed materials which include short readers, writing and phonics journals, and more. The printed materials make classroom learning more fun and inspire a love of reading and writing. How to integrate Starfall into your reading and writing curriculum: For the one or two computer classroom use www.starfall.com as a center activity during reading and writing time. Reinforce what is learned at school by sending some of the free printed resources home. If you have access to a computer lab or mobile lab, use www.starfall.com to introduce a new phonics concept. If you have access to a projector, use the Starfall videos for whole class phonics instruction, invite students to sing along. Tips: Students as young as kindergarten will be able to navigate this site easily on their own. Create a bookmark for www.starfall.com for fast easy access. Students will love Starfall, send the link home so that students can continue learning at home.    

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Pac Man Typing with Typing Master

Posted by admin | Posted in Fun & Games, Middle/High School, Primary Elementary, Secondary Elementary, Typing, Websites | Posted on 15-09-2009

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What it is: Typing Masters has a great typing game that your students can play for free to increase their typing skills.  PacMan Typing gives students the familiar Pac Man game, instead of moving Pac Man with the arrow keys, students have to type letters to make him move.  The faster students can type, the higher their score will be.

How to integrate Pac Man Typing into the classroom: Pac Man Typing is a great motivating typing game.  Students will want to build up their touch typing skills to master this game.  Hold a friendly competition in your class to see who can get high score in Pac Man Typing.  This is another site that will build student typing skills through a fun game.

Tips: I learned about Pac Man Typing this morning on Twitter from @SheilaT, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…my PLN is the best!

Related Resources: Keyboard Climber, Typing WebNovel Games- FlasheLearningDance Mat Typing

Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Pac Man Typing in your classroom.

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Comments (1)

Hahaha. Fun. I have played Math Pac Man, but not typing Pac Man. Where will it all end??

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