Early Release Goodies

For Katy ISD in Texas, our first early release day is just over a week away. In secondary schools, our class periods are shortened from about 50 minutes to 35 minutes. For me, it was always a struggle to get some teaching and learning crammed in that amount of time. So - if you want to do something other than vocab hangman or jepardy review, check out these sites for some early release day inspiration.

Science Teachers - ABCYA's Magic Pen seems elementary, but don't get fooled by the crayons and MIDI music…Brush up on your physics skills. My advice -  practice before rolling out to students, it's harder than it looks.

**What device can this be used on: COMPUTERS ONLY. Great for SMARTboard activities. This is a flash based website and will not work on Smartphones and tablets.

  

LOTE and Humanities courses   - Radiooooo.com Holy cow this is so cool. Do the Taxi ride, (always preview before rolling out to students) and you share your Taxi ride on Canvas! Check it out.

**What devices can this be used on: Any device with internet connection.

There is also an app available in the App Store

All courses - Lettersofnote.com is a database with images of real letters written by famous people around the world.

Check out Jim Henson's letter or even see how Stephen Hawking replied to a request from a magazine for the time travel formula. Are you participating in Banned Books Week or doing a censorship lesson? You must read this one!

What devices can this be used on: Any device with internet connection.