Wonder Teacher Resources

We look forward to helping you with your research needs, whether it is pulling together resources for to assist you in teaching a unit, providing resources for your students to use as they research for your class, teaching a mini-lesson for your students on how best to use the research resources, or even assisting you in finding information for your graduate school projects. Let us know how we can best assist you!

Are you new to ALB?
Check out this list of on-your-own professional development options to get you up to speed with some of the tools we use regularly!

If you do not see something to meet your need, email us!
If you have a resource to suggest, let us know!
katie.bogle@kcs.k12.nc.us or susan.monteith@kcs.k12.nc.us

Earn CEUs for working with us!

If you partner with Katie, Susan, or Stacy to learn a new skill and try a new project with your classes, you may earn renewal credit with KCS. See one of us to discuss this possibility. :-)

Also, if you would like to earn CEUs, you may take free courses through the NC Center for Advancement in Teaching (NCCAT). Courses are self-paced and are open for one quarter of the school year.

I need...

֎ = MTSS Extension Ideas
֎ = Intervention-specific Support Block Ideas

... public library resources .

... virtual reality resources.

Visit the e-resources landing page.
Choose the tab you wish - usually the "Student" tab.
Choose a resource. (Here's a list of some favorites.)
Use a student ID number as the "library barcode number".

... Pear Deck cool stuff.

Copy & paste icons for draggables (View this) (Get your own copy)
Ideas for cool features you can use
֎ Templates for slides, daily NewsELA slide decks, and weekly "Wonders"
Turn on cool settings (See students' emotions, Give each student a copy of the presentation, etc. )

... digital citizenship resources.

Lessons from Google (Search "digital citizenship")
The rules of civil conversation
Six free online activities for digital citizenship
Stop.Think.Connect. tip sheets
Email etiquette tips posters
Ready to go classroom strategies on teaching digital citizenship (from Discovery Education)
Discovery Education channel on these topics

Virtual Reality Cart Options:

֎ Content Option 1: RobotLab VR 2.0 - (Teacher led) A list of all available RobotLab VR tours - Password for list
Are you hoping to find something specific? Hit the CTRL key and the F key to search for your topic.
֎ Content Option 2: Expeditions Pro - (Teacher led) Searchable page of Expeditions Pro tours - You will have to create a free login to see the tours. There is limited content since it is so new. It might be best to search using their drop-down categories.
֎ Content Option 3: Create YOUR OWN TOUR with Expeditions Pro - (Teacher led) Search Google Maps to find 360 degree imagery - Find ANY scene in Street View, and Katie can make your scenes into a VR tour for you. (How-to video - Watch through 1:21) You would provide the narration/ explanation live for your class. There are scenes you might not expect to find, such as these samples:
- Underwater in the Atlantic
- View from a sled dog trip in Canada
֎ Content Option 4: Google Arts and Culture - (Self-guided) Needs wifi, so it's best to hold the lesson in the Media Center. Students will need headphones with a standard headphone jack - or space to spread out with the audio playing aloud. Choose a tour by previewing the content on your own phone:
- Download the free "Google Arts and Culture" app.
- Search "virtual reality tours"
- Scroll down and tap "View all".
Resources for if you are leading a tour with the VR cart:
- VR Lesson Intro Presentation
- Sample VR lesson Pear Deck to use with students

Chromebook Option:

֎ Not available in VR, but Google's kept Expeditions for the web -(Scroll down repeatedly to load all 400+ options. Then use CTRL + F to search.)

... a class set of ______.

... new ideas for lessons.

iPads (50)
Print Novels
Electronic books / Audiobooks (Students use their standard login. Teachers request a Sora login from Mrs. Bogle.)
Audiobooks - Provided by Discovery Education (First log in to NCEdCloud, then choose Discovery Education. The link will then work.)
֎ High interest magazines

Sample of what you get with each article
Our magazines Scholastic Action and Science News have read-aloud. Here is a quick video tutorial about read-aloud.
Once you have created a login for the Scholastic Action magazine, you can see this small collection of skills videos. Includes spelling and grammar hacks.

֎ Lessons by Google - Using their products in a real world way.
֎ Enrichment activities that are engaging (Biology examples - works for any area.)
֎ Ways to review without reteaching (Math examples - works for any area.)
֎ Get thinking about diagrams / charts (Biology examples - works for any area.)
֎ Easy instructional strategies (First open MyNCEdCloud & Disc. Ed.)
֎ Instructional strategies by type
֎ The "Top 40" SOS strategies
Strategies by type of learner (EC, ESL, AIG, etc.)
Ways to get students talking (and remembering content!)
֎ Using YouTube video essays
֎ Using the 6 word memoir strategy across the curriculum
Easy way to use multiple choice to get discussion and data
STEM content & strategies (First open MyNCEdCloud & Disc. Ed.)
֎ Lessons featuring real-life problems - Create solutions

... interactive online activities.

... assessment ideas.

The KCS Teacher Toolkit - searchable resources
֎ Math and science simulations
֎ ֎ Graspable Math (moveable equation on digital whiteboard)
֎ Choose your own adventure American History
For your ELL learners (Look at the "Learning Resources")
EdPuzzle
֎ Gamification:

Flippity (Awesome! - Makes your content so cool!)
Blooket
Quizlet
Kahoots on all kinds of topics
Wardle (Create your own Wordle game)
Nerdle (The math version of the Wordle game)
EMC2Learning's Free Games (Work with Bogle for access to hundreds more games like this. You can also sign up to be a Tinker Teacher to get free editable Google Slides games!)
GooseChase EDU (Students use phones to do a digital scavenger hunt. 25 students total on free version.)
Rocketcrab (Pictionary meets "Telephone". Use their words just for fun, or use content words for Extension time.)

֎ Gamifying critical thinking skills:

Beats Empire (One class period - Budgeting, planning, critical thinking)
Community in Crisis (12 interactive episodes of 30 minutes each - Simulated problem to solve - Teacher resources provided - Create a free login to access - Geared toward middle school.)

֎ Gamifying information literacy:

BBC iReporter (Choose own adventure game - 15 minutes per level - 4 levels - Decide which sources to trust)
NewsFeed Defenders (Suite of games - 8 games in Spanish - Teacher's guide - PowerPoint slideshows - Student guide)
Bad News (15 minute game - Share as much incorrect info without losing credibility - Teacher's guide)

Big project? Engaging assessment with metacognition.
֎ Don’t Know Where to Start? Here are 16 Ideas!
Assessment ideas
֎ Using one blank sheet of paper as an assessment
֎ Student-created E-books to Show Learning
Remember the Key is Focusing on Open-Ended Activities

Rubrics:
Rubrics for assessments - not tests
Rubrics for student projects (These "Composition Jambox" rubrics also have MANY more supporting documents such as timelines for planning, reflection prompts, etc. Request them in the Media Center.)
Need Help Creating a Rubric to Score the Alternative Assessment?

֎ Creating a student "performance task" using GRASPS:

... racial equity resources.

KCS's Racial Equity Resource webpage
KCS's recommended reading list

... socio-emotional resources. (SEL)

֎ Pear Deck's SEL templates already made
2 Years' Worth of Daily SEL Classroom Conversation Prompts
Tons of resources and ideas from KCS
Webinars / Resources for putting SEL into content areas

... online resources.

... hands-on activities.

5 Ws of Website Evaluation
E-books for research (pw: wonders)
Online encyclopedia

"Clever" login for Khan Academy, Duolingo, NewsELA, coding and more! (Log into My NCEdCloud needed.)
Streaming PBS videos - With lesson plan ideas!
Discovery Ed videos (Log into MyNCEdCloud first.)
Pixar's short films (no audio)
Puzzlemaker
Music for projects (No copyright issues)
All NC open-sourced resources (Search grade/ subject/ standard)

֎ Class set of Sphero Bolt robots (16 robots - for class up to 32)
֎ Class set of maker items (low-tech)
֎ Class set of Little Bits electronics
֎ Apps like Explain Everything, Tellegami Edu, & iMovie
7 coding stations (Little Bits, Sphero, Lego, Sphero Mini)
֎ 14 science "learning through doing" ideas
Lessons for Little Bits, Sphero, and Lego WeDo

Green screen video recording (Email Katie.)

... the Breakout boxes.

Breakout lesson template
Resources and ideas to create your clues
֎ Breakout games that are already created on BreakoutEdu
(Create your own free login to browse most games.)
(Email Katie for access to the paid "Subject Pack" games.)
֎ Create digital locks w/ Flippity.net's Scavenger Hunt
֎ Create digital locks with Google Forms - How-tos

... physical resources.

Culture Kits: Boxes of real items from around the world - Available by advance reservation from UNC

Search for items available in the ALB Media Center in Destiny:
Large prints of images
DVDs
Children’s books
Books for your content area

... administrative stuff.

... to build reading skills.

ClassroomScreen.com (Whiteboard, clock, timer, text, etc.)
ClassTools.Net (Timers, name pickers, etc.)
Flippity.net (Name pickers, manipulatives, games, etc.)
Die cut machine (Cut out bulletin board letters.)
Lamination
Circulation system for classroom libraries (Borrow our scanner!)
Showing a movie that is rated R