Online SOL resources

In preparation for the upcoming VA SOL tests, I have been updating and locating several more resources for review.

I have updated our Portaportal Page: http://guest.portaportal.com/heim. Look under SOL resources and you will find lots of new websites and online SOL activities. I have also found some additional review websites and those are located under your specific curriculum. I found a lot of Language Arts activities recently.

Also, I found some new Quizdom activities on the Internet. All of these are located on the staff shared drive, under teachers resources in a folder labeled "Downloaded Quizdom Activities". You will need to import these activities into Quizdom. See me if you have any questions on how to do this.

Last, I have updated the math folder on the staff shared drive (under teachers resources) with PowerPoint lessons that various schools have shared on the Internet.

I hope these resources will be a big help!

Help Wanted

I received an email from my district today which made me realize it's time to start preparing the teachers in my building for SOL reviews. In the state of Virginia, the SOL's or Standards of Learning are the state-mandated tests that are given every May. This email talked about a session for ITRT's and how we can start preparing teachers with extra resources. I think it's a great idea and wondered what I could contribute to the group. Being a second year ITRT, I didn't really realize what I needed to prepare last year, therefore I don't have many resources that I created myself.

While thinking this over, I wondered how blogs could be used as an SOL review resource. Are they even good for this sort of thing? I suppose teachers could put websites that include study guides on their blogs, but could the process of writing on their own blog help students? What about a wiki? What ideas do you have?