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Focusing on school issues for Adolescents with Learning and Behavioral Differences
and Adult Learners with disAbilities in Community Colleges
Information gathered and shared by Veteran Educator, Kay Jones, A.A., B.A., M.S.

Summer 2009,Computer Lab Lessons, Online Resources for ABE/GED Prep

Reminder: Another section for more individualized instruction
 is available on Wednesdays from Noon - 3 PM.
Bring your lunch and your questions!

Week #3: July 7, 8, 9

Help with reading comprehension and spelling skills ...

Help with Reading and Writing Skills: http://www.nald.ca/adult-lr/index.htm

Reading Skills for Today’s Adults: http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm

AAASpell.com: http://www.aaaspell.com/index.htm

Spelling Help: http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/spelling/

Writing the 5-paragraph essay:

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay: http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/

The Five Paragraph Essay: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/

Essay Topics

Other websites for improving writing skills ...

GED Writing Skills: Commas

"What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a check." ~ Brendan Francis

Directions: Use these online resources and interactive practices to learn how to use commas. Please use headphones with the websites that have audio.

About commas ...

Understanding the Comma on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua197s8d2TA&feature=related

FAN BOYS Rule for comma usage, video: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/Fan_Boys/Fan_Boys.htm

Three most commonly used comma rules: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000068.htm

LEO Comma Rules: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/comma.html

Rules with exmples: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/

Rules with examples: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaproof.html

Rules with examples: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html

Rules with examples: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/commas.html

Rules with 4 quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

Rules & quiz: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/commas.asp

Five practices: http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

Practice with answer key: http://www.testprepreview.com/modules/commas.htm

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
~ Albert Einstein, Swiss/American 1879 - 1955

GED Math: Those dreaded FRACTIONS! Learn to use the fraction key on your calculator.

*You will need to use headphones to hear the audio on some of these sites. Please respect your peers' need for quiet in order to concentrate by keeping the volume at a reasonable level.

Fractions ...

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Introduction to Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-intro.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #1, Understanding Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v1.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #2, Types of Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v2.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #3, Equivalent Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v3.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #4, The LCD & Fraction Comparisons: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v4.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #5: Other Fractional Expressions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v5.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #6, Converting Fractional Expressions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v6.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #7, Multiplying Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v7.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #8, Dividing Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v8.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #9, Adding Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v9.html

Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Clip #10, Subtracting Fractions: http://www.videomathtutor.com/BasicMath/bm06-v10.html

Notes, practices, and quiz that you may print out with answers for Video Math Tutor, Lesson 6, Fractions: http://videomathtutor.com/PDFs/BasicMath-06.pdf

A tutorial that models fractions with number lines or circles: http://www.visualfractions.com/

Practice fractions with games: http://www.MathPlayground.com/computation.html

Math TV - Video Word Problems
The following math problems come from Math TV, a project whose goal is to help middle school students learn how to solve challenging word problems. Each math problems comes with step by step video solution, follow up problems, an online calculator, and sketch pad. Fractions: Jenn's Fish Tank, Weighing Oranges, The Boston Marathon: http://www.MathPlayground.com/mathtv.html

Lots of words with definitions and examples for fractions: http://www.mathleague.com/help/fractions/fractions.htm

Detailed explanations of how to do fractions with practices: http://www.aaamath.com/fra.html

More how to do fractions with practices: http://www.coolmath.com/fractions/index.html

Tutorial and Games with Fractions: http://www.gamequarium.com/fractions.html

Our favorite! Math Millionaire Game: http://www.mathplayground.com/math_millionaire.html

*If you want to take practice tests, I suggest this website: http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/en/gedpractice.htm