Monday, February 1, 2010

Worksheet Works


When I grew up, we hiked through the snow on our way to school, and when we got there we started writing on our purple-inked worksheets (man, did they smell good!). Little did we know that the worksheet was on its way out! Over the years, they have been replaced by "Graphic Organizers" and "Note Taking Guides."

But wait, one website is bucking the trend! Worksheet Works.com helps you create, dare I say it, WORKSHEETS! Sure, there are KWHL charts, and patterns for creating paper polyhedron models, but there are also practice worksheets like, the fabulous "there, their, and they're" worksheet, the classic "states and capitals" worksheet, and the ever popular "basic math facts" worksheet.

Never mind that you can create custom worksheets with your own vocabulary words, and never mind that you can differentiate the look of the worksheet to better suit your students... And never mind that you wouldn't be using them as busy work, but rather as a follow-up activity to your regular classroom instruction, they are still worksheets... Aren't they?... Well... the more I think about it... I guess these worksheets are an awful lot like graphic organizers and note taking guides after all... oh well... I thought I had discovered a worksheet revival. Well, I'm still gonna call 'em worksheets just for old time sake!
--

Check out Worksheet Works to find all sorts of customizable worksheets for lots of different subject areas!

Now the fine print: You are allowed to make 50 copies from each worksheet you create, and you can't redistribute them, or save them on a server, and please remember to print only one and use the copier for the rest.

Enjoy!

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.