Condolences for IRA Board Member Frank Pangelinan

The IRA family extends its deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of our beloved IRA board member, Frank Pangelinan. Frank was called to his eternal rest today, Tuesday, November 24, 2009. He will always be remembered. God bless him and his family. May he rest in peace.

PLEASE SIGN FRANK'S SPECIAL GUESTBOOK

Click here to view and sign Frank's Special Guestbook

Guam IRA Newsletter Archive Now Available!

If you would like to see past issues of the IRA Guam Council Newsletters, click on the following URL: http://guamiranewsletterarchive.blogspot.com Enjoy!

FunBrain.com – A Special ED638 Contribution by Tara Balajadia

As part of our contribution to assist the IRA Guam Council and its members in promoting literacy, the School of Education’s ED638* class will be sharing effective literacy websites that they think you’ll enjoy and learn from at the same time!

Website: FunBrain

URL: http://www.funbrain.com

Contributor: Tara Balajadia

FunBrain is an interactive website that offers educational activities for grade levels K – 8. Language Arts and Mathematical skills are reinforced through child friendly games. The website also offers a teacher resource and a homework help link.

The teacher resource link has a curriculum guide that groups games by title, subject, and grade level. The grouping is designed to help teachers easily choose appropriate games for their lessons. Math flashcard print outs are available on the teacher resource link. Teachers can create on- line quizzes for students to answer on the Quiz Lab link.

Funbrain offers the student games to practice math and language arts. Students log on to a game by their grade level and rate of difficulty. The language arts games target skills such as spelling, grammar, and word meaning skills. Math skills vary from number identification, measurement, addition, subtraction, and fractions. Students can join the blog sessions or send e-cards to other students. The homework help link offers reference materials with just a click away.

*ED638: Teaching with the Internet

IRA Donation to the 2009 Language Arts Conference

The IRA Guam Council donated $1,500 to the 22nd Annual Regional Language Arts Conference. Pictured above L-R: Grace Griffin, IRA Guam Council President; Dr. James Sellmann, Acting Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS); Dr. Clarisa Quan, LAC Co-Chair; and Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, LAC Co-Chair. Not pictured are LAC Co-Chairs Dr. Catherine Stoicovy; Dr. Beth Somera; Troy McVey, CLASS Associate Dean; Dr. Elizabeth Hawthorne, SOE Dean; and Debbie Respicio, LAC Administrative Coordinator.