Teacher Resource's on the Internet
On-Going
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www.pbskids.org/lions Between the Lions, one of the most ambitious children's media projects since Sesame Street on PBS. The website will offer kid-friendly navigation, interactive stories and print materials to download.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/bureau - Kids can journey into some of the world's fascinating places and play interactive games.
http://www.slj.com/index.asp Go to "links: Librarian’s Internet. This will give you many site listings for librarians and children's literature. Created by School Library Journal.
www.richland.lib.sc.us/toolbox Resources for early childhood educators...some very nice activities.
www.crayola.com - "50 States in 50 weeks" Has early childhood creative experiences...colorful and creative curriculum ideas for young children.
http://www.aacps.org This is Anne Arundel County Public School's home page. From this site you can find out about many teaching ideas including Webquests that have been approved by Anne Arundel County. Get to this through Instruction/ Instructional Technology.
www.readinggroupchoices.com Though there are links to commerical booksellers this is still a good site to have a book discussion group.
www.google.com A very good search engine. Very good for searching all kinds of topics.
www.sunlink.ucf.edu Florida's aide for union catalogs for k-12. Sometimes you'll discover real finds, such as useful info for MLK Day.
www.loc.gov This is the Library of Congress site and can be quite helpful when hunting for information on just about any topic.
ericir.syr.edu/lm.net Actually a discussion group for school library media specialists, but could be so helpful to locate information or resources for any topic you teach. So tell your school librarian about his site.
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps Model lessons, curriculum design tools, and interactive forums with teachrs and administrators around the world. The Pictures of Practice section shows what happened in actual classrooms and includes teacher's theories, activities, samples of student work, and reflections.
www.bjpinchbeck.com The Teacher's Corner provides lesson plan links by subject area...can also lead you to other useful sites.
www.coollessons.org Many WebQuests for your students. Many lessons can be adapted to classroom activities without using Internet access.
http://teacherpathfinder.org - Contains Community Center, Schoolhouse, and Teachers Village. The Schoolhouse gives links to topics, including assessment, school reform, and school-to-work programs.
www.teachersfirst.org Lesson plans, Web links, professional development, classroom strategies, special education, and Sanity Savers (practical advice).
www.teachnet.org Teacher-designed projects and activities, classroom management ideas and effective parent conference ideas.
http://pe.central.vt.edu Lesson ideas, assessment tools, articles, a message board, and professional development information for health/physical education teachers, but great classroom management ideas and integration activities for everyone.
http://score.k12.ca.us Links you to mathematics, science, history/social studies and language arts for resources, plans and book reviews. Also can link you to other teacher lesson sites.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/specialed a helpful site for more that just special education teachers. Has nearly a dozen disability categories with definitions and links to resources.
http://www.aande.com/class Arts & Entertainment classroom that has lesson plans with study guides which can be printed out for classroom use.
http://www.kidsnet.org Lesson plans and activities for Cable in the classroom programming are provided in the areas of reading, science, geography, and personal development.
http://sportsfigures.espn.com ESPN2 Sports Figures helps build bridges between a student's understanding of the mathematics and physics through sports. Lesson plans and activities are provided.
http://www.onlineschoolyard.com A site developed by Cable in the Classroom system member, Comcast Communications. Contains resources for teachers and students, including interactive math lessons and helpful links to other educational sites.
http://www.bravotv.com/classroom A site devoted to helping teachers integrate the arts into the school curriculum. Contains program descriptions, lesson plans, and Teacher's Corner for exchange of ideas and experiences.
http://www.learnthenet.com A complete tutorial from E-mail and Newsgroups to Multimedia and Business Applications, including lesson and activity plans for classroom teachers.
http://k12science.org/currichome.html A collection of on-line science projects for grades 3-12 involving real-time data collection. Linked to the national science standards.
http://www.ncrtec.org North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium site contains tools for teaching and learning, resources for training and professional development in effective uses of technology, and information about hardware, software, and infrastructure. "Lesson Plan Index" leads to math and science lesson plans on the internet at all grade levels.
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp A good place to get lesson plans that are ready to use and include links to other helpful web sites. A friendly site for teachers who are just starting to use the Web.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html Children's Literature Web Guide prepared by David Brown at the University of Calgary. Includes recommendations for reading assignments at different grade levels.
http://intel.com/education a helpful section of virtual libraries, research tools, reference resources, and lesson plans.
http://www.webteacher.org An excellent tutorial for teachers on how to use the Internet. Starts with a Primer for newcomers and moves through more complex uses including Web Page development, integration of video and audio resources, and video conferencing.
http://www.ed.gov/free A listing of educational resources available free from various government agencies. including NEA, NSF, NASA, the Peace Corps, the Library of Congress, and the U.S. Post Office. To take a tour of a Smithsonian Institution exhibit on Oceans, try entering: (In left column) "Search & Subjects;" then "Science;" Then "Ocean Planet."
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/4/91.04.07.x.html You'll find poems, lesson plans, related sites, and other resources for K-12.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/fingerplayindex.htm 25 fingerplays, some to do with math topics and some that are just silly for preschool.
http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Broughton/Poetryunit.html Integrating poetry in all curriculum areas...tips on reading poems out loud, ways to assess poetry, and suggestions for the study of theme poetry (including poets and formats for writing) are all here for elementary and middle school.
http://www.learningspace.org Provides educators with much needed technology help.
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/lessons2.html Poetry Pals Lessons and Activities. Lesson plans in rhyming, limericks, haiku, cinquain,autobiographical, and acrostic form with activity suggestions.
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com Lots of nursery rhymes and activities submitted by teachers. Preschool and Elementary.
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/rhymes Unit on nursery rhymes with cooking, art, and p.e. ideas. Preschool and Elementary.
http://www.coreknowledge.org Dedicated to excellence and fairness in early education.
http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/index.html The text to lots of nursery rhymes, alphabetized for easy searching. Preschool and Elementary.
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games/dots/catdot.html Activities with Dr. Suess materials.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/index.html - a website for k-12 teachers and librarians.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/childlit.html - Children’s Literature
www.scholastictechguide.com - Technology guides, teacher exchange ideas, Web site and software reviews, technology-based lessons…
www.mathforum.org - Supports math, science, and interdisciplinary classrooms from k to 12.
www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm - A site that helps educators find graphic resources on the Internet. Online pictures, maps, etc. The search engine in the site is an easy why to find a graphic that you desire.
http://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/schools/vanhoosen/authorbios.htm - Homework hotline for the media center, music notes, student projects, etc.
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/library/authorgen.htm - Children’s literature with authors and illustrators, a curriculum students library, media projects, etc.
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/alt/projects/k18/links.html - Outreach programs, grants – especially check out the Montgomery County Public School (VA) site.
http://www.cybercom.net/~jham/beagle/pages/authors.htm - Links to lots of authors, young adult authors and illustrators.
http://www.e-lcds.org/Library/4authors.htm - A fourth grade classic author project.
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/biolinks.htm - Biographical information about various authors and illustrators, publisher sites, children’s literature Web guide.
http://www.links2go.com/topic/Author_Reference_Libraries - Author reference libraries.
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/intguides/children.html - This is a list of links for children’s literature.
http://www.elmbrook.k12.wi.us - go to: Activities for Kids, then go to: Fun Activities for You and Your Child.
http://home.cyberave.com/~firef/authbook.htm - Award books are listed, Newburgh Free Library.
http://usuarios.intercom.es/naxx/links/children.htm - Spanish links.
http://www.dannelly.mps.k12.al.us/links.htm - The Alabama State Department of Education Office of Technology Initiatives Web Resources.
http://home.earthlink.net/~elbond/authors.htm - Authors and illustrators in children’s literature (reviews & resources).
http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/resources/subject/childrensliterature/childlitinternet.html - Early childhood earth sciences, children’s literature, more…
http://www.vanwertcougars.net/fr/childlit.htm - Children’s literature links.
http://usuarios.intercom.es/naxx/links/authors.htm - Internet marketing by author (Spanish)
http://www.bookspot.com/childrensbooks.htm - Look into the books that are wonderful for children and for adults too.
http://edtech.cebs.wku.edu/~dean/literature.htm - Many Web sites for children’s literature.
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/ccps/students/help/libmed_3-5.htm - Web Sites for students in grades 3 to 5, media resources, literature, authors, etc.
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/ccps/students/help/libmed_6-8.htm - same as above, but for grades 6 to 8.
http://www.links2go.com/topic/Children~s_Literature - Children’s literature.
http://www.uky.edu/LCC/LB143/authorstudy.htm - An author study project.
http://expage.com/page/sitelist - Homeschooling resources.
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=rzn9000 - Our World USA Reading Zone, Teacher’s Corner, Fun Stuff…
http://www.shuntington.k12.ny.us/authorstudy.html - author studies.
http://www.yvt.tec.pa.us/general.html - Websites for author information, articles, insights, tools for English teachers, etc.
http://www.yk.psu.edu/~mer7/yalit.html - Young adult literature - core material used by students at Western Maryland College.
http://disney.go.com/park/homepage/today/flash/index.html - games and activities.
http://www.beritsbest.com - Berit’s best Web sites for children.
http://www.superkids.com - software reviews, educational tools, market place, etc.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel - Teachers Helping Teachers.
http://www.teachersfirst.com - Classroom resources, professional resources, site resources.
http://www.teachervision.com - Learning Network teacher channel.
http://www.essdack.org/tips - Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers.
http://www.font4teachers.com - Fonts of manuscript & cursive, clip art, math, etc.
Go to Google.com and put in the search term “teacher” and search many more available sites for teachers.
These selected search engines make surfing easy and safe for kids. Some are particularly helpful for homework assignments:
http://www.ajkids.com (Ask Jeeves)
http://www.yahooligans.com (Yahoo)
http://www.awesomelibrary.org (Evaluation and Development Institute)
http://www.lycoszone.com (Lycos)
Some selections have been drawn from the Cable In the Classroom paper entitled Professional Development Institute "These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Sites" October, 2000.
The following are selections from the paper Freebies on the Web by Liz Warner:
http://www.creativeteachingsite.com Teacher ideas, inspiration, and help.
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org Contains over 14,000 education resources.
http://www.mtech.on.ca A free site to generate worksheets for classroom use.
http://www.earlychildhood.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm?pid=2812&cob=hom e Contains links to free useful things for teachers.
www.mycoupons.com Freebies and helpful info on rewards programs.
http://www.firstlook.com/congrats.cfm?mediatype=2&promo=3 AMC movie tickets, Blockbuster GC, and Pizza Hut GC and more.
http://www.freeride.com/fr/owa/signupuser.login Many gift certificates. You can have an account up to 4 per household.
http://www.mypoints.com My points can be done just once a week. In about 1 month or a bit less, you'll have enough points for a $10 Target gift certificate or other GC (gift certificate)
http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/lexicon/lexiconoflearning.html - This is a very useful site for the specialized education language. Check it out to see if you know all of our educational terminology.
The American Library Association can be accessed at
http://www.ALA.org This site includes the "Kids, Parents and Public" site and if you'd like to see great websites for children up to age 14 take a look at ALA's "700+ Great Sites."
To go directly to the Newbery Award site of the ALA go to
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
To go directly to the Caldecott Award site of the ALA go to
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
From the two above sites you can also access the Coretta Scott King Awards.
At http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/literature.html you have a bibliography intended to help parents and professionals identify books that are written about or include characters who have a disability.
By going to http://www.Yahooligans.com and choosing their Language Arts site you can find out information about authors, illustrators, book reviews, folk and fairy tales and so much more.
If you really want to see an incredible number of sites about Children's Literature where information about reviews, organizations, multicultural, authors, illustrators, journals, newsgroups, teaching ideas, awards and honors, etc. can be found go to
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~elbond/home.htm
Again, another site that gives you links to other Children's Literature sites is
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/~jbrown/chauth.html - Children’s Literature, authors and illustrators.
The Children's Book Council offers information for parents, teachers, librarians and authors at http://www.cbcbooks.org
Many additional sites can be found at the Children's Literature Ring (including the site "Literature for Kids" book reviews) http://www.geocities.com/athens/3777/ring.html
A site dedicated to providing educational materials is the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication at http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec
http://www.libertynet.org/lion/bookmarks.html
has library lesson plans, classroom teaching plan and much more.
http://www.nwrel.org/sky/teacher.html has library ideas, authors and more.
www.sunspot.net/news/readingby9 is a site that provides teachers with stance questions for the Sun Papers "Just For Kids" as well as current and previously published Reading by 9 articles, a list of education resourses and online discussion with reading expert Susan Rapp.
www.patriciapolacco.com is absolutely wonderful! Also look for the many other author sites by substituting other author's names.
www.titlewave.com This is Follett Library Resources. It offers many great features to assist you in selecting books, AV, and CD roms. You must register and login with a username and password. You could contact Todd Harold (tharold@flr.follett.com) for more details. You can search specific titles or browse catalogs by categories, grade levels, classifications such as fiction, biography, etc., or by author and title. Title availability and prices are updated often. Annotations are given and reviews are listed as well.
www.carolhurst.com has reviews of children's books, ideas of ways to use them, and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics. www.carolhurst.com/index.html - Carol Hurst’s children’s literature site.
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA, has news, issues, events, awards, site for parents, cool sites for kids, Notable Children's Web Sites, the best Internet pages available for children 14 and younger. An annotated list can be found online at www.ala.org/alsc
The Maryland Educational Media Organization (MEMO) web page has made some changes and updates to make it more interactive. Check it out at www.tcps.k12.md.us/memo/memo.html
http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/ Could be just for fun or could be helpful. This is quite a quirky, fun site..."The Libstick Librarian"
http://www.fg-a.com This is a site for lots of free graphics.
http://www.kidsource.com This site has education and healthcare information for teachers, parents, and children.
http://dgl.microsoft.com/?cag=1 This is a site with a design gallery for clip art, animations, and photos.
http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/lexicon/lexiconoflearning.html A great site to learn more about the specialized language used in education.
