..............................................................................................................Staff Resources (some of the sites in curriculum resources could also fall into this area)
Tools and Curriculum Resources ABC Teach K-5
Most of this site is free, but for only $35 per year you can get access to additional resources.
Activity Village free printables. Alphabets, paper dolls, notes, etc.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
All About Frogs
America's Library from the Library of Congress
Apetalous - pronounce authors' names correctly
Brainy Betty Powerpoint templates, graphics and more... all free
Bulletin Board Ideas for High School Media Specialists Will work for any age.
Backflip/I Keep bookmarks store bookmarks online for free. See also, del.icio.us
Busy Teachers Cafe K-3 Lots of ideas by month and theme. Adapt to older age groups.
Carol Hurst Lit site
Cathy Belben Lit
Chilren's Lit.com subscription site
Citation Machine
Congress Link Lesson plans for teachers and info for students
Cooperative Children's Book Center part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) School of Education
Cynthis Leitich Smith links to a variety of literature resources, mostly YA
del.icio.us social bookmarking
Digital Storyteller students create online stories
DK Clipart
Donna Young teacher tool
Worksheets, penmanship papers, math skills, fake money, and more. Designed for home schoolers.
Easy Bib create citations using a fill-in-the-box approach
Edsitement formerly Marco Polo. Teaching resources from the National Endowment for the Humanities See Also Thinkfinity from Verizon
Enchanted Learning K-5
Free, but with advertising. $20 a year without advertising. This is an excellent K-5 site and a bargain at that price. This site is searchable and will even search misspelled words. Type in denosars and get all the info on dinosaurs.
Education World for teachers
Lesson plans, grants, research tools, information for guidance and administration. Lots to check out. Easy to read articles. Take the time to look at all of the areas.
Eduscapes K-12 Links to 4-2-Explore, Learning Literature Ladders and more.
Fact check A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Filamentality
Create your own website. Great for making WebQuests.
First Gov for Kids -- subject directory K-6. See also First Gov for adults
Five Stitch Book Binding
4 Teachers.org K-12 online tools to help you integrate tech into your program. Includes RubiStar, TrackStar, QuizStar and more. Excellent resource! They keep adding great teacher tools like Classroom Architect, which allows you to create a floor plan for your classroom.
Free Discipline Help
Part subscription part free. Tool for teachers and administrators
Google for Educators
Google Librarian Central See also Google Librarian Central Tools
Google Earth See also the Google Earth map for Grapes of Wrath
Historical Fiction, teaching with article from Scholastic
I Keep Bookmarks Store your bookmarks on the web for free.
Infoplease online almanac, part of Pearson education company
Instant Poetry Forms fill in the blank poems
International Children's Digital Library
Internet Library for Librarians
Joyce Valenza's homepage
Kaboose formerly Kid's Domain Icons, games, crafts and more.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, Discovery School
Kentucky Virtual Library for Kids Try this online research tutorial for about grades 3-6.
Kid's Lit Blog K-12
Knight Cite Bibliography creator from Calvin College
Laura Candler's File Cabinet Target audience grades 4-6, but very adaptable to all classrooms.
Library Spot
Linda's Links to Lit K-12 -- now is a subscription $25.00 for an individual for one year. There are still some links that do not require a subscription.
MLA Auto Generator Download this software to create citations.
Mrs. Alphabet pre-K-5 More for teachers than kids
My Home Library Book Plates from Authors all ages at My Home Library
New York Times Learning Network Teacher Connections 3-12
Printable Alphabets great for bulletin boards and scrapbooks. This is from Activity Village. There are other free printables here as well. Lunch box notes, certificates, nameplates, motivational posters, etc.
Reading Resources from the seminar
Rollyo create your own search engine
RubiStar
Create a rubric. This is part of 4Teachers.org
Skype free Internet Long Distance Phonecalls
Starfall Reading resource for preK-2. Excellent resource.
StoryLine From the Screen Actors Guild. Selection of children's books read by the stars. Growing list.
Study Guides and Strategies from Joe Landsberger
Switcharoo Zoo make new animals
Teacher Tube Like You Tube, but for educators
Teacher Vision
Part free - part subscription. Subscription is $29.95 per year. Variety of printables and tools. Lots of graphic organizers.
Tracy Vaughn Zimmer teaching guide collection
Zamzar file converterPublishers
Harper Collins Reading Guides YA- Adult
Harper Teacher Children's Guides K-5
Hyperion
Orca Books Teacher's Guides
Random House Kids
Simon Says, from Simon Schuster
Curriculum Resources
Background Notes
Information on countries of the world from the US Department of State.
BBC Pyramid
Ben Franklin on the Web Writings, proverbs, websites and more. From Clusty Labs
Brain Pop some free, mostly subscription
CIA World Factbook 6-adult
Classical Music Archives 6-adult
Access 5 unprotected files per day. $25 per year for full access.
Dewey Browse Websites organized by the Dewey system K-12
Eduweb/A Pintura Compare a painting to several masters. Link to other art related activities.
Fact Monster Online Almanac for K-8
First Gov Adults 9-adult
First Gov Kids K-6
Google Government Search
How Stuff Works
How Stuff Works Express -- for kids
Jack London's Ranch Album 8-adult
Jan Brett all ages, for kids and teachers
Enough wonderful resources to keep you busy for hours. Library signage, projects, games and more.
Jig Zone free online jigsaw puzzles
Kaboose pre-K-8 -- formerly Kids Domain
National Geographic, Secrets of Egypt
Neferchichi's Tomb 3-10
Variety of free and fee based information on ancient Egypt. Good place to get clipart for student projects on this topic.
New York Times Cyber Navigator 6-Adult
New York Times Navigator for Students 5-12
New York Philharmonic Kid Zone K-8
Paper Models
Periodic Table Comics 6-12
Public Agenda Online 8-12
Ref Desk 6-adult
Robert Munsch
San Francisco Symphony Kids K-6
Shakespeare Searched Includes a section for students and one for teachers
Trenches on the web 5-adult
World War I. Weapons, battles, people.
UT Maps
Victorian Web 9-adult
Expanding the Library Collection: Online Tools
Voycabulary all ages
Create links to a dictionary for all words on a website. Choose from different languages. This is blocked at my school for some unknown reason.My two websites are:
Free For Teachers
Online Tools
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