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Welcome to the Triway Library Portal

Animal Sites

eTHEMES Lessons
Animal (Missouri) sites/lessons
Smithsonian Institute: Museum of Natural History
Virtual Tour

Assessments/Surveys

4th - 8th Grade Student Survey
Triway Library Survey

Audio Books

Audio Books
Audio Books for purchase - Some are free

Author Sites

Rick Riordan
Author of the Percy Jackson Series
Ranger's Apprentice Series
@ the Series, Teacher notes,
Heather Brewer
Author of Vladimir Tod
My Weird School
Great website for setting up a Weird School classroom yourself!
Bill Wallace
Various websites about Bill Wallace
Gordon Korman
Inclues My Weird School series
Dan Gutman
Books by Dan Gutman
Michael Vey series
Author Richard Evans
Mrs. Mac's Library
Book Trailers & Author sites

YA LIt with moral themes

Laura Kurk
Author of literature for YA girls

Book Ideas

Reading Rainbow/PBS
Hank the Cow Dog
Learn more about Hank the Cow Dog
Triway Library Bookfair Webpage
Check out the details for the Book Fair!
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Includes information on the books and puzzles
Tween Book ideas
Books for students in the middle

Books for Boys

Great Books for Boys
Suggested books for boys to read
Book-a-like
Click the Find-a-book link and find a book LIKE one you have already read!

Books for Girls

Great Books for Girls
Reviews and organized by age
Great Books for Girls
Book-a-like
Find a book like one you have already read!

Lesson plans

Regarding the Fountain, etc.
Lesson plans and activities for the Regarding the... Series
Lesson Plans for Theodore Boone Books
6-8 Gr. Lesson Plans linked to Common Core
CLoaked by Alex Flinn
Suggested resources and teaching ideas
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Suggested teaching ideas and resources
Barn Boot Blues
Link to Author Website
Missing on Superstition Mountain
Suggestes teaching ideas and resources

Young Adults

YALSA Best Book Lists
Books for 7-12 Grades

Cyberbee
Answers copyright questions
Copyright-Best Practices
Fair Use for Educators

Dewey Decimal System

Students

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tour/ddc1.html
OCLC Dewey Decimal Tour
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml
ThinkQuest: Fiction/Nonfiction activities
http://www.scottpublib.org/dragon/Dewey.html
Kids Guide to DDC
http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/handbook/qtdeweydecimal.html
Student guide to the DDC

Teachers

Enchanted Learning
Dewey Decimal Information
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/libplans.html#dewey
Lesson Plans for Teaching the Dewey Decimal Classification system
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4015http://
Lesson Plan for teaching Dewey – includes instruction sheet for students and Observation Rubric
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listthedeweli.html
Dewey Decimal Hotlist for Librarians

Document Camera

Document Camera Lesson Plan ideas
Scroll toward end of page for links

Images-Free online with citation restrictions

Morgue File
Public Image Search Engine
Pics4Learning
Free images for you to use
Fotopedia.com
First Collaborative Photo Encyclopedia
Free Stock Images
Pixabay
royalty free,no fee images

Music download

Television Toons
downloadable

Internet Safety

Disney Internet Safety
Information for parents and kids
AT &TInternet Safety Game
Play the Internet Safety Game.
Wiredkids
Internet Safety games, info for kids, teens and parents.

LIbrary Websites

Hornbook - How to pronounce Author's names
JON SCIESZKA'S helpful pronunciations of some author's names
Teaching Books.net
How to pronounce almost ANY author's name
Library Lessons

Nonfiction

Teaching Nonfiction reading

What's Special About Nonfiction?
Teaching nonfiction reading - grades 1-4
Nonfiction vs. fiction
Smart Notebook lesson
Scholastic Nonfiction lesson
6-8 Grade
Teacher Genres
links to various lesson plans
Reading Nonfiction slides
Includes ads
Text-mapping
Ideas for reading textbooks

RESEARCH

Gale Resources
Multiple Resource Sites
World Digital Library

Tips and Tricks

Practice boolean logic

RTI Websites

MATH SITES

READING SITES

Smartboard Ideas

Smart Resources
Getting started: your board or Smart Notebook
Morenet's Smartboard resources
Great smartboard sites gathered by Morenet
K-3 Smartboard lessons
A list of various sites you could use with your whiteboard
Smart- Lessons & Activities
Lessons & Activities for Smart Boards
Harvey's Homepage
Math Smartboard lessons
Mister Teacher Interactive Website
Interactive Whiteboard lessons
Teachers Hub
Getting started tutorials
Smart Technologies
Hands-on practice
Basic Smart Training tips
SMART Exchange
Teachers exchange Smart Notebook lessons
Smartboard ideas and tips

Social Studies Links

Federal Resources for Education
Animations, Primary Docs, Photos and Videos
U.S. Government
Sites about how our government is organized
Teaching History
National History Education Clearinghouse

CIVIL WAR ERA

Digital Library on American Slaves
Slavery Database

Teacher Ideas

eTHEMES
Links to great lesson plans, webquests, websites and tips
Fractured Fairy Tales
AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer
Organized learning sites for teachers, parents and students
K-3 Smartboard lessons
Great lessons divided by subject
Teacher Files.com
Free Teacher Clip-art
Royalty Free Music
For use in education
abcya
Leveled learning sites for Grades k-5
Scholastic Rubric maker
Rubric tool
Rubistar
Rubric tool
Rubric Machine
Rubric tool
Teachers.Net
Lesson plans, worksheets, etc.
Super Teacher Worksheets
Worksheets for math and reading
Educational World
Teacher technology, lesson plans, training
Free Educational Resources
Lessons, videos, Primary Sources
ReadWorks.org

Constructivism

Concept to Classroom
Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning
TeAchology-Constructivism
Online Teacher resource to Constructivism information/links

Tech Training Sites

Science

Ipad Info

Missouri Animals

Birds

Missouri Dept. of Conservation
All Missouri Animals
How to Enjoy Hummingbirds
All About Birds
Bird Watcher's Digest
All About Birds
From Enchanted Learning
Avian Web
About Birds
Wild Bird Watching
Wild Birds
National Geographic
Animals
Xplor
Missouri Conservation Website
Turkey Vulture
Missouri Conservation
Bald Eagle
http://www.defenders.org/bald-eagle/basic-facts

Reptiles & Amphibians

National Zoo
Missouri Dept. of Conservation
New York State Environmental Conservation
Includes information on animals from Missouri
Tree Frog
Venomous Snakes
All varieties
Copperhead Snakes
Garter snakes
Vanishing Species
Sea World
Pigmy Rattlesnakes
Desert USA
King Snake
Snakes & Spiders
State of Connecticut
Timber Snake
National Geographic
ARKive
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Bio Expedition
Alligator Snapping Turtle

Bugs

National Geographic
Animal Corner
ants
Defenders of Wildlife
Monarch Butterfly
Kid Zone
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
University of Extension
Pest World for Kids
Fuit fly
Ants
Snails
Brown Recluse
University of Kentucky-Entomology
spides
University of Missouri Extension
ticks
Wolf Spiders
Desert Use
Black Widow spider