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Focus Lesson Resources
Busy Teacher
http://busyteacherscafe.com/
Tucson Unified School District
http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/focus/one/la1.htm
Virginia Learning Community
http://www.virginialearning.org/index.cfm
Curriculum Areas
http://www.cs.ocps.net/
Florida Achieves
http://www.florida-achieves.com
Ensley's CIM resources
Awesome resource site!
http://old.escambia.k12.fl.us/schscnts/ense/CIM/CIM.htm
March-April Resources
Data Analysis Activities- takes a minute to load
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Basic Facts Practice
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/KING/math.htm
Grades 3-5 Details and Facts practice-awesome site!
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html
Reading Resources- all grade levels
http://www.rif.org/educators/activities/default.mspx
Interactive activities for Reading and Math
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm
More portals to check out!
Michelle Bourgeois
http://guest.portaportal.com/milobo
Lori Weedo
http://guest.portaportal.com/lweedo
Ms. Cruz
http://guest.portaportal.com/ocruz
Gail Heslep's portal
http://guest.portaportal.com/wildcat
Wanda Walters
All Math sites
http://guest.portaportal.com/solmath
Warrington Elementary
http://guest.portaportal.com/warringtones
Wanda Walters Science
All Science sites
http://guest.portaportal.com/solscience
Wanda Walters Social Studies
All Social Studies sites
http://guest.portaportal.com/solss
Amanda Hensley
http://guest.portaportal.com/reslab
King's Fork Middle School
http://guest.portaportal.com/kfms
Abingdon Elementary
http://guest.portaportal.com/abingdonelem
Net Safety
http://guest.portaportal.com/netsafety
Cool Free Tools
http://guest.portaportal.com/freetools
Norma Jennings
Awesome Stuff!
http://guest.portaportal.com/njennings
Miscellaneous Sites 4 Kids
Educational interactive Games- Prongo
http://www.prongo.com
Fun Brain- games for every subject
http://www.funbrain.com
Education 4 Kids
http://www.edu4kids.com
Miscellaneous Teacher Resources
Tampa Reads
http://www.readingkey.com
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Emints- AWESOME resources-all subjects- click on Ethemes- then Search by your topic
http://www.emints.org
Teaching Tips-click on articles
http://www.teachingtips.com/
Internet 4 teachers-Subjects, Resources, Assessments
http://www.internet4teachers.com/k12links.htm
Carl
http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl
Fun Brain- Teacher section
http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html
I Know That
http://www.iknowthat.com
All Subject Areas- great resource
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm
American Sign Language Browser
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Incredible Teacher Resource Kit
http://www.paec.org/itrk3
Theme Building and Evaluation
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/kindergarten/kindthm.html
Learning Page-2500 free printing teacher resources
http://www.learningpage.com
Sites 4 Teachers- great resource site
http://www.sitesforteachers.com
Quia Activities-100s of learning activities on a variety of topics
http://www.quia.com/dir/
Flashcards
Flashcard 1
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/flashcards/
Flashcard 2
http://abcteach.com/search.php?q=flashcards
Flachcard 3
http://flashcardexchange.com/
Flashcard 4
http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/
Flashcard 5
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/Flashcard_Creator.html
Flashcard 6
http://bogglesworld.com/cards.htm
Flashcard 7
http://www.englishraven.com/Main.html
Specific Subject Area Sites
Math Resources
Teaching Clock- Awesome to Project!
http://www.time-for-time.com/interactive.htm
Geometry-basic shapes
http://www.kizclub.com/Shape/circle.html
Emints- search ethemes for great sites
http://www.emints.org
A Math Dictionary for Kids
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com
Fraction Frenzy
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/frenzy.htm
And the Answer Is. . .
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/misc/misc02.txt
Cool Math
http://www.coolmath.com
Fun Mathematics Lessons k-12
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
Games for Math and Social Skills
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/cooperate.html
Internet Based Math and Science Lesson Plans
http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/msres/curriculum.html
Real world Math skills: Living On Your Own
http://www.wnetschool/origlessons/lifecost/index.html
Fun Math and Science
http://www.kyes-world.com
Math Counts
http://mathcounts.org
Math Solutions Newsletter, Lessons Archive
http://www.mathsolutions.com/mb/content/publications/p_pub_13.html
megaConverter
http://www.megaconverter.com
Multiplication Table Applet -
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/MulTab/Applet.html
Number Tic-Tac-Toe Game
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math50.txt
Treasury Kid
http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/
Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
QUIA: Math Games
http://www.quia.com/shared/math/
h.i.p. pocket change (US Mint for Kids)
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm
National Mathematics Standards
http://www.nctm.org
Great Practical Math Lessons
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary
Interactive Math games 1
http://www.mathcats.com
Interactive Math games 2
http://www.kidzone.ws.math/quiz.html
Math Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Webmath
http://www.webmath.com
Pattern Game
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jeux.lulu/html/anglais/algorith/algoriA1.htm#
Harcourt Math
http://www.eharcourtschool.com
Reading Resources
Read Aloud Stories and Songs
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/content/read_aloud_stories.mspx
Read, Write, Think
http://www.readwritethink.org
Literacy Web for Classroom Teachers
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/teachers.htm
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
Online Activities from Utah Education Network
http://www.uen.org/activities
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
Harcourt
http://www.harcourtschool.com
Florida Online Reading Resources
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/forpd/resources
Kathy Schrock
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Jefferson County Schools-awesome site!
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/links.htm
Education Place by Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/activity/
Merriam Webster Online
http://www.merriam-webster.com
Word Central (kid site)
http://www.wordcentral.com/
Book Pals- actors reading stories online
http://www.storylineonline.net
Interactive Stories- Magic Keys
http://www.magickeys.com/books
The Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org
Alpha Dictionary
http://www.alphadictionary.com/index.shtml
Study Dog- click on BASIC to download free lessons, activities
http://studydog.com
Techniques for Teaching Reading Effectively
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching
Activities for Struggling Readers
http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/205
Tips for Encouraging Kids to Read
http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/194
Sadlier-Oxford
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/
Word Wall Activities
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwallact.htm
Setting Up Interactive Word Walls
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/wordwall062599.html
Dolch words grades 1-3 (flashcards)
http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
Consonant worksheet activities
http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/consonants-activities.htm
Songs and Poems for the Elementary Classroom
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html
Alphabet coloring book
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/dir6/alphacolor.html
Resources for teaching the alphabet
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/alphabite.html
Free Reading motivation program
http://www.bookadventure.org
Free electronic text reader
http://readplease.com
Reading Workshop K12
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex.htm
Pre-K-1st grade phonics
http://www.literactive.com
Great site for phonics- only runs in Safari, not Explorer
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
Reading Instructional Strategies
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/
K-3 Word Walls
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/word_wall_grade_level_lists.htm
Beginning Letter Picture Sort Packets
http://www.jmeacham.com/docs/working.with.words/letter.picture.sorts.initial.letter.DNEALIAN.pdf
Reading Comprehension Activities and Strategies
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/
Popcorn Word Walls 1
http://teachers.net/gazette/Aug03/images/popcornwords1.pdf
Popcorn Word Walls 2
http://http://teachers.net/gazette/Aug03/images/popcornwords2.pdf
Popcorn Word Walls 3
http://teachers.net/gazette/Aug03/images/popcornwords3.pdf
Word Families- sort by family
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily
Word families- build a word
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild
Word families-creates a table or words and a poem
http://www.mrsalphabet.com/wordfamilies.htm
Manatee County
AWESOME Resources for all subjects
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex1.htm
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org
songs for teaching
http://www.songsforteaching.com/avni/alliterativebooks.htm
Great for K!
http://www.getreadytoread.org
Phonemic Awareness activities
http://http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/phonemic.html
Phonics Practice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Best Practices
http://http://teacherscholastic.com/readingbestpractices/phonics/teach.htm
Placement
http://http://eprcontent.k12.com/placement/placement/placement-langarts-2.html
Reading Games
http://http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm
Reader's Theater
http://http://www.teachingart.net/readerstheater.htm
Poetry for kids
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php
Fluency Assessment gr. 3-5
http://http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4446
Read Alouds
http://www.kinderkorner.com/readalouds.html
Book Adventure
kind of like a free version of AR
http://www.bookadventure.org/
Comprehension Rubrics
Rubrics for all grades 1 up
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/reading/rubrics.htm#Comprehension
Science Resources
Internet Based Math and Science Lessons
http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/msres/curriculum.html
Fun Math and Science
http://www.kyes-world.com/
Science News for children of ages 9 to 13
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
Earth Science- games, questions
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov
Disney Education -register first- then go to the Educational section
https://register.go.com/disney/indexhome
Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://www.billnye.com
Butterflies, Plants, Classifying Critters and more!
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/
Make a Balancing Butterfly
http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/s/symmetry/symmetry.html
Create a Butterfly Life Cycle Mobile
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/lifecyclemobile/
Optical Illusion Butterflies
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/n/nowyouseeit/nowyouseeit.html
Moth and Butterfly Posters
http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismdepts/zoology/lepidoptera/Butterfly_Poster_Lesson.html
Butterfly Scuptures
http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson23.html
Harcourt Science
http://www.eharcourtschool.com
Social Studies
Children
http://www.childrensatlas.com
Multiple Links to Elementary Social Studies Sites
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/links/elem/elemSS.htm
Conservation and awareness program about our natural, cultural, and historic treasures
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction
Character Counts
http://www.charactercounts.org/defsix.htm
EconEd Link- econics lessons for k-12
http://www.econedlink.org
Writing Resources
Six Traits examples
http://www.writingfix.com/
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Interactive Six Traits site
http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/
OWL- Online Writing Lab
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
Six Traits Home Page
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/
Six Traits Posters for classroom use
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/posterspage.htm
Class Presentation of Six Traits Process
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm
Six Trait Writing for Parents, Teachers, and Students
http://www.aps.edu/aps/Cochiti/6traits/
Multiple Links to Six Traits/Writing Sites
http://www.ginnyhoover.com/sixtraits.htm
Handwriting- early skills, forming letters
http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/guide_and_archives.html
Technology
ERO
https://ero2.eschoolsolutions.com
Information Tech Department
http://it.escambia.k12.fl.us
Edutest
http://www.edutest.com
Groupwise
http://www.escambia.k12.fl.us/groupwise.htm
SmartTech (smartboards)
http://smarttech.com/
Montclair Website
http://www.escambia.k12.fl.us/schscnts/mone/mehome.htm
But I Dont Have a Computer Lab
http://www.serve.org/seir-tec/present/onecomptr.html
Computer Labs-ideas for student projects
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/may99/index.html
Internet training for teachers or students
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/
Data
Evaluation Services
http://ese.escambia.k12.fl.us/eval/index.htm
FCAT STAR
https://fcat.escambia.k12.fl.us/
DIBELS (PMRN)
https://pmrn.fcrr.org
DIBELS (mclass)
http://www.mclasshome.com
PMP STAR
http://pmp.escambia.k12.fl.us/
Presentation Resources
Free Pictures
http://pics4learning.com
Free Music
http://freeplaymusic.com
backgrounds for PowerPoint
http://www.powerpoint4teachers.com/freebies.html
Free Backgrounds and templates
http://www.brainybetty.com/welcome.htm
Special Occasions, Celebrations
Black History Month Resources
Black History Month- Heroes
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html
Black History Hotlist- lots of links
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.htm
Family Education site-AWESOME resources
http://fun.familyeducation.com/black-history-month/holidays-and-celebrations/32871.html
Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
Underground Railroad-National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Underground Railroad for Kids
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
National Underground Railroad Freedom Site
http://www.freedomcenter.org/
Famous Black American Wordsearch
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/wdserch1.htm
Famous Black American Wordsearch 2
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/serchclu.htm
Thinking About Dr. King
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view_printer_friendly.asp?id=92
Presidents
Name that President
http://www.primarygames.com/presidents/question_1.htm
Abraham Lincoln Quiz Online
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/quiz.htm
American Presidents Clip Art
http://www.americanpresidents.org/gallery/index.asp
Mega links for Presidents
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/presday.html
WInter Olympics
Winter Olympics for kids
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/winterolympics.htm
U.S. Olympic Base Camp
http://www.usolympicteam.com/kids/
Time Magazine
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news/story/0,6260,1136751,00.html
Social Studies for Kids- also has Black History info
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
LOTS of additional kid-friendly Olympic sites
http://www.kathimitchell.com/olympics.html
Dr. Seuss sites
Seuss Clip Art
http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/seussfiles/seusspics.html
Seuss Tick Tac Toe
http://www.seussville.com/games/pdf/tictactoe.pdf
Seuss WordSearch puzzle
http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/seussfiles/ws1a.txt
Which Two Sneetches are the Same?
http://www.seussville.com/university/reasoning/games/print/reasoning_frankfurter.pdf
Cat in the Hat Concentration
http://http://www.seussville.com/games/concentration/
Mother
Mother
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/mother1.shtml
Tissue Paper Carnations
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/mother2.shtml
Sponged Flowers in a Vase
http://www.kinderart.com/painting/flowers.shtml
Filters of Flowers
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Visual_Arts/ARA0204.html
Make a Giant Sunflower
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0067.html
Cinco de Mayo
History of Cinco De Mayo
http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm
More history
http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm
Cinco De Mayo WebQuest for grades 2-3
http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/edutech4learning/cinco.html
Games, Printables, Music, Crafts
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/cinco/
Halloween
HALLOWEEN SCIENCE WITH SPOOKY SPIDERS & WACKY WEBS
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceArtLACIMDHalloweenSpookySpidersAndWackyWebsUnit1.htm
HALLOWEEN MATH WORD PROBLEMS:
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/00/math.htm
HALLOWEEN MATH WORD PROBLEMS:
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/2ndgrade/halloween.htm
PUMPKIN PICTURE GRAPH WORKSHEET:
http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/graph_picture_pumpkins.pdf
JACK-O-LANTERN ROCKS:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtHalloweenMixingPrimaryColorsOnRockP5.htm
Pumpkin-fill in the missing letters
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpaq263.html
Go Batty with Bats
http://wings.avkids.com/Curriculums/Bats/
Spiders!
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/spiders/welcome.html
Pumpkin Adjectives Worksheet
http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/misc/halloween/adj/3/
October WordSearch
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/wordsearch.htm
Valentine's Day
History of Valentine's Day
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/val/history.html
Thematic unit, lesson plans
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Valentine_s_Day/
Activities and Crafts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/valentine/
Coupon Book
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/holiday/coupon.htm
Teacher and Kid Resources
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Valentines/
Mardi Gras
crafts
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/mardigras
Recipes, Activities
http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/mardi_gras.htm
Masks
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/mardigras
Training
Online Safety Training
http://escambia.fl.safeschools.com
Free Online Courses from FDLRS
http://www.pda-ese.org
Registration for FDLRS classes
http://www.fdlrswestgate.org
FCAT publications for Teachers
http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatpub2.htm
fcat specifications items
http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatis01.htm#specs
Classroom Management
Busy Bee Activity Page
http://web.archive.org/web/20030414020815/http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/activities/active.html
Works4Me Tips Library
http://www.nea.org/tips/index.html
Tammy
http://www.essdack.org/tips/index.html
Teachnet
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/index.html
Ideas for Many Areas of Classroom Management
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/
Mrs. Dowling
http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/info.html
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ClassroomManagement.html
Teacher Tips
http://www.yesiteach.org/tips.htm
Classroom Rewards
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr300.shtml
Ten Tested Tips for Classroom Management
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr261.shtml
Creating a Climate for Learning
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr155.shtml
Prevention Strategies That Work
http://cecp.air.org/preventionstrategies/default.htm
Helping Children Develop Self Control
http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/discipline.html
Children
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/CA-0006/default.asp
Newest Sites
Dibels activities
Dibels activities, Interventions
http://www.teachers.cr.k12.de.us/~galgano/dibel2.htm