a great game that helps you learn about the states, capitals and landscapes of our country.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html

http://www.katyisd.org/groups/pathways/Instr_Ctr/linkslessons/elem/3rd/la/Novel%20Resources/generic%20novel%20activities.htm

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

a nice online tool that helps students create their own comic strips.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html

a huge selection of comics to read

http://www.comics.com/categories/index.html

great activities and lessons for tons of books

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/index.cfm

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/

http://www.esl-kids.com/

a game that you can test your knowledge of continents, capitals, countries and landscapes around the world

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.php

tons of sites for all grade levels

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm

all grade level activities

http://www.kidport.com/Contents.htm

http://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/budewig/Curriculum%20Links/Kids%20News.htm

Kids try to solve all kinds of mysteries online

http://www.kidsloveamystery.com/

Safe search engines for kids - great for schools

http://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/budewig/Curriculum%20Links/Search%20Engines.htm

http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Create your own puzzles. Everything from crosswords, to wordsearches, to mazes! Lots of fun

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom.

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

http://www.rcdb.com/

Great site with tons of rubric templates you can customize or use as is.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Lots of links in all concept areas

http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/

a great site with online books and author videos

http://www.teachingbooks.net/

teach mass, length and capacity

http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/menu.html

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html

Great resource for easy-to-use tools (rubric maker, graphic organizer maker, citation maker). Free for everyone!

http://myt4l.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools

tons of items you can use

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

tons of things you can use

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=2&grade=3&grade=4

great online fraction concepts

http://www.visualfractions.com/

http://www.weeklyreader.com/

Kids site all about the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Excellent science website!

http://www.uen.org/themepark/cycles/animal.shtml

Tech. links for TAKS content areas

http://visalia.k12.ca.us/techcoach/fifthgrade.htm

Links, Lesson Plans, Resources!

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/links/index.html#lessonplans

free step-by-step tutorials for creating differentiated instruction

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials.php

Free bibliography maker

http://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=1

This page is designed to provide you some resources if you want to get started using blogs for yourself or with your students.

http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/

Great collection of sites

http://www.suelebeau.com/blogs.htm#wikis

http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/Weblogs+in+Schools

Notes from Workshops and Professional Development

http://giftedtech.easyjournal.com

Test your knowledge of world geography.

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html

Inspirational & Educational quotations

http://www.teachersfirst.com/hangups.html#goals

A very cleaqr anjd understandable guide to educational use

http://www.loc.gov/copyright

Fair use reference for student projects

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/INTELLECTUALPROPERTY/ccmcguid.htm

Guide for Music Educators

http://www.menc.org/information/copyright/copyr.html

Information and ideas to get started

http://giftedtech.pbwiki.com/Digital+Publishing+Fair+2007-08?full_access=bP2qsBpujf&l=S

ALief GT site with tons of links and projects for GT students

http://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/instructional/specialpops_assessment/GT/Curriculum%20Links.htm

Money unit with lesson plans

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/money.htm

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/Coin%20Clipart.htm

show young students the fundamentals of money & banking. Learn everything from how money is

http://www.kidsbank.com/

Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. p

http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/moneydollarbilloutline.jpg

a great game to practice counting money and making change.

http://arcytech.org/java/money/money.html

copyright friendly images for educators.

http://www.pics4learning.com/

Create all different kinds of puzzles online

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

designed to provide you with the philosophical bases for sound comprehension strategy instruction, directions for a range of com

http://www.readingquest.org/

The reading strategies presented in this publication are designed to provide teachers with alternatives and replacement tasks to

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/gted/ReaStra.pdf

Great site that has tiered activities for all grade levels and subjects

http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html

Tons of integration ideas

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htmhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm

Fantastic free web site for online teaching and learning - developed by educators for teachers and students!

http://www.aolatschool.com/message

Allows you to search for lessons and activities for all content areas and levels

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Visit the lesson plans center to find your way to well over 27,234 lesson plans

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/

Over 3,000 FREE lesson plans

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html

Lesson plans by TEKS with tech links

http://www.pasadenaisd.org/sailon/

One of the best sites available for teacher lessons and resources

http://www.marcopolosearch.org/MPSearch/Basic_Search.asp

Great site that has tiered activities for all grade levels and subjects

http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

http://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/youens/Internet%20Links.htm

Really Great Stuff for Students' Research

http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm

All the resrouces you need for projects

http://ww2.earthday.net/~earthday/resources

free online resource center

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/us/

categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.htmlhttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.htmlhttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html

Lesson plans, Video tutorials, Resources

http://www.nortellearnit.org/

GT Tech class Podcasts created in various formats during Spring semester 2007 at Herrera Academy of Technolgy, Houston, Texas

http://www.kid-cast.com/KC_Podcasts.htm

View a GarageBand format photocast about Herrera Academy of Technology in Houston, TX.

http://web.mac.com/joechase1/iWeb/MTT%20Blog/Podcast/Podcast.html

Wonderful websites for children

http://www.jcpl.net/index.asp?speed=low&screen=wide&css=yes§ion=ysrv&page=kids-homework

Educational websites for children

http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/regionnorth/menuitem.5fd654973836b5c423af089ae041f76a/?vgnextoid=626b921dd8d5f010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Games on basic math concepts

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm

Great LA and Math activities

http://www.dositey.com/homek2.htm

Excellent! Top Early Childhood Resources Online

http://surfaquarium.com/IT/early.htm

Houghton Mifflin Bilingual links

http://www.eduplace.com/bil/links/index.html

a great resource for primary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/categories/preschool.shtml

Pre-school activities and crafts

http://www.first-school.ws/

Great sites in all content areas for kids

http://fridgefun4kids.com/

can be used as a teaching tool or workstation

http://www.gamequarium.com/

tons of sites for all grade levels

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm

all grade level activities

http://www.kidport.com/Contents.htm

You must registar to create an account but it is free. Great picture books, reading activities, and ESL games.

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

Math Vocabulary for all grade levels

http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html

Great search engine for kids and teachers

http://elementary.nettrekker.com/subject/?home=1

a list of links for students interested in books, stories and fun in Spanish, English and French.

http://www.iteachilearn.com/teach/tech/library.htm

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html

in English and Spanish

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#

letters and sounds

http://www.primarygames.com/

Books and Mother Goose Songs Online

http://www.katyisd.org/groups/pathways/Instr_Ctr/linkslessons/elem/k/la/pstory/readalong/read%20alongs.htm

Excellent science activities for PreK-K

http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/science/science_center_activities.htm

LA and Math concepts designed for 1st grade but good for preK-2

http://www.starfall.com/

Sudoku with graphics

http://www.sudokid.nl/sudokid_en.php?m_id=1

A great Sudoku game for primary in color

http://www.linternaute.com/week2/sudoku/colour/

Great site of games and activites

http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/early.html

a great site with online books and author videos

http://www.teachingbooks.net/

online analog clock that you can manipulate

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html

Great activities, crafts, rhymes, songs and a whole lot more

http://www.underfives.co.uk/

online database of 6,000 standard-aligned plans

http://www.leapfrogschool.com/do/findpage?pageKey=link_to_lessons

Plenty of ideas per grade level

http://www.free-science-fair-projects.com/elementary-school-free-science-fair-projects.aspx

More Projects, better science, personal help

http://www.scienceproject.com/projects/index/elementary.asp

Links to information - resources

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listsciencemr65.html

Discovery Education / Elmers Science Fair Tips

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/elmers/250projectideas.html

http://www.crystal-clear-science-fair-projects.com/easy-science-fair-projects.html

a super search engine for kids of all ages - SUPER!

http://www.aolatschool.com/message

filtered search engine for kids

http://www.askforkids.com/

Excellent Search Engine for kids!! Safe and gives readability level of each site

http://www.kidsclick.org/

alphabetized list of great resources for kids

http://www.kidskonnect.com/AlphabetizedList.html

find the educational resources your need for your grade level - great search engine for teachers and kids

http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp

a SUPER resource for educational topics that you can search by readability level (need a password if not at an HISD Computer)

http://elementary.nettrekker.com/subject/?home=1

Research tools (will need user name and password if not on an HISD computer)

http://dept.houstonisd.org/connect/onlineresources/online_resources.htm

Multicultural Website

http://www.miscositas.com/

http://www.kidlink.org/spanish/

The Kid's Digital Library

http://www.storyplace.org/

Well-known stories in Spanish

http://personales.mundivia.es/llera/cuentos/cuentos.htm

Houghton-Mifflin Bilingual links

http://www.eduplace.com/bil/links/index.html

a list of links for students interested in books, stories and fun in Spanish, English and French.

http://www.iteachilearn.com/teach/tech/library.htm

Multi-lingual literacy for kids

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#

Ms. Samuels' 5th grade Micro-Lab Agenda

http://www.starbucksagenda.easyjournal.com

Excellent resources for research or fun

http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/regionnorth/menuitem.5fd654973836b5c423af089ae041f76a/?vgnextoid=626b921dd8d5f010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Has sample tests by grade level

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/taks/booklets/index.html

Software tools & ideas

http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/index.html

Create digital artwork

http://www.tuxpaint.org/

Online draw program like Microsoft Paint, but better

http://imaginationcubed.com/

Create digital cards, calendars

http://www.brother.com/creativecenter/us/en_us/family/index.htm

Help Desk solutions to do-it-yourself tech repairs

http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/Technology/menuitem.a12f0a1e434a832188a67e10e041f76a/

Practical tech tools

http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/RegionNorth/menuitem.102e3cba26de2b8ebba3e510e041f76a/?vgnextoid=88c146277f7e1110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default%3E

Information and integration for K-12 schools

http://www.edutopia.org/

Best tool for unit lesson plans with TEKS and rubrics

http://www.curriculumproject.com/

A fabulous tour of the great Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp?bmLocale=en

London's famous art gallery

http://www.tate.org.uk/

African collection

http://www.randafricanart.com/Met_museum_virtual_tour.html

Excellent Social Studies site

http://www.exploredc.org/index.php?id=63

Hot List of Links to many virtual field trips

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm

Lessons, webquests, & information for teachers and librarians

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/

Starting point for online lessons and activities

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/

Most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Model

http://webquest.org/index.php

http://tlc.epsb.ca/InternetProjects/webquests.htm

http://www.campbell.k12.ky.us/links/webquest/primary.html

http://www.edhelper.com/lessonplans.htm

http://www.nksd.wednet.edu/schools/pearson/staff/krowland/First%20Grade%20WebQuests.html

http://www.can-do.com/uci/k12-lessons.html

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/computing/web_quests/

http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/#VFT

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/k3webquests.htm

Create an educational wiki to share with teachers or students

http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki

Online collaborative technology projects

http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com/Think%20Online%20Projects

Integrated tech. collaborative projects

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listcollaborvi.html

Remote connect to TEKS

http://finearts.esc20.net/connectTEKS/Music_tool/musicControl.html