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21 DIGITAL TOOLS FOR VOCABULARY BUILDING

Clickable dictionary
Reference Tool
Thesaurus
Reference Tool
Visual Thesaurus
Reference Tools
Dictionary with a Twist
Reference Tool
Easy to use Dictionary
Reference Tool
Math Terms
Math Dictionary
Math Dictionary for Kids
Math Dictionary
Word Clouds
Word Clouds
Similar to Wordle
Word Clouds
Word Clouds
Create by shape
Games and Review
Review of Words
Games and Review
Game like review
SAT and ACT words
Short videos too
Matching Word Game
Fun game for words and subjects
Word Walls and Field Trips
Digital Word Wall
Word Walls and Field Trips
Key Vocabulary for Prior Knowledge
Create and Online Journey for Class
Visual Dictionary Field Trip

A FEW STATES' WEBSITES

Engage NY
Testing items
ELA teaching strategies 6-12
New Items
Kansas Resources
ELA and Math Resources
Arizona Examples 6-12
Examples
North Carolina Unpacked Standards
Unpacked Standards
Delaware-ELA and Math
Learning Progressions Math and ELA
Illinois Department of Education
Lots for Math and ELA

ACADEMIC VOCABLUARY

NC ACADEMIC VOCAULARY
ALL AREAS AND GRADES
Vocabulary Buidling
Word maps, word clouds
Flash Cards
flash cards and games
Academic Vocabulary
Acdemic Vocabulary games
Latin and Greek Roots
Latin and Greek Roots
Visual Thesaurus
Visual thesaurus
History of words
History of words

VOCABULARY WEBSITES

ARGUMENTATIVE/OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
Writing Essays
Various writing styles explained

ART

Virtual Sistine Chapel
Take a tour of the Sistine Chapel
Toporopa
Tour of Europe, anyone?
ART PROJECTS
Using Crayons for projects
FAMILY FUN
Crafts

ASSESSMENT and INFORMATION

Smarter Balance Testing
TESTING SAMPLES
CENTER FOR K-12 ASSESSMENT
Assesement Information
PARCC
Assessment Readiness
Quizlet

COMMON CORE WEBSITES

Achieve the Core
Lots of free templates for the core
EngageNY
videos and free download templates

DESE

DESE
Common Core

FREE LEVELED STORIES

FREE LEVELD BOOKS

GAMES for LEARNING

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

GLOSSARY
Useful for anyone

GRAMMAR

Grammar and parts of speech
LOTS of fun stuff
Vocabulary Ahead
Short videos for vocab, study
Academic Skill Builders

GRANTS

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Freeology
LOTS of fun stuff

HISTORY WEBSITES

Art Musuem Sites

Louvre Museum
Louvre
British Museum
Lots of wonderful collections
Art Institute-Chicago
Art Institute-Chicago
Latin American Art
Latin American Art
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Holocaust Museum
American Indian Museum
Native American Education Department
US Primary Documents
Primary US documents

Sites for Digital Texts

NYC Public Library
LOTS OF TEXTS
Discovery Channel
Educational and Interactive Sites
Time For Kids
Current News in science, sports and world events
History Channel
Video Clips on Historical topics
PBS SHOWS
Archived videos
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
National Geogrpahic

INFORMATIONAL TEXT FEATURES/HOW TO USE

Hot Links to Strategies of Info. Text
FLASH CARDS ON INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Quizlet
WORKSHEETS AND MORE
READWORKS
Non-fiction reading passages K-7

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TOOLS

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TOOLS
UNPACKED STANDARDS CCSS

INTERDISCIPLINARY UNITS

Interdisciplinary Units
Super! for sharing the load

JILL JACKSON

Jill Jackson
Wonderful resources
Common Core
Common Core

MATH

Khan Academy
Videos for all-hit browse all
Learn Your Tables
Multiplication Tables
Lewis Carroll
Math Run
Game and Interactive
Illuminations
Number Gossip
Facts about numbers
Cool Math Games
Math TV
Double click on Videos by Topic (left hand side)
PLANNING DISNEY
Theme based Learning
MATH SOLUTIONS
Great site for help in teaching
ILLUSTRATIVE MATH
This is also the link that DESE uses
ACCELERATED MATH
Great spot for more ideas in the CCSS

MUSIC

NEW WEBSITES

Reading Passages
Ober 1000 nonfiction readings
Eye on Education
Checklist
Tools
Reading
Share my Lesson
Books for Multicultural and special needs
Books for all

Pinning Made Easy
LOTS on ELA and MATH CCSS

READ LIKE A HISTORIAN

History ALive
HISTORY ALIVE
READ LIKE A HISTORIAN
READ LIKE A HISTORIAN

READ LIKE A MATHEMATICIAN

READ LIKE A MATHEMATICIAN
ARTICLE ON HOW TO READ LIKE A MATHEMATICIAN

READ LIKE A SCIENTIST

READ LIKE A SCIENTIST
READ LIKE A SCIENTIST

READING ON GRADE LEVEL

News Articles on grade level
Current news articles

RESEARCH SITES

History Channel
CNN
National Academy Press
Interdisciplinary Books in pdf format
Site for Science and Math
USe the 30 day free trial
Sweet Search
Safe websites for students

SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS

READING SAGE
SAMPLE TESTQUESTIONS FOR CCSS
SMARTER BALANCE TEST ITEMS
TEST ITEMS

SCIENCE

Science Bob
Interactive
Animal Diversity Web
Animal Natural History
CELLS Alive!
Images of Living Cells
Catch the Science Bug
Environmental consciousness
Science Projects
Science Projects
Active Science
Interactive Simulations

SMARTER BALANCE

TEST ITEMS
NEW STUFF
INTERACTIVE SAMPLE ITEMS
NEW STUFF
Smarter Balanced
Home page

STUFF YOU GOTTA TRY

SITES FOR EVERYONE
Great sites for anything you might need

TEACHER RESOURCES

USING POST-IT-NOTES
Lots of Lessons using Post-Its
RESOURCES ON PBS
Lots of great resources
TEACHING CHANNEL
Great Videos for Lesssons
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Books
SCHOLASTIC INSTRUCTOR
Ideas for Teachers
PLANBOOK TOOLS
ED HELPER
Great Sources
PENGUIN BOOKS
Books
BOOK IDEAS
Book Ideas
SCIENCE IDEAS FOR SCHOOLS
Lessons for growing edibles
PLETHORA OF TEMPLATES AND TOOLS AND PRESENTATIONS
Plethora of Templates, tools, and presentations

TEACHING CHANNEL

TEACHING VIDEOS
Teaching vidoes

TECH TOOLS TO TEACH CCSS

NOTE TALKING AND ANNOTATION TOOL
free online reseearch, note taking and annotation tool
STRUCTURED ONLINE DISCUSSION FOR ARGUMENT WRITING
ELA argument writing
A TOOL FOR FLASHCARDS
ELA Study Help
SHARED DOCUMENTS
A way to share documents within a group
FREE ONLINE SURVEY TOOL
MATH EMPHASIS
CREATE DATA-RICH DIAGRAMS AND INFOGRAPHICS
MATH TEMPLATES OF DIAGRAMS
DESIGN, COLLABORATE AND SHARE FLOOR PLANS,ETC.
LOTS OF WAYS TO USE IN GEOMETRY
MATH VIDEOS
MATH VIDEOS
TUTORIALS EXPLAINING MATH CONCEPTS AND OTHER AREAS
TUTORIALS EXPLAINING MATH CONCEPTS

TEXT COMPLEXITY

Text Complexity
Great
Lexile
AR Books
My 400 Words
VOCABULARY FLASHCARDS, ETC..
Flesch Kincaid Formula
Text-Dependent Analysis
Sample readings with questions
ReadWriteThink
Great Info. and Lesson Plans

UNPACKED STANDARDS-IDAHO

Idaho's standards for CCSS
Awesome!!!!!

VALUABLE WEBSITES

Literacy Design Collaboration
Templates for Writing
CCSS
CCSS for ELA and Math
Tech Toolkit
FREE Tools for the Classroom
Literacy Leader
FREE Literary Tools
What Districts Can Do Now
Think Literacy Website
Maine Education
New Layout for easier understanding of CCSS
Word Generation
Great for weekly words in all areas
Mapping units K-5
User password is assessments
Core of ELA 6-12
Resources for 6-12; use the password help for access
Bibliomania
FREE study guides and teacher resources
Brainpop
Lesson plans by grade level
Colorin Colorado
ELL toolkit for teachers
Complete Works of Shakespeare
Cut and Paste sections for student analysis
Discover Education
Lots of neat stuff by the Discovery Channel
Edufind
Help with Grammar Lessons
Shakespeare Library
Interactive approach to studying literature
Service Learning Ideas
Common template for lessons centered on themes
National Council of Teachers of English Connected Community
Features Readwritethink.org
National Public Radio
This American Life and more
Poetry
LOTS of Resources for the selectionof poetry
Public Broadcasting Service Teachers
AWESOME site with thousands of classroom resources
Technology Entertainment Design (TED)
Videos to support teaching and learning
This I Believe
90,000 essays on the theme of core values and beliefs
Web English Teacher
Strategies for ELLs, AP students, and other literacy strategies
WLIW21
Wide selection of resources; Go to KIDS tab
3rd grade ALL ABOUT ME
unit and lessons
Delaware Dept. of Education
ELA and other Resources
Study Blue
Flashcards, etc.

VERTICAL LEARNING PROGRESSIONS CCSS

Vertical Learning Progressions
Whole document

WRITING

National Writing Project
focus is writing!
Wonderwall
Reading and Writing
Literacy Design-Writing
Writing and Rubrics
WRITING
Ideas
WRITING RUBRICS K-12
Great Rubrics for all types of writing