Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Teacher Resources
October, 2010....As promised....this is your chance to share all those wonderful resource sites you have found! Let us know what they are!! If you try any of the ones previously posted and find that they no longer work, let Sondra know! This is a compilation from student teachers for several semesters. Don't let the dates posted scare you away.
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Hi All,
ReplyDeleteMyself and my cooperating teacher were looking for resources for summaries and synthesizing to use for a reading unit. This web site was great for resources. www.liketoread.com There were a plethora of lesson plans dealing with all kinds of reading and decoding strategies. I also found some very helpful websites for writing cover letters and letters of intention. (http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-1685-Cover-Letters-Resumes-Does-Your-R%c3%a9sum%c3%a9-Answer-These-Key-Questions/?ArticleID=1685&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=16ce986b1c19463ca7a8101150c9e101-295316070-JG-5)
Sondra, Thanks for setting us all up to share. You are great to facilitate and enrich. It would be great if we could continue to share experiences and resources in our first solo teaching experience. I will add more resources as I sort through and file my resources for this past semester. Bonnie Hanks
Here is a link to free rice.com. It is a site we talked about during our first meeting. You can practice vocabulary, grammar, review geography, or art. Check out the subject link up above, it has so much potential http://www.freerice.com/
ReplyDeleteI also used this wonderful game during my unit on schema theory; you can download it free http://www.food-force.com/
Take care and best of luck to everyone.
www.meetmeatthecorner.com
ReplyDeletehttp://www.edutopia.org/
These are two good websites to check out!
http://www.wpic.org/ (Wyoming)
ReplyDeletewww.peakparent.org (Colorado)
These are links to the Parent Information and Training Centers in each of our states. Are you a parent? teacher? special educator? administrator? ...these sites are federally funded to provide training, information, and technical assistance to families of children with disabilities and to the professionals who work with them.
More! In theScholastic "Instructor" magazine Sept/Oct 2009 is a list of the top 20 teacher blogs. Great information. Here are a few:
ReplyDelete1. Best for hands-on activities, classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
2. Best Student Teacher Blog docereestdiscere.wordpress.com
3. Best for Problem Solving blogs.scholastic.com/classroom_solutions
4. Most entertaining math blog. hoodamathblog.com
These are just a few. Check them out!
Here is a link to a great website with resources and ideas for the classroom:
ReplyDeletewww.theschoolbell.com
Another good site: http://www.energizetheclassroom.com/
ReplyDeleteTwo sites that I love to use are
ReplyDeletereadwritethink.org and Outta Ray's Head at http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/
Both of these sites have great lessons that can be easily adapted
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx Good graph-making website!
ReplyDeleteI few resources I have found quite helpful include:
ReplyDelete1. whatworksclearninghouse.org which lists research based curriculum and instructional practices for all age groups
2. Filefolderheaven.com -this offers an abundance of file folder games to create for the early childhood or primary level classroom
3. earlychildhoodprintables.com also offers free file games that are great to use as a small group or 1:1 to do some fun and quick assessment probes!
Attending a class with Peak Parent or the Pikes Peak BOCES was very helpful.
ReplyDeleteI attended a Kagan Workshop on Win-Win Discipline. I have tried a few techniques here and there. When I have used the techniques they have worked. The workshops could be considered expensive, but well worth the money.
http://regisstudentteaching.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteGo to this utube short film to remember why we promote early childhood education!!
www.brainpop.com
ReplyDeletewww.brainpopjr.com
These two websites are great. They have videos on different subjects. Kids love them and they even have activities or quizes after the video. You do need a subscription for these but there are some free videos available.
I love brainpop.com also. I also just discovered http://freereading.net It's an open source (totally free) phonics and reading program.
ReplyDeleteWow...just found http://www.teachertube.com/ CHECK IT OUT! Free instructional videos, etc. you can use in your classroom!
ReplyDeletethe best history site for lesson plans, ideas and resources is
ReplyDeletehttp://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
I find myself just browsing and getting ideas...
A fabulous book to read is Teaching with Intention by Debbie Miller.,..great for new and experienced teachers!!
ReplyDeleteI also love teachertube.com
ReplyDeleteI like the scholastic webpage. I like poets.org.
I also think every teacher should own a voice recorder and an iFlip video camera. I have used both the record what happens in class for this who have missed class, or in this case, I am using one of the videos as my technology artifact for my portfolio.
-Brenda Trupp
If you're willing to pay a little, http://www.lessonplanet.com is a wonderful site that is very easy to navigate. It has lesson plans galore and is one of the best sites I've found for coming up with new lesson plan ideas for any grade level and just about any subject matter you could think of. You can do a free trial to start out and see if you like it.
ReplyDeleteThe site that I find very useful is howstuffworks,com This site has everything and seems to cover most content areas. I teach Social Studies and have shown many web clips from American history starting with the American Revolution to reconstruction. I have also found great videos from more modern history as well. The videos are informative and vary in length. I use this site for middle and high school. Great site.
ReplyDeleteCheck it out.
For information about Scott Shannon, MD...He is a child psychiatrist how specializes in integrative medicine. He recently spoke to a group of teachers in Fort Collins and had a lot of good advice. Here is a link to his articles about nutrition, ADHD, working with parents (to name a few topics): http://www.wholeness.com/index.php?pr=Articles_and_Presentations
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/01/what-makes-a-great-teacher/7841/
ReplyDeleteCHECK THESE SHORT VIDEOS OUT!
Help for any discipline problems in the classroom... Great website! www.disciplinehelp.com
ReplyDeleteThis website gives you the typical behavior issues encountered in the classroom and ideas with how to deal with them.
Hope it's helpful!
- Katie Decker, Cheyenne
http://www.woordle.net This is a fun site that will make a graphic picture of a word document. It helps you to see the "main theme" of any document that is entered. Try it.
ReplyDeletewww.noodletool.com
ReplyDeleteThis is a great tool to use to complete a bibliography. You just type in your information and it puts the information into APA or MLA format. Once the citation is made all you have to do is copy and paste it to your bibliography page. I use it all the time!
- Anne Ochs
I am working on differentiation math menus for my work sample and stumbled on this website. It does require a subscription but would be a real time saver to those of you that love to use choice boards. Check out the demo at: http://www.extendamenu.com/index.php
ReplyDeleteI have been teaching a life science unit for second grade and found some great interactive games to share. This one is for habitats.
ReplyDeletehttp://switchzoo.com/games/habitatgame.htm
The sites below are food chain games.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm
These hooked kids to the topic.
-Deni Hayes
I have been teaching the Living Things unit in science. My students are going to write compare and constrast papers on two different animals. First, they had to gather informaion of each animal. I found amazing pictures and reports on a variety of mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, insects, and reptiles through this website http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/. Also this word search, http://bogglesworldesl.com/files/AnimalHabitatSearch.jpg,has been a life saver. It provides dozens of words related to habitats and gets students really excited! Since they will be drawing pictures about their chosen animals that reflect these words.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy!
Alyssa Hayes
srslf.org will fund new teachers to attend conferences with financial assistance
ReplyDeleteThe site below is an incredible website for anyone teaching chemistry. It has detailed lesson ideas, powerpoints, worksheets and even lab ideas. I use this site as the foundation of preparing for a unit.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.unit5.org/chemistry/
Hope this helps!
Nick Kelley
I was tutoring some students after school and I ran across a pretty cool website for developing vocabulary and spelling. The website is a non-profit organization which will provide their services for free for any third grade class. There is a free trial period you can use, which I have taken advantage of. My 5th graders have really liked it. I have been using it with high level and low level students. I have found that it works really well for some ELL students. Check it out:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.learnthat.org/vocabulary/
Another great site I ran across was one that has just about everything for elementary education from Zwolle Elementary School in Louisana.
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/resource/default.htm
Here is an awesome website that I have been using for smart board activities. I have found with my special education kids that motivation is highly needed and playing on the smart board really helps.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/
Thanks
Cassie Webber
I put together this list of websites that contains several websites that I believe may be helpful to elementary teachers.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.online-stopwatch.com/
http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/index.html
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/
http://www.pdftoword.com/Default.aspx
http://www.wordle.net/
http://worditout.com/
http://www.pcboe.net/les/elderweb/harcourtresources.htm
http://lexile.com/findabook/
http://www.vocabahead.com/
http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
http://www.spellingcity.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
http://www.pcboe.net/les/elderweb/harcourtresources.htm
http://lexipedia.com/
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
http://www.coolmath.com/
http://www.aaastudy.com/
http://www.multiplication.com/
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/index.html
http://jmathpage.com/JIMSNumberpage.html
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
http://www.mathplayground.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/mathmoney.html
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/default.aspx
http://www.billnye.com/for-kids-teachers/
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078600499/student_view0/brainpop_movies.html
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm
http://www.sciencemonster.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/
http://www.simplek12.com/thank-you-here-are-all-tools-you-need-get-your-teachers-and-running
http://www.mrnussbaum.com
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/world.html
http://www.factmonster.com/us.html
There are several sites that I have discovered during my student teaching. One is http://edhelper.com/ Many teachers at my school use this site to support lesson and create activities for practicing skills. The other site that we use is http://www.ixl.com/1c We have students practice math skills during their computer lab time. They love the interaction and feedback they receive on the site. We also can guide them to specific skill builders that reinforce our lessons.
ReplyDeleteHere is a fun way to choose students at random to answer questions, etc. It's simple to use. Project it on the board, type the student names in and hit "fruit machine". It's like a slot machine. Cheesy and obnoxious!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/fruit_machine
Nikki Erickson says...
ReplyDeleteThere are two websites that have been invaluable to me as a student teacher. The first is Bookflix at http://bkflix.grolier.com/. Bookflix pairs a non-fiction book with a fiction book on a variety of subjects. The computer will read the non-fiction book out load and the fiction book has animated illustrations. They are informational and are reat to use as engagers and even for closure too. The kids love Bookflix!
The other site that I love is Discovery Education at discovereducation.com. We used it daily. I had our students do Deskercise every morning to "turn on our brains on for reading". They also have educational clips, lesson plans, etc which you can search out by topic and grade level.
Unfortunately, both require a subscription, but our library supplied Bookflix for us and our district subscribes to Discovery Ed. But both are very worthwhile.
Nikki Erickson says...
ReplyDeleteA book that is a SUPER resource for reading is the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook. It has lessons and activites that relate specifically to phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The lessons are very easy to follow and my students actually had fun doing them. You can also get the companion book on assessments too. Really great resources.
You can find it at corelearn.com if you are interested.
Hello all, as requested, here is the "Listen,Hear!" : 25 Effective Listening Comprehension Strategies, book by Michael F. Opitz and Matthew D. Zbaracki. ISBN # 0-325-00344-0 (by Heinemann) We tell kids to listen all the time, but never teach them how to listen. This book has specific lessons to teach listening skills to all ages.
ReplyDeleteIn our school district we recently had a Response To Intervention(RTI) specialist vist. He suggested a great website that I thought I would share. It has loads of great information and ideas...enjoy! www.frcc.org
ReplyDeleteI created graphic organizer packets for all the general education teachers I work with. As previously a General education teacher, and now a special educaion teacher, I have found that breaking down information into smaller parts and presenting them in a visual format is extremely helpful for all children, not just those whose IEPs require graphic organizers. I received rave reviews for my packet from my teachers. The resources I used were found at:
ReplyDeleteteacherfiles.com and studenthandouts.com
Both of these websites are great resources.
A resource I have used a lot during student teaching with the Promethean board is www.prometheanplanet.com There are a ton of already made lessons and resources. My favorite thing is the magic revealer. The magic revealer lets you put something on the screen, for example a math equation, and then cover up the answer with a picture or object. Then you can drag a magic wand or anything else you want over the object and it sees through the picture to reveal the answer underneath. Just search magic revealer on the website and there are tons of directions on how to do it and already made revealers. The kids really think it's magic! Thanks, Alissa
ReplyDeleteBob Deemer of the CPS School of Management sent this out to us:
ReplyDelete(1) http://www.khanacademy.org/
I thought all of you might enjoy the three TOP educational websites of 2011 (this was arrived at by the National Academies, NASA, the National Science Foundation, several higher learning agencies and other groups/publishers) -- all three are treasure troves of knowledge/learning possibilities. They really are remarkable!
This website has 2,700 short videos on physics to philosophy to social sciences -- you could spend "forever" learning here.
(2) http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/
This website allows your to pick a time in history, artist, style or theme and go there.
(3) Would you like to take classes for free at Yale? Here you go!
http://oyc.yale.edu/
How about Princeton? Here you go!
http://hulk03.princeton.edu:8080/WebMedia/lectures/
How about Harvard? Here you go!
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative
We have been using superteacherworksheets.com
ReplyDeleteThey have a variety of really good worksheets to use for many subjects. They even have worksheets for the holidays that change as they do. Its a quick and great way to find worksheets and not have to spend a lot of extra time doing it.
Here is a list that I have been generating to be creative with lessons and incorporating technology into the classroom!!! :) Hope this is as helpful to you as it was to me!!
ReplyDelete~Danelle Fernandez
*****Lesson Plans - Helpful Teacher Resources: FREE!!!!!!!
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.php
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/lesson_plans.html
http://themes.atozteacherstuff.com/
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/
http://www.enotes.com/lit/lesson-plans?gclid=CJWlmfyj96sCFSYaQgodhUglxQ
Literary lesson plans 4-HighSchool
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
intermediate level-site maps for literature http://googlelittrips.org/
DISCOVERY http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/9-12/-/lesson-plan/-/index.cfm?Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=all-prelogin&Ne=4294967201&Nr=AND(OR(d_Index_Type:Pre-login))&N=34+4294967201+31
PreK/early elem. http://www.earlychildhoodlinks.com/teachers/themeunitselementary.htm
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Thematicunits.html
Story Elements http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/2nd/more/graphic_organizers.htm
*******Classroom ideas
http://www.thelearningpad.net/
http://www.mrsmcdowell.com/centers.htm
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm#why
*******Kids Interactive Games
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/content/simulation/
www.starfall.com
www.abcya.com
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
http://coolmath.com/
*******Graphic Organizers
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing%20process/sl_graphic_organizers.htm
*******Author Websites (Series) – Interactive- Most include Lesson Plans too!
Rangers Apprentice – boys books 4-9th grade http://www.rangersapprentice.com/
Dr. Seuss http://www.seussville.com/
Jan Brett –younger elementary k-1 http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Jack Prelutsky – Great for Poetry Unit http://www.jackprelutsky.com/flash/index.html
Ruth Heller – great author to use incorporating ‘grammatical points’ and literature
INCORPORATE INTERVIEWS of authors http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/teachers/
******Incorporating Literature
www.thereadingnook.com
My name is Nancy Watson and I am student teaching spring semester of 2012. I like moneyinstructor.com. It's a great way for students to increase their skills in counting money, coin recognition and counting change. It's interactive and has many money skills students can play to reinforce their skills. It also has many printable worksheets that can be used for homework.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Adele Helgesen I have used a site to help create math work sheets. TheMathWorksheetSite.com is a wonderful site. I have used this site to help generate worksheets for students who need a little more practice on certain topics. It is really easy to use I have found it to be worth my time in using and exploring.
ReplyDeleteWhile I have been student teaching I've used a website that is interactive on the Smartboard. The website is abcya.com
ReplyDelete