Gainfield Elementary School

Tech Center for Teachers

Web 2.0 in the Classroom Wiki

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Language Arts

• Beth Newingham's Third Grade - Great ideas for Readers' and Writers' workshop by teacher Beth Newingham.

• LD Online - A great site about learning disabilities and reading.

• LD Resources

• Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts

• PBS Kids - Between the Lions

• Big Ideas in Beginning Reading

• National Institute for Literacy

• The National Right to Read Foundation

• Leveled Books Database - Just type in a book title and this interactive database allows you to search for books that have been leveled using both Reading Recovery, Fountas and Pinnell levels.

• Leveled Picture Books - This site will search by title, author, or level.  For instance, if you are looking for books at a Reading Recovery level of 16, this will give you a list of books to choose from at that level.

• Starfall - a creative website designed to teach children to read. 

• Harcourt School Publishers - website for teachers, students and parents.

• Connecticut State Department of Education - Language Arts Handbook for the Connecticut Mastery Test.

• International Reading Association (IRA) - promotes literacy through research and specialized instruction. The IRA Web site contains links to projects, conferences, councils, publications, and membership information.

• No Child Left Behind

• Reading is Fundamental - website offers all types of information for teachers.

• 103 Things to Do Before/After/During/After Reading - Generate a good deal of enthusiasm about your reading selections and classes with these very creative activities, with numerous ideas to last throughout the school year.

• Book Talks - If you are looking for a specific book, another book by the same author, or trying to match a book to your
  students' interest level, this site offers a synopsis on books from a huge database of titles and levels.

• Children's Literature - Offers suggestions for great books to complement your curriculum.  This site offers reviews, links to authors and much more.

• American Folklore Lessons - This site features an outstanding collection of tall tales, campfire stories, Native American tales, animal stories, famous characters and legends.

• http://www.mrscarosclass.com/powerpoints.htm  PowerPoint lessons for teaching grammar skills.  This page also links to other PowerPoint resources.
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar 
• KidsReads.com - This site has book reviews, games, word scrambles, and current news all about children's' books.
• Childrens' Literature Web Guide - The place to go for anything and everything to do with children's literature on the   Web.
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

Six Traits Websites

• http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html   A great website filled with graphic organizers and ideas for teaching the traits. 

• http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/prompts.php?odelay=2&d=1&prompt=1 Writing prompts and tips for creating writing prompts.

• http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98/six.html A rubric for kindergarten/ grade 1 using the traits. 
• http://writingfix.com/Traits.htm Ideas for teaching the traits.

The Mailbox Companion

Enchanted Learning Members Site

Education Place Classroom Resources  

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/unit.htm  Filled with ideas for teaching all subjects. 

Math

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

• Mathwire.com - provides activities, worksheets, and creative ideas for teaching math.

    Numerical and Proportional Reasoning

• Let's Count to 10 - Grades PreK-2
• Do It with Dominoes - Grades PreK-2
• How Many More Fish? - Grades PreK-2
• Fun With Estimation - Grades 3-5
• Parking at the Mall
• A Conceptual Model for Solving Percent Problems - Grades 5-8

    Geometry and Measurement

• Shapes in Our Lives - Grades PreK-2
• Using Nonstandard Measurement - Grade 2
• Inch by Inch - Grades 2-3
• Let's Measure! - Grades 3-5
• Tree Measurement - Grades 4-6
• How Much is a Million? Grades 4-6
• Cool to Rule: A Game of Estimation and Measurement - Grades 5-6

    Work with Data: Probability and Statistics

• Baby Weight - Grades PreK-2
• Alphabet Soup - Grades 3-5
• Can You Picture It? - Grades 3-5
• Comparing Categorical and Numerical Data - Grades 3-5
• Every Breath You Take - Grades 3-5
• Glyphs for All Reasons - Grades 3-5
• Eat Your Veggies - Grades 3-5
• High Temperature - Grades 3-5
• Numerical and Categorical Data - Grades 3-5
• Weather Watchers - Grades 3-5
• Skin Weight - Grades 5-6
• Statistical Concepts: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion

    Algebraic Reasoning:  Patterns and Functions

• Balancing Act - Grades PreK-2
• Calculating Patterns - Grades PreK-2
• Patterns That Grow - Grades 3-5
• The Variable Machine - Grades 3-5
• The Mangoes Problem - Grades 5-8

Science

• FOSS - Science Website
• Houghton Mifflin Science - DiscoveryWorks
• University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science - Our objectives are to develop new integrated education materials that foster the use of live insects as teaching models and to offer teacher training in background information about arthropods and how to use them in the classroom. Both Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms and Acres of Insects are funded by grants from the National Institute of Health - Science Education Partnership Award.
• Science NetLinks Lessons - This site provides free lesson plans that integrate Internet resources.
• www.earthday.net ~  simple lesson plans
• www.interventioncentral.org 

Social Studies

• Library of Congress Teachers' Page - Resources and lessons for using Primary Sources with your students.

• The Learning Page for the Library of Congress American Memory Collection - A collection of historical photographs, maps, prints, documents, sound recordings and film. 

• Great American History - Great American History (GAH) provides free educational material, lesson plans, class outlines, and quizzes on the subjects of the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln.

• The Valley of the Shadow - Primary documents form the basis of this online archive, showing the Civil War from two different but very real perspectives: north and south.

• Civil War Recipes - Hard tack was a staple of the Civil War.

• The Civil War Home Page

Internet Lesson Plans and Projects

• Virtual Field Trips - An excellent resource for a variety of field trips.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - A great resource of activities for teachers.
• www.learnnc.org/lessons/  - Lots of great lesson plans. 
• Blue Web'n Learning Sites - Links to online learning sites, lessons, activities, and projects.
• Global SchoolNet Foundation - Connect with other teachers around the world, join a collaborative project, find great educational resources.
• ePals - Set up your class with pen pals around the globe.

Internet Resources

• Marco Polo - provides the highest quality standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the United States.
• Culture Quest World Tour
• The Art Room - This is a virtual art room. Students can create, discover, imagine, invent, learn, and make their thoughts become things.
• Quilted Math - Quilts have much to do with both geometry and American heritage. Investigate quilting further with Riverdeep's feature, "Quilted Math". Several excellent activities and resources accompany the article.
• eThemes: Creating Internet Resources for Teaching and Sharing - over 400 teacher-created lists of links arranged by common themes taught in the classroom.
• Create and Print a Graph - This online tool allows teachers to create and print graphs for classroom presentations, or students can use this tool to add graphs to their research reports. Choices include bar graphs, pie charts, area graphs, and line graphs.
• Picturing Music - How would songs look if you could see them? That's entirely up to your students in this art and music lesson
  plan, where students paint abstract visual color patterns while listening to music. Experiment with various types of music for different results.

Teacher's Helper

• NURSERY RHYMES FOR TRANSITION TIMES:  http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/transition-rhymes.htm
  Make clean-up and transition of activities fun in your preschool classroom with these nursery rhymes; a Spanish song is also included.
• Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company - Communicate with other educators about Math Trailblazers.
• Teacher Files - Free educational clip art.  Educational Headers, Words and Signs, Text Boxes, and numerous other categories are available in this educational
  clipart selection.
• Quia! - A site that has easy to use templates to create pop-up quizzes, matching and concentration games, word searches, and flash cards.
• Story Telling - Tips on the art of story telling.  A great resource for students too.
• Classroom Management and Organization - Print out charts, awards and certificates.
• abcteach - A selection of printable card templates that will help guide and organize students in their research projects.
• Customized Calendars - Here is a great online tool for generating a customized or individualized calendar, according to your needs and preferences.
• Enchanted Learning - A great website that produces children's educational web sites and games which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.
• Primary Games - This site contains games for elementary school children.
• Bulletin Board Ideas for the K-3 Teacher
• The Teacher's Guide - A list of lesson plans, thematic units, book activities, teacher freebies, children's songs and more!
• Kinderart - A great site for art project ideas.
• Butterfly Bulletin Board Borders - Print out these butterflies for your students or for a bulletin board.
• Frog Counters - Use these with a math lesson or for whatever!
• Alphabet Fish - Download and print out the templates here to create an alphabet fishing game. For each uppercase letter and lowercase letter, attach "hooks" in the form of metal paper clips. Your fishing line will have a magnet attached as your students fish for letters.
• Mind Bender Mini Book - Print out copies of these mini books for intermediate stu-
  dents, and hand them out as prizes for end of year school
  games, or simply as a special treat for your students.

Holiday Helpers

• Veteran's Day

• Constitution Day Website

• Border Paper for Thanksgiving
• Pilgrim Cards
• Plimoth Plantation - Read about the history of the 1st Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Word Search Game
• Thanksgiving Stationary - Check out this paper that you can copy.
• The Pilgrim's Voyage:  A Map and the Mayflower
• Then and Now:   Life in Early America, 1740 - 1840
• Video Demonstrations of Colonial Tools
• Native American Crafts - November crafts offered here include finger pots from
  a homemade clay recipe, weaving with yarn and cloth strips, or making masks with corn husks, gourds, or paper bags.
• Pilgrim Fact Cards - Print out copies of these fact cards on the Pilgrims to use with your own unit on Early America. Topics include the First Winter, Life at Plymouth, Plymouth Children, and Planning for the Voyage.
• Pilgrim Fact Cards - Seven lesson plans to go along with the URL listed above this one.
• Thanksgiving Menu Then and Now - How about compiling a class Thanksgiving cookbook of your students' families' favorite recipes? Students will also have a chance to compare Thanksgiving menus from 1621 and today using a Venn Diagram (included), and create a holiday card using online clip art.
• Spring Songs and Poems
• St. Patrick's Day Counting Worksheet

Presidents' Day

• Presidents' Day Activities - Students will be comparing the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, completing an online internet hunt for either or both presidents, writing quizzes on their research, and creating a PowerPoint class presentation.
• Presidents' Day Coloring Pages - Download and print these pages for primary students to celebrate Presidents' Day.

100th Day of School Activities

• Creative 100 Days of School Activities - If you need some creative ideas to help you celebrate your 100th day of school, here is a wide selection to choose from, from quick and simple activities to ongoing, all-day events.
• 100 Day Ideas - Feeling a bit stumped for some new ways to mark day one hundred with your school or class? Look no further. This site offers no less than three hundred suggestions to
  create a memorable day.

Educational Research

• AskERIC - Submit education-related questions; links to educational resources; search ERIC databases for journal articles and documents.
• Connecticut Digital Library

Just for Fun

• Songs for Teachers