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eThemes Internet resources for Gr 1-12

Flashcard Exchange Create, study, print, download & share flashcards. FREE registration

Study Stack FREE online flashcards - use theirs or create your own

TuxPaint Free drawing program for kids with drawing and text tools, rubber stamps, and more.

Pixel2Life Collection of software tutorials (e.g. Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Gimp, MS Word, etc)

Easy Test Maker FREE online test generator to help you create your tests.

VioVio http://www.viovio.com/ Photo books $$

Personal Educational Press http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/ Create free educational worksheets, flashcards, game boards, and quizzes.

Word Game Boards http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/gameboard.htm Ready-Made games game voards created in MS Word

Schoolnotes Create online homework pages and flashcards.

Michigan Teacher Network Over 6000 quality resources for educators, organized by the Michigan Curriculum Framework.

Gaggle Free safe e-mail accounts for students.

TrackStar A Track is a composite work based on other people's original online creations. TrackStar let's you create Tracks for your students to follow, or you can use the wealth of Tracks available, created by other teachers. Click on Themes and Standards to browse the Tracks available.

Keyboarding Teaching Resources

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Learn2Type for schools Register your class.

Kiran's Typing Tutor

TuxTyping

Social Studies Teaching Resources

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Visual Ranking Rank and put lists in order - free teacher tool

Seeing Reason Cause & effect - free teacher tool

Making Friends Paper Dolls Print, color, cut. Glue on student's digital picture for even more fun - then use as a story starter!

Papercraft Free downloads to print, cut & fold. Make animals, buildings, toys, origami, scenes from around the world.

EconEdLink http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm Econ lessons for your grade level

EdSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/ Soc St lessons for your grade level

Xpeditions from National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Lessons, activities, maps

Holidays on the Net - offers daily celebrations. Look ahead for the next week - you'll always find something to celebrate - for example, January 27 is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day and May 6 is No Diet Day!!

Yahooligans News - one of many sites that run current events headlines. Smart practice: check the site out ahead of time. There may be articles that you feel uncomfortable with or that are not appropriate for your grade level.

Look up and be ready to discuss a historical event that occurred today. You can use a Daily Factoid (download to your school/class Website from http://www.surfnetkids.com/daily.html ).

Postcard Geography - Your class commits to exchanging picture postcards (purchased, computer or handmade) with all other participants. Join 1st or 2nd semester.

Travel Buddies are a good way to reach out beyond your classroom, map your stuffed animal’s journeys, and collect information about other students while examining your own locale. Read Traveling Mascot Project and then check out the Traveling Buddies Chatboard to see what’s available.

Dream Careers – An excellent article about a 1st grade project. Check it out.

Global Grocery List - Students share local grocery prices to build a growing table of data.

K-3 Theme Units from Enchanted Learning

Science Teaching Resources

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FREE Vernier Go! Temp probe + software http://www.vernier.com/giveaway/ In celebration of Vernier’s 25th anniversary, this site is giving away a FREE Go!Temp with Logger Lite software to every elementary, middle school, and high school in the United States. ONE PER SCHOOL! Offer ends August 31, 2006

Peep Research http://www.peepresearch.org/ Answers to all your 'Peep' questions! Use this site to intro Scientific Method ;-)

Showing Evidence http://www97.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/ Analyzing & evaluating info - free teacher tool

Science NetLinks http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ Lessons, Interactive activities, Resources by grade level

Journey North http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ A global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, bald eagles, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes — and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants; changing sunlight; and other natural events.

K-5 ReviseWise Science http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/ From the BBC. Interactive learning about living things, materials, physical processes, and games

CHIP http://www.chp.cmich.edu/chipper/ Cardiovascular Health Intervention Program from CMU - a whole program set up online

Science Explorations http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/ - From Scholastic and American Museum of Natural History. Interactive activities, vocab, info articles, lessons

Enchanted Learning Science Pages http://www.enchantedlearning.com/categories/science/ Check this out – lots of resources for K-3

Jefferson County Schools Science Presentations http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-science.html Teacher-created PowerPoint slideshows by grade level. Spend some time here and feel free to use with your own kiddoes!

MTN Science Standards http://mtn.merit.edu/mcf/SCI.html Lists Michigan Science standards and benchmarks along with suggested online resources to help you teach

Teach-nology Science Webquest Collection http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/computing/web_quests/science/ Over 250 K-12 webquests

How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Bookmark this site for the next time a student asks one of those ‘why does it’ questions!

Math Teaching Resources

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National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html Long name. Cool site. Interactive virtual manipulatives based on NCTM standards

NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html More Interactive Math Tools

Math Drill http://www.mathdrill.com/index.php3 Assign math practice, then receive graded reports - FREE!

A List of Daily Math Graph & Yes/No Questions http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/numbers13.html

Arithmetic Activities http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/ikb/golink.aspx?link=12686775&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egeocities%2Ecom%2FEnchantedForest%2FTower%2F1217%2Fmath1%2Ehtml - Wow! This site will keep kids busy for months!
FunBrain http://www.funbrain.com/ has lots of simple games for students to practice skills. Click on Numbers to find the Math games. But explore the others as well!

Tooth Tally Project http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/ikb/golink.aspx?link=12686780&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwilburnes%2Ewcpss%2Enet%2Ftooth%2Ehtm - Great 1st Grade project!

To Excel in the Classroom is Elementary http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/spreadsheet.htm This site covers graphing using Excel, but Graph Club could be used, or ClarisWorks or MS Works spreadsheet. Lots of good things here!

Language Arts Teaching Resources

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Read Write Think http://readwritethink.org/ Check out lesson plans and Student Materials (interactive!!)

SpellBee http://www.spellbee.org/ FREE teacher registration. Choose a partner & play a word game. Grades 2-6

Reading A-Z http://www.readinga-z.com/ FREE Downloadable Books • Lesson Plans • Worksheets • Flashcards • More

StarFall http://www.starfall.com/ FREE K-2 interactive books & word games

I Can Read! http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/i_can_read_.html Free environmental print cards to download.

Read Write Think http://readwritethink.org/ Click on Student Materials to view really cool interactive student tools or on Lessons to find educational ways to use those tools. Kids (and YOU) will love this site!

Printable Books http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/printable_booklets.html For emergent readersMake your own minibooks http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/index.htm Features minibooks for each letter of the alphabet.

Spell-A-Rama http://www.spellarama.com/ Download, print, laminate this set of cards and let 'em learn while they're playing!

Waterford Press http://www.waterfordpress.com/entergame.html FREE Science Games, Activities, & Quizzes

CyberGuides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html K-12 Book study suggestions by grade level. Based on California standards.

Writing Prompts http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html 2-5 Enough for everyday this year and next for elementary grades.

KidsClick! http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ A wonderful search engine built by librarians. All sites are child-approved and list reading level of the web site. Click here for a page of alphabet sites.

Dolch Kit http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Contents.html Contains record keeping, student practice book, flashcards, games and more - thanks to teacher Kathy Gursky.

Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ Make your own word searches, crossword puzzles, mazes. Start out the school year by making a word search of all your students’ first names. Kids can also create their own puzzles using this week’s spelling words. Print out and have a friend work the puzzle the next day

A Rhyme a Week http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm 30 weeks of nursery rhymes and literacy activities

Weekly Reader http://www.weeklyreader.com/ Writing, games, reading. Extensions of the Weekly Reader magazine – but you don’t have to subscribe to use this site.

A Book a Week http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/classroom_instruction.htm#Weekly_Instruction for super book responses. The page is written for Head Start teachers, but would be of value to Pre-K and K teachers.

Kids’ Authors http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/kids_authors.html pages A nice listing of authors and their web sites More Kids’ Authors

Kidspiration Templates http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/inspire/ From Oswego, NY - over 100 Kidspiration and Inspiration ideas ready for you to use in Writing, Reading, Science, Social Studies, & Math. You’ll want to spend some time at this site!

Acrostics for Children http://www.holycross.edu/departments/socant/dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.html Lots of examples here for children Grade 2+

Monster Exchange http://www.monsterexchange.org/ Students draw and exchange descriptions of their drawings via email.

Flat Stanley http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/ Paper dolls (Flat Stanleys) and blank journals are exchanged with other classes, families, or celebrities. His adventures in the visiting city are recorded and sent back to you with photographs & souvenirs.

Writing Prompts http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html Use these whenever the creative juices stop flowing!

Fairy Tale and Folk Tale Cyber Dictionary http://www.op97.k12.il.us/instruct/ftcyber/ Create an ABC book based on a fairy or folk tale and submit for the world to view!

Classroom Pet Exchange http://classroom.jc-schools.net/cpe/ A combination of email and snail mail activities as you share a stuffed animal 'pet' with another class.

GoodReaders http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/DigitalStorytelling/default.htm 1st Graders SHOW kids how to be Good Readers. A lovely video using REAL kids!

PowerPoint Resources for Teachers

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Brainy Betty’s PPT Backgrounds for K-12 http://www.brainybetty.com/K_to_12_powerpoint_templates.htm

PowerPoint Collection from Jefferson County Schools http://jc-schools.net/ppt.html
Art, LA, Library Science, Math, Science, Social Studies presentations

PowerPoint Games http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/ Millionaire, 20 Questions, Guess the Covered Word, Hollywood Squares, Wheel of Fortune

Jeopardy Games http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm Created by teachers in Hardin County School District, Kentucky.

Teacher Templates http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html Fact Flippers, Pencil Toppers, Mini-books, candy “Rappers” and more

PowerPoint with Pizzazz http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/powerpoint/index.htm
how to create interactive multimedia presentations

WonderDog PPT Jeopardy free download http://wonderdogprograms.com/programs/jeopardy/index.html

Undercover http://www.rcps.org/creativeways/undercover.htm Free PowerPoint template similar to Concentration, in which the students test their ability to identify an event, person, place, or any image as it is uncovered.

CyberExchange PowerPoint http://208.183.128.3/ce/ppt.htm PowerPoint slide shows created by teachers just like you, who have generously put their hard work on the web to share with other teachers. The hours and hours of hard work are greatly appreciated. These zipped files can be saved to your computer and used "as is" or change them to fit the skills your students need.