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Teachers
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 Neat
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 SuperKids
has
created a collection
of easy-to-use, free educational resources, for home
and school. |
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Standards-based tools
provide Checklist for Checks for Understanding and Checklist for
Student Mastery skills for the Tennessee Curriculum Standards for
the core subjects. |
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AwesomeStories
features a collection of multimedia primary source materials—photos,
video, audio and historical documents—held together in a series of
digital stories about films, famous trials, disaster and historical
events. When you become a member of Awesome Stories—membership is
free—you can see everything
on the site (including an extensive image database), explore all its
features (including narrated stories), dig deeper (with lesson plans
and text documents) and stay up to date with a
free newsletter profiling
current events and hot topics. |
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Thanksgiving Lesson Plans from
Education World |
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The First Thanksgiving: A Feast
of Activities |
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Thanksgiving Resources for the
Smartboard - Remember you may open these on a
Promethean Board also! |
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Teacher Tools categorizes Internet resources to
help educators quickly find clipart, sounds for PowerPoint
presentations, certificates, subject areas, reference, downloads, and
more. |
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Gamequarium
has activities for science, reading, and math for
grades PK - 6. Don't miss this site! |
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Convert anything
at
Online Conversions
or download the free
Measurement Converter. |
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Women of Our
Times
is a collection of portraits of women of the twentieth
century from the Smithsonian. |
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Whole Brain Teaching |
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The Library of Congress presents
America's Story with
stories of America's past including amazing Americans, exploration
of the states, and more. |
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K-12 math and science
teacher resources
ENC provides the resources and support for math and science
educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital
subjects. |
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eThemes Resources Listed by Titles
is collection of teacher-created resources offering one a
wide varieties of web-oriented lessons. You can search by title or
by grade level. |
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Polar
Bear Tests are designed for
learners to practice spelling, language arts, math, social studies,
and science skills online. |
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Great collection of
Virtual Field Trips. |
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Collection of free
graphics for teachers, includes
backgrounds, animations, and clipart. |
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SMILE (Science and Mathematics
Initiative for Learning Enhancement) Index provides
single concept lesson plans in biology, chemistry, physics, and
mathematics for elementary to high school teachers. |
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Planet
Picks |
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Thanksgiving Compounds
Words
Arthur’s Thanksgiving
to accompany the book “Arthur’s
Thanksgiving by Marc Brown
The First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Graphing
for K-3
Thanksgiving Resource
Pack
Native Americans
- Grade 4
The Apple Life Cycle
Spelling for “Grace and
the Time Machine” - Grade 4 (includes Spelling City activities) |
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Holidays |
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The History of Veteran's Day |
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Veterans Day Printables and Activities |
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The First Thanksgiving
from Scholastic offers
information about the Voyage of the Mayflower, The Daily Life, and
the Thanksgiving Feast as well as lesson plans and activities.
Teaching
about Thanksgiving includes study and discussion questions as well
as a moving essay by Chuck Larsen. Online
fun can be found at
Thanksgiving
Games.
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Thanksgiving Printable and Activities |
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There is something for every age at
ABCteach
Thanksgiving
Theme Unit. Explore the story starters, crossword
puzzles, poetry, bookhttp://fun.familyeducation.com/veterans-day/holidays-and-celebrations/32951.html?relinks patterns, and bulletin board ideas.
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A collection of
Thanksgiving sites and activities. |
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Teach-nology
provides
worksheet
generators which allow you to make worksheets by filling out a
simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be printed
directly from your computer. The site also provides a wealth of
Thanksgiving
links for teachers.
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A brief video on the
History of Thanksgiving by the History Channel. |
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The Pilgrim's Journey
- A webquest for students in grades 2-5 |
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Life on Plymouth Plantation
-
A Thanksgiving Webquest |
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Glossary of Indian Names, the
Teacher's Guide to Native Americans, and
Native
American Clipart are just a few of the
resources provided at
Native Americans. |
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Technology |
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Voki
is a free service that allows you to
create
personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile,
and in email messages. |
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Collection of Flash Games |
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A wealth of
School
Clipart can be found online. For a listing of
more clipart resources check out
Clipart for Teachers. |
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Word
Board Games is a neat site
with directions on how to download and print dozens of original board games. |
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Content
Areas |
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 HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES |
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The American Presidency! Learn about
the men who have led our country, |
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Test Your Geography Knowledge |
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Xpeditions
from National Geographic provides social studies teachers lesson
plans, activities, and maps for K-12. Other resources include
links, homework helper, educator newsletter, and kids news |
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Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources |
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Lewis & Clark
from PBS |
SCIENCE
Science Kids
is the home of
science & technology on the Internet for
children around the world.
The
Futures Channel
was founded in 1999 with the goal of using new media
technologies to create a channel between the scientists,
engineers, explorers and visionaries who are shaping the
future, and today’s learners who will one day succeed
them.
 Prehistoric
Timeline
from National Geography has an
illustrated interactive timeline. This is a wonderful site and
it is great for ELL students. Want to test your knowledge of
dinosaurs? Take the quiz at
Brainteasers.
 Dr.
Arbor Talks About Trees
is
great site for students of all ages. The site includes
information on how trees work, all the state trees, online
laboratory, and suggested activities.
 Why Do
Leaves Change Color in the Fall?
ScienceNetLinks is
a library of
reviewed websites and lessons for K-12 science educators. Topics
include: technology, our environment, human organisms, and
society to mention just a few. Another gateway to
experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology
through on and offline interactivity is
Try
Science.
Neuroscience for Kids was created for all
students and teachers who want to explore the nervous system. Find
dozens of classroom experiments and word search puzzles.
Science News is provided by the
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and features Natural History
news in the media. Explore a collection of articles and sites
on the
Diversity of Life.
Create a DNA Fingerprint.
But what
exactly is a DNA fingerprint? Well, it certainly
isn't an inky impression of a DNA strand. Compared to unimaginably
small DNA, a fingerprint is HUGE. So what is it that we're looking
at, and how is one of these fingerprints made?
DNA Workshop
is another
great site from PBS that has activities, explains DNA replication
and protein synthesis, and provides background information on many
of the scientists in the field.
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Environment Education. These are two great
sites for recycling! The
Lorax's Save the
Trees Games. |
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Recycle City
from the EPA allows students play
games, read interactive books, and learn about recycling. |
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Additional games and activities can be found at
Trash to Treasure. |
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MATH |
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Math Playground
has activities, games,
word problems, worksheets, puzzles, and math videos for elementary
and middle school students. There are Build Your Own
Worksheets and Ready Made Worksheets.
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Writing and Spelling
Numbers
from 0 to 10,000 in game format from Fun Brain. |
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Illuminations
is NCTM's vision
for school mathematics featuring activities, lesson plans and web
links for math educators K-12
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Cool Math 4
Kids is an exciting place with many types of math
activities from addition to algebra. |
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Calculator Lessons from Texas
Instruments. Also visit the
Activity Exchange
from TI that has many activities for use in the classroom. |
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SuperKids Maths
Worksheet Creartor Have you
ever wondered where to find math drill worksheets? Make your own
here at SuperKids for free! Simply select the type of problem, the
maximum and minimum numbers to be used in the problems, then click
on the button! A worksheet will be created to your specifications,
ready to be printed for use. |
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Do your
students need practice with multiplying and dividing using decimals
and fractions? For extra practice visit
Extra Practice
(Holt-Mifflin).
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IXL
Math provides math practice and explanations for
grades preK-8. You are also able to select activities aligned
to state standards. |
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ART
Color Theory is
a fascinating site that will aid in the creation or design of
visual documents by giving an understanding of color.
Eyes on Art
offers activities designed to help
students learn and apply visual arts vocabulary and understand how
artistic elements and design techniques function in paintings.
The
Art Teacher Connection supplies art tutorials and
resources
for teachers and children. Explore technology integrated art lessons.
Art
Wow! is
the place for artists, art, drawing, painting, web graphics,
crafts, painters, art lessons, drawing lessons, painting lessons,
glossary, dictionary, watercolors, pencils, graphite, chalk, charcoal,
free, illustration, Photoshop, still life and landscapes.
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NGA Kid Visit the National Gallery of ART interactive page |
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LANGUAGE ARTS |
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Tech Know Teaching-
Academic Writing
provides instructional strategies for grades K-8 as well as some
tips for the
Constructed Response
assessment. This site is by Connie Campbell. |
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Writing Fun by Jenny Eather offers text organizers to
assist students with writing. The site includes printable
organizers and examples of text structures, grammatical features and
publishing ideas. |
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Every Day Edits
Click
on the month below for Every-Day Edit activities most appropriate
for that month. If you run out of daily activities during any month,
click the Xtra Edits link. |
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The
English Tutor presents resources
for high school students and teachers of English.
Additional language and literature resources for high school can be
found at
Secondary
English Resources. |
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Ideas and activities from
The Smartie Zone for
elementary classes |
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KinderKorner |
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Kinder by Kim |
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ReadWriteThink offers a
collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning
in the K-12 classroom. |
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A wonderful way to increase vocabulary is
through
A Word Game A Day by Merriam-Webster. |
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Succeed to Read offers
tips and techniques that parents and teachers can use to teach
children how to read.
For a different way to learn phonics, using a familiar game, try
Musical Chair Phonics! Phonics
worksheets are available for download at
School Express.
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HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
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Lesson Plans and activities for Physical Education
What are trans
fats? Read
more at Trans fats,
FAQ, and
Hidden Trans Fats Revealed.
Physically fit children appear to do better in the
classroom. |
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ESL |
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Lanternfish
contains
printable teaching resources for language arts, TESOL, TEFL and ESL.
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The Literacy Center
providing material in English, Spanish, French, and Dutch. The
Literacy Center is a non-profit organization with a mission to
deliver free quality, professionally designed educational material
for early child education via the Internet. |
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ESL games |
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Prehistoric
Timeline
from National Geography has an
illustrated interactive timeline. This is a wonderful site and
it is great for ELL students. Want to test your knowledge of
dinosaurs? Take the quiz at
Brainteasers. |
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ESL BEARS
This
site was designed to meet the particular needs of first-year recent
immigrant students. The majority of links and activities are
appropriate for students whose English ability ranges from
entry-level to intermediate. This is a multimedia learning site. |
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Popcorn Pickles, Popcorn
Stew is a multi-level
lesson about popcorn which includes vocabulary, experiments, growth
process, and more. |
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Primary Teachers |
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KinderKorner |
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Kinder by Kim |
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BookHive is a guide to children's literature where you can find
a book, hear a story, or "bee" an author. |
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Are you a lover of Dr. Seuss? A visit to
Seussville
is must! Visit the Playground for games, print and play
activities, story starters, and more. |
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Counting Money is a
great site to practice counting money. |
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The Literacy Center
providing material in English, Spanish, French, and Dutch. The
Literacy Center is a non-profit organization with a mission to
deliver free quality, professionally designed educational material
for early child education via the Internet. |
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Activities |
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Games Just for Kindergartners
by Wacona Elementary School is a great collection of activities! |
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Interactive websites list a collection of resources which
address the areas of language arts, reading, math, science, and social
studies. |
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Online Animal Alphabet
Book from Yellowstone
National Part |
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