Teacher Only Sites and General Literacy

Teacher (only) Sites and General Literacy

Teaching Oriented Sites

ProTeacher Community discussion boards broken down by grade level, curricular area ...
Best of The Web for Teachers Index of resource sites
Education World - wide variety of educational topics covered - Called "the educators best friend."
Hotchalk's Lesson Plan Page - many ideas; subscribe to their free newsletter
Evaluating Web Sites to Use With Students What to look for in web sites you are intending to use in the classroom
Teacher / Counselor Articles Printable; on variety of subjects
Back To School Resources - a TON!
Web Quests Index
A Lesson Planner - You bring all the info, answer crucial questions, it generates your plan... can be printed and saved
Teacher Tools Just a plethora of ideas!
Mandy's Tips For Teachers - more ideas...
Busy Teacher's Cafe - don't miss this one
Dr. LeBeau's Homepage - resource for teachers...
Bernie Poole's EdIndex Teacher Resources
Online Courses - Loyola Marymount University
Downloadable Rubrics in Word format from a Canadian district (originally sent out by Linda Foote)

Learning Contracts
Learning Contract Strategies
Do a google search for more...

Teacher Downloads

EdHelper - Worksheets and activities; small yearly fee
Dedicated Teacher
Teacher's Pet - FREE software that works with Word Macros; create a variety of activities for your language arts
Intervention Central FREE downloadable tools to monitor all sorts of things.
FREE Fonts - Because you can never have enough...
FREE PowerPoint Templates and Lessons
PowerPoint Slide Shows for download
PowerPoint Resources for teachers
FREE Clip Art - large, school oriented, collection
Printable Forms and PowerPoint Templates
Games and Game Board Templates
Parade of Games in PowerPoint

General Literacy

The Literacy Stop A TON of links for PRIMARY use
Academic Vocabulary - what it is, how to use it
Acad. Vocab. Profiler - put in the text - it pulls the vocab out for you - cool!
Teaching Academic Vocabulary - 2 cool tools
Songs and Chants for the classroom by Dr. Jean (Go to
Search this Site button on left and type in chants...)
Read, Write, Think Student Materials
Examples of Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizer Printouts
Energizers - Classroom Based Physical Activities
Kid Friendly, Weekly News Articles for discussion and comprehension - from Education World
5-Minute Fillers - from Education World