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Research and Project Tips
• *What Research Says
• *What Info and Where to Find It - Think Tank, Asking Questions, Webquests, Search Tools, etc.
• *Read and Understand Your Info - Web Walk, Graphic Organizers, etc.
• *Synthesize and Share Your Info - "Show Your Thinking" in many ways: Drawing tools, Word and Powerpoint ideas, Rubrics, Digital Camera ideas etc. |
Graphic Organizers
• Education Place Graphic Organizers
• Graphic Organizers - Be sure to click on the five categories for more graphic organizers by Education Oasis
• Scholastic Graphic Organizers
• ReadWriteThink Student Materials - go through the list to find several graphic organizer tools |
| Book: "Nonfiction Passages with Graphic Organizers" - Scholastic book (blackline masters) with comprehension questions, a graphic organizer, and a writing prompt for each selection; grade 2-4, grade 4-up |
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Podcasting
• Radio WillowWeb - terrific radio podcast with elementary students started by Tony Vincent in Omaha; Podcasting Tutorial by Tony; also video reports!
• "Our City" podcasts / Our City Google Map - also done by Tony Vincent
• Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom - amazing middle school example |
Blogs in the Elementary School
• Blogging at Briarcrest Elementary Library - look for links to blogging on the right;
• Briarcrest Elementary Performing Arts Blog
• Class Blogmeister
• Epals School Blog - now FREE
• Teachers First - Blog Basics - lots of specific classroom ideas!
• Tips on blogging safely for parents and kids - Microsoft
• Mighty Writers - 3rd Grade Class Blogs
• Blogs and Blogging compiled by Annette Lamb - check out dozens of school blog ideas!
• "Morning Meeting Messages" idea book by Rosalea Fisher - not really blogging, but is a type of classroom communication; idea photos from Echo Lake - Ms Nichols: 1, 2, 3
• Weblogg-ed - Will Richardson's blog; interesting article on new Internet literacies |
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Music for Projects
• Soundzabound $ - very reasonably priced music collections to use anywhere
• Freeplay Music - free however: limited to student use on school grounds for in classroom projects not broadcast; pay $ for projects put onto web or broadcast outside of school |
Wiki Spaces - Free for K-12 teachers
• Wiki Walk Through
• How can I use a Wiki?
• Educational Wikis - ideas and tutorials |
Teacher Tube
You've heard of You Tube, well check out Teacher Tube with lesson ideas, etc. |
Internet Safety Ideas
• CyberSmart - FREE over 65 K-8 printable lessons for Internet safety, manners, advertising, etc.
• PBS Kids Web Safety
• Scholastic Safe Surf Quiz - (see "START" button in bottom right screen)
• Surf Swell Island by Disney
• NetSmartzKids - six interactive, educational safety lessons from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children |
Children's Literature on the Internet
• KidsReads.com
• Reading Rockets - More children's authors and reading ideas including video interviews
• Scholastic Books and Authors ; ABC list
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Website / Curriculum Areas
• NEA Read Across America activities; Curious George
• Jokes for Kids - Multnomah Library
• Roland Smith - Adventure author 4th-6th graders |
Ideas for Girls
• Girls Go Tech - Math, Science and Technology for Girls! |
Stories on the Internet - $
• Mighty Book $  - Some FREE samples; $30 yr/class, $200 yr/school
• Raz-Kids $ $30-$60 yearly depending on number of classes; part of Reading A-Z ($49-$79 per year depending on how many classrooms participate - thousands of printable teacher materials)
• Tumble Books Library $ $399/yr school; animated, talking picture books
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Read Write Think - Interactive Student Materials (This is just a few; check website for many more! Book Report/Response Ideas pdf)
• Acrostic Poems / Acrostic Poetry Quilt
• Alphabet Organizer / make ABC book
• Animal Inquiry / Fiction to Facts Lesson Idea
• Bio-Cube / Mystery Cube
• Book Cover Creator
• Character Trading Cards
• Circle Plot Diagram
• Diamante Poems
• Fact Fragment Frenzy
• Flip Book
• Postcard Creator
• Shape Poems
• Stapleless Book |
Book Sharing/Response Ideas
• Literature Circle Blackline Masters by Laura Candler
• CyberGuides - California SCORE Ideas
• Book Report Lesson Ideas: Education World, TeachNet
• Use Read Write Think ideas for Book Responses (pdf or Word file) |
Make Books and Neat Stationery- $
• Stationery Studio - create awards, customized stationery, invitations, letters to parents, and more.
• Lintor Create-a-Book
Software and covers to create your own "hardback" books!
• Bare Books - inexpensive, hard covered, empty bound books and other goodies
• Shape Book Patterns - free pdf files |
Digital Camera Ideas
• Epson StoryTeller Photo Book Creator $ - about $25; Windows only; can usually find in Best Buy, Office Depot, Amazon
• Photo Story 3 - Free but Windows XP only; tutorial; make report with Photo Story
• Powerpoint Photo Album - Free download Windows only; Insert-Picture-Photo Album; Tutorial |
More Neat Sites
• ABDya - Interactive sites K-5
• Analogy of the Day
• Puzzlemaker - make own puzzles
• Poetry Ideas - Scholastic
• Topmarks - Amazing collection of interactive whiteboard resources on literacy; select subject and level! |
Resources for Writing
• Writing Fun - terrific resources by Jenny Eather
• Letter Writing with PBS Arthur
• Story Plant - write interactive story
• Power Proofreading - Interactive proofreading lessons...fun!
• Peer Editing with Perfection - Read Write Think lesson idea
• Spin and Spell
• Grammar Blast - multiple choice questions from Houghton Mifflin
• Homework Center Writing Skills / Transition Words
• Teaching That Makes Sense
• Step up to Writing - Mr. Williams
• Handwriting Worksheet Maker |
BBC Online Literacy Activities
• BBC KS1 Bitesize Literacy - phonics, spelling, grammar, sentences, etc. (also Math)
• BBC KS2 Bitesize Literacy - reading, writing, spelling, grammar, etc. (also Math and Science) |
Early Learners
• Starfall Reading - free website for beginning reading skills
• Reading A-Z $ - thousands of printable teacher materials; $49-$79 per year depending on how many classrooms participate
• Scholastic Keys $ - kid friendly interface for Microsoft Office programs |
Everyday Edits - Education World free printables
• A-Z Animals (K-3) basic skills of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar
• Grades 4-8 - build language skills, test scores, and cultural literacy |
| Paragraphs: Hamburger Picts, Words, Rubric, Transition Words |
PBS Teacher Info
• PBS Teachers - search by subject area and grade level on left
• Difference between PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go (PBS Kids Go Games) |
More Early Learners
• Julia's Rainbow Corner (numbers, create, recycle and more)
• Sound Match - Scholastic
• ABDya - Interactive sites K-5
• Memory Game - Learning Planet (shapes, colors, letters, etc; not Safari)
• Literacy Center (Check Teacher section; also other languages)
• Topmarks - Amazing collection of interactive whiteboard resources on literacy; select subject and level!
• Story Place Children's Digital Library (Spanish also) Fish, Pets, Shapes, Trains, Wheels, Crocodiles, Colors, Animals, Music, Teddy Bears, Fire Fighters, Monkeys; each title has an online story and activity, as well as take-home activities for students and parents! |
Early Learners - PBS
• PBS-Between the Lions - including Gawain's Word (not Safari)
• Barney and Friends Music - Also Storytime(no sound) and Games
• Get Ready to Read - online games with Gus and Inky from PBS "Between the Lions"
• Clifford the Big Red Dog - PBS site with lots of fun activities
• PBS Kids - Big, Big World
• Arthur - PBS Go: Feelings, Music, Match Shapes, Build Alien, Letter Writing (lots of reading)
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Music in the Classroom
• Sing Along Music - music site and even has Name That Tune
• San Francisco Symphony-Kids Fun with Music
• Exploratorium-Science of Music
• Creating Music
• Barney and Friends Music - Also Storytime(no sound) and Games
• Arthur's Music and Puzzle Box - not Safari
• D.W.'s Global Gizmo - match the instrument pairs
• Animusic $ - Computer Animated Music DVD
• Groovy Music - $ Music software for 5-11 year olds
• Mixcraft $ - a multi-track audio recorder for making your own songs, podcasts, etc.
(Windows only-Mac users have GarageBand)
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Art in the Classroom
• Draw and Color with Uncle Fred - simple step-by-step drawings
• Famous Paintings - scroll down the page to see choices; after you make a choice then scroll down to bottom again for printable lesson ideas; note this site is done by "Garden of Praise"
• Destination Modern Art
• Mighty Book's FREE art topics
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Foreign Language - Videos
Spanish, German, and French in short segments! |
