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April 23, 2010 [] Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using **Google Book** Search. Discover a new favorite or unearth an old classic.

May 18, 2010 []: The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - A library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials.

[]: //Our FREE and extensive Rich Resource Bank has been designed to meet the needs of learners from ages 5 to 19//
 * NRICH aims to:**
 * Enrich the experience of the mathematics curriculum for all learners
 * Offer challenging and engaging activities
 * Develop mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills
 * Show rich mathematics in meaningful contexts
 * Work in partnership with teachers, schools and other educational settings

May 18,2010 http:Eric Jenseninfo@jlcbrain.com This is a site that gives information on what the latest brain research means to educators. May's bulletin gives information on learning styles.

March 8, 2010 [] Reading for English Language Learners.

March 12 Story Cove Story Cove folktales come from a variety of cultures and places. They share timeless values and simple, universal lessons.

May 3, 2010 http://www.storylineonline.net This is a streaming video program featuring famous people reading children's books aloud.

April 28, 2010 [] This website has SMART board lessons that align with the Every Day Math curriculum. I realize we won't be using that curriculum next year, but I still think this site has some valuable lessons.

April 27, 2010 [] Place Value Game The goal of the Place Value Game is to create the largest possible number from the digits the computer gives you. Unfortunately, the computer will give you each digit one at a time and you won't know what the next number will be. You are not allowed to rearrange any of the digits you have already placed, so think carefully before you lock a number in place!

April 26, 2010 [|Education World]
 * Lesson Planning Channel ** Find lesson planning ideas, math fun, children’s book week, and more! Education World's ** Work Sheet Library ** includes hundreds of //free// printables for use across the grades and across the curriculum. You will find a sampling of our printables below. Visit our [|Work Sheet Library] for a complete selection. ** Math Fact Practice ** [|**Math Fact Practice Work Sheets**] Use these printables for addition, subtraction, and multiplication math fact practice.

April 22, 2010 [] [] Ideas for Mother's Day and Father's Day, just to be sure we include both!

April 20, 2010 Discovery Ed. TEAMS:Weather: Clouds Grades 2-5 13 segments which demonstrate basic experiments that lead students to discover how clouds are formed and how this impacts forecasting the weather.

April 20, 2010 [] Real world connections via Discivery channel and the popular nature series LIFE. This website has many useful applications for teachers and students. Just to name a few: Interactive quizzes that use real clips from LIFE, Informational pages on the anatomy of many of the animals featured from the series which lead the viewer right to the clips about that particular species, An interactive world map showing where these amazing and endangered animals come from.

April 19, 2010 [] Jigsaw Puzzle Generator: (Time yourself) as you solve jigsaw puzzles.

April 16, 2010 Starfall www.starfall.com/ A free website to teach children to read with phonics. For preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. Exciting phonics games and online interactive books. This is a very interactive website that students really enjoy using. It has many visuals and auditory connections that help students retain information.

April 14th, 2010 SourceAid [] A free website for kids to create works cited pages. Updated to MLA 7 standards. Kids enter information in cells, and the site formats it correctly. Allows kids to save, print, and form entire works cited pages.

April 13, 2010 (From Amy) Interactive Clock [] This is an interactive clock website. It shows the current time on a digital clock as well as an analog clock. You can adjust the time in minute or hour increments. It also shows the position of the sun during each am and pm time. My kindergarteners enjoy this interactive clock.

April 12, 2010 Math-Drills.com This provides practice worksheets for basic math skills, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions, decimals, you name. I use this website many times during the course of a school week.

April 8, 2010 Museum Box This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

April 6, 2010 [|Mighty Books]

This website offers a variety of interactive books and activities. The theme changes each month to correspond with a season or holiday. While some of the features require a subscription, I found great free resources as well.

April 5, 2010 http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/places.htm Created by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, this site allows kids the opportunity to create a landscape or portrait while learning about basic perspective and American history from the late 18th through the mid-19th century. Music and surprising animations enliven the scene, as children experiment with perspective, composition, color, and scale.

March 26, 2010 [|abcya.com] **ABCya!** is the leader in free **educational** **kids computer games and activities** for **elementary** students to **learn** on the web. All children's **educational computer games** and **activities** were created or approved by certified teachers. ABCya! educational games are **free** and are modeled from **primary grade lessons** and enhanced to provide an **interactive** way for children to learn. ABCya! games and activities incorporate //content areas// such as //math// and //reading// while **introducing basic computer skills**. Many of the **kindergarten** and **first grade** games are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. **Great kids Holiday games and activities are available in grade level sections!** __**Entered by Anordl**__

March 26,2010 Easy to use music theory instruction and practice. www.musictheory.net

March 25, 2010 [|www.theteacherscorner.net] This site is a good resource for thematic units, free lesson plans, bulletin board ideas, printable worksheets (with no subscription required), online collaboration projects, science experiment of the week, teacher forum, message board, daily writing prompts, pen pal service, make your own puzzles and more. Lots of goodies!

March 24, 2010 Smart Measurement Website

This is a Wiki page that has several links to great interactive websites on different types of measrurement. They have broken down the websites by grade level (K-2 and 3-5).

March 22, 2010 [|BetterLesson.org] BetterLesson was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston public schools to connect educators and help them create, organize, and share their curricula. Many lessons are Smartboard based.

March 19, 2010 (Reading) http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm (Math) [] Theses sites have activities according to RIT scores for both math and reading.

March 18, 2010 Panoramic Views This site offers virtual tours of places around the US. It could be used to show students places that they have never been or to visualize different cities/habitats that are talked about in science/ss.

March 17, 2010 [] Since today is St. Patrick's Day, this site is posted to give some great history, videos, etc. about some of the facts and fiction of the day.

March 16, 2010 [] This on-line game aims at teaching children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Children will learn how the location and the construction materials of houses can make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education can save lives. Children are the future architects, mayors, doctors, and parents of the world of tomorrow, if they know what to do to reduce the impact of disasters, they will create a safer world.

March 15, 2010 [|http://www.funbrain.com] This is a site for online educational games for kids of all ages (math, grammar, science, spelling, and history).

March 11, 2010 [|http://www.worldwidetelescope.com] WorldWide Telescope enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. [|Cool Cal Teacher Blog] March 10, 2010 "Teaching content with new tools, enthusiasm, and the belief that teaching is a noble calling!" Victoria A Davis is the author of this blog, she is a middle school teacher in South Carolina who uses a lot of web 2.0 tools and other technology in her classroom and she blogs about it all, the good and the bad.[|Illuminations]March 9,2010 Differentiated Math Lessons This website helps you to find different math lessons that connect to the standards. The lessons are differentiated and easy to use.

[|Math activities]March 9, 2010-Making Change & Counting Money for 4th Graders.

Interactive math activities for grades 4-6 for SMARTBOARDS.

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March 8, 2010-Rock Cycle [] Discover rock secrets through these activities. Create a rock collection as you learn about the three main types of rock, find out how to tell the different rock types apart, and see how rocks change from one type into another!

March 3, 2010- Scholastic Underground Railroad interactive site [] This is a site I used to help me teach and engae students about the Underground railroad. It takes students through the journey of life on the plantation, the escape, reaching safety, and reaching freedom. Click on different parts of the pictures to find out more information.

March 2, 2010 - Mrs. Hurley's ESL Smart Board Favorites Mrs. Hurley's ESL Smart Board Favorites

Mrs. Hurley's Smart Board Favorite page is a great resource for many interactive activities for children in kindergarten, primary, or ESL. Topics include math, grammer, opposites, matching, vocabulary words, and much more. You can just click on an activity that you would like to try with your whole group and an interactive Smart Board activity pops up.

March 1, 2010

[|Teacher Resources]

ONLINE RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION Thousands of FREE printable worksheets and activities Over 35,000 pages of worksheets and activities, abctools, and more, available to members.

February 26, 2010

[|Online Timer]

A Free flash **online** stopwatch, quick easy to use flash stopwatch! also a countdown **timer**!

February 23rd, 2010 [] Smart board templates galore. From K to senior High and specialists too! This site has a lot to add to your lessons or help you make an entire new one. And you don't have to pay or become a member. Just click and its on your computer!

February 22, 2010 __ [|www.reading.ecb.org] __

This site reinforces our strategy instruction by **explaining the strategies**, **reminding students to use strategies** while they read, and gives them **opportunities to practice**. The strategies I have tried include:
 * // Into the Book //**** is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities, or click below to find out how to get our engaging 15-minute video programs. **
 * // Behind the Lesson //** ** provides information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch our 10-minute professional development videos and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more. 0-minute professional development videos and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more. **

1. **Questioning** - the students read a "book" on the computer and ask/answer questions as they go by typing them in after each page - when they are done they sort the questions into a table labeled "in the book" "in my head" 2. **Making Connections** - the students help a character make connections - to other texts, self, and world - to sentences out of reading he is doing 3. **Making Inferences** - the students read pen pal letters and use clues from the letters to make inferences. 4. **Summarizing** – the students find the main idea/details – dragging them to a new sheet 5. **Evaluating** - the students identify criteria they want to use to evaluate text, then practice evaluating "books" on the computer based on the identified criteria

February 19th, 2010Phonetics: The Sounds of Spoken Language This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English, German, and Spanish. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context. It is intended for students of phonetics, linguistics, and foreign language. There is also an interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.

February 19, 2010~ [|4th and 5th Writing Links] This site contains writing links to be use with 4th and 5th graders.

February 12, 2010 [] Good site for accessing ideas for Six plus One Writing traits lessons. February 18 @http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp Great site for doing current events and ethical dilemmas for social studies targets in 3rd grade. Many student activities, book reviews, and online surveys for kids.

February 10, 2010 Shmoop for Teachers Shmoop offers you a site that is intentionally about learning and the joy of learning. See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age. (note: some $$ offers but lots of ideas for free.)

February 9th, 2010: Poetry Foundation: @http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ This site is a one-stop shop for anything related to poetry. Search by title, first line, author, time period, seasonal, most popular, etc. It provides full-text poems that can be printed from the site (or copied / pasted into word for better formatting.) There is also biographical information given for poets. Has links to mulitple literature sites. February 8th, 2010: Online Clock This online clock is a great tool for teaching time. Not only does it allow you to manipulate the hands of the clock in various intervals, but it also incorporates AM and PM by showing the progression of the sun and moon at given times throughout the day.

February 5th, 2010: [|http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/loader.html]A great site for using art to illustrate a story or just use it to appreciate art history.

February 4th, 2010: [] Music specialists can probably get the most use out of this one.

February 3rd. 2010: [] This is a good site for thematic units, e-books and printable worksheets across many skill areas in all levels. They boast a whopping 16,000 free worksheets to print. You can build worksheets, make word walls, play online games, make flashcards, awards and more. Some of the site is limited to different levels of membership, but there's much you can do without a membership.

February 2nd, 2010 KidsClick! KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. This site serves as a search engine for students to use when looking for information about various topics.

February 1st, 2010 [|Site for Teachers] This site offers a comprehensive library of different educational websites for teachers.

January 28, 2010 Fact Monster This site is an excellent site for students to go to practice their basic math facts. Go to Math and Money and then Flashcards. It will tell you how many problems the students have tried and how many they have gotten correct.

January 25, 2010 [|CNN Student News] This site offers daily current event updates through 10 minute student friendly videos.

29 January 2010 [|Math Drills] This site provides over 6000 free math worksheets with answer keys.

26 January 2010 [|Currency Table & Trends] This site is one that gives daily trends on world currencies and gives daily tables of exchange rates you can use for free.

22 January 2010 Literature Circle ModelsThis site provides teaching models and free printables for various types of literature circles. It is part of a great educational website set up by Laura Chandler.

January 21, 2010 Best PracticesBest Practices Best Practices is instructional approaches and strategiesf or teaching and learningin today's classrooms,creating a differentiated learning environment

January 20, 2010 [] Creative Commons Creative Commons is a **nonprofit** corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.

We provide **free** licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.

January 19, 2010- [|http://wdl.org] World Digital Library The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. The principal objectives of the WDL are to:
 * Promote international and intercultural understanding;
 * Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
 * Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;
 * Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.

January 18, 2010- Gaggle Gaggle is a brand new service that provides safe, controlled email accounts for students. These email accounts can be accessed from any computer hooked up to the internet. Best of all it is 100% FREE for both schools and students

January 15, 2010-[] A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. Whether you're an education student new to the topic or an experienced teacher educator looking for materials, you'll find something here to meet your needs.

January 13, 2010 - [|Multiplication Interactive Games] Free interactive multiplaction games January 12, 2010 - [|Pete's Power Point Station] **FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format****& Free Interactive Activities for Kids**

January 11, 2010 - [|Font Generator] YourFonts.com is an online font generator that allows you to create your own OpenType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font!

January 11, 2010 - Font Generator YourFonts.com is an online font generator that allows you to create your own OpenType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font!

January 4, 2010 - [|Virtual Field Trips] Virtual field trips challenge and expose students to new types of technology. It is a great way to spark their interest and motivate their learning in a specific content area. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities because you can take them to places they wouldn't normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or ocean floor! In addition, virtual field trips may even boost students' reading comprehension skills and will expose them to different cultures and environments.

December 23, 2009 - Cell Biology Animation

December 22, 2009 - [|Get Body Smart] Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "//Flash//" Animations

December 21, 2009 - [|Guess the Holiday Wordle]

December 18, 2009 - InnerBody Human Anatomy online

December 17, 2009 - Thinkfinity Free lesson plans and resources

December 16, 2009 - [|Shine + Write] ===Here is a collection of Maths teaching resources designed to be projected on to a white board and then written on as part of a whole class exposition. They'll even work with an Interactive White Board!===

December 15, 2009 - [|iPhysics] Interactive Physics Lessons

December 14, 2009 - Scribble Maps Scribble Maps is the quick and easy way to rapidly make and share maps! With Scribble Maps you can: - Draw shapes and Scribble! - Pace Markers and text - Create a Custom Widget - Save as KML/GPX - Send maps to friends

December 11, 2009 - Virsona Create and Chat with Historical or Fictional Characters

December 10, 2009 - Yodio Use Yodio to add your stories to your photos or presentations, and share these narrated photos with your friends and colleagues.

December 9, 2009 - Newseum The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form.

December 8, 2009 - [|TimeRime] You can create, view and compare timelines.

December 7, 2009 - [|Twiddla] Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly.

December 4, 2009 - Quizlet Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games

December 3, 2009 - [|PhotoPeach] What is PhotoPeach? Our idea is to help you **tell better stories online using photos**. You can **create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family** in a natural way. This is done by allowing two-way commenting right at each photo in the show and automatically pausing so you have time to express yourself before continuing.

December 2, 2009 - [|Jeopardy Labs!] JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake.

December 1, 2009 - Animoto Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy.

November 30, 2009 - [|BeFunky] Be Funky is an online photo editing tool. BeFunky develops digital media tools that let people become instant artists and express themselves creatively without the need for any technical knowledge.

November 25, 2009 - [|Illuminations] Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in [|//Principles and Standards for School Mathematics//].
 * Illuminations** is designed to:

November 24, 2009 - [|Cool Math 4 Kids] Math site for kids designed for ages 0-12.

November 23, 2009 - [|Cool Math] Math site for kids designed for ages 13-100.

November 20, 2009 - Wordle Ideas Slideshare presentation with ideas on how to use Wordle in the classroom.

November 19, 2009 - Why Wordle? An article by Steven Anderson on ways teachers are using Wordle in education.

November 18, 2009 - [|Guess the Wordle] Every day (Monday - Friday) a new wordle will be posted for you and your students to view.Each wordle will have a TOPIC and you will need to use your diciphering skills to figure out exactly what that topic is.

November 17, 2009 - Wordle Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

November 16, 2009 - Delicious Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.