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Sites with materials and information to be used for classroom teaching by K-12 teachers. This could include such things as worksheets, teacher tips directly applicable classroom situations, teaching methodologies.

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• 4Empowerment

  http://www.4empowerment.com/
  Offers resources and services for sixth through twelfth grade teachers and their students including curricula, project ideas, and collaborative opportunities in the areas of science, language arts, and community service.

• A to Z Kids Stuff

  http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/
  Worksheets and lesson resources for toddlers to schoolage children to help them grow and have fun.

• Barinya

  http://www.barinya.com/
  Features information about educational activities, book reviews, and gadget guide.

• Black History

  http://www.blackhistory.com/
  Affers a free monthly multi-media presentation, lesson plans, assignments, grading rubrics, and activities for the classroom. It also offers biographies, research, chat, events and speakers, and educational products.

• Brenden is Teaching

  http://www.brendenisteaching.com/
  Free teaching resource generators, downloads, classroom toys and utilities.

• Class Charts

  http://www.classcharts.com/
  An online system for managing class seating charts and behaviour.

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog

  http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
  Resources, information, and tools for teachers including global collaboration from a classroom teacher.

• Cotton's Journey

  http://www.cottonsjourney.com/
  Curriculum, literature resources, links to cotton and educational organizations promoting the importance of this crop.

• Creative Ideas from a Mentor Teacher

  http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/Mentor_Teacher.html
  Mentor teacher program and search engine links.

• CyberBee

  http://www.cyberbee.com/
  Provides ways to integrate technology into the classroom in several subjects including math, science, social studies, and language arts. Includes curriculum ideas, Internet treasure hunts, research tools, and technology links.

• Dr. Michael Fenichel's Teaching Tools

  http://www.fenichel.com/teacher.shtml
  Collection of resources for classroom teachers, parents, and school-based counselors.

• EdHelper.com

  http://www.edhelpernet.com/
  Educational links

• Education By Design

  http://www.edbydesign.com/parentres.html
  Practical ideas and information for teaching reading, writing, spelling and math.

• Essential Learning Products: Teaching K-8

  http://www.essentiallearningproducts.com/lesson-plans-and-activities
  Newsletter with discussion lists, activities, links, and archives.

• Ethical Reasoning and the Art of Classroom Dialogue

  http://www.goodcharacter.com/Article_3.html
  Techniques for leading classroom dialogue with students in which students feel secure to express their own thoughts instead of parroting what the teacher wants to hear. How to develop students' critical thinking and ethical reasoning.

• Farah's Educational Links

  http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/education/index.html
  Links to general resources such as the U.S. Department of Education, special education, and bilingual education as well as links specific teachers' lesson plans and research sites.

• George Lucas Educational Foundation: Edutopia

  http://www.edutopia.org/
  Working to improve public schools with resources, tools, and solutions for teachers, administrators, and parents.

• Global SchoolNet

  http://www.globalschoolnet.org/
  E-learning projects, international competitions and resources aimed at improving academic performance, develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding.

• Homework Online

  http://www.homework-online.com/
  Teachers can post their homework assignments on the internet for student/parent access and conduct online forums with students.

• Houghton Mifflin's Education Place

  http://www.eduplace.com/
  K-8 elementary educational activities, games, themes, graphic organizers, writing prompts, benchmark papers, and research.

• I Love That Teaching Idea!

  http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/
  Resources for elementary school teachers in math, science, reading, writing, spelling, and assessment, as well as workshops and recommended books.

• IEP Writer

  http://www.iepwriter.org/
  Comparison of different Individual Education Plan writing systems.

• In the Mix PBS Series for Educators

  http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators_index.html
  Transcripts, discussion guides, and other resources to help educators integrate "In the Mix," the PBS series for teens, into the classroom.

• In2Edu

  http://www.in2edu.com/
  Database download of resources, lesson plans, free stuff, teaching ideas, themes, units, and software.

• K-12 Math Information

  http://www.k-12math.info/
  Provides over 135,000 pieces of information on 1000 content items commonly used in k-12th grade mathematics

• Kiddyhouse.com

  http://www.kiddyhouse.com/
  Worksheets, clip art, lesson plans and resources, tools, songs, poems, and crafts. Also has resources for students and parents.

• Learn North Carolina

  http://www.learnnc.org/
  K-12 lesson plans, assessments, and web links, and professional development with some resources reserved for registered North Carolina members.

• LEGO Engineering

  http://www.legoengineering.com/
  A resource for educators who use LEGO Mindstorms technologies. The site features activities for the LEGO RCX and NXT as well as support resources like a knowledge base, code archive, gallery and community listing.

• Lesson Depot

  http://www.lessondepot.com/
  Lesson plans and lesson plan templates for teachers.

• Literacy Assessment

  http://www.literacyassessment.co.uk/
  Teacher's tool for assessing literacy ability of students with standardised online literacy tests.

• Lookstein Center for Jewish Education

  http://www.lookstein.org/
  Educational resources for Jewish educators. Includes workbooks, lesson plans, links, discussion forum and registration information.

• Mathematical Tale Winds

  http://ion.uwinnipeg.ca/~jameis/
  Contains stories with mathematical problem solving embedded in them and sample K-8 mathematics lesson plans.

• Metro Educational Cooperative Services Unit

  http://www.ecsu.k12.mn.us/
  Provides educational experiences for governmental and non-profit organizations in Minnesota ranging from a composite calendar for all members and special academic challenges for students to workshops for administrators.

• Mythology's Mything Links: Teachers' Reference K-12

  http://www.mythinglinks.org/reference~teachers.html
  This illustrated page focuses on resources for teaching myth, folklore, and the arts, but it also includes general resources. Each link is annotated by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D., a professor of mythology at a small graduate institute.

• National Center for Educational Statistics K-12 Practitioners' Home Page

  http://nces.ed.gov/practitioners/
  Current research and statistics specially tailored for educators' interests and needs, presented with animated charts/graphs.

• Pamela's Homepage: Teaching Matters

  http://www.angelfire.com/ga/pamelashomepage/
  Classroom management ideas,free stuff, back to school ideas, and links.

• Personal Educational Press

  http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/
  A free online utility for teachers, parents, and tutors to make flash cards, print word lists, and generate worksheets for educational games.

• Professional Teachers Council Web Activities

  http://ptc.nsw.edu.au/
  Dozens of webquests on various topics with rubrics and teachers guides included.

• ProTeacher

  http://www.proteacher.net/
  A community of teachers in early childhood, elementary, and middle school; teaching discussions, blogs, and chat.

• Puzzlemaker

  http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
  A site that allows you to create puzzles and games for your newsletters, flyers, handouts,or classroom assignments.

• Questioning Toolkit

  http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html
  Several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools presented with graphic organizers.

• Reading test

  http://www.readingtest.co.uk/
  Explanation of various types of online reading test.

• Report Comment Bank

  http://www.reportcommentbank.co.uk/
  Point and click system to help teachers write their student report cards.

• RHL School-Free Worksheets and More

  http://www.rhlschool.com/
  Exercises in various subject areas and additional resources.

• Scholastic: Teachers

  http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
  Resources ranging from lesson plans and professional links to authors and online activities.

• Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies

  http://smithsonianeducation.org/
  Education resources and information, lesson plans, field trips, and interactive activities based on Smithsonian museum collections and research.

• Strategies for Empowering Students

  http://extension.illinois.edu/ce/
  Activities to challenge students' minds,empower their senses of well-being, and rekindle their hearts with a commitment to values and beliefs essential to becoming and being whole individuals.

• Success Beyond the Classroom

  http://www.successbeyond.org/
  Special academic challenge programs for students in Minnesota schools.

• Syvum: Complete Solution for Teachers

  http://www.syvum.com/teachers/
  Online grade book, quiz library and creation capacity, games, and downloads. Upgrades available for a fee.

• Teacher Support Force

  http://www.teacher-support-force.com/
  Veteran teacher Pat Jones shares techniques and strategies for applying brain science in the classroom to support learning.

• Teachers' Lab

  http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
  Based upon professional development series and workshops broadcast on the Annenberg Channel, each lab combines online activities with background information and interactive polls or worksheets participants can use in their classrooms as well as links to related web sites.

• TeachersFirst

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/
  Classroom resources and lesson plans for K-12. Materials, reviewed by teachers and sorted by subject area and grade level. Professional resources. Suggested research sites.

• Teaching Is a Work of Heart

  http://www.teachingheart.net/
  Includes thematic units, ideas for all holidays, humor for teachers, interactive links, free worksheets, lessons, and poems.

• Teaching Multicultural Literature

  http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop3/index.html
  Online workshop with teaching strategies, sample texts and videos, and recommended authors.

• Teaching Treasures

  http://teachingtreasures.com.au/education_links_page.htm
  Teacher and student links arranged by subject.

• The Copernicus Education Gateway

  http://www.edgate.com/
  Directory of websites offering educational resources for students, parents, and teachers.

• The Critical Thinking Community

  http://www.criticalthinking.org/
  Providing a forum and resources about Socratic questioning, higher order thinking, and critical thinking. Organizer of conferences and publisher of books and academic resources for teachers.

• The Digital Education Network

  http://www.actden.com/
  Lessons and activities in math, language arts, social studies, astronomy and graphic design.

• The Jigsaw Classroom

  http://www.jigsaw.org/
  Strategies and resources for reducing racial conflict, promoting better learning, and improving student motivation.

• The U.S. Mint's Teachers' Section

  http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?FileContents=/kids/teachers/index.cfm
  Re-useable, cross-curricular classroom resource for teachers.

• The Virtual Vine

  http://www.thevirtualvine.com/
  Pre-K through 2nd grade themes and units, literacy, and curriculum links.

• The Wirral Learning Grid

  http://www.wirral-mbc.gov.uk/
  United Kingdom resources in specific subject areas, curriculum advice, and professional development.

• WGBH/Boston

  http://www.wgbh.org/
  Public Broadcasting from Boston: weekly highlights, links to websites for WGBH productions which are fully accessible to surfers with disabilities.

• Wisconsin Educational Communications Board

  http://www.ecb.org/
  Provides information about professional development and classroom and technology resources related to public broadcasting programming.

• Worksheet Genius

  http://www.worksheetgenius.com/
  Printable worksheets, puzzles and activities that can be differentiated and randomized at the touch of a button. Ideal for children at primary or elementary school.

• Worksheets4Teachers

  http://www.worksheets4teachers.com/
  Part of a large site of resources for teachers, this page has worksheet generators, bank of existing worksheets, and links to others.

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