Teacher Links

This is the link to search our library catalog for material.

 
This is the link to search for audio visual materials.
Reading Programs and Contests:
Reading is an Investment:
The Treasury Department sponsors this program for K-5 students.
http://www.ost.state.or.us/Read/Index.htm

Pat Gallagher Picture Book Award:
This is the award for the best picture book for the state of Oregon.
http://oregonread.org/gallagheraward09.html

Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award:
A K-5 chapter book award that is named after one of Oregon's most famous children's book authors.  Students, who have read at least of the two nominated books, get to vote in the Spring.
 
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA):
An award, started in 2010, for 4th and 5th graders to vote on their favorite chapter book out of 8 nominated titles.  The students vote in the Spring if they have read 3 or more of the titles.
 

Lesson Plan Sites:

Thank you to the following website for the links below:  http://www.university.mccsc.edu/~unv_lib/teachers.html#important.

  • abcteach
    More than 5,000 free printable pages geared to PreK-8th grades.
  • American Memory: The Learning Page
    The "teacher" page giving access to the millions of items digitized by the Library of Congress - "teacher-created and class-room-tested lessons." Great primary source material.
  • ArtsEdge
    "Transform your teaching with arts integrated resources for the K-12 classroom."
  • The Big6
    Lesson plans that use the Big6 information literacy skills model created by Michael Eisenberg and Robert Berkowitz.
  • Blue Web'n
    "Blue Web'n is an online library of 2007 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects)."
  • California Learning Resource Network
    "Find the standards-aligned software, video and Internet learning resources you need. CLRN experts have identified, reviewed and organized hundreds of Electronic Learning Resources (ELRs) in a searchable database that allows you to compare key features of selected resources."
  • Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
    Great collection of lessons and ideas for incorporating children's literature into the curriculum - check out the "curriculum areas" link.
  • Community Learning Network
    "A site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Here you'll find over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites with free resources."
  • Crayola Creativity Center
    Adaptable lessons that "that can be searched by subject, theme, grade, media, and completion time." Don't miss the Certificate Maker.
  • discoveryschool.com
    "Hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Use the pull-down menus to browse by subject, grade, or both."
  • Early Literacy Technology Project
    Lesson plans integrating reading and/or writing with technology.
  • EDSITEment
    "This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom."
  • Education World: Lesson Plan Center
    Take time to explore the HUGE amount of lesson ideas on this site - don't miss the holiday page with ideas for holidays and special occasions.
  • Educators' Reference Desk
    "This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States and the world."
  • GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
    "The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites."
  • Houghton Mifflin Education Place
    "Pre-K through 8 resources for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Intervention, Professional Development, activities, games, and textbook support."
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
    "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
  • Lesson Plans Page
    Over 2,500 free lesson plans that can be searched by subject - don't miss the "seasonal lesson plans" page.
  • McREL
    "Links to selected lesson plans and other resources that are helpful for curriculum planning"
  • Math Forum at Drexel
    1,460 lesson plans searchable by keyword, math topic, or level.
  • Marco Polo
    An amazing site with standards-based lesson plans, activities, and high-quality Internet sites. Information is organized from a variety of excellent sources. Click on this link to go to the search screen.
  • Microsoft: Instructional Resources: Lesson Plans
    Search lesson plans by grade level, subject, learning area, or by Microsoft product (including Encarta lesson plans).
  • National Geographic Education
    Click the tab at the top of the page that says Lesson Plans and connect to hundreds of geography-related lesson plans - look for the "most popular."
  • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Library in the Sky
    "The Library in the Sky is a database of interesting and useful educational Web sites for those involved in education. Find the information you want through the Search, User Tabs, by Department, or Materials."
  • PBS Teacher Source
    Over 3,000 lesson plans for arts and literature, health and fitness, math, science, social studies, preK-2, and library media.
  • Physics & Astronomy Lesson Plans
    A list of over 200 lesson plans from K-12.
  • S.C.O.R.E. Cyberguides
    "CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards."
  • Scholastic Teachers
    Click on the "Lesson Plans" tab at the top of the page for access to a great selection of lesson plans in all subjects.
  • The Science Spot
    Developed by a science teacher, this site features lesson plans, puzzles, projects, trivia and more. Don't miss the Kid Zone.
  • Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans
    "Browse lesson plans by subject area or search by grade levels and keywords. Smithsonian lesson plans emphasize inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections. Each plan is print-friendly and provides you with all the materials you need: photographs, reproductions, handouts, activities, suggested strategies, standards information, and additional online resources."
  • Starfall.Com
    Primarily designed for first grade - activities, printables, and more to help students learn to read.
  • teachers.net
    Search or browse these teacher-created lessons, or submit or request your own! "The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank is your opportunity to share your most precious asset - your teaching ideas and lesson plans!"
  • USGS Learning Web: Lesson Plans
    Life Science, Geography and Earth Science lessons based on national standards.
  • The WebQuest Portal: Online Inquiry-Based Activities and Projects in all subject areas!
Curriculum Resources:

 

 
 

Research Central:
 
 

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  Discovery Streaming:
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Letter Writing:
Here is a teacher's guide to the book, First Year Letters by Julie Dannengurg which is in our library media center.
 
This link is for a lesson plan for writing teacher appreciation letters.

At the following link, you will find an excellent power point presentation for how to write friendly letters.

http://jc-schools.net/write/friendly-letters_files/frame.htm

This website has a plethora of ideas and lesson plans for writing all kinds of letters.

http://jc-schools.net/write/letter-write.htm

If your students like Arthur, they will love this computer activity where they will make a mad lib letter to Arthur.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/letterstoarthur/

Here is another lesson plan for writing friendly letters.

http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id=7315

Here is a super fun letter generator that would require student computers.

http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

Library Forms:

Library Materials Suggestion Form:

Please fill out this form if you have a book, DVD, or other library material that you think would be a good addition to our collection.  The completed form can be emailed to me at gibson-millis_jennifer@salkeiz.k12.or.us

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddgvshtp_0gr2r2tcp

Technology Resources:

Power Point Tutorials:
 
General Sites:
Ms. Delancey's Site for Anything: