Resources

Word Cloud Generators

Tagul can save if you make a free account

Wordle

ABCYA's word clouds for kids

Type drummer make fun beats by typing in letters

Vermont Online Library

Elementary Edition

If you need the password, see Mrs. Perry.  It's the same for all the VOL listed here.  There's a free app for it called Access My Library (AML) - School edition.

Student Periodical Resources

All databases, including educational resources and ebooks.

Researching animals

Arkive

Find Out with DK

Farmer's Almanac for Kids 

Put in our zip code (05661) to get specific information on Morrisville or 05657 for Elmore.  Weather, moon phases, surveys, there's tons of great stuff on this page.

How to pronounce author and illustrator names

This site provides short audio clips of the authors and/or illustrators pronouncing their own names and sometimes giving a story behind their name.

Educator's Resources

Edutopia downloadable resources for teachers

ERIC 

Over 100,000 full-text ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) documents are available at no cost in PDF format.  If the full text isn't available, see Mrs. Perry to request it through the Vermont DOL.

Use the Professional Collection of Vermont Online Library.

What do you love? search engine

A fun way to get multiple formats of information about a topic.

Busy teacher Has all sorts of printable posters and games that are free to download.  

Duquesne University's Gumberg Library Has listings of picture books to use for different vowel sounds.

VT PBS

Comic creator online You select characters that you can move around and speech bubbles.  They are all printable and it's FREE!

Storyline Online Actors (Screen Actors Guild) read books that have been partially animated.  Nice sound effects, music.

Classroom Bookshelf blog.  Weekly blog about newer children's books with well written ideas of activities to do at different levels.  K-8.