Elmwood Park Schools Teacher Resources
Welcome to the Elmwood Park School District's teacher resource site.
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Safe Search Engines
Safe Search Engines & Pictures
- Ask Jeeves Kids
- Choose the Best Search for Information Need
- Classroom Clipart
- Dictionary.com
- Internet Public Library for kids!
- Internet Public Library
- Lycos Zone
- Merriam-Webster
- National Geographic Country Search
- OneKey
- Pics 4 Learning
- World Almanac for Kids
Pre-K and Kindergarten
- ABC Match
- ABCya
- Alphabet Organizer
- Alphabetical Order
- Between the Lions
- Big Brown Bear Keyboard
- Clifford Peekaboo
- Clifford's Parade
- Color Game
- Cookie Pre School Learning Games
- National Geographic Young Explorer
- Nick Jr.
- Online List of Games
- PBSKids Word World Game
- Pete the Cat website
- Pigeon Website
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear Video
- Pre-School & Kindergarten Games
- Pre-School Learning Games
- Sesame Street
- Sorting With Hampshire
- Story Place
- Think Central
- Tour The World
- Turtle Diary Games
- Videos for Pre School
- We Do Listen
- Winslowpress
- Ziggity Zoom
1st Grade
- A Thank You Booklet
- ABCya First Grade
- Alphabetical Order
- Busy Bees Word Problems
- Gamequarium
- Jan Brett
- Keyboard Climber
- Mo Willems
- National Geographic Young Explorer
- Nick Jr
- PBS Kids Activities
- Professor Garfield
- Scholastic - Clifford
- Science Activities and Games
- Seussville
- Storyline Online
- Tellagami
- Think Central
- We Do Listen
- Wilson & Ditch Videos
- Winslow Press
2nd Grade
- A Book To Create
- Abbreviations
- ABCya 2nd Grade
- Aurasma
- Bats For Kids
- Butterfly Webquest
- Children's Books Forever
- Cinderella
- Commands, Exclamations, Statements and Questions
- Dinosaurs for Kids
- Disney Games
- Good Night Stories
- Greece - National Geographic
- Harcourt Schools
- Highlights Games
- Kids Astronomy
- Letter Generator
- Monster Maker
- National Geographic Italy
- Nick Jr
- Nine Planets
- Picture Books
- PBS Kids
- Prongo Games
- Room Recess
- Seussville
- Spelling City
- Subtraction - Gamequarium
- Tellegami
- Think Central
- US Mint
3rd Grade
4th Grade
- African American Biographies
- Animal Classification Field Trip
- Aurasma
- Battleship NJ
- Ben's Guide
- Congress For Kids
- Education Place
- EPA Water Cycle
- Fact Hound
- Field Museum - Underground Adventure
- Hangout New Jersey
- Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today
- Kids Geography
- Kidzone - Water
- Letter Generator
- Martin Luther King Webquest
- Multigenre Map
- National Park Pictures
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- NJ County Map & Statistics
- Picture Books
- President's Day Webquest
- Read Write Think Cube Creator
- Soil Biological Communities
- Study Jams! Water Cycle
- Tellagami
- The Water Cycle
- Think Central
- Zoobooks - Animals
5th Grade
- Aurasma
- Book Club - City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
- Conserve Wildlife NJ
- Flip Book
- Go Animate
- Merriam-Webster vocabulary
- Natural Disasters - Fema
- Natural Disasters - Learning Network: Weather & Climate
- Natural Disasters - Sky Diary
- Natural Disasters - Weather Channel
- Natural Disasters - Weather WizKids
- Natural Hazards Database
- NJ Fish and Wildlife
- Parts of a Website
- Picture Books
- Prezi
- See the U.S.A.
- Stop Extinction
- Technology Websites
- Technology Websites 2
- Tellagami
- Think Central
- Travel for Kids
- US Fish and Wildlife Pictures
- US Map Quiz
- Web Validity Webquest
- Wild Classroom - Biomes
- Wildlife NJ - all websites
- World Biomes
- World Biomes and Ecosystems
- World Biomes - Blue Planet
- World Biomes (UCMP)
Middle School
- Aurasma
- Bergen Record
- Buzz Math
- DOGO News
- Encyclopedia
- Go Math
- History Channel
- Info Please
- NY Times
- Renaissance
- Research Tools for Students
- Star Ledger
- Study Island
- Tellagami
- TIME for Kids
- Timeline Maker
High School
- A+ Research and Writing
- A to Z World Culture
- Bartleby
- Bergen Record
- Google Scholar
- History Channel
- Info Please
- Library of Congress
- Naviance
- NY Times
- Research Guide
- Research Tools for Students
- Shmoop
- Star Ledger
- Surgery Squad
- Timeline Maker
- US Department of Labor
Art
English Language Arts & Online Stories
- ABC's of the Writing Process
- Alpha game
- American Poetry Pre 1920
- B&N Online Stories
- Clifford Stories and Games
- Creative Writing
- Crickweb Literacy
- Daily Grammar
- Diamante Poems
- IXL
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Writing Project
- Online Stories for Independent Reading
- PBS Kids Rhyming Games
- Read Write Think
- Reading Comprehension (Mr. Nussbaum)
- Rhyming Digby
- Rhyming Reggie
- Rhyming Rodeo
- Salem Press
- Sheppard Software
- Spaghetti Book Club
- Speakaboos Stories
- Stories Around the World
- Stories You Can Listen To
- Storybird
- Storyline Online
- Storynory Online Stories
- Storyworks Magazine Home Page
- Super Story Twister
- Vocabhead Wordlist
Math
- A+ Math
- aaamath
- Big Calculator
- Buzz Math
- Cross the River Fractions
- Everyday Math Resources
- Fraction Bowling
- Fraction Flags
- Fraction Golf
- Fractions Shoot
- Helping With Math (K-8)
- Illuminations (K-12)
- Illustrative Math Standards (K-8)
- Interactivate Activities
- Interactive Games
- Internet4classrooms
- IXL
- Math Aids
- Math Central
- Math Drills
- Math Forum
- Math Goodies
- Math is Fun
- Math League
- Math League (Grades 4-8)
- Math Play
- Math Playground
- Math Playground Games
- Math Run
- Maths Frame
- Math WebQuests
- Math Words
- Math Worksheets
- Math Worksheets Land
- MathCats
- Math TV
- Multiplication Chart
- Online Fraction Calculator
- Online Percentage Calculator
- Sheppard Software Math
- Simpsons Math
- Sudoku for Kids
- Superkids
- Teaching Channel (Videos, Lessons, Resources)
- Virtual Manipulatives (K-12)
- Visual Fractions
- Wolframa
- Xtra Math (Basic Math Facts)
Multicultural, Social Studies, and Geography
- African American World for Kids
- Antarctic Geography Game
- A to Z World Culture
- BrainPop Continents of the World
- CIA World Factbook
- Continent Geography Game
- Countries of the World
- Country Reports
- Country Search National Geographic
- Ed Helper Social Studies
- Factmonster Country Search
- Hispanic Heritage
- Historic American Newspaper Database (1690-1910)
- History Channel
- Ireland National Geographic
- Jayzee Bear Map Game
- Map Puzzles
- National Geographic Country Search
- National Geographic Games
- PBS Learning Media
- PBSkids Where in the World Game
- Time for Kids Around the World
- Timeline Maker
- World Atlas - Flags of the World
- World History for All of Us
- World Map and other games
Music
- Blank Sheet Music
- Copyright Infringement?
- Drum Lessons
- DSO Kids
- HotChalk Lessons for Music
- How Stuff Works
- How to Play Piano
- Justin Guitar
- Music Theory
- National Association for Music Education
- PBS
- PBS - Carnegie Hall
- Piano Education
- Play Bass Now
- Sameday Music
- SFS Kids
- Teachnology
- Teoria
- Ultimate Guitar
Science
- Animal Planet
- ARKive
- Astronomy for Kids
- Biology in Motion
- Centers for Disease Control
- Discovery Education
- Discovery Education - The Science of Soil
- Genetics
- Innerbody
- Kids Gov
- Kids Health
- Learn About the Human Skeleton
- Live Science
- National Science Digital Library
- Pearson Success
- Periodic Table of Comic Books
- Period Videos
- Phet Interactive Simulations
- Planting Science
- Science Daily
- Science Netlinks
- Science Resources
- Scientist Smithsonian
- Sci Show
- Skeletons
- Space Today
- Teachers Guide to Science Projects
- Technology Resources for Teaching Science
- Ted Talks on Science
- Teach the Earth
- Understanding Science
- Web English Teacher
Authors of Children's Books
- Author & Illustrator Interviews
- Brian Selznick - Wonderstruck
- Dan Gutman
- Eric Carle
- Jim Paillot (Illustrator of Weird School Books)
- Kevin Henkes
- Kids Read - Author List
- Margie Palatini
- Mo Willems
- The World of Dan Gutman
- Wendy Mass
Black History Month
Character Education
- Beat the Bully Game
- Bully Dodger
- Bullying Games and Activities
- Go George Go Game
- It's My Life
- Kids Against Bullying
- Manners for Kids and Parents
- McGruff the Crime Dog
- Mindful Messaging
- Net Smart Kids
- Stop Cyberbullying Webisodes
Common Core
- Common Core Implementation in the Classroom
- Common Core Implementation Video Series
- Common Core Rubrics
- Common Core Standards
- Implementing Literacy Common Core
- Learning A-Z
- NJ Common Core
- NJ Putting it All Together
- Understanding the Common Core
- Using Common Core Language
English Language Learners
Epson Brightlink Projectors/Interactive
- Dreambox Learning (free interactive tools/games)
- Interactive Education (Free Interactive Sites)
- Crickweb (Free Interactive Resources and Games)
- Building Language for Literacy (Elementary)
- Clifford Interactive (Elementary)
- Make a Word (Elementary)
- Sound Match (Elementary)
- Beacon Learning Center (Elementary)
- Fish 'Em Up (Elementary)
- Homophone Super Match Game (Elementary)
- Bio Cube Creator (Prewriting)
- Free Rice (Upper Grades/All Subjects)
Explorer Sites
Fall
- Christopher Columbus Web Hunt
- Columbus Day Info and Games
- Columbus Game
- Columbus Quiz
- Election Day
- Fire Safety with Sparky
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade History
- Online Pumpkin Carving
- Plimoth Plantation - Just for Kids
- Primary Halloween Games
- Squigly's Playhouse Games
- The First Thanksgiving
- Veteran's Day
Gifted and Talented
- Google Classroom Help Center
- Google Docs - Getting Started
- Google Docs Learning Center
- Google Drive Help Center
- Google Earth
- Google Forms Help Center
- Google Sheets Learning Center
- Google Slides Learning Center
- Google Translate
- How to Search on Google
Holidays and Winter
- ABCya Holiday Activities by Grade
- Celebrate Winter Holidays
- Kidz Page
- Kidz Page Snowflake Maker
- Make-a-Flake
- North Pole
- Primary Games Holiday Fun
- Primary Winter Games
- Scholastic Winter Holidays
- Winter Games
- Winter Menu
Keyboarding
- Abcya Home Page
- Big Brown Bear Keyboard
- Dance Mat Typing
- Grade 3-5 - 3D Keyboard
- Grades 3-5 Keyboarding Skills
- Grades 3-5 Learn to Type
- Great Keyboarding Websites
- Keyboard Climber
- Keyboard Climber 2
- Keyboard Zoo
- Typing Course 1-10
- Typing Practice
- Typing Speed Test
- Typing Web
- Typing Words Practice (Touch Typing)
Native Americans
PARCC
- PARCC
- PARCC End of Year Mathematics Explanation Videos
- PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy How to Be Successful Videos
- PARCC Mathematics How to Be Successful Videos
- PARCC Sample Tests
- PARCC Games
- PARCC Important Information
- PARCC Tutorial
- Tech Skills for PARCC
Professional/Teachers
- 2004 NJ CCCS
- 2014 NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards - Technology
- Apple
- Common Core State Standards
- Curriculum Framework (Essential Questions & Assessment Ideas)
- Curriculum Pathways
- Digital Taxonomy
- Discovery Education
- EdHelper
- Edsitement
- Education World
- Elmwood Park Schools Pinterest
- Excel Tutorial
- Flubaroo
- Fuel the Brain
- Go Math
- HotChalk Lesson Plans
- Internet Public Library
- Kahoot
- Khan Academy
- Learner
- Learnist
- Lesson Planet
- Lesson Plans Center
- National Geographic for Kids
- Naviance
- NJDOE
- Online Countdown Timer
- Pearson
- PBS Learning Media
- QR Codes Generator
- Read, Write Think
- Remind
- Renaissance
- Rubistar
- Scholastic
- Scholastic Book Wizard
- Shmoop
- Socrative
- Study Island
- Teacher Tube
- Teachthought
- Think Central
- Turn it in
- Turtle Diary
- Virtual Workshops for Teachers (Free)
- Women's History Month
- Word Search Maker
- Wonderopolis
Read Across America
- Dr. Seuss Clipart
- Dr. Seuss Games
- Dr. Seuss PBSKids Cat in the Hat Games
- Dr. Seuss Pictures
- Dr. Seuss Printables
- Readers Oath Bookmark
- Seuss Resources
- Seussville
Spring
- Acrostic Poems
- Backyardigans Robin Hood the Clean
- Billion Acts of Green
- Earth Day for Kids
- Giggle Poetry
- Meet the Greens
- Memorial Day History
- Memorial Day - History.com
- Memorial Day Puzzle
- PBS Kids Earth Day Games
- Poetry Idea Engine
- Poetry Websites
- Primary Earth Day Games
- Shape Poems
- Shel Silverstein
- Squigly's Earth Day Games
- Top 10 Earth Day Games
- US Memorial Day Games
Spring Holidays
Videos
Virtual Field Trips
- Global Trek
- Hershey's Factory
- Moon
- Mt. Everest
- Museum of Natural History
- NASA
- Panoramas of the World
- White House
Writing Guides
- Citation Machine
- Cornell University MLA Style
- Diana Hacker Handbook to Citation
- EasyBib
- Purdue University APA Style
- Purdue University MLA Style
- University of Wisconsin MLA Handbook