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Frequently Used Websites
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Lesson Plans and Printable Materials
Free Math Worksheets - Google Search results - Some are interactive and self checking/scoringand most if not all are printable.
Free Language Arts Worksheets - Google Search results - Some are interactive and self checking/scoringand most if not all are printable.
Free Science Worksheets - Google Search results - Some are interactive and self checking/scoringand most if not all are printable.
Free Social Studies - Google Search results - Some are interactive and self checking/scoringand most if not all are printable.
My Schoolhouse - NEW Great site! It provides printables as well as interactive self scoring quizzes for practice of many subjects at the elementary and Middle school grade levels.
Lesson Planet - Great site! The searchable guide to over 150,000 online lesson plans, reviewed and rated by experienced K-12 teachers. Save time, teach better!
Teacher Vision - Items to help teachers as well as educational games and quizzes online.
Fluency Instruction
Reader's Theater | Books Online | PowerPoint Help
Reader's Theater Websites
Teaching Heart - Includes printable materials for Readers Theater type activities.
http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/RTHOME.htm
Aaron Shepard's Readers Theater Scripts
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html Fiction Teachers Classroom Theater
http://www.fictionteachers.com/classroomtheater/theater.html Reader's Theatre for Children with Teacher's Guide
http://loiswalker.com/catalog/guidesamples.html Monthly Script for Reader’s Theatre
http://www.lisablau.com/archives.html Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays for the Classroom
http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm Scripts from the Reading Lady
http://www.readinglady.com/Readers_Theater/Scripts/scripts.html
The busy teachers Cafe - Worksheets etc.
Teachnet.org - Daily Lesson Plans, Videos, Online courses, Grants, Bookstore
Teachers Helping Teachers - Lesson Plans etc.
Lesson Plan Bank: By Teachers.net
PBS Teacher Free Resources for Teaching & Learning PBS Teachers is PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources. Here you'll find classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels.
Reading Rockets: is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
Carl's Corner -Too much to list, just try it.
Dositey.com Free educational software for use on the Internet. Development of reading, math and science skills using interactive workbook exercises and mini-lessons.
EduHound - Everything for Education Grades K-12
Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Centered Activities, Instruction, The Science of Reading, etc.
Sites for Teachers Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Activities, Clip Art, and more!
Educator Templates Free Education Template Directory
Media Sites
These sites provide Educational Video and Powerpoint
Presentations to introduce and or reinforce subject content.
KHAN ACADEMY -NEW! With a library of over 3,000 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 315 practice exercises,
we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
WatchKnow: http://www.watchknow.org/
Videos for kids to learnfrom. Thousands of videos organized in topic categories.
Teacher Tube: http://www.teachertube.com/
An online community for sharing instructional videos
United Streaming: - By Discovery Education, provides engaging digital resources to schools with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms to a world of learning. Imagine having 9,000 educational videos available for use in the classroom—at any time you wish!
Educational Powerpoint Presentations - This page contains links to other pages that offer Educational Powerpoint Presentations.
Ohio Area Instructional Media Center - You can view these videos immediately or download for later. Site contains educational videos for numerous subject areas and grade levels.
INFOHIO Online Catalog - Western Pike Elementary School Library
Storyline Online: This site features stars reading stories, for example, Lou Diamond Phillips reads "The Polar Express". It shows pictures from the books and includes wonderful sound effects along with the stories. Great site provided by Verizon.
Learning Links - Is a multi-state project to develop electronic resources that support states in their efforts to implement educational reform.
Space.com - Science Videos and more.
You Tube.com - You Tube is a great site for finding many EDUCATIONAL videos. However, please use caution and discretion when on this site as there are also many videos/scenes that do not appear to be Educational. The link that I have provided here takes you to "Educational Videos For Children".
- Utah State University National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
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