Teacher and Parent Resources
Lesson Planning, Technology Integration & Professional Development
4Teachers.org - Access to online resources and tools for integrating technology into the classroom ARTSEDGE - National Arts and Education Network lessons and teaching materials to integrate the arts with other academic subjects Discovery Education - Classroom, Home and Professional development resources; includes Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Educators Education World - Lesson planning, professional development, technology integration, school issues EDSITEment - Lesson plans in Art & Culture, Language Arts & Literature, Foreign Language, and History& Social Studies from the National Endowment for the Humanities eduweb - Game-based learning through creative games and activities Library of Congress - Primary Source sets, Themed Resources, Lesson Plans, and Library of Congress collection connections PBS Teachers - Standards-based resources in the arts, health and fitness, mathematics, reading/language arts, science/technology, and social studies Science NetLinks - Standards-based science lessons, resources, activities from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Smithsonian's History Explorer - Resources for teaching and learning American history, designed and developed by the National Museum of American History TeachersFirst - Collection of practical, user-friendly lessons, units, and web resources by teachers, for teachers teAchnology - Teaching with Technology - Lesson plans for all subject areas, printable worksheets, and rubrics
Reading and Writing
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom, and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics Into the Book - Teaching reading comprehension strategies with resources for K-4 students and teachers: includes lessons, activities, videos, music, posters and bookmarks Learning Through Listening - Classroom teaching tools that focus on building listening skills: lesson plans, teaching strategies, classroom activities, and listening resources Literacy Network - Educational materials for literacy instruction and lifelong learning for adults and family literacy programs Read Write Think - International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) - provides lessons, web resources, and student materials for reading and language arts Reading Rockets - Offers effective teaching strategies, activities, lesson plans, worksheets, exercises, skills, tests, assessments for comprehension (teachers and parents) The Textmapping Project - Textmapping is a graphic organizer technique that can be used to teach reading comprehension and writing skills, study skills, and course content
Information Literacy
21st Century Literacies - The 21st Century Literacies Curriculum presents the process and essential skills for embedding information literacy strategies across all areas of the curriculum. Common Sense Media - Common Sense's Parent Media Education Program and Digital Citizenship Curriculum give educators, administrators, and parents the tools and curricula they need to guide a generation in becoming responsible digital citizens. Cyberbee - Internet resources for using the web in the classroom: curriculum ideas, research tools, treasure hunts, web projects CyberSmart - 21st century skills for education - Lessons and activities that teach students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively S.O.S. for Information Literacy - A multimedia resource that includes lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy
Parents, School, and Family
PBS Parents - Information on Child Development, Education, Healthy Kids, Issues & Advice Scholastic Parents - Home of Parent and Child magazine with articles on School & Learning, Books & Reading, Activities and Family Life
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