HERE ARE SOME WEBSITES WHICH MAY BE USEFUL FOR YOU. 

OUR THANKS TO MR. TRICKER FOR PROVIDING THE INITIAL LIST.

Please let us know if you have a good resource website we need to add to this list.

Carol Hurst’s Children Literature - http://www.carolhurst.com/
Review:  This is a great website to use to plan themes . It gives several literature options that would go with any subject and/or theme area. It also includes reviews of various children's books. Each month a newsletter is added. The newsletter usually relates to new reading trends. New things added to the site, regularly.

Teacher. Net - http://www.teachers.net/
Review: This is an excellent resource for teachers of all subject areas . This site contains many lesson plans and very good information about current topics in education . This site contains good information and has sections with several teacher-created materials that can be downloaded. This has been very helpful! I would recommend this site to any teacher.

Dr. Jean Songs and Activities for Young Children - http://www.drjean.org/

Review:  This is a unique site that provides songs and activities for young children . Many of Dr. Jean's ideas help create a positive learning environment for children. Her site includes songs to help children with state standards. It also includes affirmations to encourage children to do their best.

TeachersFirst.com - http://www.teachersfirst.com/

Review:  Teacher’s First is a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students' families. The materials are arranged by subject area and grade level , which makes it easy to locate lesson plans and other resources in a timely manner. Teachers tend to spend more time working on activities for students who are middle to low level learners. This resource will offer some challenging activities that may surprise some teachers as their students rise to meet the difficulty level.

FirstGov for Kids - http://www.kids.gov/
Review:  This web site is a great educational tool for teachers to use when integrating technology with curriculum . The Federal Citizen Information Center has developed and maintained this site with the focus on providing excellent educational materials for children. This web site provides links to not only federal sites but other useful sites for children and adults. Students will be able to navigate successfully around this web site. This web site provides motivation for students when wanting to learn more about a subject. The Internet can be exciting and educational for students. The FirstGov for Kids Web Site provides excitement and educational experiences for students.

Education World - http://www.educationworld.com/
Review:  Education world is a massive site . The front page has a great source of links for lesson planning, professional development and several categories of news. There are databases divided by categories including: Arts and Humanities, Parent Resources, Special Education and History. There are also quick folders for article archives, subject resources, specialties and a mammoth reference section . Each one has 9-12 subtitles to make your search both quick and fruitful. There is a search engine that can be filtered according to: education sites, schools, colleges/universities or pictures. It will give a long list of highly targeted websites.

Enchanted Learning - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Review:  This site offers a variety of information for teachers and students. It can be used to help gather ideas and materials for units/lessons, and students can use it for research. It is easy to navigate, fun to look at, and written in student language. The foreign language component is great!

Intervention Central - http://www.interventioncentral.org/
Review:  Intervention Central is a beneficial website for teachers, parents, and others interested in helping children succeed in school. This website offers several ideas for implementing and/or maintaining positive behaviors and effective learning in the classroom. This site may come in handy when designing an intervention (gen. ed., pre- or post-referral) for an entire class or a specific student. This website also provides useful forms as well as helpful links to other student-centered resources.

Teaching With The Web - http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/teaching.htm
Review:  Teaching with the Web is a good website for teachers K-12. This website offers several ideas for teachers to use technology in their classroom and is content specific . The information is good and the students should enjoy using technology in the classroom. It can also be used to help reinforce topics covered in class.

Sites For Teachers - http://sitesforteachers.com/
Review:  This website has so many links to choose from. There are many already made worksheets, topic ideas, puzzles, games, lesson plans, flashcards, leveled mini-books, writing ideas, clip art and more. It takes awhile to look through all that it offers, but it has some ideas that can be printed and used in the class.

Pro Teacher - http://www.proteacher.com/
Review:  This site is great for lesson plans and units. You can find activities for many subjects and grade levels. It also contains information on classroom management, shared leadership, and teaching practices.

Teacher Vision.com - http://www.teachervision.fen.com/index.html
Review:  I'm always looking for sites that help teachers with lesson planning ideas and anything else for their classroom. This site is a good one . There are lesson plan ideas, graphic organizers, rubrics, classroom management suggestions, and links to other sites. This site is helpful to provide resources for teachers.

U.S. Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/index.html
Review:  This site can be helpful for parents, teachers, administrators and students in many ways.  It is so easy to search for free publications to enhance teaching or parenting skills. Administrators can benefit from research that focuses on school improvement and educational reform policies. By simply typing in the subject or topic, a list of articles becomes available to search.
The US Department of Education has information listed by State. As a result, it is easy to compare the average teacher salary by state for instance or a states average high school graduation rates. This site links to various national organizations relating to education, civil rights, disability and advocacy agencies, etc.

National Staff Development Council -  http://www.nsdc.org/
Review:  This website is focused on staff development issues and provides numerous resources. School Administrators need assistance in knowing how to assist teachers in learning how to improve instruction which improves student learning. I believe developing effective, continuous staff development activities is one of the most difficult things to do. The NSDC website provides publications, research, ideas, articles, website links, and numerous resources to assist administrators and teachers in developing meaningful staff development plans that will improve teachers and influence greatly student achievement.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd
Review:  The site provides information on all aspects of effective teaching and learning. There are links for publications, professional development, programs, and educational topics. This website is a terrific resource for teachers, school counselors, and administrators. It has multiple resources for teachers looking for curriculum sources, and assistance in any area of their classroom or professional development.

Lesson Locator Standardized Lesson Plans for Indiana Teachers - http://www.lessonlocator.org/
Review:  This website is the latest link that matches Indiana standards with actual classroom lesson plans . This website allows an educator to choose a grade level and subject matter and clink on the link. The link will connect you directly to the Indiana standards for that subject/grade, or you may go directly to an assortment of lesson plans for each standard. Each lesson plan is organized, aligned to a specific standard, and step-by-step. It would be very easy for a first year teacher to follow any of their sample lesson plans. 
Since the latest Indiana academic standards have been released, a common complaint among teachers has been that they don't want to "re-invent the wheel" to adapt to the new Indiana academic standards. This website is a handy resource that will encourage some reluctant teachers to plunge in and align their classroom curriculum.

National Geographic Society - http://nationalgeographic.com/siteindex/
Review:  This site is very informative. This site is for everyone. It is loaded with current topics that are in the news. When visiting this site, one can  click on the kids, parents, or teachers section along with many others.
The kids section has top stories. Some stories even have web sites on where to find more information and books on the topic. There is a kids resources link. Kids can go to this section to get more information on various topics.
The teachers section has a spot to look up more information on a topic. One can also narrow it down to the grade level taught. There are also printable maps.  The parents’ section gives the parents information on the site. It also has a variety of family activities to be done with current events.

Book Adventure - http://www.bookadventure.com/
Review:  This website focuses on teaching reading in elementary schools. It is fun, animated, dynamic, and colorful. It is also enticing and exciting. The website is a reading motivation program designed for students in grades K-8. It includes over 6000 book titles and accompanying quizzes . Children then earn points that are redeemable for prizes. It is divided up into three categories: 1) The Kids Zone: This has games, awards, and links. Two characters, "Bailey Bookmark" and "Rex Reader" guide children through the process. 2) Parents Place : This page has resources and enrichment tips. 3) Teachers Lounge: There are educational links, a "teacher's toolbox" and motivational ideas. It is something that could easily be incorporated into classrooms as a motivational reward and as a fun activity that encourages reading.

Web Inquiry Projects - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/

Review: If you like to use technology, this is an excellent site!  Web Inquiry Projects (WIPs) are open inquiry learning activities that leverage the use of uninterpreted online data and information.  A WIP is a lesson plan format promoting student inquiry. Central to a WIP is the use of uninterpreted data/information that can be found online -- that is, students attempt to answer inquiry-oriented questions by seeking and manipulating online resources. WIPs are designed to be viewed and used by teachers, however the Hook is often viewed by students as well. Keep in mind though, the more information given to students, the less inquiry-oriented the activity will be.

Crayola - http://www.crayola.com/

Review: This is a very good site for K-6 teachers.  It containes a wide variety of activities and ideas for teachers.  It has sub-sites for teachers, kids and parents.  It even allows you to send an Ecard.  It is updated and revised on a monthly basis to match the seasons and holidays.

Web Inquiry Projects - Examples - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/examples.htm

Review:  This a great site if you can access the internet.  It has a teacher page and a student page for a variety of very interesting projects.  It will allow the students to do guided research and it provides the websites and questions for the inquiry research.  The emphasis is Science, Math and the Humanities, which is largely Social Studies.

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