The list of website links below was a collaborated effort of the members of A to Z Teacher Forum. However, none of this would be as well organized as it is without the dedication of one of those members, ZoomZoomZOOM. She single-handily took the time to reorganize all the of links teachers recommended and consistently continues to do so.
Updated 7/8/08
Classroom Management Links
Mrs. Luigs' Site
Lesson Plan Links
Learning Page - Lesson Plans
Reading Literacy
Literacy Connections - Awesome "how-to" site for teaching literacy. Example: "What are sight words?"
The Teacher's Desk - Great reading/literacy resources for grades 5 and 6
WritingFix - Lots of writing prompts - neat site - scroll down to see all the fun stuff.
ReadWriteThink - Lesson Plans and resources for reading and literacy
The Reading Lady - Reading lesson plans and lots of resources and ideas.
Mosaic Listserve Tools -free, wonderful resources for literacy education!
Interactive Educational Websites for Students
Free Kibble - Visit this site daily and answer a trivia question regarding dogs and cats. Whether you get it right or wrong, you're helping feed hungry animals. And learning fun facts at the same time!!
Visuwords - Awesome interactive word-web creator - type in any word!
COOL!
FunBrain - Interactive Learning games for the kiddos
BrainPOP - Interactive movies, quizes, and games for kiddos (Free 5-day
trial)
National Geographic Kids
TIME for kids
Carl's Corner - Reading GALORE
Raz-Kids - This website reads stories to students based on reading level
- Awesome! (membership required)
Starfall.com - Great K-2 Reading site
Storyline Online - Great books read by actors (Free)
Mr. Lettiere's English on the Web - Love the study guides and handouts.
He also has great links.
Custom Worksheet Generators
EasyTestMaker - Generate your own customized tests! Neat-o.
Traceable handwriting worksheet generator
Crossword Puzzle Generator
Puzzle Maker - From the Discovery Channel
Rubric Generator (and Lesson Plans)
RubiStar - Rubric Generator
Chart Dog - for teachers--it's an online charting program to document just about anything and it creates the graph
SuperKids - Math worksheet generator.
Dolch Sight Words - Free list based on grade level - Pre-K through 3rd
General They Have It All Websites
Education World - A little of everything.
EdHelper.com - These guys have it ALL. (Membership requried but it's cheap.)
SparkleBox - TONS of printable stuff for the classroom and it's all FREE. Awesome site.
Links for K-12 - hodge podge of goodies
Real Classroom Ideas - This has so many useful ideas for the classroom.
TeachersFirst - Lots of units and resources - awesome site!
Teaching Resources- She has everything for multiple subjects.
TeachingTips.com- 100+ Resources for teaching without textbooks.
Busy Teacher Cafe - Lots of resources.
The Virtual Vine - Lots of good stuff!
Teaching Heart - K-3 Resources
Arts & Crafts
Math
Figure This! - Fun math brain teasers.
Introducation to Algebra - Great site for pre-algebra and algebra
Math Fact Cafe - Lots of math printables. Cool site.
Hands-on Math - Hands on math activities for elementary
Pattern Possibilities - All kinds of math patterns
Teacher Resources Galore- Fractions, time, money, place value, etc.
File Folder Games - Math games for elementary
Mathwire.com - Standards-based Math Activities Math Live 5 - Games that teach different lessons Math 6 Spy Guys - more games for older students
Science
Steve Spangler Science
Augmentative/Alternative Communication - Really cool speech path site with tons of speech-related activities.
speakingofspeech.com - lots of materials for special ed created by teachers.
asteachersites - Tons of really cool Autism-related goodies!
Special Education Sites - Really cool resources and social stories.
Mouse Trial - Interactive online learning games geared toward kiddos with Autism - some free trials but membership fee is low.
Intellitools - Free membership
Adaptations in PreSchool Special Education
IEP Goal Bank - Awesome tool for special educators.
PAT Bank
Make-it-yourself Work Tasks - Another awesome site for special educators and possibly gen edders too.
http://www.positivelyautism.com/ - Great Autism resource site from our very own Nicole. Thanks Nicole!
Tinsnips - printables and ideas for kids with autism, but can be used in any elementary class
http://www.disciplinehelp.com/ - Discipline help.
KidsHealth.org - An all-around resource (includes some printables) about everything health and human body related.
Xpeditions - educator resources ala National Geographic
Atlas - Free printable maps - world
NationalAtlas - Free printable maps - United States
Owl & Mouse- Early reading, a castle to build, map puzzles and maps to print
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - US History, Business/Careers - cool site!
Famous People - Biography mini-lessons to edit
Congress for Kids - Tour the federal government.
White House Kids - Presidents coloring pages
The Constitution for Kids - Everything Constitution. All grade levels.
Conjuguemos- The fast, fun way to practice Spanish verb conjugation
Bighugelabs.com -Do fun stuff with your fotos
http://www.herencia.com/cgi-bin/links.cgi - Latino Links
Reader's Digest Mexico
National Geographic in Spanish
Mes-English- Meant for ESL, but great also for special ed, vocabulary, etc. Plenty of printables, very visual.
More free graphic organizers from EdHelper.com
Preshcool Printables - file folder games that work for the younger kids--free printables
Enchanted Learning - Lots of great printables. Cheap membership.
Free Downloads of games to learn sight words, letter sounds, math facts
5th Grade Centers - Lots of centers for 5th grade.
Classroom Architect - Create and print your classroom floor plan. Awesome site.
Classroom Power - Power Teaching
Introduction to Power Teaching
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