April 2000
General | Grades K-2 | Grades 6-8
General
The Forum Romanum
Explore this ThinkQuest site that focuses on the Forum from 100 BC - 100 AD. Use the clickable map to learn the history of specific buildings. Also included is information on the history and religion of Rome, a description of daily life, biographies of Emperors, politicians, writers, foreign leaders, and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11402/home_intro.html
My Hero: Celebrate the Best of Humanity
Pick a name from the hero directory and be inspired! Read a short biography about true angels, artists, explorers, freedom fighters,peacemakers, poets, lifesavers and learn more about each of their contributions
Literature Curriculum Units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
The fellows of the Institute offers 20 years of a wide variety curriculum units and guides that consists of synopses, recommendation of grade level and course appropriateness.
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/
By the Great Horn Spoon: A Gold Rush Adventure
This is an excellent companion resource for teaching "The Great Horn Spoon" by Sid Fleishmann. The text is available in English and Spanish. You can take a journey with the main character following the route on an image map,visit San Francisco, join a miner in goldcountry. Also available are great classroom activities,lesson plans on writing and links to other Gold Rush web sites.
http://library.thinkquest.org/50048/
The National Math Trail
Participate in the National Math Trail by having students look for examples of math in their communities and create one or more math problems related to what exists in the community. This project supports the following NCTM Math Standards: Standard 1_Mathematics as Problem Solving, Standard 2 - Mathematics as Communication and Standard 4 - Mathematical Connections. Project dates March - May 2000.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/nationalmathtrail/
Math Their Way Summary Newsletter
The Math Their Way Summary Newsletter is now online. This very valuable resource for K-2 teachers provides excellent hands-on, minds-on activities, centers for the opening, counting, numeral writing, measurement, pattern, number operation and place value. Other important topics are the learning environment, parent envolvement, assessment, organization information and integrating mathematics into the curriculum.
http://www.center.edu/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.html
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's literature is reviewed and rated by Carol Hurst and then organized by grade level, author, type of book or by title.
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/gradetitles.html
How Stuff Works
Marshall Brain helps us to understand how things work. The categories included are: engines, electronics, computers, food, science and technology, home improvement, travel, money, the internet , home appliances and much, much more
What's New on the TEAMS Website?
Check out the Standards and Assessment resources
at:
/documentation/places/standards.html
Reading Village has a new set of Resources for
Parents at:
/village/parent.html
Grades K-2
Math Their Way Summary Newsletter
The Math Their Way Summary Newsletter is now online. This very valuable resource for K-2 teachers provides excellent hands-on, minds-on activities, centers for the opening, counting, numeral writing, measurement, pattern, number operation and place value. Other important topics are the learning environment, parent involvement, assessment, organization information and integrating mathematics into the curriculum.
http://www.center.edu/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.html
Mathematics at the Primary School Level
Making the home school connection with Math Homework Bags by using children's literature to explore mathematical ideas for early primary students.
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~mathed/t/rc/bags/mathbag.htm
Handbook of Kindergarten-Primary Assessment Tools
The assessment tools for K-2 from the Chicago Public Schools in the content areas of Phonemic Awareness,Reading Comprehension, Writing, Mathematics and record keeping.
http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/bunnies/index.html
Mathematics Standards of Learning - Kindergarten
Standards supported by activities and resources.
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/wmstds/mathk.shtml#R4
Math Games for Young Kids
Kid's Domain offers math games for students ages 3-6 years old.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/math1.html
Bunny Readers: A Collaborative Literature
A collaborative project for Grades 1 - 2 whose activites are designed to support the standard across the country. Located on site is project information, online games, book list and rabbit links. Also included are the 27 projects from participating classrooms.
http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/bunnies/index.html
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's literature is reviewed and rated by Carol Hurst and then organized by grade level, author, type of book or by title
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/gradetitles.html
Dirtmeister's Science Lab
Scholastic's Dirtmeister offers classroom activities for primary students in the areas of physical, life and earth science.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/index.htm
What's New on the TEAMS Website?
Check out the Standards and Assessment resources
at:
/documentation/places/standards.html
Reading Village has a new set of Resources for
Parents at:
/village/parent.html
Grades 6-8
Mathematics Lessons that are Fun!
Interesting lessons in problem solving in the areas of algebra, cartography, fractal geometry, calculus and more. Lessons are student centered, that integrate technology and manipulatives to develop mathematical concepts.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
Absurd Math
An interactive mathematics problem solving games series. Players receive missions that require them to apply pre-algebra math skills to solve problems.
http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/
Egyptian Numerals
In Egypt, number and numerals have a long history. Learn some of the conventions for reading and writing numbers and try some Egyptian math problems.
http://www.saxakali.com/COLOR_ASP/historymaf5.htm
Pyramid
San Diego County Office of Education shares a cyberguide of five activities based on David MacCauley's book, Pyramid.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/pyram/pyramsg3.html
Social and Historical Aspects of Mathematics
Learn about the development of counting systems, Egyptian, Sumerian, Babylonian, and Hindu-Arabic Numerals. Also included are sample assessments and links to other history of mathematics sites.
http://scitsc.wlv.ac.uk/university/scit/modules/mm2217/hmmod.htm
The National Math Trail
Participate in the National Math Trail by having students look for examples of math in their communities and create one or more math problems related to what exists in the community. This project supports the following NCTM Math Standards: Standard 1-Mathematics as Problem Solving, Standard 2 - Mathematics as Communication and Standard 4 - Mathematical Connections. Project dates March - May 2000.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/nationalmathtrail/
Scavenger Hunt
Students gather information and practice calculating means, modes, perimeters, areas, volumes and more.
http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/
What's New on the TEAMS Website?
Check out the Standards and Assessment resources
at:
/documentation/places/standards.html
Reading Village has a new set of Resources for
Parents at:
/village/parent.html
CyberScoop Archive Page
TEAMS Support Page
Electronic Hallway