August 2001
General | Grades K-2 | Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-8
General
50 Ways Parents
Can Help Schools
Want to get the student's parents more involved? Here are some ideas!
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa1lk20.htm
Awesome Clipart for Kids
Student, teacher, and family-friendly free clipart, coloring pages, backgrounds,
banners, and wallpaper with aliens, animals, cats, creatures, dogs, education,
and more. Created and maintained by 13-year-old Tom Brown.
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
How Can I Be Involved in
My Child's Education?
Give parents some ideas at Back-to-School Night.
http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00359/n00359.html
Back to School Ideas
For parents and teachers, here are some timely activities from Houghton
Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/august/activities_school.html
Back to School Resources
The Teachers' Corner presents some helpful links to start off the school
year.
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/backtoschool/index.htm#TeacherResources
Be World Wise
Journey on a tall ship around the world for a 19-month journey that began
in Nova Scotia in November of 2000. Check out the news articles: the "Captain's
Sea Letters", read the educator's "What's Happening?",
or learn about tall ships in the "Tall Ship NewsWire".
http://www.beworldwise.org/
Building Big
PBS sponsors this program with a look at large structures including bridges,
skyscrapers, domes, dams, and tunnels.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Calendar for September
Need some ideas for historical events for the coming month? AOK Teacher
Stuff has a great list of September events to use as a resource.
http://www.a0kteacherstuff.com/september.htm
Certificate Creator
Create your own certificates using provided templates for free!
http://www.CertificateCreator.com/
Digital Classroom
The National Archives and Records Administration sponsors this site which
contains primary source records, publications, and activities for students
and teachers.
http://merrimack.nara.gov/education/
Firewise
Learn about wildfires and how to assess the dangers in your neighborhood.
http://www.firewise.org/
History Wired
Take a look at some of the millions of artifacts dealing with United States
History held in the Smithsonian Institution's storage facilities.
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
Icebreakers 2001 Fifteen
Getting-to-Know-You Activities
Thanks to Education World contributors, here are getting-to-know-you
activities for the first days of school.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson242.shtml
Imagination Station Masters
Gallery
KidsArt provides links to great works by the masters along with background
info.
http://www.kidsart.com/IS/
The Key to U.S.
The Key to Internet Resources for Social Studies.
http://www.educonnect.com/KeyUS/
Kidsart
The Top Ten Online Museums for Kids
http://www.kidsart.com/topten.html
The National Music Education
Standards
The American Music Conference presents the details of the national music
standards from Pre-K through 12th grade.
http://www.amc-music.com/os/nmes.html
Oprah's Recommended Reading
List for Kids
Here are lists of favorite literature selections, old and new, with brief
summaries.
http://www.oprah.com/obc/kids/obc_kids_20000803.html
Parent Involvement in Education
This article points to some recent research concerning the benefits of
parent involvement in the schools.
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/3/cu6.html
The Quilt Square Project
This 2001-2002 school year project introduces students to the other 50
states in the United States. Students create electronic postcards, brochures,
and quilt squares about their state to share with other classrooms throughout
the remaining states.
http://www.angelfire.com/va2/bjenglish/Quilt/quiltfacts.html
Russophilia
The Australian web portal to the Russian Internet. Learn the Russian language,
find links to Russian dictionaries, translation helps, etc.
http://www.russophilia.com.au/portal/language.html
The School Quarterly.com
Here are some of the most recent articles found in Good Teacher magazine
published by Metacog Ltd in New Zealand. Check out the literacy archives
for the latest literacy learning information.
http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com/
The Teacher and Student
Guide to Netiquette
Learn the do's and don't's for proper communication online.
http://www.spschools.org/rhem/netiquette/index.html
Teacher Vision Lesson Planning
Center
Find lesson plans and resources to make your teaching life simpler.
http://www.teachervision.com/tv/
Type Me
A typing game from Funschool.com that works for all ages and all
skill levels.
http://www.funschool.com/current/games/arcade/typememenu,b,72,21
U.S. Mint's Teacher's Site
All you ever wanted to know about money and more with lesson plans, activities,
theme-centered projects, and a library of resources just for you.
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?Filecontents=/kids/teachers/index.cfm
When Chronic Illness Goes
to School
Students have written first-hand accounts describing what it is like to
have a chronic illness. Find out what students face and how educators
can help them cope at this site.
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/sitemap.html
Wordplay
Anagrams, palindromes, spoonerisms, oxymora, tongue twisters, and more.
Help your students have fun with words while they learn the etymology
behind the vocabulary.
http://fun-with-words.com/
World Population Projection
The US Census bureau projects the current up-to-the-minute population
for the world with links to the population of the United States.
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw
Grades K-2
Alphy's Alphy-bet
Click on a letter and see a cute picture starting with that letter.
http://learningedge.sympatico.ca/sprouts/fl/alphybet/flalphybet.html
D'Nealian manuscript and
cursive alphabet.
http://www.hillandale.org/dnealiansampler.htm
D'Nealian manuscript alphabet
with room to practice.
http://abcteach.com/DNealian/dnprintChart.htm
EduPuppy
Everything for the Preschool- grade 2 educator.
http://www.edupuppy.com/
Kindergarten Web Pages
The Worcester Public School District presents these resources especially
for Kindergarten teachers and students.
http://www.wpsweb.com/gr11/
Lined paper for D'Nealian
handwriting practice.
http://abcteach.com/DNealian/practice.htm
Ms. Lee's Kindergarten Experiments
with Science
Six simple experiments are available for young students with photographs
demonstrating different stages of the experiments.
http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/staff/SLee/science/
Print and Learn
Math and number worksheets for primary students.
http://www.brobstsystems.com/kids/
Writing Practice Worksheets
Lined paper for handwriting practice.
http://members.aol.com/signwrite2/kids/practice.gif
Grades 3-5
Destination ImagiNation
Students explore and discover creative potential through teamwork, cooperation,
and mutual respect through these challenge opportunities.
http://www.destinationimagination.org/index.html
How Stuff Works
Have you ever wondered how things work? How does quicksand work? How do
boomerangs work? How do the jaws of life work? This improved site has
lots to offer.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Odyssey of the Mind Official
Site
Join in this year's projects and competitions. Get enrichment resources.
http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/
SuperKids Math Sheet Generator
Let students practice their skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division, as well as work with rounding, greater than/ less than,
and fractions
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/index.shtml
Writer's Window
A writing guide for children and teenagers. Learn to write a story, poem
or join a continuous story.
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html
Visual Fractions
Help students see what happens when you add, subtract, multiply, or divide
fractions. Excellent tutorial to use when teaching or reviewing equivalent
fractions, fraction size proportions, creating like fractions by changing
the LCM, and more.
http://www.visualfractions.com/
Grades 6-8
Beginning of the Year Teacher
Strategies
Tips and strategies for secondary teachers with activities, classroom
management ideas, and more.
http://7-12educators.about.com/bldos.htm
Building a School Web Site
Join Wanda Wigglebits to learn how to create a school or classroom web
site. Also available is a book to explain more clearly.
http://www.wigglebits.com/
Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Science
Search information on astronomy, chemistry and physics in this middle
and high school resource.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/
FOIL Method Worksheet Generator
Create a math worksheet in minutes using this template.
http://school.discovery.com/cgi-bin/wcfoil.cgi?T=FOIL
Handy Helpers for Teachers
Ready-to-use resources and timesavers including seating charts, and assignments.
http://7-12educators.about.com/blhelpers.htm
MathCounts
Coaching and competition program for middle school students.
http://206.152.229.6/
Parent Involvement at the Middle School Level
http://www.middleweb.com/ParntInvl.html
Rulers.org.
Historical resource site to find the Rulers (Heads of State or Government)
of countries and states going back, in most cases, to the year 1700.
http://rulers.org/
Secondary Educators Back to School Special
A great resource of links for teachers of students in grades 7-12 to help
you start the school year in a memorable way.
http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa081201a.htm
Take a Challenge
Try some challenging math problems for middle and high school students.
http://www.figurethis.org/index40.htm
CyberScoop Archive Page
TEAMS Support Page
Electronic Hallway