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=[|Space Power Point]= =[|Morning Meeting Resource from Sioux Falls]= =[|Live Binder]= =Wikispaces Tutorial= =[|Type with Me Sample]=

[|Runde's Room--Grade 5/6 Teacher]

[|Geography Mini Books]

[|Ladybug Teacher Files] This site is designed for grades 4 & 5 ELL, it has a wealth of wonderful ideas for reading and writing workshop.

[|General Reading/Writing Resources] Thanksgiving Resources Native American Heritage Month Resources from ReadWorks.org

[|Writing Fix] =[|Origins Activities Page]= From Responsive Classroom, here are some great activities for the Morning Meeting =21st Century Skills= What is meant by the term 21st Century Skills? The following Word document gives a brief definition of what students will need to be able to do for success in this rapidly changing world of ours. ' [|STARBASE WEBSITE]

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=[|Google Lit Trips]= Check out this fun way to explore literature by linking maps to period footage, music, and much more!

=[|How to Create Google Lit Trips]=

=[|Google Historical Voyages and Events]=

[|Cyber Smart Lessons for Kids] =Formative Assessment=

SLO Resources Assessment Projects

Next Generation Science Standards

Performance Task Specifications by SBAC

NAEP Questions Tool

Developing Performance Tasks

media type="custom" key="5988227" The formative assessment widget above was created using a cool program called Wordle! Check it out in the link below.

=[|Wordle]= Wordle allows you to place text in and it will create posters of words, showcasing which are the most important.

=[|Prezi]= The new presentation tool available on the web.

=[|Prezi How To]= Here is a creative Prezi presentation sharing tips on how to use it!

=[|Bubbl]= This tool creates graphic organizers similar to Kidspiration. =[|Glogster]= This site allows you to create interactive posters that can be shared with others. =[|Noodle Tools]=

This site is great for keeping track of resources when doing research. It makes bibilographies a snap! =[|DDN Curriculum]=

=[|MTA Book Study]= Ning PLC

=Technology Standards to Edit for DOE= Add Examples on this wiki page.

=[|Whole Brain Teaching]=

[|Kevin Honeycutt]

=[|Stop Bullying Now]= This is from the US Department of Health and Human Services. It contains games, flash movies, and information about bullying and how to prevent it. This is a great resource for kids, parents, and teachers! =[|Internet4Classrooms-Grade 5]= This site contains a wealth of skill building practice activities in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. It also contains an assessment component so children can be exposed to some practice tests! =[|Teaching That Makes Sense]= This site from Steve Pacha contains a wealth of information in the Language Arts area. He has entire books available online with tips for reading, writing, assessing, etc. It is an excellent site to note! =[|All's Well That Spells Well]= This is a PDF file that has some tips for teaching spelling. (From the TTMS site listed above)

=[|Rubistar Rubric Maker]= This is a great site for teachers who want to create rubrics for project based lessons, but do not want to reinvent the wheel. It's a great time saver and you can save rubrics for the future as well.

=[|Thinkfinity]= Free lesson plans and teacher resources! This free website is set up through Verizon. You can even search by STATE STANDARDS! Check it out!

=Project Based Learning= This is a wiki that has listed sites recommended in the book, //Reinventing Project Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real World Projects in the Digital Age// by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss. Check out this invaluable resource!

[|Aluminum Can Math Activity Lesson Plan]
[|NCTM Illuminations]

This is a K-12 website that includes activities and lessons plans that are correlated with the NCTM Mathematics standards. It has lots of interactive games!

Squooltube contains instructional videos geared for K-12 classrooms.
 * [|Sqooltube]**

Kathy Schrock is an educator extraordinaire who shares an array of resources in all content areas on this site.
 * [|Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators]**

[|Lee's Summit School District Technology Integration Site]

This site has links to Power Point presentations as well as online activities and games for various content areas.
 * [|Pete's Power Point Station]**

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Mr. Nussbaum.com - great site with links to all content areas

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[|Education World]
This site contains a wealth of information for teachers! = = =**WORDS THEIR WAY**= [|WTW Games to Download]

[|Bonkers Cards Free Download for WTW]

[|Smack Down Game--Free]

[|WTW Free Circle Game Board]

[|WTW Tic Tac Toe Board]

[|Great Downloads for WTW and Others]

[|Great Handouts (ELL)]

[|Words Their Way Sorting Activities from Literacy Connections]

[|Lists from 5th Grade]

[|Smithsonian Institute]
=[|Lincoln's Faces of War]=

Smithsonian In Your Classroom studies Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War.
[|Founding Fragments] Onco Mouse--genetically engineered to get cancer.

[|Start Small Teaching Guide from Teaching Tolerance]

[|The National Archives]
=[|American Civil War Home Page]=

[|The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War]
This site details life in two communities: one in the north, and one in the south. It contains a vast array of information, from historical photographs, maps, journals, letters, newspaper articles, census information, etc.

[|American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology]
Here one can find true accounts from actual slaves.

=[|Historical Scene Investigaton (HSI)]= Here students can investigate history in an innovative fashion! =[|Our Dynamic Earth: NASA Observes Our Ever Changing Planet]= This 18 minute video clip from NASA explains our earth in detail!

=[|Cycles of Earth Teaching Module]= If you ever wanted more background information on earth science topics, here is a link to peruse.

=[|SPACE SCIENCE INFORMATION]= UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory hosts this site which contains standards based space science activities and curriculum for a variety of grade levels.

=[|Jonathan Bird's Blue World]= Bring the ocean to yoru classroom with this educational public television series! This site contains study guides and links to ten minute video clips!

=[|NSF Special Report]= The National Science Foundation has a series of informative video clips.

=[|Teaching Strategy On Target Booklets from TIE]= This is a great link where you can find a wealth of resources! Areas covered include reading strategies, test taking, writing across the curriculum and differentiation.

=[|Poetry Page from Laura Candler]=

=[|Laura Robb Reading Blog]= This is a blog via Scholastic with tips for reading instruction.

=[|Teaching the Process of Science]= This informative site gives a wealth of reasons, examples and much more on ways to teach the scientific process.

=[|Apples for the Teacher]=

=[|Ed Sitement]=

=[|Research Paper Reference: Chicago Manual of Style]=

=[|Daruma Goal Setting Game]=

=[|Daruma Art]=

SCIENCE [|Biomes Resources for Teachers] =COMMON CORE RESOURCES=

[|North Carolina Unpacked Common Core Standards]

[|Ohio State Mathematics Common Core Resources]

[|Bacteria Museum Site (for 6 Kingdoms)]

=TEACHER WEBSITES= [|Reading Comprehension Test for Nonfiction Text]

[|Ted Talk by Cameron Russell, Super Model: Body Image]

[|Reading Response Journal Ideas from Busy Teacher Cafe] =[|Download Cafe]= This site from teachers hosts a wealth of handouts and information teachers of grades 4-5 may be interested in perusing!

[|All About Me Robot from Scholastic]

[|Literacy Assessment Data]

[|Write to Learn Teachers]

[|Writing Prompts As Assessment]

[|DACS]

[|MERIT Program (Check in November)]

[|Pets in the Classroom Grant]

[|Marshmallow Challenge]

[|Cosmology for Non-Science Majors]

[|AAPT Winter Meeting Conference Booklet Online]

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