Check out my CREATIVITY website for more links!! 

Great Sites for Teachers Interested in On-Line Applications 

ClassBuilder
ClassBuilder is a complete FREE teacher office suite featuring exam creation, grading, gradebook, reports, lesson plans, assignments, calendar, randomized exams to prevent in-class cheating, team grades as well as individual grades, attendance, and lots more. 

EdHelper.com
Lesson Plans - Teacher's Lesson Plans - Primary Teacher Resources - Math Lesson Plans - Writing Lesson Plans - Reading Lesson Plans - Science Lesson Plans - Technology Lesson Plans - Social Studies Lesson Plans - ...

http://www.nationjob.com/
http://www.education-world.com/jobs/t_elem_ed.shtml
http://www.nenet.com/elemenSF.htm
http://pages.prodigy.com/luca52a/post.htm
http://www.teacherjobs.com/index.htm
http://www.tsba.state.tn.us/services/jobline.html
http://www.nsba.org/jobs/

http://www.isnn.org
    NEW INTERNET NEWS NETWORK
    Introducing the Internet Student News (Publishing) Network. The theory behind ISNN is a transformative pedagogy which allows students to write about real things in the real world for real people.  Cummins and Sayers, "Transformative pedagogy uses collaborative critical inquiry to relate curriculum content to students' individual and collective experiences and to analyze broader social  issues relevant to their lives."

http://www.write4kids.com/links.html
    Whether you're published, a beginner, or just someone who's always dreamt of writing for kids, you've come to the right place.  Here you'll find lots of information, exclusive Special Reports, messaging and live chat, the latest children's bestsellers, links to other important sites and much more.

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/
    Poetry Pals The K-12 Student Poetry Publishing Project
 
http://www.kidzpage.com/
    KIDZPAGE is an educational site for children and their parents. Our aim is to use the internet to reach young people and their parents throughout the world and share useful educational information and creative endeavors that enrich children's lives. Our website is divided into three sections. The KIDZPAGE LIBRARY provides a source of good books for children chosen by our editors who are academic, university associated professionals. KIDZPAGE AFTER SCHOOL is a directory of summer and after school educational programs. KIDZ WORK PUBLISHING is a place for KIDZ to publish and share their creative literary, graphic art work and school projects on the internet. A new section called SCIENCE NEWS has been added recently to provide interesting and useful science information for family nature and school science projects.

http://imago.com.au/funhouse/
    Fun House - read some great books or view the kids' art collection.

http://www-users.itlabs.umn.edu/~just0020/amy/amy.html
    Hello! Welcome to ImagiNATION! In case you're wondering (and we know you are), this page was designed to spark your creativity. We hope you have fun creating your stories. We are excited to see ImagiNATION develop with the help of your input and unique ideas.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/cocoz/index.html
    On-Line Writer's Club - a place to post your original poems and stories.

http://www.kids-learn.org/pumpkins/
     Pumpkin Patch - collaborative Internet project for lower primary students which showcases their poetry and graphics.

http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~lambert/yeah2.htm
    YEAH - Young Eloquent Authors' Haven - enjoy these stories and poems written by kids.
 

These are helpful links to sites that provide poems, songs, and ideas for teaching phonics.

http://judyanddavid.com/

http://www.nesbitt.com/poetry/poems.html
      (follow the "links" button)

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/learning.html

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/1019/SHELDONE.htm
 

http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/library/llearning/fre1116/fre235/may456/fre781.htm

http://www.vocabularycartoons.com/Ajar.htm

http://www.vocabulary.com/

http://www.syndicate.com/power.html

http://www.mtnds.com/af/ - look up over 61,000 acronyms

http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html - Homonym list

http://www.dailyfix.com/cgi-bin/comm/thedailyfix/vocab_game.cgi
         vocabulary flash cards

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm - unbelievable site!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.primenet.com/~hodges/susplace.html - fabulous!!!!!!!!!

http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html - A word a Day

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/anagrams/ - anagrams

http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Internet_Games/Web_Games/Word_Games/
 

WEB SITES FOR READING:

http://www.bnkst.edu/americareads/emerg.html - Sample lesson plans for emergent readers.

http://www.bnkst.edu/americareads/sample.html - Sample tutoring sessions.

http://www.bnkst.edu/americareads/fishing.html - Games to play for word recognition.
 
http://www.cns.gov/areads/resource.htm - America Reads Challenge resources - need some
 free stuff, advice, resources?  Check this out.
 
http://literacy.kent.edu/LVA/ - Literacy Volunteers of America website.
 
http://www.peer.ca/mentor.html - Mentoring website - check out some on the links on this page.
 
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~hixson/index/read.html#puzzles - YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS !!!
 SOOOOO many ideas and suggested reading activities - many with other links.
 
http://www.parentsplace.com/readroom/childnew/index.html - Children's Literature homepage -
 a newsletter for adults regarding children's literature.
 
http://www.thekids.com/kids/stories/ - Great site for stories to use with children.  You
 can print out entire stories.  GREAT!!!!!!!!!
 
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html - One of my favorite sites on the web.
 Many stories, poems, resources.
 
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rstory.html - Related to the site above - lists other
 links.
 
http://www.pe.net/~funsmith/wwwfun.html#Fun - A page with some fun and unusual stuff.
 
http://www.pe.net/~funsmith/wwwfun.html - Another page from the above site.
 
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/menucata.html - ERIC online resources.  Many
 topics, many links.
 
http://www.janbrett.com/ - Great site maintained by Jan Brett (children's author).
 So many interactive ideas, coloring sheets, masks, etc.
 
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reading/index.html - Great resource for helping parents know
 what to do to help their child learn to read and play with language.

http://www.nesbitt.com/poetry/books/index.html - poems

http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html - Many stories, colorfully illustrated.  Great
 to print out.  Lots of variety.  Appeal to young readers.

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/links.html - Stories in full length.
 
http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/elem.html 

http://www.ala.org/  - American Library Association

http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~orono/adams.html

http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html - This is a wonderful site that relates to all aspects of children's literature.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html - One of the best children's literature sites on the Internet.

http://www.CandlelightStories.com/kids.asp - These are full-length stories that you can print out and use in the classroom.
Some of them are interactive - you can add your own part of the story and have it added to the story that is there.

http://www.eduplace.com/index.html

http://www.familyeducation.com/home

http://www.globalearn.org/

http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/
 
http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/read/

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/childlit.html  - One of the best sites on the Internet.
 
http://www.worldreading.org/ - great site
 
http://www.yahooligans.com/ - web site for kids to find areas of interest
 

http://stone.web.brevard.k12.fl.us/html/comprubric.html - Automating Authentic Assessment
                                                                                              With Rubrics
 
 http://watson2.cs.binghamton.edu/~loland/port.html - What is Portfolio Assessment?

http://watson2.cs.binghamton.edu/~loland/portfolio5.html - Alternatives to Standardized Educational Assessment - ERIC

http://watson2.cs.binghamton.edu/~loland/portfolio4.html - ED351150  92  The Portfolio and Its Use: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of Young Children. ERIC Digest.
Author: Grace, Cathy  ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, Ill.

http://watson2.cs.binghamton.edu/~loland/whatis1.html - What Is Portfolio Assessment?
We have compiled a collection of articles that relate to discussing different aspects of portfolio assessment. They are organized with a link to the specific article followed by a brief overview of its main points. Also, at the end of each article are a number of sources for additional information.

http://www.gwu.edu/~eaceast/reslist/alter.html - EAC East Resource List
   Using Alternative Assessment with English Language Learners Compiled by Kristin Carl and Maggie Rosen

http://www.nald.ca/clr/study/port2.htm - Typical Questions (Portfolio/authnetic assessment)

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as500.htm - Critical Issue: Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways That Support Learning

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as7goals.htm - Match Assessments to Instructional Content and Student Performance Goals

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/stw_esys/4assess.htm - What Does Research Say About Assessment?  R.J. Dietel, J.L. Herman, and R.A. Knuth
 
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/HelpingStudents/ - Government Publication on Homework

http://mel.lib.mi.us/education/edu-assess.html  - Alternative Assessment (large list of internet sites for portfolios and assessment strategies
 

INTERNET RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS:

These sites include suggestions, examples, models, resources, and guidelines relating to professional or student teaching portfolios.  Not all sites include information that is specific to your assignment.  These sites are included to give you a chance to do some independent learning relating to developing a professional portfolio and to provide you with some ideas and guidance while you are planning your portfolio.  Questions specific to your assignment can be directed to Pam Petty at 931-372-6265 or by email at pam@pampetty.com .

        http://www.dnaco.net/~rculpepp/folio/

        http://www.business1.com/IRI_SKY/DesignPP/dppfci.htm

        http://www.uwrf.edu/httpdocs/ccs/portfoli.htm

        http://www.uni.edu/coe/portfolio/professional.html

        http://www.bsu.edu/careers/foliojsb.html

          http://www.angelfire.com/sc/toshcorley/index.html
 
          http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7250/

        http://www.valpo.edu/home/student/scatlin/myphilosophy.html

        http://www.cudenver.edu/public/education/phd/prtfolio.html

        http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/portfolios/index.html

        http://www.cwu.edu/~careerdv/edjob.html
 
         http://www.edu.uleth.ca/fe/ppd/contents.html
                This site offers an abundance of information with step-by-step instructions in
                developing an educator's professional portfolio.  The entire guide can be               
                    purchased for about $5.35.  Good idea.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html - The Children's Literature Web Guide

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/childlit.html - Kay Vandergrift's Children's Literature Homepage

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites1.html  - Multicultural Pavilion

http://members.aol.com/mcsing29/index.htm - Children's Multicultural Literature Resource

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/ - Hootie Owl's Stories to Grow By:  Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

http://www.childrenslit.com/ - Children's Literature Site

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/bookssen.html - Kay Vandergrift's Sensitive Issues Page

http://www.4children.org/news/9-97mlit.htm - Beyond Good Intentions:  Selecting Good Multicultural Literature

http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/joe.html - Multicultural Book Reviews

http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/~borek/assign2/INDEX.HTM#Literature - A Webliography of Multicultural Resources
 

http://members.aol.com/mcsing29/bookcrit.htm
 

http://www.4children.org/news/9-97mlit.htm
 

http://www.foothill.net/!moorek/structure.html
        Structure Before Instruction

http://www.members.aol.com/churchward/hls/backfire.html
        The Honor Level System:  Discipline by Design

http://www.members.aol.com/churchward/hls/techniques.html
        Techniques for Better Classroom Management

http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/
        Classroom Management Profile - highly recommended site

http://www.mcrel.org/products/noteworthy/franm.html
        The Metamorphosis of Classroom Management

http://www.light-communications.com/author/richman/sample.htm
        Discipline with Dignity - Just Let Me Survive Today - Chapter 4
 
 
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