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Language Arts

  • 6 Trait Writing- Site with the components of 6 Trait writing. Contains rubrics for each component along with lesson plans and student samples.

  • 6 Trait Writing Resources-Site with all components of 6 Trait Writing.  Includes lesson plans broken down by grade level rubrics and student samples.  Also includes listing of literature demonstrating 6-Trait Writing.

  • Academy Curricular Exchange-45 lesson plans for K-5 addressing conventions of writing.  Listed by grade level.

  • Ideas For Teaching Writing- Very thorough site on ideas for teaching writing by supporting 6-Traits writing

  • Writing Den Interactive student site created to increase vocabulary, and organize thinking for writing. Students complete modules with on-line quizzes and get immediate feedback.

 

Reading

  • Reading Lady.com--site dedicated to teaching with the 4-Blocks.  Includes lists of new books, updated strategies and links to other similar sites.

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    • Cyber-Guides- this site includes supplementary, units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Good source for differentiation in reading.  Divided into K-2 and 3-5 sections.

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    • Doucette Index- This index provides links to useful teaching suggestions when using trade books in the classroom. 

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    • Literacynet.org- This learning resources site uses CNN news articles to address reading comprehension for upper elementary

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    Math

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    • Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation-This site uses interactive stories and original thinking games to get kids to solve mysteries, learn problem solving skills and to find solutions to problems involving math, reading and science

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    • Word Problems For Kids-This Web Site contains word problems for students and teachers to improve problem solving skills. Printable versions of problems available.

    • TEKS Tool Kit-Includes math clarifying activities by specific TEK and grade level (K-8)

    • Create-A-Graph-This site will create any kind of graph to represent data generated by students

     

    Science/Social Studies

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    • First Headlines- Site with current event headlines for national and international events.

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    • America's Story-Brief tidbits covering important events in American history.  Includes links to other more topic specific sites.

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    • Don't Buy It- Students use this PBS site to analyze pop-culture and media propaganda in the news and commercials.

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    • Explore DC.com-explores our nation's capital and includes information on presidents, government and the Supreme Court. Includes lesson plans

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    • Xpeditions-contains more than a hundred original lesson plans for grades K-12, an outline map atlas with more than 1,800 free maps designed for printing a 3-D virtual museum of geography

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    • Science with OAR-From the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) provides research and investigations.

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    Cross Curricular Links

    • Power of 2.org- a "virtual file cabinet" of teacher lesson plans for K-12 teachers on every subject, includes on-line resources, questions and printable forms.

    • Graphic Organizers.com- several free downloads of graphic organizers for reading and writing.

    • Teacher Activity Bank- site with printable graphic organizers, journaling organizers, and rubrics.

    • Teachanology- this site allows teachers to create their own graphic organizers by filling in fields. The site will generate the organizers to the teacher's specifications.

    • Performance Based Assessment Resources-links to rubrics and samples of product based assessments

    • Webccat-Region X's database of TAKS formatted questions for math, science and reading.  

     

    Research Models

       I-Search

       Big 6

    • Big 6.com Site based on all of the components of a Big 6 research project.  Includes samples and rubrics.

    • Big 6 For Kids-  Developmentally appropriate versions of the Big 6 research model.  Includes "Super 3" for primary students.

    • Big 6 Skills- Breaks down the Big 6 skills and includes samples of each.

    • Big 6 For Parents- Site for parents on helping at home with a Big 6 Research project.

    • Big 6 Project pages-  Sample Big 6 research projects.