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Resources: Elementary NEW!
*This page was designed with Pre-K and Elementary
teachers in mind. Please also check our other resource pages for
more information pertaining to subject area.
K-8
Kids Place
Developed by Houghton Mifflin, this site contains a number of
helpful online educational, interactive materials for students
from kindergarten to 8th grade. The Web site is divided into three
main sections: School Books, Games, and Brain Power. In School
Books, students have the ability to pick from a number of activities
ranging from spelling quizzes, mathematic skills reviews, and
reading activities for grades 1 through 6. Several of the activity
areas here are also available in Spanish. The Brain Power section
contains a number of activities designed to challenge and hone
the analytic and problem-solving abilities of young people. The
questions are geared for students in grades 3 through 8, and an
archive containing the previous three week's questions is available
for perusal. The Games section features four different activities,
including Fake Out! -- where students guess the definition of
a word and also have the ability to submit their own fake definitions.
Additionally, Houghton Mifflin has placed a statement online regarding
its commitment to protecting the privacy of children using the
site.
Science
and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
The SMILE program is designed to enhance the elementary and high
school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of
the phenomenological approach. Between 1986 and 1997 each summer
session participant was asked to create and publish a single concept
lesson plan. These lesson plans include the materials needed,
a suggested strategy and expected outcomes. There are currently
almost 900 of these lesson plans available (see subject indices
below). In addition, starting in 1997 the participants in the
academic year program have been asked to present a brief single
concept lesson or idea.
RUBISTAR
While many teachers want to use rubrics or are experimenting with
writing rubrics, they can be quite time-consuming to develop.
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics
but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. RubiStar
provides generic rubrics that can simply be printed and used for
many typical projects and research assignments. The unique thing
about RubiStar, however, is that it provides these generic rubrics
in a format that can be customized. The teacher can change almost
all suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their own project.
BigChalk.com
Our teacher resources include easy-to-use tools for preparing
lessons, comprehensive sources for professional research and online
courses for professional development-all developed to help teacher
motivate and inspire students.
Scholastic.com
This site offers ready-to-go lessons, tools and time savers, activities,
thematic units and more for grades PreK-8. It also includes fun
online activities for students like create your own weather. The
site offers many resources that teachers and students can use
everyday.
About.com
This website has an enormous collection of materials relating
to k-12 teaching, including lesson plans, links and tips for all
disciplines and age levels. It is a very useful site for new teachers,
seasoned teachers, and even home school. Get tips on how to prepare
for your first day and classroom management strategies, find fun
games for students, and discover even more of those web sites
that make your job just a little bit easier! It is a bottomless
pit of information.
Enchanted
Circle Theater Institute
413-534-3789
Operation
Respect
A non-profit organization working to transform schools, camps
and organizations focused on children and youth, into more compassionate,
safe and respectful environments. Operation Respect developed
the Don't Laugh at Me (DLAM) programs, one for grades 2-5,
another for grades 6-8 and a third for summer camps and after-school
programs. All of the programs utilize inspiring music and video
along with curriculum guides based on the well-tested, highly
regarded conflict resolution curricula developed by the Resolving
Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) of Educators for Social Responsibility
(ESR). The DLAM programs are free of charge. Click
here to order a complimentary copy of the school and camp
curriculum materials.
