Teachers.net, 4 Blocks Literacy
http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/goodies.html
Good site for teachers using the 4blocks reading and writing program.
It allows you to choose how you want to download a file. One of my favorites
is “Is This the Right Book for you?” It helps students choose
appropriate books to read at their own level.
Mrs. Perkins – First Grade
http://www.mrsperkins.com/testing.htm
This is a site for early elementary teachers. There are loads of templates
for handwriting, flashcards, 100’s charts, etc. There are also
some skills assessment templates.
Teacher Tools
http://teachertools.org/index.html
Here is a site that has activities for a range of grades. I liked the “Parts
of Speech Bingo” template. There are some ideas for behavior management
as well as math crosswords for older grades.
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/clip/ani-cat.html
I like this discovery clipart site because it is well laid out making it
easy to find what you need. There is a great step by step explanation
of how to add clip art to your documents. There is a whole section on animated
clipart as well.
Discovery Channel
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
This site has a wide variety of clip art for teachers. Many of them
are free and they also offer an opportunity to purchase some software. I’ve
found the animated clip section very interesting.
The Teacher Files.com
http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
This site includes a wider variety of educational clip art for teachers. While
exploring, I have found a nice set of holiday and math clip art images.
Vicki Blackwell.com
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html#houseof
Contains many PowerPoint templates to use. Many
can be found for various academic areas.
Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech101.shtml
This site has many templates to use for Microsoft Word. Many of the
templates are for teacher forms.
NEA
http://www.nea.org/lessons/tt030602.html
This is the hope of the NEA. Various templates are here for classroom
management.
Mosaic Teaching Tools
http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm#1
For teachers this is a must see site. Our school uses “Mosaic
of Thought” as a basis for our reading program. There are wonderful
ideas and templates to promote better reading and comprehend. This
site covers everything from assessment, writing, lesson plans, PowerPoint
presentations, etc.
Brainy Betty
http://www.brainybetty.com/educatorstemplatesandplans.htm
Free template downloads for educators. Includes
class newsletter, lesson plan, field trip form, parent conference request,
certificate, sample posters.
Education World – Templates for Teachers
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml
Education World is a website that focuses on teachers and teaching. The
above URL leads to a section that lists many types of templates that can
be downloaded, saved to your hard drive, edited and then can be printed.
Free Printable Calendar Templates
http://www.printablecalendar.ca/
This site allows you to create calendars that are formatted for Microsoft
Word. The calendars available are weekly, monthly, yearly, and an
html format.
Web quest Template
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuestTemplate/webquesttemp.htm
This site provides you with a fill in the blank template for creating a
web quest. It appears to be formatted similar to Front Page so it
could be posted on a classroom website without too much difficulty.
Clip Art
All Free Original Clip Art
http://www.free-graphics.com/
Over 30,000 categorized clipart graphics for free. Also includes a pay
section for a larger selection of clipart.
Learning Electric
http://learningelectric.com/
Online training at your convenience! Provides tutorials in most of
the Microsoft Office products, Inspiration,
Kid Pix, Easy Grade Pro, and HTML.
Template for Lesson Plan Book
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~orchard/Templates4Teachers/wordtemplates.htm
This web page allows the user to download a modifiable Microsoft Word template
for a weekly lesson plan page.
Assortment of Templates
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml
This web site includes links to a wide range of templates including: calendars,
posters, graphic organizers, certificates, flyers, and classroom management
and organizational tools. Directions for downloading and using the
templates are included on the site.
Newsletter Templates
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/teaching_extras/templates/
This web site features newsletter templates that are modifiable for the
teacher to include his/her classroom news. The framework for weekly
news is provided. The user is able to click within the template boundaries
to personalize information and news.
Early Elementary Templates
http://www.mrsperkins.com/testing.htm
This first grade teacher has posted her templates to share with other educators. She
includes templates for lesson plan book pages, handwriting paper, adding
and subtracting drill tests, 100’s chart, and a variety of assessment
tools for first grade learners. The templates are linked as modifiable
Word Documents and also as Acrobat PDF files.
Discipline, Academic and Communication Templates
http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp
This web site is organized into three categories discipline, academic and
communication. The templates are useful for classroom management
and communication with parents.
Free ClipArt
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/schoolclipart.html
This web site includes a few school related images that are downloadable
for free. Images could be inserted into Microsoft Word documents to add
color and style
Multiple Links for Free Clip Art
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Freebies.html
This awesome web site links to multiple sources of educational clip art
that are free and a few that charge. Images are downloadable to your
computer, then the user is able to insert images into Word Documents.
Clip Art and Fonts for Purchase
http://www.djinkers.com/
These adorable fonts and clip art are for purchase. I own some of them, they
are fun to use on newsletters, permission slips, classroom posters, etc…
Handwriting/D’Nealian
http://www.fonts4teachers.com/
These fonts for purchase include D’Nealian manuscript
and cursive. I’ve found these to be helpful for student nametags,
creating practice sheets, classroom labels, and other organizational materials
in the classroom.
Abstract Fonts
http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/
If you are looking for a site to download fonts try:
Pics – 4 – Learning and educational
source for clip art
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Awesome Clipart for Kids!
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
A great template for designing your own webquest
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lesson-template1.htm
The Next 5 sites are courtesy of Microsoft Office Online
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC010183751033.aspx?CategoryID=CT063455571033
A great template for graph paper that a teacher
can personalize for their students.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC011949651033.aspx?CategoryID=CT063455571033
Use this template for guidance in creating your next project-based lesson.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011592471033.aspx
This site will tell you how to find a template that you may have downloaded. Great
help to me..
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC010184031033.aspx?CategoryID=CT063455541033
A great template to use for creating a multiple choice test
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC011843281033.aspx?CategoryID=CT063455571033
Discovery Education
http://discoveryschool.com
Lesson plans, puzzle-maker, quiz center, worksheet generator, and the Teacher’s
Store, are just a snippet of resources available at this site. This site
also includes the Clip Arts Gallery that provides many graphics including
some animated selections.
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/jazz
The students can explore how sounds vary. This listening, science activity
gives the students the option of becoming a band leader, and selecting
the instrument of their choice. The class creates a band and listens to
the sounds different instruments create.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com
This site assist support personnel throughout school,
while allowing teachers access to many resources.
Education Place
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer
This site grants educators access to several graphic organizers. These
organizers can be downloaded in English or Spanish at no cost!
Crayola
http://www.Crayola.com
Registration is required for this site. Registration is free, it allows teachers to personalize certificates, review
lesson plans, craft ideas and much more!
Kidz Online
http://www.kidzonline.org
This site contains lesson plans for multiple subjects for grades 6-12. It
also contains a “Tech Training” section. This section
has streaming videos that teach different skills such as animation, PowerPoint,
web page creation, how to use the internet.
HP
http://www.hp.com/sbso/productivity/office/index.html
This site contains various templates for brochures, postcards, calendars. There
is also an image library that contains photographs in several different
categories.
Clipart Connection
http://www.clipartconnection.com/
This site contains animation, clipart, photos, and fonts.
Discovery Education
http://school.discovery.com/
This site contains a wealth of information. Some of the things that
you will find are lesson plans, teaching tools, homework helpers, and a
curriculum center.
Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
This site has articles on many different subjects, with reference links,
including counseling, educational technology, librarianship, etc. It
also has a lesson plan section.
Sites for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
This site lists hundreds of sites for teachers and they are ranked by popularity
to help sort out the good from the bad.
edHelper.com
http://www.edhelper.com/
You can access activities for various subjects. There are seasonal
puzzles and activities. Most of the things can be accessed for free. However,
to access everything there are 3 different subscription packages.
LessonPlansPage.com
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
This site is exactly what it says it is. There are over 2500 lesson
plans on this site for PreK-12.
Education World, The Educator’s Best Friend
http://www.educationworld.com/#LessonPlanning
A site with educational related material
for teachers, administrators, students and parents. Specifically
for teachers it has lesson plans, profession development articles,
and discussions on technology integration)
Classroom Clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/
A collection of free clipart organized by categories
such as animals, dinosaurs, plants, people, etc. It
can be a bit difficult to find exactly what you are looking for
as there is not a searching tool. I have shown a few examples
below.
Discovery Education (Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators)
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy Schrock has been creating one of the definitive educational resource
websites since 1993. If you could only start your search for educational
materials from one website, this would be the one you would want!
Mathematics Lessons Are Fun
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
This site is a combination of lessons and links for teaching math in elementary,
middle and upper school, though more of the lessons are geared toward elementary
and middle school.
eduScapes
http://eduscapes.com/
This is a site put together by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson, two people
who have been involved with educational technology for many years. It
contains a variety of content that has application for the educator ranging
from a course on how to search the web and evaluate sources more effectively
to activities that could be used on 100th day. Like Kathy Schrock’s
site, it is nearly a one-stop shopping site for educators.
Learning in hand
http://www.learninginhand.com
Resources for Handheld Computing in Education
by Tony Vincent. Handheld computers aren't simply organizers – they
are fully functional computers that can run a variety of software
applications.
Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Blue Web'n is an online library of outstanding
Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools,
references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials,
activities, projects).
THE WEBQUEST PAGE
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest
A Web Quest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by learners is drawn from the Web. Web Quests are designed
to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking
for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis
and evaluation
RubiStar
http://www.rubistar4teachers.org
RubiStar is a tool to help a teacher
make quality rubrics but does not have the time to make them.
Pics4Learning
www.pics4learning.com
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.
The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have
been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
Multiplication.com
http://www.multiplication.com/
This Internet site contains lessons, worksheets, and games intended to
help students learn the multiplication tables. Fifteen lessons provide
information on the fundamentals of multiplication. One extremely
useful part is printable flashcards. If a student is having trouble
with their 8’s, I can print these off and put them in an envelope
for them to practice.
Firstscience.com
http://www.firstscience.com/site/home.asp
FirstScience.com offers over 270 science articles in various categories,
a science quiz, links, games, science and nature poems, world time zones,
latest science news and science web cams. This site is great for
finding real world connections to what we are learning. I can print
off an article and read it to the class or have a class set of an article
that is relevant to what we are learning.
EducationWorld: The educator’s
best friend
http://www.education-world.com/#Technology
This site is great. It really is the educator’s best friend. Some
key topics are lesson planning, professional development, school issues,
home links for parents, and of course…technology integration ideas.
Discovery Education
http://school.discovery.com/
This site is helpful for all educators. It has lesson plans in all
curriculum areas. It has a section, Teacher Tools, where you can
access great clipart and make puzzles.
EdHelper.Com
http://www.edhelper.com/
This site has great reading comprehension worksheets. I use these
in science (because our book is not that great), but the site has them
for all areas. This is helpful to integrate more reading in science
or other curriculum areas. There is a short quiz, if you would like
to assess the students understanding. This site is also great for
puzzles. It has the Sudoku puzzles that
are challenging and students really like.
In Zones – Predesigned Templates
for PowerPoint.
http://www.inzones.com/picturezone/samples.htm
Although this site charges to use their services, they also offer free
samples for people to use. The URL I’ve supplied is to these free
Power Point Designs and graphics.
Awesome Clipart for Educators
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
This site focuses on Educators. They offer Free educator clipart, coloring pages, banners, backgrounds,
fonts, icons, lines, worksheets and wallpaper with many different themes
ranging from aliens to weather.
Lesson Plans and resources for Drama
http://www.drama-education.com/site/
This site requires educators to subscribe but there is no charge for subscribing
and you have control over how much visibility you want to share with others.
The resources provided are free and range from lesson plans to online training
courses.
Clipart to use for drama
http://nvtech.com/Entertainment/Drama/Theater_Theatre/Comedy_and_Drama_Masks/
This site offers free clipart ranging in a broad variety of topics. The
link I’ve supplied is for drama masks.
Brigham Young University – Drama / Theater Lesson Plans
http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/units/unithome.htm
The link leads to a list of concepts and subjects that have been put into
a lesson plan format to be used by educators Drama and Theater.
Writing for Performance – Word Templates and Fonts
http://www.kelly.mcmail.com/resource.htm#fonts
This site provides a large list of useful resources to use in Writing in
the subject of mass media, including script writing to writing for radio
and T.V. The resources range from Discussion Lists to pitching your screenplay
online.
Templates and Resources – Georgia Technology Training Center
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/templatesresources.htm
This site provides access to templates for Venn Diagrams, name cards, journals,
etc. for elementary, middle, and high school. It also has lesson plan ideas
and classroom management strategies.
Templates for Teachers – Techteachers.com
http://www.techteachers.com/templates.htm
This is a portion of an electronic portfolio created by Meg Ormiston. This site includes a general collection of
multiple links that could be useful for all teachers.
AppleWorks Templates
http://www.apple.com/enews/2000/features/appleworks/templates2.html
This site is for use with AppleWorks, however,
I included it because I thought that it might be helpful to some apple
users. You can create banners, certificates, agendas and more. It
also has a link to iPod iTunes for
Mac and Windows. Have fun downloading some music to add to presentations.
Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Just as the name states, you can design, preview, and print line, bar,
circle, area, and XY graphs by clicking on the tabs.
Discover School’s Puzzle maker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Using this site, you can create a variety of puzzle types and an answer
key for crosswords, word searches, hidden messages, cryptograms, math squares
and more.
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.org/xpeditions/
National Geographic website offers detailed and basic outline map templates,
lesson plans, in addition to activities and grant possibilities offered
directly to K-12 teachers for innovative classroom ideas.
GSA (The Geological Society of America) Free Teacher Resources
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources/i_gen.htm
This is a resource list with multiple web sites linked with the GSA site. Most
of the sites are resources for Earth Science or related topics, however,
are still worth searching through. There are links to games such
as PowerPoint jeopardy, science misconceptions, reference tables, satellite
images, careers, flashcards, etc.
