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"Lexile measures are powerful, versatile tools that educators can use to help their students grow as readers. When you use both Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures, you can treat each student as an individual learner, rather than as below-grade, on-grade or above-grade. Site includes a "find a book" feature which allows you to search a book by title or author and find out the lexile level. There is a conversion chart on the site which will give you a guide to the approximate grade level equivalents as well.

Here are some classroom ideas and applications to help you differentiate instruction for all readers in various situations."

A collection of stories read by actors - could be used as a reading center, an alternative to read alouds, or a home alternative for students.

Three pages designed to provide elementary teachers resources for 1. Interactive Sites 2. Research & Internet Safety skills and 3. Keyboarding skills.

From Free Technology for Teachers: has two basic sections, a game section and an activities section. The games section offers twenty-five online games for students to play independently. The hands-on activities section offers thirteen hands-on science learning activities that students can do with the supervision of their teachers or parents to learn about plants, animals, and Earth science.

Great list of Apps - broken into categories: General, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies & Science

At Google, we support the education of families on how to stay safe online. That's why we've teamed up with online safety organization iKeepSafe to develop curriculum that educators can use in the classroom to teach what it means to be a responsible online citizen.

The curriculum is designed to be interactive, discussion filled and allow students to learn through hands-on and scenario activities. On this site you'll find a resource booklet for both educators and students that can be downloaded in PDF form, presentations to accompany the lesson and animated videos to help frame the conversation.

The mission of CESI is to promote excellence and equity in K-8 science education. 

A compilation of math web resources that are appropriate for multiple grade levels.

Resources for math that span many levels.
Elementary level focused at http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/elementarymathresources
Middle/High school level focused at http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/middle-highschoolmath

application of apps for educational use

Here is a link to the Symbaloo I created for primary/elementary math resources. For this Symbaloo, I created my own tiles using screenshots from the sites and Fireworks, so they would be uniform in appearance.

Publishing with no registration good for children leaflets books booklets ...

Learn What Daily Life was Like in Colonial Times, Colonial Life Trivia, How the Colonists Lived, What Foods the Colonists Ate, Facts about Colonial Occupations and Colonial Education on KidInfo.com's Colonial Life Resource Page.

Oracle's website for Thinkquest, a competition based on Science competition for K-12

Projects provide a flexible framework for engaging students in exploring curricular topics and developing important 21st century skills, such as communication, teamwork, and technology skills. In addition, students are motivated by the fun and creative format and the opportunity to make new friends around the world. For teachers, a school portal enables quick and easy management of student accounts and review of project work.