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"It is imperative to teach our students beginning with their first experience online to "read" the web discriminately. Students need to understand that just because something is posted on the Internet, it isn't necessarily true. Teachers should practice the skill of web site evaluation before instructing students. The Yahooligans Teacher's Guide: Evaluating Web Sites gives a good overall synopsis of web evaluation while the Cyber Bee's WWW.CyberGuides rubrics clarify the issues of both content and design. Tammy Barcalow has somegreat suggestions to consider when first introducing website evaluation. Check them out! There are also many alternatives for teaching students how to critically evaluate websites and several links are included below. Kathy Shrock's Criteria Evaluation Survey: Elementary Level is an excellent choice to use with upper primary students. The Schrock criteria are simply stated and appropriate for students starting in about fourth grade. However, the form is bit long and may overwhelm some kids. Since we need to consider the reading level of lower primary students, I have created two checklists specifically for younger children. These alternatives require minimum reading and writing while introducing website evaluation. There is one version for kindergarten and first graders and another for second and third graders . Another good option for our students is this Web Evaluation for Primary Grades. Regardless of the specific tool you use, site evaluation should include judgement about the following areas: navigation and usability, authorship and content validity."

An easy to install script that grades assessments given through Google Forms.

Flubaroo is a free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments and works with Google Forms.

These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic.

great resource for using sites in class!  4th grade examples here...

AIMS Education Foundation's blog site called math and science SANDBOX... aligned with Common Core Standards and organized by grade-level strands... free activities found here.

Sumdog's learning engine adapts its questions to each student's ability helping teachers deliver Common Core State Standards. Aimed at grades 1 through 8. Covers number operations through to simple algebra

Introduction for electricity as well as power plants.  Great for 4th grade standards.

Mathematics Enhanced Scope and Sequence (ESS) Sample Lesson Plans help teachers align instruction with the 2009 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge and skills found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom. The lesson plans are accessible using a keyword search, or by selecting specific SOL objectives organized by grade level and reporting category. 

great examples of glogs being used in a third grade classroom!

Center activities for grades 2/3 and 4/5 in the areas of vocabulary,phonics, comprehension, fluency

Lessons, songs and videos (hip-hop) for grades K-12.

At a glance VA curriculum cards for multivple courses, grade levels, including art, PE and music.

Brooke's livebinder for grade 5 Oceans unit.

Online version of an older CD that was awesome for earth science, 5th grade geology, etc.

This Seattle-based organization is so dedicated to helping students achieve in math that they've created a free web program for students, teachers and parents. We learned about it from Martha Leslie who says, "It is just for math facts, and it allows you to set it up so that the next student's name comes up automatically so the kids can go get the next learner. Plus, it allows the student to look and see if the next student is absent or busy, click a button to get the next student. I hope that made some sense. Anyway, I've used it now for two months, and it works really well for the independent math facts."

a third grade teacher is loving this math site!

webs 2.0 science tools compilation -2012 article; 

Graphic Organizers (Grades 4-8) Click on the BLUE Title to download each graphic organizer. Janna Beanblossom ©2005 Southwest Georgia RESA. All rights reserved. Dr. Larry R. Green, Executive Director Southwest Georgia RESA| Pelham, Georgia Last modified: November 20, 2007