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Strategies, resources, and tips from the NY Times (with lots of links to materials they provide + update) on teaching strategies for informational text to meet the demands of new common core standards.

A collection of resources and stories leveled for language arts. A great host of documents and skillbuilders to add to teacher banks of materials. Requires an annual subscription, but you can set your own fee.

PBS Teachers is a wonderful site with lots of resources and supplemental material for teachers to use with students. This particular link will take you directly to the STEM education resource center: Professional Development and the focus on this page is Global Climate Change Modules from PBS and NASA. However, if you look at the top of the page you can choose a specific grade band and then within that there are various content areas that can be chosen. Looks like a very interesting site with lots of resources to select from.

Looks like a good site full of supplemental resources. Worth the search and a look.

"Arcademic Skill Builders are free research-based and standards-aligned educational games! Engage and motivate students with our multiplayer and single-player games." As of August 2011 Academic Skill Builders has released 40 web-based learning games designed to help K-8 students build basic math, olanguage arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. The games incorporate multiplayer capabilities in educational gaming. Studetns can play together in groups of 4, 8, or 12 at a time, promoting positive interaction and achievement. Educators can use the free arcade-like games with a projector screen, interactive whiteboard, or computer lab. Security safeguards ensure that no one outside the classroom can contact students who are playing the games. The games align with state standards and the Common Core Standards.

Sharing this again as there have been some additions to that that I think will be very helpful for teachers grades K-8.

Crossword Puzzles created on this readwritethink tool. The site allows the user to select the grade or age level for the crossword puzzle.

Vocabulary.com is the quickest way to improve your vocabulary. This site will help you tom aster the words that are essential to academic and business success.

This ed tech blog includes a variety of chrome apps  for a variety of purposes.