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This site provides lesson plans for English/Language Arts teachers of all grade levels.  The lesson plans have preview, standard attached to the lesson, resources and preparation, instructional plan, related resources, and a comments sections.

This is a collection of resources for science demonstrations. I teach 8th grade science and my kids just want to do something fun everyday. They learn better when they can manipulate something or ground abstract knowledge in something that they see in real life. Starting with a demonstration almost every class is a great way to reel in the students!

This website is a great resource for Spanish teachers of all grade levels. There are lesson plans, games, activities, and helpful insight on how to incorporate literature and culture into the World Language classroom. I have also found the resources targeted for new teachers very helpful. There are also resources and posts for veteran teachers. I appreciate that this site also provides teachers with motivation and encouragement.

This is a great resource to allow students to work at their own pace.  It reinforces quick recall of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.  It is great for both elementary and middle school students.

Reading A-to-Z is a popular and effective reading resource. Not only are the texts leveled, but each text includes an extensive lesson plan, teaching strategies, and extension activities. OVerall, a total winner!

I've used it mainly for the reader's theater for a club I am running. There is a small fee to use the resource, but if you contact me, I can give you my login!

THAT's what I'm talkin' about! Look at these teacher's sharing.

Excellent Reading Resource that specifically addresses a wide variety of reasons WHY children struggle with reading and HOW to help them overcome that particular obstacle.

I use this as a great resources to get some really challenging activities to help with critical thinking and problem solving skills. Caution: They are really addicting if you like challenging puzzles!

This resource is especially useful for activities dealing with geography for both guided and independent practice. It also has short video clips for hooks, and great ideas for lesson plans!

This resource is great for any teacher teaching phonics! There are free printables, vowel and consonant rules, worksheets, and lessons that will help your students succeed with phonics instruction. I use this often in my classroom and with my students. I find it very helpful in giving me a good resource and worksheet to use as well as sound phonics rules to help with instruction.

This official U.S. government website hosts a wealth of resources for being informed about and working to prevent bullying. Various sections for kids, teens, young adults, parents, and educators make this site relevant and appropriate for the many different stages of development and intervention.

Search for SMART board resources by academic standard (Indiana included and CCS)

Apangea is an online math resource partially funded by the state of Indiana. It is primarily geared towards high school students taking the Algebra I ECA, but can be used for grades 3-12 with varying content. I use Apangea as part of my math lab.

A look at the "executive functions" that help when teaching students' whole brains. A thought provoking look at how to approach those kids who don't know how to "do school".

Randy, this also correlates with a couple of your observation forms, too. Don't forget to add a tag to the resource.

An online timeline maker. Useful for history teachers, but also fun to create a common login where students can add their own pieces to a full class timeline. Requires Flash to edit.

Great resource for math teachers...this website provides all different templates for graphs, numbers lines, etc. I use it on a daily basis--it's super easy to copy and paste these blank graphs into worksheets, and they are super clear when you copy them in.

Excellent interactive planner for scholars in grades 1-5. It defines the steps needed to conduct research in developmentally appropriate concrete and sequential terms.

Great site for PowerPoints and worksheets to go along with Realidades I and II textbooks.

this is seriously amaaaazing gracias gracias!!!!

Prezi is a way to jazz up your class presentations. As a visual learner, my attention is held better by something that is visually stimulating (e.g. not a white slide with black lettering). Prezi allows you to present the exact same content you would in any other presentation format, but allows for more excitement. We used this a bit during institute this summer and it was awesome. This link is just as much a resources for me, because I want to start using it more as well. I would encourage you to check it out if you do a slide show every day in class.

My students were getting bored with just completing basic worksheets or problems from the book; so i went looking for something a little more fun that wold not take me forever to create. In my search I ran across these PDF sheets. This is a collection of math worksheets where your answers solve a puzzle or riddle. My students like having these puzzles to solve and though they may act disinterested, they are always proud when they are the first to solve the riddle. This is just a simple way to make practice a little more fun.

RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. I use it at the elementary level but it is great for all teachers!

This is an amazing resource - I've used it for years. Note also that rubrics can be saved on Rubistar and shared, or just use the tool to get a jump start on your rubric and copy and paste into Word.