Research article written by Dr. Sherron Roberts (UCF teacher in elementary education) about how you can enhance poetry writing through technology - since we are doing a poetry unit in my 5th grade class, this is specifically interesting to me.

Has a lot of science resources related to sunshine standards, and includes virtual labs and dissections, etc.

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Educational technology resources - lots of great things for teachers to use to help them understand the world of edtech! Updated frequently.

Because no one likes reinventing the wheel. This is a great resource to find free and reasonably priced resources for the classroom made by current teachers. A personal favorite that should be looked up is The Science Penguin!

Students are able to go back in and recreate their avatars (which are little monsters). You can give points for participation, teamwork, working hard, being on task, etc... and take away points for being disrespectful, not doing homework, etc. A useful tool that is both a website and an app. Currently free to use - but if you're not already signed up, they are going to start charging for it next school year (I suggest sign up!).

Reading Eggspress teaches kids aged 7-13 how to read with fun and motivational online reading lessons and phonics games. Try a FREE 14 day trial!

A lot of FL schools swear by this site - Study Island is a leading academic software provider of standards-based assessment, instruction, and test preparation e-learning programs.

FCAT Explorer is a free, online educational program for Florida's students that reinforces reading and math skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards.

From FLDOE site - but also a site that we live by in 5th grade at my school. Gives access to sample FCAT questions based on standards, as well as videos and other resources online that can be used.

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified.

Lets students and teachers find books and materials to read based on Lexile levels... big with CCSS and the FCAT.

Found on the FLDOE site - great tool for finding virtual curriculum items related to Sunshine Standards. Not everything on the site is free, but some are. Pulled from the left link menu on the FLDOE main website.