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If you teach 3rd-8th grade this is an excellent tool for reviewing parts of speech. Using the old "mad libs" concept of creating ridiculous stories by replacing words before reading the story, this site engages students in grammar, and they don't even know it :-) It includes a "parts of speech help button" and plenty of different stories.

This website has over 100 interactive games for students to play on topics such as animals, geography, science, math, and language arts.

Tons of free educational games for all different elementary levels, including pre-k. Covers all subject areas. Has great graphics

This website includes free templates and ideas for back to school, calendars, journal topics, graphic organizers and classrooom signs. The graphic organizers are really great.

Help students in grades 2-4 stop the summer reading slump by downloading these free books. Audio and comprehension included.

Each ZIP file contains all seven PDF titles in the grade-level series Students who don't read much over the summer show a decline in reading performance from the end of one grade to the start of the next.

"Vocabulary Games"

This website offers free, interactive resources online featuring Latin & Greek root-based activities at grade levels. It was listed as an instructional resource on the Florida Department of Education website.

This site provides interactive and fun ways for students to practice and learn new vocabulary words via games, puzzles, and crosswords. It is suitable for students from high elementary grades through college!

Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).

This is a great site for children ages 2-8. It teaches pre-reading as well as reading skills up to 2nd grade. Includes games, animated stories, songs, and writing activities. I use it daily!

Starfall is a free website that teaches children how to read through phonics. It has practice games on phonemic awaresness. The program is great for grades K-2, second language learners and special education.

This website offers all the lesson plans based off the scope and sequence for your grade level. Click on the common core standard you are working on and a complete lesson plan in the newest Marzano district plan format will appear, including evidence based scales and learning goals for the unit.

An open repository of free and fee-based digital content that is searchable, educationally relevant and aligned to Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

FloridaVCM provides many digital curriculum resources to teachers, registration seems to be required. Many digital learning experiences can be purchased by teachers, and some resources seem to be free (once you register).

An open repository of free and fee-based digital content that is searchable, educationally relevant and aligned to Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

Teacher Information Directory with 1000's of links to Teacher and Educator Resources including Teaching with the Internet, Integrating the Internet into Curriculum, internet guides and much more.

This website provides students with basic outlines for using correct, polite Netiquette on the internet. It also includes a great infographic that gives you the "15 Rules of Netiquette" for online discussion boards.

The Florida Standards Assessments System Requirements for Online Testing have been updated to include web browser information for the training test, netbook screen resolution, and revised Chrome OS details. Please see the updated document in the Resources section.

*UCF NID Account Required* *Open in New Window may be Required* The article provides an overview of the process involved in envisioning, developing and incorporating mobile technology into the curriculum at 2 institutions of higher education and a public charter school. Topics discussed include the 3 projects for experiences envisioning, developing and integrating digital media and technology at the Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a prekindergarten class at Big Pine Academy, Florida and University of Central Florida (UCF)

Create, share and collaboratively work on mind maps with MindMeister, the leading online mind mapping software. Includes apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect the muscles, nerves and tendons. Work related MSDs (including those of the neck, upper extremities and low back) are one of the leading causes of lost workday injury and illness. This website provides you with all the information you need to know about Ergonomics and how to prevent computer-related injuries!

This website provides you with 10 tips for preventing eye strain from the prolonged use of a computer. It includes information on proper lighting, settings, minimizing glare, eye exercises, and more.

This website provides teachers with extra assistance with using Microsoft Excel in the classroom. It includes tutorials, how to analyze data, how to use excel for math and graphing, and much more.

What it means to be literate has broadened to not only include traditional literacies, reading and writing print text for example, but also to reflect the needs of students living and learning in a digital world.

A great site of rubric maker tools, very informative one, recommended .

Links to tools for creating rubrics in a variety of subjects, including some that can be used for undergraduate level work, such as team work assessments and writing rubrics.

This link leads to a pdf that breaks down the process of creating a rubric including how to create task descriptions, scales, dimensions, and descriptions.It also shares the four stages in constructing a rubric.