FLB Educator Resources

Great blogging site for K-5, especially to provide each student with an individual blog in a secure environment.

News articles for grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Teacher can assign articles and corresponding quizzes. How does it work? "Teachers register themselves and, after obtaining verifiable parental consent, register their students and associated class. Teachers assign user/screen names to students. TTribune populates passwords for each student user. Teachers then instruct their students to log on with the user name and password and read articles pre-selected by the Teacher. The Teacher encourages the students to post comments and may quiz the students on the material. Prior to any comment being posted, it is reviewed and approved by the Teacher. The Teacher can make edits and/or provide constructive feedback to the student that is only viewable to the student when he/she logs on. All quiz scores are delivered automatically to the Teachers to share with each student individually. With a student user account, students are only able to access their account, view the classroom page, Teacher instructions, review articles and provide comments. Students are not able to communicate directly with Teachers or other users."

Video tutorials aligned to common core; create an account to be able to search by standard

"Find the best digital products for your curriculum by using intuitive filters that quickly guide you through the Common Core State Standards and surface products. Our educational experts have examined each product to determine which standards are best supported. "

Common core aligned, leveled, cross-curricular informational texts (same article is written at 5 lexile levels) with quizzes. Students can highlight & annotate while reading passages online & teacher will see those annotations. Free teacher & student accounts, but all articles & quizzes are printable if you don't want students to use the online version.

Free educational interactive teaching resources and activities.

Common core math ideas for K-5

Log in to the IU's Digital Resource Portal and select Espresso Elementary. It allows you to search by PA Common Core Standard. Logging in through espressoelementary.com will not work -- your username & password only works through the IU's site.

"The Voluntary Model Curriculum (VMC) is a series of unit and lesson plans that incorporate learning progressions and content resources aligned to the Pennsylvania standards within the Curriculum Frameworks. "

GifGear is a free online gif animator. It allows creating animated pictures in the gif format (so called gifs).

Create and customize infographics for personal and professional use. Free account required. Easy to learn and use. Piktochart offers a variety of template sizes icons and shapes and other features on the free version.

Infographic creator. 16 customizable templates available. Account required.

Teacher creates a list of words & Study Stack creates numerous study activities for students such as flashcards, hangman game, word search puzzle, crossword puzzle, word scramble, fill-in-the-blank.. Can also search pre-made lists.

Create assessments, quizzes, exams, surveys & polls. Take assessments from any computer or device (for example, a tablet) with an internet connection, or print them on paper automatically, even in multiple different versions. Questions can be scored automatically or manually.

Animated grammar instruction, videos, quizzes, games, books, etc. Free look at all noun activities, but access to all parts of speech requires subscription ($3.99/month, $19.99/year, $39.99 unlimited access forever). Common-core aligned. Similar to Schoolhouse Rock.

Free online file conversion: document, eBook, image, audio and video, music. No account necessary. Converted files are emailed to you but must be downloaded within 24 hours of conversion.

Create an avatar & export as PNG or JPEG. Free, no account necessary.

Lesson plans, activities, games, videos about ALL subjects. Search by subject, grade level, standard, etc.

Live stream backchannel to make comments and ask questions thus helping to tailor the presentation and evaluate comprehension. No account necessary!