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I like this site because I am attempting to learn the common core standards and this site does a good job of showing me how to relate standards to activities.

A lot like Diigo in that it has a list of websites you can use for a variety of units in your classroom

This website has many great videos about classroom management, differentiation, engagement, common core and many more.

This is a great website that offers several tips to help implement Daily Five and the cafe menu into your classroom. Many free printable resources.

This website gives some team building activities to use at any grade level. Most are the initial building community activities.

This article was excerpted from Easy Ways to Reach & Teach English Language Learners by Valerie Schiffer Danoff. These strategies are part good thinking and part best practices. They work for ELLs and EO students because they activate prior knowledge, encourage students to work together, and provide sensible foundations for teaching and learning in a classroom setting.

This is a great site to learn and practice using running records for the classroom.

This is a different perspective and something that another country is doing, Singapore.

This website is great! It has lots of teacher development workshops, conferences, courses that you can take for free or take for a fee for CEU's. My favorite thing about this website though is the resources it has available for the teacher, for every grade for just about every subject.

Strategies for teaching reading. Includes specific activities and suggestions.

Really great website if you need some new ideas for lesson plans. Both exciting and fun for teachers and students.

This site is a great tool for anybody looking for activities to help teach particular topics. It's divided up by grade, then by subject. I find this particularly useful for those who are extremely interactive.

A cool website that allows you to choose grade level you like for information.

These Social Studies lyrics are available from a variety of albums. Use songs to teach American geography, government, history, patriotism, and culture. American Geography Songs The 50 States and Capitals Song- Tim Pacific Directions to Nowhere (How to Read a Map)- Joan Maute, Ed.D. Gonna Name Our States- Music with Mar.

Wow, this site has so many fun ideas!! I'd love to use these in a classroom. I can even remember some from my elementary school and middle school days. I think it makes teaching and learning these "facts" more fun for everyone.