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This is a website that allows you to create worksheets for students. There are a variety of styles (word finds, learn-to-read books, puzzles, etc). It is primarily designed for younger students (K to 8 or so), but can be used for any grade. I use it to create sponge activities that reinforce the content of the lesson plan.

This is a great site for educators! There's a whole section on puzzle making, lesson plans, unit ideas, themes, worksheets, and more! Definitely check it out!

This is the website I first used when I learned about UbD a couple years ago, as I was a bit confused after class. It does a great job of explaining things in layman's terms, and even non-educational lingo for other majors. Great to utilize when explaining, identifying, or attempting to identify UbD.

The Partnership for Reading offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research. The Partnership invites you to explore this site for information on reaseach, principles about reading instruction suggested by the research, and products for parents, teachers, administrators and policy-makers. Thank you Beth Caraccio for her presentation about reading web sites.

I use this as a lead-in to procedural writing. It is a 'trick' test - if you follow the directions, you don't actually do anything. Students are marked down (the grade doesn't count) for everything that appears on their paper beyond the month. I use it to illustrate the importance of: following directions by carefully reading all the information; and how to look at procedure.

This is a fabulous, in-depth, yet student-accessible primer on grammar. I know, it was created by Canadians, but that's okay. I sometimes use their resources when discussing parts of speech and word interactions in class. Our students are increasingly digital; it helps to speak their language. 

This website has a small but interesting list of ways to begin questions, categorized by which level of Bloom's taxonomy you are looking to work in. This link takes you immediately to the question starters, but the entire website is worth perusing if you have a moment.

This website has many many pages of interactive activities and lessons. Students can study story elements, idioms, pronunciations, reading, spelling, play games, all sorts of things. When you have a day with a CoW, or a day in a lab, you can have the students pick a lesson from a list, or you can print out a page and use it as a sponge activity.

Given that we are starting to use Google Docs, this slide show should give you some great ideas.

Although, your school or district must set up the service for you, it is free, simply needs an inquiry from an official. I was able to register through my methods district (Pembroke Academy) and believe it's a great tool for teachers to utilize. I can demo the software in class if time, and Bill allows.

This is a link to two solid documents: Assessment techniques in P.E. and P.E. Curriculum Guidelines.

This is the link to the National Assn. for Sport and Physical Education. Unfortunately, all that is listed here are the larger principles. You can purchase the full standards book.

This compilation from Education World comes from the National Consortium of Arts Education Associations.

Here you can access via PDF the entire standards jointly written by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Assn.

This is the site for the standards for The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. To get the full list you have to be a member, but you have access to some materials here. You can also access some of the material for 120 days.

Kid-friendly how-to videos offer step-by-step directions. Tons of activities, printable material lists and instructions. For ages 6 and up.

This is by the same people as Rubistar. So far I like it!

Google Docs are a wonderful way to share information among students, teachers, and between students and teachers.

San Fancisco science museum online exhibits that are designed to engage and educate. Many interactive activities great for ages 8 and up.

This is a website that is dedicated to sharing different creation myths from around the world. The company offers a cd that my school has purchased. We use the content in connection to our Geomythology integrated unit. It is great for visual and auditory learners. The cd includes text, questions, and extension activities.