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Helps you find books for your students at different levels, with lesson plans for some.

The presence of books in the home has a greater influence on a childs level of education than does the parents income, nationality, or level of education. A 20-year study shows how investing in books can make a big difference. Included: Highlights of the study. I thought this was pretty interesting. How many of our students have never had a book read to them at home?

The presence of books in the home has a greater influence on a childs level of education than does the parents income, nationality, or level of education. A 20-year study shows how investing in books can make a big difference. Included: Highlights of the study.

Interesting research about success in school

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

A fun website for elementary students---just click on your grade level to begin. I use the kindergarten level for my 4 & 5 year olds.

This is an excellent article from an expert that explains why students no longer find interest in reading outside of school and how to regain that interest.

Teacher Donalyn Miller earned the nickname The Book Whisperer" because of her almost mystical success getting kids to read -- a lot. Allowing children to choose books, and providing reading role models and time to read are among her strategies. Included: Reading tips and resources from The Book Whisperer."

This article deals with how important it is to get children reading on their own and some of the strategies that Donalyn Miller used

Literature is alive with iconic characters known around the world for their incredible exploits and heroic actions. James Bond and Sherlock Holmes are such characters. Less well known are the life stories of some of the authors of famous fiction. Many of these authors had real-life adventures that rivaled those of the fictional characters they created. Use the following discussion guide to explore with students how biographical information can influence fiction. Grade Level: 9-12 Student learning objectives: Students will be able to see how real-life experiences help an author to shape a fictional character he or she is creating. These experiences often form the basis for many of the plots involving these characters.

Lots of fun learning games for a variety of grade levels.

Facing fierce competition to get into top colleges, many students are compromising their health and values to get ahead. Experts are even seeing stress levels increase at the elementary school level. Some educators are working to reduce the pressures on students. Included: One school's efforts to reduce student stress.

A reading site that offers tools for reading and comprehension strategies by reading level. It's free. Would like to learn more???

Lesson ideas for all levels for Mathematics Common Core Standards

Highlights the effects that the Tea Party is having at the National level and at the local school board level

Grade levels (6-8) literature lesson plans and homework helps.

Typing games, typing programs, activities

Typing club for middle school students - 100 levels

Excellent resource for all subject areas and grade levels.

One of the four parts of the TOEFL Test is the Reading section. This is the section that measures a candidate's ability to understand written university level academic text and passages.

Getting accounting help and support online for the assignment is the common ask for all the students especially when accounting level is rising with the rise in the grades of the college students pursuing commerce.

Ran by a Ph.D Pretty intellectual stuff. I like how it demonstrates writing at a college level and how to set up research papers etc

Some useful ideas for the beginning of the school year for all grade levels.

Great ideas for beginning of the year Ice-Breakers!

A site focused on all levels of music education and it's connection to technology.

AskERIC Computer Science Lesson Plans A collection of teacher-submitted lesson plans that integrate computer technology. http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Computer_Science Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 * Rating: 8 Votes: 7 Rate It