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This site is a collection of all the activities and ideas one teacher has collected over the past five years, available for your use. This site is totally free to use, and I'll keep it that way. I have various amazon.com ads throughout the site for items, but it's not about making money. I had pictures of the items there anyhow, and this will take you directly to a page where you can buy it. I've also created an on-line store where you can find thousands of used classroom materials for up to 90% off retail-all banner ads will take you directly to Sprout Classrooms for browsing!! All PDFs were either created by me or obtained through teacher magazines, sites that allow free downloads for teachers and classrooms, or admired teacher whose ideas are given full credit. I have tried to prevent the problem of 'dead links' by pasting website information in word documents for perusal with the link at the top. This way if the original site is ever taken down, we have preserved the information for all-time.

The goal of this math website is to help elementary school (Grade 1st through 6th) children boost their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. MathStories.com has over 15,000 online and printable NCTM compliant math word problems for children to enjoy! Word problems are available in both English and Spanish. MathStories.com is the website for busy teachers, eager students, and involved parents. MathStories.com is comprehensive and easy to navigate.

Learning Links has everything teachers need for literature-based reading programs - books, study guides, audios, videos and more. As pioneers in publishing study guides for novels and picture books, our signature product, Novel-Ties Study Guides, sets a standard for excellence. With over 600 Novel-Ties in print, teachers and educators have come to expect, and always receive, serious, chapter-by-chapter guides that "talk" to students, and save hours of teacher preparation time.

For 4-6th grade students, here is a neat idea for celebrating and encouraging students to know and show their stuff - Mastery Club. Students memorize and recite fun facts.

Need stuff for your classroom, but out of budget $$? This blog site from Richard Byrne is a compendium of ideas for helping the poor teacher get things done in her/his classroom. Info ranges, from Gmail accounts, to embedding You-Tube videos, to borrowing books online.

Pacific Northwest Ballet offers a variety of educational dance experiences to the local community. In addition to the more traditional field trips, they also collaborate with local schools to offer dance curriculum in the schools, with artist/dancers in residence and opportunities for student developed performances on the PNB stage. This might provide for an unusual and exciting field trip!

This website page offers a great idea: the inclusion of "prop" bag in the classroom to serve improvisation and theatre games. The suggestions for the bag are very resourceful and suggest all sorts of applications for creativity. This is a really good resource!

This is an awesome reference for multi cultural children's books. We all want to be inclusive and respectful of the cultures and races we encounter in our classroom. This blog site can provide a filter to sift through the enormous amount of material available and steer you to the best of children's literature. Emphasis is on the Eastern hemisphere.

Many questions are addressed on this site, but this link takes you to a conversation regarding the Essential Questions topics that we addressed in Jean's class.

Thought provoking blog that constantly seeks to reflect, clarify and expand the idea of real life applications in lessons. I aspire to the high standards established by the teachers who contribute to the blog.

This link is taking you to the Math section, but on the left side is a complete listing of teaching ideas for other subjects. Note, these are NOT fleshed out lesson plans, these are ideas for lessons, games, and activities. Each idea is leveled for grade(s).

This site connects you to a cool little store in north Seattle that sells all sorts of educational books, accessories, and tools. Additionally it has a great collection of games, science projects, stocking stuffers and books about math.

This website developed by Matt Buchanan focuses on concrete applications of drama/acting in an educational context. Among many items, Mr. Buchanan offers lesson plans, plays for specific grade levels, and some good insights into grading criteria in an arts curriculum. He suggests that students select specific areas they wish to improve upon when working in the arts, and then be evaluated based on their progress in self selected areas. Mr. Buchanan's professional background is in set and lighting design.