First Class Tips

Mrs. Caddell's TechBlog

Links for the TechBlog work best in Citrix at school!

1. PowerSchool

2. Character Counts

Lesson Plan Bank

3. Maine Databases
Links to all State of Maine Databases

4. Filamentality
Create your own webquests

5. Rubistar
Generates rubrics with your criteria

6. Teachers' Hub
Many teacher and student resources

7. NEA Literacy Resources
Month-by-month resources

8. Holidays Around the World


9. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators


10. BrainPop
Preview some of the mini-movies for Health, Science, Social Studies, etc.

11. BBC Schools
Resources for primary subject areas

12. Constitution Day


13. Constitution Day Resources


14. NAPT School Bus Safety Page


15. Starfall
Primary reading and language


16. Wordles


17. Readers' Theater from the Reading Lady


18. Readers' Theater from PBS Kids


19. Readers' Theater Links from Aaron Shepard
This page includes links for most of the Readers' Theater websites that were included in the March 15 Reading First class packet

20. Operation Lifesaver
Rail Safety Education

21. Writing Fix for Kids
Online writing prompt selections for students

22. KidZone
Activities and reproducibles for reading and writing

23. Teachers First

Teacher resources 

24 FCRR: Florida Center for Reading Research

 

25. Reading A-Z

26. Digital Storytelling Resources

27. Pearson SuccessNet Login

Online Scott Foresman resources

28. Harcourt School

Skills and strategies from Houghton Mifflin

29. ReadWriteThink

Lessons and acitivities

 

30. Busy Teachers' Cafe

 

31. Blogmeister

32. JeopardyLabs

Create your own online Jeopardy game

33. WritingFix

home of interactive writing prompts

34. Digital Storytelling Links

35. PageKeeper Elementary Links

A comprehensive list of links for teachers from a teacher in Georgia!

36. Debbie Diller's Website

37.  Wikimedia

see Wikimedia Commons for copyright free images

38. Enchanted Learning Members' Site

log in for access to printer-friendly pages and extra content

39. QuestGarden

a great place to search for Webquests

40. Thinkfinity

Online lesson plans and educational resources

41. Behavior Planning

42. 2010 Literacy Links

from Maine Reading First

43. 2009 Literacy Links

from Maine Reading First

44. DLTK

design printable certificates, themed writing paper, and more

45. Common Core Standards

46. Lorax Project/Earth Day

47. Handwriting Without Tears

48. Vocabulogic

"Bridging the Verbal Divide" Susan Ebbers' blog, updated weekly

49. SmartBoard Resources

50.  Apps for Special Educators

51. Running Record Scoring Calculator

52. Doodle.com

easy scheduling tool

53. Sqwrol.com

visual bookmarking tool

54. Planbook.com

online lesson planning

55. Howard B. Wigglebottom Books online

 

56. Scholastic's Virtual Field Trips, Author Visits, and Literacy Events

 

57. TED Talks: "Riveting talks by remarkable people" 

58. American Rhetoric: text, audio and video versions of speeches