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Share My Lesson is a site created by the AFT and the TES (a worldwide network of teachers). The site allows you to use its over 200,000 lesson plans and other teaching resources at no cost (free registration is required to download lessons). It also allows you to upload lessons that you have created and […]
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Differentiation Meets Digital Technology is a blog post on the Literacy Beat blog that I just recently started to follow. Literacy Beat is a blog written by five teachers and researchers in the field of digital literacy. What I like about this particular post is how it uses the UBD model to plan for differentiation […]
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The Library of Congress website has a wide variety of online primary resources that can be used with students. These resources include newspapers, comic books, maps, and more. The Teachers page includes lesson plans for using primary sources in grades kindergarten and up. The site has recently added references to the Common Core standards. It […]
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Fizzy’s Lunch Lab is a site created by the PBS to help students learn about the importance of good nutrition and physical activity. The site contains entertaining videos, games and recipes for healthy meals and snacks. This site is most appropriate for elementary students.
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ScienceFix is a website that contains videos related to middle school science. The videos are created by Darren Fix, a middle school science teacher. He uses these videos to teach his middle school students various science concepts.
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108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom is a blog post by the award-winning blogger Michael Gorman. As the title suggests, the post offers more than 100 ways to use work clouds in the classroom. What I like about this particular post is that the ideas are organized by subject area.
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Road to Grammar is a site designed for ELL students, but has resources for any student learning English grammar. The site contains online games, practice exercises and quizzes that give immediate feedback. Road to Grammar also offers grammar-related resources that teachers can download.
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iWitness: Video Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors is a site that contains over 1,000 videos of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. The site was created by the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute and is intended for use by students in middle and high school. The site also contains other Holocaust-related resources, which can be accessed […]
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55 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom is a slideshare site that offers many good suggestions for teaching good writing. As with most slideshare sites, the creator of this site welcomes contributions by others who have good writing tips to share.
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Weight2Rock is an interactive website, created by a pediatrician, designed to help young people maintain a healthy weight. Weight2Rock provides a variety of resources to help children lose weight. The resources are organized by age level: pre-teen, teen and 18 Plus. Children, who remain anonymous, can get weight-loss buddy through the site for support and […]
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