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Printable paper. This website offer 830 paper templates for download. It has anything from regular lined paper to yahtzee score sheet to music paper. if you need a template, drop by and download what you need. Free Clip Art for Teachers. More and more teachers are scavenging the web, searching for free clip art for classroom use. Here's my list of websites that offer free clip art that teachers can use: Another great place to find clip art for teachers is at Graphics from the Pond. They have the cutest borders and themes to put quality cuteness into whatever you make - like name tags, Valentine's Day Cards, etc. Their clip art collection also has priced items but you can click here for the free ones.

And the host site Teachers pay Teachers has a ton of free clip art that you must check out! A friend of mine recently found this site - Sweet Clip Art - and I'm really glad to see that all of the graphics here are free vector graphics! This free site - My Cute Graphics - is created specifically for teachers and bloggers, so you should be able to narrow your search in no time to find what you need for you classroom D.I.Y. Feel free to check them out! For more free clip art, check out the suggestions in the comments below. Rubrics and Rubric Makers. As we all know grading is the most necessary procedures of our career. It might just be me, but grading is the bane of my existence. Do you feel the same way? Grading large works, especially towards the end of the school year, feels like it is an endless and mindless process.

I remember a few years back when I helped grade over 4,000 essays from a neighboring school district. When you grade large works of any kind it is very difficult for even the most competent people to remain 100% objective. Not only do rubrics lead to better equality in assessment, but it gives you standard that will help you understand exactly what you are looking for in the quality of work. Rubrics are essential to grading student assignments effectively. Rubrics make grading quicker, clearer, and more objective. Rubrics By Category General | Language Arts | Math | Process | Science | Social Studies Rubric Maker Tools All Rubric Makers- Make completely customizable rubrics, and print or edit them at a later date. ClassroomDeskArrangement.com. Looking for new ideas for how to set up student classroom desks?

You have come to the right place! This site is designed to give you some new ideas and fresh perspective for our classroom set up! This site has several pages of possible student desk arrangements for class sizes from 16-24. Hopefully you are able to incorporate something new for your classroom this year! Stop back often as the site will be updated weekly with new ideas.

Here are some other great resource websites to check out as well! TeacherspayTeachers - A wonderful resource site that includes free resources, as well as paid. Bulletin Board Website - If you need a new bulletin board idea. The Organized Classroom Blog - Find new ways to spruce up your classroom and gain productivity Teacher Shopping Network - a site to find new and used teaching resources at up to 55% off! Teaching Blog Traffic School - Take your blog from 0 to 1 million facebook fan page views (for just 1 month!) Classroom Freebies Too - Even more freebies! Random Name Generator. Classroom Tools and Templates. Super Teacher Tools. Speed Match Our Speed Match Review Game tool is the newest review game to be added to the site. Players must drag and drop answers onto the correct question to clear the board. Questions always appear in a different order. You can even download the Speed Match Flash Player file to use games that you have created offline without an Internet connection!

Makes a great SmartBoard review game! See a Sample Game Play SpeedMatch Now Seating Chart Maker Looking for a quick and easy way to create a seating chart for your classes? See a Sample Make a Seating Chart Random Name Generator Are you still using popsicle sticks to randomly draw student names? See a Sample Group Make a Group Now QR Island QR Codes are a great way to bridge the gap between the real world and the digital world, especially in the classroom! What are QR Codes?