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The Ultimate Word Wall. Teacher Resources: TIME for Teachers, Issue No. 2. This section is NOT a content section.teacher resources It’s included for the entire purpose of giving credit where credit is due.

Teacher Resources: TIME for Teachers, Issue No. 2

If that sort of thing is something you’re interested in, please continue reading. If not, thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you’ll check back in again soon. Games & Activities for the ESL/EFL Classroom. ESL Games. Listen Current - Home - Current Events and Featured Lesson Plans. Teachable Moments: Using Quality Time Fillers. When I was studying to become a teacher, one thing that impressed me most about my mentors was how these teachers purposefully used bits and pieces of time for effective learning.

Teachable Moments: Using Quality Time Fillers

I am talking about those precious minutes ranging from 5 to 20 minutes that happen “just because.” They may happen daily, weekly, or unexpectedly. FREE - Federal Registry for Educational Excellence. FREE Features These features originally appeared on the FREE.ED.gov features blog.

FREE - Federal Registry for Educational Excellence

The features highlight resources and ideas related to holidays, awareness months, anniversaries and seasonal topics. January February. Visual Dictionary, Visual Thesaurus. Cool Comic Posters on Multiple Intelligences. Comics workshop has these two awesome posters to share with you.

Cool Comic Posters on Multiple Intelligences

They illustrate in a comic way the theory of multiple intelligences as conceptualized by Howard Gardner. I have already posted several graphics on this theory in the course of this school year and I am pretty sure the ones I have for you below will be a great addition. Symbaloo - Your Bookmarks and favorites in the cloud. Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS. The brain is an enigma.

Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS

Scientists are working to understand how these meager three pounds of matter inside your skull give rise to consciousness, thought, memory, and emotion. Doctors want to know how to keep your brain healthy and fix it when things go wrong, as in depression and autism. Here you will hear Science Update shows on the latest and most fascinating brain research. Pain and Longevity May 26, 2014 Blocking chronic pain could slow down the aging process. Anti-Alzheimer’s Drugs May 23, 2014. Welcome to Flubaroo. Easy-to-use Free Resources. eBook/PDF - Curriculum and Classes in a Click! Classroom Friendly Supplies. Dolch Sight Word Lesson Plans.

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Dolch Sight Word Lesson Plans

Sometimes you only have 45 minutes to review participles before Tuesday's assembly, or you need curriculum you know was reviewed after a certain date. Duration: If curriculum authors indicate how long it takes to implement a resource, i.e. a 30-minute vocabulary exercise, a three-day science experiment, or a two-week expository writing project, we note it for you.

If not, our teacher reviewers may indicate an estimated amount of time it would take. When you select a duration in this box, you'll see only resources with that stated duration. Resource reviews that do not include a duration will be excluded from the list. Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week and Teacher Appreciation Day. Thinking Processes. Unique Learning System - Special education curriculum. Earth Day 2014 #GlobalSelfie. NASA invites you -- and everyone else on the planet -- to take part in a worldwide celebration of Earth Day this year with the agency's #GlobalSelfie event.

Earth Day 2014 #GlobalSelfie

The year 2014 is a big one for NASA Earth science. Five NASA missions designed to gather critical data about our home planet are launching to space this year. NASA is marking this big year for Earth science with a campaign called Earth Right Now, and as part of this campaign the agency is asking for your help this Earth Day, April 22. While NASA satellites constantly look at Earth from space, on Earth Day we're asking you to step outside and take a picture of yourself wherever you are on Earth.

Certificate Subject Area/Grade Level and Codes. Black History Month - Seasonal Fun. Black History Month in Black History Month, February, Winter Carter Goodwin Woodson was the father of Black History Month.

Black History Month - Seasonal Fun

In 1915, historian Carter G. Women's History Month 2014. Education & Resources - National Women's History Museum - NWHM. TV: Liberty`s Kids [DiC] 20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks. We understand that reading is the simplest way for human to derive and constructing meaning in order to gain a particular knowledge from a source.

20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks

Free ebooks - Project Gutenberg. Literary Reading Comprehension Passages. <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension ReadWorks.

Literary Reading Comprehension Passages

Teaching for Change Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom. - Great American Presidents’ Sites & Apps. Map Studio. Go-middle.grolier.com. Teaching for Change Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom. Get Ready to Read Screening Tool. The Get Ready to Read! Screening tool is a reliable, research-based series of questions for children in the year before they enter kindergarten, to determine whether they have the early literacy skills they need to become readers. The screening tool is part of a flexible program, not a curriculum, which complements most early literacy and early reading programs. Educators can use the screening tool and activities as a part of a regular classroom program.

The tool was designed to be used by parents and early education providers. It is easy to use even if you don't have formal training in education. New Jersey Educator Resource Exchange. Home: Course categories. Smart Apps For Special Needs: Top 10 Free Educational Websites for Kids! We’ve been working hard around our house to keep the little brains working over the summer. We’ve been lucky to find lots of educational apps, but there are times when we need to turn to online content to help (i.e. when mommy needs the iPad or when we are at the grandparents’ house). There are a ton of good educational websites available out there, and many of them are free.

Here's a list of ten websites (well, actually eleven, but I am counting both of the National Geographic websites as one) that we have found to be fun and educational. These are in alphabetical order, because I don’t want to play favorites. They are all also free. ABCya – www.ABCya.com– A ton of educational games and activities for grades K-5. Script > School fonts. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Educational Videos, Teaching Resources, Education Tools.

Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events. Free Teaching Resources. Teachers' Guide: Becoming a Historian. Frequently Asked Questions Welcome Understanding Goals. ELA Curriculum Builder. Submit Your Student Reading Tally - ABA Fastbreak for Reading - International Reading Association. NC Math Common Core - home. Tattle Monster - Giggles Galore. Louisiana Purchase Doubles U.S. Wikisbacktoschool - Step-by-step Tutorials! Teach With Movies - Lesson Plans in History, English, Science for High School, Middle School, Elementary, Home School. Colonial Williamsburg... History for Kids. Reading Graphic Organizers and Printables. Free Printable Reading Logs - 1st Grade, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.

Child Reading Chart. » Teaching Materials Zinn Education Project. Burned Out of Homes and History: Unearthing the Silenced Voices of the Tulsa Race Riot Teaching Activity. By Linda Christensen. 20 pages. Teaching about patterns of displacement and wealth inequality through the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. Resource Types: Teaching Activities (Free) | Time Periods: Prosperity, Depression, & World War II: 1920 - 1944, 20th Century | Themes: African American, Economics, Racism & Racial Identity | Reading Levels: High School The Color Line Teaching Activity. By Bill Bigelow. 6 pages. A lesson on the countless colonial laws enacted to create division and inequality based on race. Free Behavior Charts, Free Chore Charts, Free Potty Charts, Free Teeth Care Charts, Kids Charts. Teacher Freebies for Back to School.