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Teacher Links
updated Sept. 2. 2009 (in progress)


 * "Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching kids what counts is best." ** Bob Talbert

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 * Page contents:** Lesson Plans / Catechists / Education Links / Standards

**Lesson Plans**
 * [|A to Z Teacher Stuff]- Lesson plans, thematic activities and tips.
 * [|Ask Eric] - Includes full-text articles and journal indexes.
 * [|Awesome Library] - Lesson plans by subject.
 * Bl[|ue Web'n] - Search by content or subject to find "blue ribbon" learning oriented websites.
 * [|Bulletin Board Ideas] - Links to bulletin board ideas for all grade levels. Other good links also included.
 * [|Busy Teacher's Website] - Search categories for web sites and other lesson links.
 * [|CIESE Online Classroom Projects] - Collaborative and real time science projects.
 * [|Creative Classroom] - Online version features timesaving tips, integrated classroom projects and other teacher related information. Updated bi-monthly.
 * [|Cyberguides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities] - Standards based web units centered on literature. [|Books] [|K-12 Resources]
 * [|Discovery Teaching Tools] - Lesson plans, worksheets, online quizzes and more.
 * [|Edhelper] - Includes lesson plans, worksheet generators, puzzlemakers and links.
 * [|The Educator's Network] - Rubrics, lesson plans, worksheets and links.
 * [|Education World] - Lessons for K through 12 archived by grade and topic.
 * [|Encarta Lesson Collection] - Encarta Encyclopedia and Microsoft offer a browse by subject or search capability, as well as selected education sites.
 * [|English] - Web English Teacher. Links and lesson plans.
 * [|The Gateway to Educational Materials] (GEM) - Internet lesson plans and curriculum units.
 * [|Houghton Mifflin Education Place] - Over 400 original lesson plans for K-8.
 * [|Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators] - Access quality sites by subject or search for lesson plans. Updated daily and not to be missed!
 * [|Learn NC] - North Carolina teachers' network. Lesson plans and instructional resources
 * [|Learning Network] - Lesson plans, classroom management, professional development and communities of interest.
 * [|The Learning Page] - Lesson plans, worksheets and activities for pre-school through Grade 2.
 * [|Learning Pages of the Library of Congress] - The Learning Page of the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress. Includes primary source material, educator's page and lesson plans.
 * [|LessonPlanz] - Lesson plans arranged by grade and subject.
 * [|The Lesson Plans Page] - Over 1,000 lesson plans arranged by subject and grade.
 * [|McRel](Mid-contintent Research for Education and Learning) Contains standards, benchmarks and lesson plans.
 * [|Newtown's Apple]- Lessons from the PBS teacher's site.
 * [|The New York Times Learning Network] - The learning network of //The New York Times// provides teacher and student links for students in grades 3 to 12, as well as lesson plans, lesson plan archives and Newspaper in Education resources.
 * [|Public Broadcasting Network] - Teachers source for lesson plans and teaching with technology.
 * [|Rubric Generator] - Personalize rubrics for assessment. Also includes other educational links, including calendar maker, graphic organizer generator and worksheet generators.
 * [|Rubrics to the Rescue] - A short discussion with additional links.
 * [|Rubistar]- Rubric generator and assessment tool.
 * [|Scholastic] - Lesson plans, reproducibles and professional resources.
 * [|Scholastic Network] - Standards based resources, including lesson plans and activities. [|Content Index] by curriculum area.
 * [|SIRS Resource Center] - Lesson plans, standards, teacher's toolbox. Also check out spotlight.
 * [|Smithsonian Lesson Plans] - Classroom ready lesson plans and activities from the Smithsonian Institute.
 * [|The Teacher's Corner] - Lesson plans, seasonal suggestions, keypals and thematic units.
 * [|TeachersFirst] - Collection of lessons and web resources.
 * [|Teachers Helping Teachers] - Classroom teachers offer advice and tips.
 * [|Teachers Internet Use Guide] - Design, develop, implement and evaluate standards based lessons using the Internet.
 * [|Teaching PreK-8] - Online version contains teacher resources and classroom activities.
 * [|Teaching Tips] - Teaching tips from the University of Hawaii.
 * [|Teach with Movies] - Background information and discussion questions for using movies in the classroom.
 * [|Teaching with Documents] - Document based education with primary and secondary sources.
 * [|Thinkfinitity] (formerly [|Marco Polo]) - No cost, standards based Internet content for K-12 lessons. Includes lesson plans from ArtsEdge, EDSITEment, ReadWriteThink, Science NetLinks, The Smithsonian and Xpeditions, among others.
 * [|The Top 101 Web Sites for Teachers -] Web sites are organized by subject.
 * [|Worksheets for Teachers] - Create your own or use ready made worksheets by subject.

**Catechists**
 * [|CyberFaith]
 * [|U.S. Catholic]

**Education Links**
 * [|Concept to Classroom] - Information on Multiple Intelligences, Constructivism, Authentic Assessment, and more.
 * [|Education World] - Includes news stories, icebreakers, site reviews, lesson plans and more.
 * [|Fingerplays] - An index of fingerplays with words and actions.
 * [|FREE] (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) - Learning resources from more than 35 federal agencies for various subject areas.
 * [|FunBrain] - Develop on-line quizzes for students.
 * [|Graphic Organizers] - Guidelines and products for producing graphic organizers.
 * [|Handwriting Without Tears] - Includes downloads for class.
 * [|Helping Your Students with Homework] - Tips for getting your homework policy off to a good start.
 * [|The Idea Box] - Early childhood education and activities.
 * [|KidProj Projects] - Link to on-line projects with other schools.
 * [|KinderStart] - Links to on-line learning activities and crafts for primary grades but also includes items of interest for all grades.
 * [|Journaling Activity Bank] - Various examples of journaling as well as rubrics and graphic organizers.
 * [|Lexile Framework] - Lists books by Lexile levels.
 * [|Library in the Sky] - Over 15,000 education links.
 * [|MathStories] - Over 2,000 word problems and tricks with numbers. Worksheets can be copied.
 * [|MegaMath] - Thinking games using math. Lesson plans included.
 * [|Project Based Learning] - An easy-to-use online method of creating guidelines and checklists for project-based learning.
 * [|The Teacher Tap] - Professional development tools for teachers, including the Internet, Teaching with Technology and on-line collaborative projects.
 * [|Teacher Tools of the Week] - Updated bi-monthly. Includes lesson plans.
 * [|Teachnology] - Web portal for educators.
 * [|U.S. Department of Education] - Education Resources Organization Directory
 * [|U.S. Department of Education] - Education Resources Organization Directory

**Standards**
 * [|Academic Benchmarks] - Standards by state.
 * [|Education World Standards Page] - Links to national standards.
 * [|Illuminations] - Math standards for K-12 from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Includes Internet based lesson plans and links
 * [|McREL Standards Database] - Compilation of content standards for grades K - 12.
 * [|Science Netlinks] - Homepage for Science educators.
 * [|Social Studies Standards] - Standards and position statements from the NCCS.