Links+for+Teachers

=@http://www.partnersinschools.org/= = = =Studies Weekly=
 * @http://tinyurl.com/1-2HrWebinarWorkshop

=Deconstructing the Standards: What is Algebraic Thinking?= Nov 2nd, Fluency Testing =Universal Design for Learning (UDL)= Thursday August 27, 2015
 * @http://bit.ly/udlconnections, Presentation slides from Mark Raffler and Kindy Segovia
 * @http://bit.ly/udlresources
 * @http://bit.ly/udlbootcamp
 * @http://bit.ly/kosudl
 * @http://uniteforliteracy.com, Book readings put to video.
 * @http://bit.ly/MAISA13
 * Any Book Reader, Records up to 15 hours of text with touch dots that can be applied to various activities such as quizzes, study guides, books or vocabulary words.
 * Media Booking, @http://media3.remc8.k12.mi.us/kisd/
 * Kent ISD Lending Library, @http://destiny.kentisd.org/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home
 * Depth of Knowledge, @http://agoradepthofknowledge.weebly.com/
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 * @http://agoradepthofknowledge.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/4/5/17450793/dok1.pdf

Brain Breaks =Learning Targets= =English Language Learners= =Formative Assessment= = = =Morning Meeting= =Balanced Literacy=
 * 1) @http://www.edutopia.org/blog/brain-breaks-focused-attention-practices-lori-desautels
 * 2) @http://minds-in-bloom.com/2012/04/20-three-minute-brain-breaks.html
 * 3) @https://www.gonoodle.com/
 * I Walk Through, []
 * Writing Learning Targets, []
 * ASCD, Writing Learning Targets, @http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar11/vol68/num06/Knowing-Your-Learning-Target.aspx
 * 1) @http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol5/511-breiseth.aspx
 * @https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nzhdnyMQmio5lNT75ITB45rHyLISHEEHZlHTWJRqLmQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.gb49e70aa_220
 * @http://www.stma.k12.mn.us/documents/DW/Q_Comp/FormativeAssessStrategies.pdf
 * @http://www.levy.k12.fl.us/instruction/Instructional_Tools/60formativeassessment.pdf
 * ** Greetings **
 * @http://www.edgar.k12.wi.us/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/916717/File/greetings.pdf?8369c2&b0b6f2&d4ffd6
 * @http://wonderteacher.com/greetings-for-morning-meeting/
 * ** Sharing **
 * @http://wonderteacher.com/bonding-with-your-students-strategy-4-share-time/
 * [[file:JournalJar_ShareTopics.pdf]]
 * Group Activity
 * Message
 * @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_Literacy
 * @http://www.thekcrew.net/balancedliteracy.html
 * @http://www.wresa.org/ERR/Module%201.pdf
 * @http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/balanced%20literacy.htm
 * @http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/resart.htm
 * We read an 84 page report created by Magnolia Consulting, Efficacy Study of Pearson Education's Reading Street Program: Year Two Report, and published on September 28, 2007, @http://www.pearsoned.com/efficacy-and-research/. The report covers many questions related to differential learning in writing and reading included in a balanced literacy approach.
 * English Language Arts Common Core Standards, @http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
 * Planet 13, @http://hil.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htm, Many useful ideas for reading and book talks.
 * Genre Posters, @http://www.franklinlrc.com/genre-posters.html
 * @http://www.k12reader.com/subject/vocabulary/fry-words/
 * @http://www.k12reader.com/

=Crazy Professor Reading Game= media type="youtube" key="8xFcUPQ_z_8" height="480" width="640"

=M-Step Student Practice=
 * @http://bit.ly/1tKe2rY
 * Computer Adaptive Math
 * Classroom Activity
 * Performance Task
 * @http://www.michigan.gov/MSTEP
 * @http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html (Smarter Balanced Online Practice)
 * @https://practice.smarterbalanced.org/student (late February, Early March)
 * @https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/ott1
 * @http://commoncore.fcoe.org
 * @http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/parccpractice3-6?searched=true

=Reading Comprehension=
 * @http://www.readworks.org/, Text may be chosen by Lexile Levels.

=Writing=


 * **Prezi**: Presentations, live on the web: @http://prezi.com/
 * **Youth Voices**: @http://youthvoices.net/ A Website that allows a teacher to guide students through a writing project to publish on the web.
 * **Teaching That Makes Sense**: @http://www.ttms.org (I especially like this web site since it provides so many strategies and great models for students. When you visit the site, find the navigation menu to the left of the page. Find The Writing Teacher's Strategy Guide. It is a PDF document. I use the glossary of Good Beginnings on page 89 and A Glossary of Happy Endings on page 103.)
 * **Terry the Tennis Ball**: http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ (An Australian 3rd and 4th grade teacher started a writing project for his students in 1996. The story continues...)
 * **Troy Hicks**: @http://hickstro.org/about/ (I met this guy at MACUL. He's an assistant professor at Central Michigan University and an expert on writing with technology.)
 * **50 Ways to tell a Web 2.0 Story**, http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways
 * =__**Paragraphs**__=
 * Read Write Think, @http://www.readwritethink.org/
 * Purdue OWL of Paragraphs, @https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/
 * When to Make a New Paragraph, @http://www.saidsimple.com/content/When-to-Make-a-New-Paragraph
 * =__**Endings**__=
 * @http://thewritepractice.com/ending-rules/

=Math=
 * Guided Math, @http://www.guided-math.com/
 * @http://www.adaptedmind.com/Fourth-Grade-Math-Worksheets-And-Exercises.html
 * @http://www.mathworksheetsland.com/
 * Math Foldables, @https://blogs.edutech.nodak.edu/badlandsreadingcouncil/files/2012/03/math-foldables.pdf

=All Subjects=
 * @http://www.dinah.com/
 * @http://www.commoncoresheets.com/
 * @http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
 * Video Tutorials, @http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
 * @http://thegrowingroom.org/blog
 * Pete's PowerPoint Station, @http://www.pppst.com/

=**MAP**=
 * http://www.powayusd.com/projects/edtechcentralnew/LanguageArts.htm#Word_Roots_

=Character Education=
 * Character Education Teaching Guides for Elementary Classrooms: @http://www.goodcharacter.com/EStopics.html

=Classroom Management= =Multicultural Resources=
 * @http://specialed.about.com/od/managementstrategies/a/The-49-Techniques-From-Teach-Like-A-Champion.htm
 * @http://www.pbisworld.com
 * Teachers Talking about Learning, @http://www.unicef.org/teachers/

=Content Ideas and Strategies=
 * iPadio: @http://www.ipadio.com: (Use a cellphone to generate comments in response to a discussion or question. Comments get published to a web site immediately letting other hear what you said and read a transcript.)
 * Teachers Net, @http://teachers.net/, Discussion boards on educational topics.
 * Common Core Standards, @http://www.corestandards.org/
 * Rubistar, Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities, @http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
 * Foldable Graphic Organizers, @http://www.fcps.edu/dss/conference/materials/Session_2/15_Patel_Foldables/foldables.pdf
 * @http://differentiation.asb-wiki.wikispaces.net/Tech+and+Differentiation

=Technology= = = =Lesson Plans=
 * MACUL 2010: A Shared Google Docs document allowing anyone I invite to add notes about the conference. Please contact me if you want to be added.
 * Digital Story Telling: Examples of digital stories from first through fifth grade students in Scott County Schools of Georgetown, Kentucky.
 * Civil War Digital Stories: Teachers crafting digital stories of the Civil War using the RAFT model (Role-Audience-Format-Topic).
 * Mark Raffler's Page, Consultant with Kent Intermediate School District formerly of Grand Rapids Public Schools.
 * @http://www.online-stopwatch.com, An online stopwatch, useful for cooperative learning activities to keep the class moving.
 * @http://www.google.com/analytics/
 * **Lesson Plan Central** (@http://www.lessonplancentral.com) is an extension of Cyber Sleuth Kids with free lesson plans, Web Quests and worksheets.
 * Super Teacher Worksheets, @http://www.superteacherworksheets.com
 * Busy Teacher's Cafe, @http://busyteacherscafe.com/
 * The School Bell, @http://theschoolbell.com/
 * Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words, @http://www.mrsperkins.com/, (Better for Kindergarten through third grade)
 * Kiz Club, @http://kizclub.com/, Kindergarten
 * Michigan's Teaching for Learning, @http://www.teachingforlearning.org, Research-based best practices for content and delivery of instruction
 * Edtopia, @http://www.edutopia.org/, Common Core, Tools for teachers, Formative Assessment ideas.

=Clipart=
 * **Classroom Clipart:** @http://www.classroomclipart.com/

=Geography=
 * **Blank Outline Maps:** @http://geography.about.com/od/blankmaps/Blank_and_Outline_Maps.htm
 * Government Songs: @http://smartsongs.org/

=Science=
 * @http://mysteryscience.com/?r=1344983

=All Subjects=
 * @http://textbooks.wmisd.org/