The ATW (Association of Teachers' Websites) is an association of web sites created by the real experts - teachers. (K-13 - Lessons, lessons plans and study help for almost every discipline, K-12Awesome Library Organizes the Web with 30,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. EdHelper.com
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Lesson Plan Central An educator's guide to lessons, worksheets, web links and more Lesson Plans K-12 All disciplines, from Teachers Scholastic Lesson Plans Page 2,500 free lesson plans for all subjects, K-12Lesson Plan Search Free good lesson plans, all subjects K-14Lesson Planning All disciplines, from EducationWorld Lesson Plans From Teachnet.com (K-12) all subjects Primary Resources A huge collection of (K-12) lesson plans in all subjects (U.K.) Sites for Teachers: Hundreds of Educational Web Sites Rated by PopularityTV-411 Has adult education but also contains lessons re: writing practical letters for students (complaint, jobs, personal etc.) math, and other resources
Lesson Planz.com Free lesson plans for all subjects K-12
Math Help Practice, Tutoring, Games, Calculators & Tools, Store, from Math.com
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Professor (Ellen) Freedman's Math Help, Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey
Math and Reading Help: “College Study Tips” Math and Reading Help website: “Games” Math Problem, Webmath.com AAAKnow Math Math help organized by grade level AAA Math More math help organized by grade level Place Value Charts Learning large numbers, K-4 Mindtools.com Memorization toolsSQ3R note taking strategy, Virginia Tech. SQ3R note-taking method, Virginia Tech. Cornell note-taking method, Cyberlessons.com Cornell method lined notepaper template Cornell method unlined note paper template, preferred for use in math notes, where lined paper can interfere with formula constructions. Viewed on screen it appears to have lines, but printed out it has none. Sparknotes.com Free study guides to subjects in a variety of disciplines Study Strategies Homepage, University of Minnesota, DuluthStudygys.net A very rich resource of study guidesStudy Skills Self-Help index, Virginia TechSuccessful Studying A very detailed resource on college success skills of all sorts, Victoria University, New Zealandtest anxiety from Study Guides.netTopmarks A multidisciplinary website of (K-12) teaching and study resources, is aimed specifically at pupils, teachers and parents. Although we bias our resources to UK curriculum requirements, we know they are appreciated globally from the feedback we receive. All sites featuring on Topmarks are carefully reviewed by teachers. They are also regularly re-checked because of the changing nature of the Web. VARK Learning Styles web site
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English Literacy programs are designed to help individuals of limited English proficiency achieve competence in the English language. Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Dept. of Education. Oral English Activities. The aim of this site is to offer teachers a varied range of classroom activities for practising oral English. Most are communicative activities designed to give students conversation practice, although a few have other aims. The activities are drawn from this site's author's experience teaching oral English in a Chinese university.
Misunderstood Minds: Stories from the Documentary (PBS.org) strategies for teaching special education studentsSocial Skills Training for Students with Learning Disabilities Assistive Technology Training Online ProjectStrategies for Teaching Writing Skills to Students with Disabilities This site contains links to related ERIC Digests, Internet resources, and Internet discussion groups, as well as selected citations from the ERIC database and the search terms used to find the citations. Strategies for Teaching Writing to Students with Learning Disabilities University of Maryland special education professors offer several strategies to help students with disabilities overcome their worries and write effective stories. Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities Students with LDs often need to work in well defined steps. This resource shows how you can break up the teaching/learning process when you are teaching students a new writing strategy. Teaching Writing Strategies to Children With Disabilities: Setting Generalization as the Goal This site provides a link to download a pdf file that discusses means for promoting the transfer of writing strategies across instructional contexts and writing tasks for students with learning disabilities. Teaching Writing to Students with LDs Effective writing instruction for students with disabilities incorporates three components. Learn more about methods for using these components in this article.
V. Literature resources : Great Books OnlineClassics for Young People A growing number of children's literature classics are out of copyright, and are among the books available in full-text on the Internet. Here are some of the more popular and interesting titles that are available in HTML format.To Kill a Mockingbird: The Student Survival Guide Vocabulary, allusions, and idioms: a chapter-by chapter guide. Nancy Louise Rutherford, Belmont High School, Los Angeles, CALiterature Study Guides listed by author, from Spark Notes Loggia: Exploring the Arts and Humanities A very rich site for resources on mythology (as well as art history and architecture). Merlot Take a taste. Resources for literature and many other academic subjects and disciplines Middle Ages Understanding Shakespeare and other literature in its appropriate historical context, sponsored by Annenberg CPG/Learner.org Prewriting Questions for Book, Movie, or Play Reviews LEO: Literacy Education OnlineRhymeZone Supply a word and the search engine will try to find words that rhyme with it
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VI. Reading teaching/learning resources"Emerging Reading and Writing Strategies Using Technology"John Castellani and Tara Jeffs. Teaching Exceptional Children. May/June 2001, 60-67.
"Language Arts: Reading Activities" from Learning Haven. These are simple, fun activities you can do at home. They are especially suited to reluctant readers, but can be used with all beginners.
VII. Speaking resourcesSpeeches, Poster Sessions, and Oral Presentations, Colorado State University
Writing Strategies for Poster Sessions, Colorado State University
VIII. Spelling and Vocabulary building/teaching resourcesAll's Well that Spells Well Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. web site. Best Practices: Teaching Vocabulary with Francie Alexander Scholastic’s Reading Resources Network is putting the focus on vocabulary. Here, you'll find activities and resources to use in your classroom. Building Vocabulary Through Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes Are you looking for an element of English language study that is utilized in every aspect of language usage? I recommend the study of prefixes roots and suffixes.High-Frequency Words and Vocabulary Learning to recognize high-frequency words by sight is critical to developing fluency in reading.
Presenting Vocabulary This article looks at what needs to be taught when teaching vocabulary and ways to present and teach vocabulary. Resources for Learning Vocabulary This reference was developed for home-school instruction but useful in regular classrooms. Teaching Vocabulary There are two main approaches to teaching vocabulary, the list approach and the contextual approach. This site shows how to implement a “Word Wall” as a teaching technique.Teaching Vocabulary Two Dozen Tips and TechniquesTeaching Vocabulary To Advanced Students: A Lexical Approach Focus is on learning individual words to support comprehension of text. Useful for middle school special needs students.Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension
This article describes a 16-week intervention in which the comprehension of middle and high school students reading below grade level was improved significantly by instruction that developed their vocabularies through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.Technology Tip of the Month: Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary Three main principles appear to underlie effective vocabulary teaching. First, learners should be provided with both definitional and contextual information about words. Second, learners should be encouraged to process information about words at a deeper level. Finally, learners need multiple exposures to words . . . Extensive reading is the most often cited remedy for this lack. The Tech Tip this month addresses some methods and some software programs that use different methods to teach vocabulary.
Vocabulary Resources for Teachers Vocabulary resources for English language teachers
IX. Writing resources
OWLs: Online Writing Labs
ABC's of the Writing Process: A Universal Process for any Writing Task A.E. Lipkewich and R. Mazurenko, Westmount School
Best Practices of Technology Integration: Vocabulary/Writing Strategies (4-adult), Berrien County, Michigan, Intermediate School District (BCISD) Web site.
Editing and revising Checklist from the GGW
This is a good resource on how to identify and correct fragments. (GGW)
Sentence Fragments, identifying and correcting, Purdue University OWL
This resource helps and shows you ways to edit, proofread, and revise your paper. (GGW)
General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres), Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Getting an A on an English Paper Professor Jack Lynch, Rutgers University
Journal Writing in the classroom can take many forms. Some teachers use journal writing to meet specific goals; others use journals for more fluid purposes
Lesson Links: Literature, Writing, Poetry, Library Outta Ray's Head. Ray Saitz (h.s.) English Teacher, Peterborough, Ontario. A very detailed resource in itself.
Let's Get Creative Creative writing web activities, by Bruce Van Patter
Pre-writing strategies from English Works, English Tutoring and Writing Center, Gallaudet University
Sentence Combining Skills from the GGW
The Sequential Teaching of Writing Skills at Grade Eight This curriculum will provide writing practice. Since the major objective of this program is to reduce errors in writing, more than half the program deals with grammar.
Teaching Guides for Writing Classes, Colorado State University
Writing: genres in the disciplines and processes, Colorado State University
Writing Guides, Colorado State University
"75 Writing Lesson Plans" Teachnology: The Online Teacher Resource
Writing Resources Provides resources to assist adolescents with reading and writing from Awesome Library
Writing Strategies index of links for a variety of purposes and genres, Sadler-Oxford dot com
Writing Teaching Strategies This is a collection of strategies for writing tasks appropriate to various grades. The R.A.F.T. technique will be particularly useful for middle school “news reports” writing assignments.
Writing tutorials and activities, Colorado State University
X. Life Management
“The Goose Story” How do you see yourself as a member of a community or society?
Occupational Outlook Handbook ( OOH), 2006-07 Edition
Social Skills for Middle School Students Prevocational information
Time Management Guide from Results in No Time, time management consulting group
Time Management, University of Minnesota at Duluth
Time Management Skills and Techniques, Time-Management-Guide.com
XI. VCCS iTunesUA collection of of the best content created by students and faculty within the VCCS.
VCCS iTunesU
Character Education Free resources, materials, lesson plans from GoodCharacter dot com (service learning, ethics education, character in sports, etc.) Did I Miss Anything?" A poetic answer to this eternal (or infernal) question, by Tom WaymanWebsters Dictionary OnlineEducation WorldGamequarium Educational games Games links Puzzles, brainteasers, Sudoku from thinks.comPractice tests: SAT, ACT, COMPASS, GRE, LSAT, you name it Successful Students, Skip Downing, On Course web siteTeachers.Net GazzetteZeeks Provides board games, puzzles, math games, and more.
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