Educational+Links

[|www.freetypinggame.net] - A fun keyboarding program [|www.spellingcity.com] - A fun site where teachers can enter their words or access the link to the list the teacher created (create a free account). Students can play games, listen to the words in sentences, spelled, and then test themselves. Fun! http://bubbl.us/ - A great site for online brainstorming Contributed by...Carolyn Sawicki

[|www.wordle.net] A creative site that allows users to enter a number of words, a poem, a list, etc. and the site will generate a colorful and interesting word cloud. [|http://ets.freetranslation.com] A great site that allows users to get translations of text in multiple languages. http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ A link within the National Novel Writing Month’s website. This site gives advice to young writers who are attempting to compose a novel or simply hone their daily skills. Contributed by Katie Pacuska

[|http://kraftfood.com] This is the official site of Kraft Foods. The offer endless recipes (using their products, of course), how-to videos, and a wealth of ideas that are updated often. [|http://recipesource.com] This is a site of recipes that is very broad in scope. I use it often when I want to find international recipes for my class. They had a good base of recipes, but it has grown tremendously because anyone can submit recipes. [|http://coatsandclark.com] This site offers crafting patterns, sewing supplies, and a variety of yarns for any project. The vast array of ideas that it offers is refreshing. Contributed by Sylvia Wenner. :)

[|http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com] This is a great website where you can design different puzzles.  It is a great way to reinforce vocabulary words.  I use it to make word searches for our weekly spelling lists. [] Batter’s up baseball is a fun way for students to practice multiplication facts.  It offers three levels of difficulty.  [] Teacher made games and quizzes for students.  There are many subjects to choose from and you can even search for a specific topic.  Sign up for a subscription and you can make you own games or quizzes.  Contributed by Kevin Zurawski [] This site is great for any personal finance or business type class.  I use this site with my students to teach them about credit card statements and bank statements.  The interactive statements offer a fun way to learn about each of the different parts. [] This site is great to practice math skills at all different levels as well as hand and eye coordination.  This particular link will take you directly to a game of Connect Four! [] This link will take you to the famous Lemonade Game which is a great tool to use when teaching business applications as well as mathematics.  Contributed by Allison Stark. This site gives advice to young writers who are attempting to compose a novel or simply hone their daily skills.

[|http://www.funbrain.com] This is a site designed for students to practice skills that they learn thoughout the year. The site includes games for almost all content area taught in elementary school. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/ A great site for a writing. This site is called writing with writers. It provides students a chance to learn about popular authors/writers/poets. This site includes multimedia for students to enjoy, lessons and games. Students will learn writing techniques while having fun. [] This site has endless possibilities for writing and reading. There are multiple links on this site that allow the user to access a variety of reading and language arts activites. The site allows the user to post information and become part of the writing process. Kids love it! Contributed by Amanda Yeager

[|http://kraftfood.com] This is the official site of Kraft Foods. The offer endless recipes (using their products, of course), how-to videos, and a wealth of ideas that are updated often. [|http://recipesource.com] This is a site of recipes that is very broad in scope. I use it often when I want to find international recipes for my class. They had a good base of recipes, but it has grown tremendously because anyone can submit recipes. [|http://coatsandclark.com] This site offers crafting patterns, sewing supplies, and a variety of yarns for any project. The vast array of ideas that it offers is refreshing. Contributed by Sylvia Wenner. :)

====[|http://www.kidsknowit.com] This link is a free children's learning network with many other links to educational websites, free movies, funnies on educational topics and games. [|http://www.webrangers.us] This interactive link allows students to explore America's National Parks. They can become a "ranger" and explore across the curriculum. The interactive links include Science, Nature, Social Studies and cover important skills dealing with understanding maps and land formations. [|http://www.learner.org] This site has many videos (like video streaming) that a parent or teacher can use to supplement topics student's are studying. I have used __North American Migration__ when teaching students about the migration paths of Monarch butterflies. Contributed by Ellyn Herrington====

[|http://www.rubristar.org] This site is helpful if you are looking for a rubrcis already set up for you that you can modify. It's also great to create your own and save them on this website. [|http://www.mathway.com] This website is helpful to students, parents, and teachers looking for answers to math questions. They have a search engine for topics in math. I like that you can use various math symbols on the website to add to your questions or problems. [|http://www.scholastic.com] This website is helpful to teachers who want to create their own webpage for a class that they teach or several classes. It saves homework assignments that you can post each year, has clipart available to decorate your website, and allows you to attach documents that you may want students to read or use for a homework assignment, etc. Great for those just starting out as they have a layout designed for you to fill in the pages you want to add to your website. Contributed by Tracy Wagner

[|http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/]This is a wonderful resource page for teachers and most everything is free. I use it constantly for rubrics. With a rubric either the points were earned or they weren't. [|http://writingfix.com/index.htm]This site is a great resource for writing projects and prompts. Any area of curriculum can use it. I use it in combination with some of the rubrics I make from the website above. [|http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html]I get a lot of ideas from what is going on in the news of education. This is a great site to use to find out the latest news and information. Contributed by Susan Lawson

[] - this site has a lot of information on specially designed instruction

[] - excellent discription of the difference between adaptation and modification and the role of a special educator

[] - tells you the information the special education teacher should provide to you about your students present levels and ability Contributed by Renee' Hruniuk

[|www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/] This site is an excellent site to find out the basic facts about all of the Presidents of the United states. The site is maintained by the White House staff in Washington D.C. [|www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lincoln.htm] This site tells of the Lincoln Assassination. It tells from the firing of the gun by John Wilkes Booth to the execution of the conspirators, and yes there was a conspiracy. [|www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html] This site gives a timeline for President Abraham Lincoln from his early history to his death. Contributed by Charlie (-; Herring [|www.nobelprize.org] This site has educational games and simulations. Contributed by Renee Casterline [|www.biologycorner.com] Resource site for biology teachers. Contributed by Renee Casterline [] Short animations of biological processes.Contributed by Renee Casterline