Computer Literacy	Multi Subject Links	Language Arts	Art
Science	Math	Social Studies	Physical Education
Religion	Health	Holidays	Misc.
Just For Fun	Classroom Management	Music	Grade Level Links
Back to School	English As A Second Language	Character Education	End of the Year

These are sites I found helpful in teaching computer skills. I have organized these links into the following headings.  Just click the link in the table below.
 
 
 

 Tutorials for Teachers

• Internet Island - Are you new to the net?  Internet Island is a very easy tutorial geared to teachers.  Just click on the coloured text above.

• Microsoft Tutorials for Teachers - Online tutorials designed to help teachers use Microsoft products.

• Boogie Jacks HTML Tutorials - If you can't find what you need to know here you probably don't need to know.  Very extensive list of topics.

• Tech Tips for Teachers - General directions for computer activities.

• Integrating Technology In The Classroom - Practical tips for integrating technology into your classroom.

• Enhance Learning With Technology - Why use computers? What is there out there? How do I get started? Answers for these and many other important questions. A website from the teacher who taught me how to build my first webpage.

• Technology Teachers Resource Center - A great collection of links for the technology teacher.

• Mrs. McGowan's First Grade - Learn how to create your own web page.
  

• Making Teacher Created Online Quizzes - Sure you can!!  Learn all about it here.

• Using Multimedia Authoring Tools - A great series of tutorials that will help you create super online presentations, multimedia portfolios, and web pages.

• Power Point in the Classroom - Learn to use Power Point in this entertaining tutorial.

• Creating A Classroom Web Page - A very informative article about how to get started with a class page.

Webquests and Internet Based Lessons

• The Webquest Page - An excellent starting point for anyone wanting to use webquests.

• Webquest 101 - An online tutorial for teacher's on how to set up your own webquests.

• Cybersmart - A complete computer curriculum to teach safe use of the internet for grades K-8; a great place to start!
  

• Virtual Field Trips - Take a trip and never leave your classroom.

• Instructional Uses of the Internet for Elementary Age Students - A list of ideas of how you can use the internet in your daily instruction.

• Little Explorers - Little Explorers is a picture dictionary loaded with interactive links.  This page offers many ideas for using this valuable resource.

• Cyberbee - This page is dedicated to showing teachers what they can do with their computer and internet connection.

• Trackstar - Trackstar helps educators organize and annotate web resources for use in lessons.  Create your own tracks and also check out tracks other teachers have created.

• Canada's SchoolNet - The government of Canada's listing of top web resources.

• K-2 Web-Based Lessons - Examples of lessons for K-2 instruction using the web.

• Surfing the Net with Kids - A syndicated column for parents, teachers and librarians highlighting the best of the web.

• Scavenger Hunts - Kids love scavenger hunts.  Why not use the web to have some fun.

• Sample Webtech Projects - See some great samples of webquests created by other teachers.

• Filamentality - Filamentality is the fill in the blank interactive website that guides you through picking a topic, searching the web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning web resources into learning activities.

• Guidelines for Planning Student Internet Excursions - Be sure to check out these valuable questions before sending students out on the net.

• Instructional Use of the Internet in Elementary - This site offers some great examples of ways to use the internet and also provides relevant web addresses.

• Elementary Computer Curriculum - A complete listing of skills taught at each grade level and activities used to develop these skills.
  

• Best Webquests.com - An extensive listing of ready to use webquests.
  

Software Used in the Classroom

• Kidpix Overview - Learn to use this child's authoring and presentation software more effectively.

• Kidpix Learning Activities Grades 2 - 4 - Ideas for using Kidpix from a third grade teacher.

•      Kidpix Book Report - A format for you and your students to write and present book reports.

• Marilees Kid Works and Kid Pix Page - Great collection of templates for use with Kidpix as well as links to many great projects.

Graphics Sites, Fonts, and Clipart for Teachers

Here are the sites I used when building these pages.  They offer free images, backgrounds, and fonts with educational themes. Always be sure you follow the rules about downloading images and always credit the site where you obtained them.
 
• Kids Domain Clip Art

• The Teachers Parking Lot - Fonts For Teachers

• Awesome Clip Art for Kids
  

• Classroom Clipart

• Graphics and Clipart by Original Country Clipart by Lisa

• Country Graphics Index

• Suzanne's Gif Shoppe

Managing The One Computer Classroom

• Strategies for Teachers - One Computer Classrooms - Practical tips for making the one computer classroom work.

• That's Not a Drinking Fountain - Or How to Survive in the One Computer Classroom.  This article will help you avoid the pitfalls of only one computer in the classroom.

• Ideas for the One Computer Classroom - Just what the title states.

• Simple Computer Tips - Some good advice no matter how many computers you have in your room.
  

• Tip Sheet for the One Computer Classroom - Also some tips on using a projection device in the classroom.
  

Super Sites	Theme Units	Canadian Connections
Worksheets to Download and Print	Links Pages

 

  Super Sites

• Education World - Education news, chat forums, site reviews and links to commercial sites.

• 2Learn - Telus Learning Connection is a site where educators assess, create, and share internet resources integrated with K-12 curriculum, projects, research strategies, professional growth, and communication technologies.

• Eduplace - Elementary resources for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies Centers, searchable activity database, educational games and textbook support from Houghton Mifflin.

• National Education Assoc.  Works 4 Me Tips - Just what the title says; teacher tested and approved tips.

• Scholastic in School - Scholastic publishers offers educational content and classroom tested activities.

• Teachers.Net - Linking educators with world wide web resources.

• Pro Teacher - Offers links and resources concerning curriculum, classroom management, technology and more.

• Busy Teachers Website K-12 - Provides teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans and classroom activities.

• AIMS Education Foundation - Offers activities database and idea exchange.

• A to Z Teacher Stuff - This site was designed to help teachers find online lesson pages and teachers resources more easily.

• Beginning Teachers Toolbox - Helping new teachers with the resources they need.  Never hurts for more seasoned teachers to keep current!

• Teachnet - Targeting elementary education, features teaching ideas, hints, tips, lesson plans, room ideas and an advice column.

• Teachers Helping Teachers - A forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise with colleagues.

• CanTeach Educational Resources - Hundreds of lesson plans, thousands of links and tons of resources all with a Canadian flavour.

• Core Knowledge - The Core Knowledge Foundation was established to promote solid, specific shared core curriculum for elementary and middle schools.
  

• Teaching Resources from the Classroom of Laura Candler - A wonderful collection of blackline masters and activities.

• Teacher Tools - A forum for educators to share ideas.

• Disney Learning Partnership - The Disney company sponsored online community for educators.

• Eduhound - A pre-screened directory of more than 20,000 links in over 50 categories.

• Teachers Corner Lesson Plans - Message boards, lesson plans and other resources for elementary teachers.

• American Library Assoc. Great Sites - Exactly what the title says.

• The Lesson Plans Page - Home to over 1000 free lesson plans.

• Educator's Network

• Edupuppy - A great source of ideas for the primary grades.

  Theme Units

        These sites offer themes to cover many subjects in the primary classroom.

• Kinder Korner - This site has lots of interdisciplinary lessons arranged in thematic units.  A great place for primary teachers!

• Teaching is a Work of Heart - A great place to look for teaching ideas, units, lessons, links, and activities.  Designed by a teacher who truly loves teaching!

• Gander Academy Themes Page - This site from Gander Academy in Newfoundland is designed for primary and elementary students and teachers.  A great collection of theme based units using the web.

• Learning Pages - Learning Pages is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials for you to download and print.

• Teaching With The Web - Kennesaw State University links to many different topics.  Divided into K-2, 3-5, 6-8,  and 9-12.

  Worksheets to Download and Print

• Free Worksheets - Over 2000 worksheets to download.  Subjects include math, phonics, science, social studies.

• Teacher Worksheets - Free worksheets, activity calendars, and puzzles.

• So You Need a Worksheet? - A site where educators can create or find a worksheet online very quickly.

• Learning Pages - Learning Pages is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials for you to download and print.

  Canadian Connections

        Being a proud Canadian I feel it is important to provide some Canadian resources.

• Canada's SchoolNet - Over 5000 learning resources.

• CanTeach Educational Resources - Hundreds of lesson plans, thousands of links and tons or resources all with a Canadian flavour.

• Free Stuff for Canadian Teachers - Get free materials and resources for your classroom.

• Calgary Catholic Schools Homepage - My school district's homepage.

• 2Learn - The Telus Learning Connection site.

• First Peoples on SchoolNet - Learn about Canada's aboriginal peoples.

• Alberta Learning - The government of the province of Alberta's homepage.

• Ontario Curriculum Units Project - Great units in every subject area already layed out for you.

• Strictly Canadian - A list of strictly Canadian links provided by another proud Canadian teacher from Fort Vermilion, Alberta.

  Links Pages

        These pages are very much like this page.  Directories built by teachers.

• Mr. K's Links to Learning - Offers K-8 lesson plans, units, and teacher resources.  Sign up for the fantastic newsletter too.
  

• Reber's K-6 Resources - This site is intended to help teachers cut down on the amount of time they spend looking for quality web resources.

• Marcia's Lesson Links - If you are looking for it Marcia probably has the perfect link for you to follow.

• ABC Teach - This site has free printable materials and activities for teachers, parents and kids.

• CLN Learning Network - A resource designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology by providing links to resources on the internet.

• Mrs. Koob's Page - A well rounded selection of resources for primary teachers.

Four Blocks of Literacy	Reading	Writing
Authors on the Web	Poetry	Publishers
Online Stories	Lesson Plans	Units Based on Literature
Favourite Series	Readers Theatre	Libraries
Printing and Handwriting	Book Leveling Sites	Spelling

  Four Blocks of Literacy

• Blocks4Reading.com - The Four Blocks is a multimethod, multilevel literacy framework. This site does an excellent job of explaining the Four Blocks framework and providing the resources you need to successfully implement it.

• Four Blocks Slide Show - The powerpoint slide show at this site was developed for parents and does a wonderful job of introducing Four Blocks.

• Patricia Cunningham's Four Blocks Site - The Four Blocks framework was developed by teachers who believed that to be successful in teaching ALL children to read and write, we were going to have to teach it ALL.  This is the official site of the Four blocks developers.  A must visit.

• The Reading Lady - All things Four Blocks and all things reading!  Another must visit.

• Four Blocks Downloads from The Reading Lady - An absolute gold mine for the Four Blocks teacher!  The Reading Lady has compiled a wide assortment of files for download that no teacher should be without.

• Teachers.Net 4 Block Center - Teachers.Net has dedicated this section of their site to Four Blocks.  A must for all Blockheads!

• Sifting and Sorting Through Four Blocks - A monthly column by Cheryl Sigmon, one of the original Four Block gurus.

• Four Blocks Literacy in Kankanee - An excellent site devoted to Four Blocks.  It provides many valuable templates, resources and lessons to help implement Four Blocks.

• Deb's Four Blocks - An experienced Four Blocks teacher shares resources and wisdom.

• Assessment Resources - Rubrics for all four blocks from the Reading Lady.

• Souvenir Bits A Developmental Process - Souvenir bits is a great little strategy to help children become more enthusiastic about reading.  This site tells you all about using it in your classroom.

• Making Words Template - Use these very handy templates for your own making words lessons.  It will take the frustration out of setting up your word processor!

• Word Wall Cheers - Ton's of ideas for chanting out those word wall words!

• Interactive Word Wall - A great article explaining the hows and whys of word walls.

• Word Central - Offers kids a student dictionary, Word of the Day, and interactive word games.  Also offers lesson plans for teachers.

• Personal Reading Device - Directions for making nifty little phone type devices to help kids hear themselves when reading aloud.

• Education Links from Desert Sky - An experienced Four Blocks teacher shares some very helpful links.

• Good Reader Bookmarks - Bookmarks reminding students of the strategies used by good readers when confronted with an unknown word.

• Souvenir Bits - A list of suggested souvenir bits for some popular stories that will help you come up with suitable souvenir bits for the stories you use in your classroom.

• Road to Reading - An excellent resource using the Four Blocks Framework. Be sure to check out the other stops section for a great selection of other Four Blocks related sites.
  

 Reading

• The Reading Lady - The place for teachers to share ideas for teaching reading.

• Compact for Reading - Materials for families to ensure good reading skills in children. A joint project with the U.S. Department of Education.

• Kidbibs - Kidbibs provides teachers and parents with strategies to help children become good readers, writers, and learners.
  

• Books Books Books - An extensive list of teachers' favourite read alouds.

• Accelerated Reader Reading Tests - If you are using the Accelerated Reader program this site offers a database of tests created by teachers.

• Literature Circle Resource Center - Information for teachers about using Literature Circles.
  

• Welcome to Literature Circles - Dedicated to helping teachers implement Literature Circle strategies.
  

• Trelease on Reading - Author Jim Trelease's website devoted to reading aloud to children.
  

• Beginning to Read - Activities for reading and writing fun.

• Reading Lesson Plans from Teacher's Corner - Lesson plans, units, thematic activities to promote reading.

• The Read In - Over one million students, authors, and teachers have participated in the international read in.  Isn't this the year your students should participate?

• Book Adventure - An online reading incentive program.  Children choose books and complete comprehension quizzes to earn rewards.
  

• K-3 Reading Rug - From Teaching Is A Work Of Heart all their reading resources in one place.
  

• Dolch Sight Words in A Story - A story which contains all of the Dolch list words.

• Goldilocks' Theory of Choosing Books - A great method to teach children how to choose a book that is "just right" for them.

• A Rhyme A Week - Teach phonological awareness with a rhyme a week.  Each rhyme features a particular rime.
  

• The Reading Village - Learning tools to empower kids aged 3-7 to read stories, write e-mails, play learning games, and safely surf the web.

• Use the Web to Enhance the K-2 Reading Curriculum - A must read article about using the web to teach reading.

• Reading Workshop - Great listing of checklists, rubrics, and other printables to use in reading workshop.

• Reading Strategies -Practical suggestions for teaching reading strategies.

• One Hundred Picture Books Everyone Should Know - The New York Public Library's list of the best in picture books.

• The Reading Tree - A collection of articles for parents about reading acquisition.

• Early Literacy - A compilation of research strategies and resources for teachers and parents.

• Webbing Into Literacy - A downloadable program designed to provide rural Head Start teachers with materials and instruction.

• Word Families in Nursery Rhymes - A very handy chart of word families and example words.  Goes on to show which Nursery Rhymes can be best used to teach each word family.

• Take Home Backpack Ideas - An article by a primary teacher describing how she uses take home backpacks with her class.

• Kidsreads - A great site for kids to find out more about favourite authors, series, and reviews.
  

• Sight Word Soup - A fun game for learning sight words.

• Dolch Phrases - A listing of the 144 phrases using the Dolch list of sight words.

• Dolch Word Flashcards - Flashcard sets that are ready to print and use.

• Learning to Read at Starfall - Great online books and activities for emergent readers.  Definitely check this out for Grade One.

• Reading Planet - A great site from Reading is Fundemental that offers games and activities as well as stories.
  

• Linda's Links to Literature - A gold mine of ideas to use with quality literature.
  

• Lots About Reading And Writing - A list of links offered by Mrs. McGowan about both reading and writing.
  

• Reading Assessment Calculator - A handy dandy tool for scoring those running records.

• Phonics Desk Worksheets - A collection of phonics worksheets for first grade.

• Reading Printable Activities - A collection of printable forms that can be used with any book.

• Comprehension Activities - Printables based on the books Mosaic of Thought and Strategies That Work.

• Literature from Teachervision - Printables and lessons to use with quality literature.

• Paired Books - Pairing a fiction title with a nonfiction title on the same subject is a great way to enhance learning.

• When Kids Hate to Read - A great article from Reading Rockets to pass along to parents of struggling readers.

• Parent Brochures - Free printable brochures from the International Reading Association.

• 100 Best Books for Children - Books chosen by the National Education Association and listed by age group.

• Running Records Tutorial - An excellent article for learning to take a running record.

• Literature Circle Jobs - Ready to use forms that outline the job of each participant in literature circles.

• Literature Circle Resources - Resources from abc teach for using literature circles.
  

  
  

  Online Stories

• Children's Storybooks Online - Stories for children of all ages.

• Chateau Meddybemps - Fun concept games for preschoolers.
  

• Absolutely Whootie:  Stories to Grow By - Whootie the Owl presents fairy tales that promote positive values.

• Between the Lions - Official website of the popular PBS children's show about reading.

• Story Place - Fun interactive stories with printables.

• Alfy's Storyville - Fun interactive stories.

• Wendy's World of  Stories for Children - Online fables, fairy tales, campfire stories, etc.

• Reading A-Z Free Preview Books - Reading A-Z is an online resource for levelled readers and lesson plans.  It is available by subscription but is offering this free preview of its books and lessons for download.  Check it out!

• Story Palace - A great collection of free stories online.

• Story Hour from the Internet Public Library - Enjoy an online library story hour.

• Kids Corner - Fun slide show presentations of classic stories.  Scroll down past Beatrix Potter to see more options.

• Myth, Fable or Legend - A site which helps illustrate the differences between these genres and provides excellent examples of each.

• Grimm's Fairy Tales - Fairy tales by the brothers Grimm illustrated and with audio.
  

• Animals, Myths, and Legends - A collection of stories about animals, myths and legends.

• Mighty Book - Interactive stories, poems and songs for 2-12 yr. olds.

• Native American Bedtime Story Collection - Interesting stories from Native Americans.

• Room 108 Kids Stories - A variety of stories for young readers.
  

  Units Based on Literature

• Cyberguides - Cyberguides are standards based, teacher designed, Web Searching, reading and writing activities for elementary students.

• Book Units PreK-12 - A collection of lessons, units, and activities for children's books.

• Thematic Units Based on Literature - Thematic units developed by university students based on appropriate children's literature.

• Charlottes Web - A web page showcasing the work of a second grade class about one of their favourite novels.  Also includes teacher's resources.

• Winnie the Pooh - An Expotition - Travel the world of Winnie the Pooh and friends.  Games, pictures, songs and fun.

• The Velveteen Rabbit - A cyberguide from the San Diego County Department of Education.
  

• Awesome Autumn - A collection of activities about autumn themes.

• Autumn - Printables and lessons from Teachervision.

• Frosty Readers - Mrs. Silverman's second grade in New York hosted this internet project where all participants chose a snow themed book to share about.  Wonderful examples of student work!

• A Winter Wonderland - Another of Mrs. Silverman's excellent projects with a winter theme.

• Winter Fun - Mrs. McGowan's first grade shares their winter fun ideas.

• A Winter Train Ride - Another of Mrs. McGowan's projects this one based on Brown Bear, Brown Bear and the Polar Express.

• The Polar Express - Activities to use with this beautiful book.
  

• Fairy Tales Unit from Tooter4Kids - Another terrific unit by Susan Stein.

• Mrs.G's Fairy Tales - A wonderful collection of activities and samples of children's work with a fairy tale theme.

Fractured Fairy Tales Project - An online project where children read and write fractured fairy tales.

Fractured Fairy Tales - Lessons to help your students write a fractured fairy tale.

• Fairy Tale Unit for Elementary - A series of lessons using fairy tales.

• Owls in the Family - A cyberguide from SCORE.

• Perfectly Penguins - A unit for kindergarten.

• Penguins and the Antarctic - A very complete resource about penguins.
  

• Mr. Poppers Penguins - Activities to use with this classic novel.
  

• A Snowy Unit - Activities to use with literature with a snow theme.
  

• Flat Stanley Project - A very complete resource to use with the delightful book Flat Stanley.  Find a Flat Stanley project where your class can exchange Stanley's with classes around the world.

• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie - A guided reading format lesson plan for the book If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.

• For the Love of Chocolate - A second grade webquest about chocolate. A great addition to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

• Winter Theme -  Activities centered around the theme of Winter.

• Winter Printables - A nice selection of printables from Teachervision.
  

• Monster Madness - A list of quality literature for your Monsters theme.
  

  Readers Theatre

• Readers Theatre Editions - Aaron Shepard presents scripts for Readers Theatre.

• Readers' Theatre Teaching Tips - Practical tips on how to teach Readers Theatre.

• Reader's Theatre - The Reading Lady presents tips for teaching Readers Theatre as well as many scripts suitable for primary grades.

• Readers Theatre for SR - Excellent site presented by Teaching is a Work of Heart.  Scripts, online resources, and teacher reference.

• Readers Theatre Scripts - More sample scripts and resources.

• Readers Theatre and Language Arts for Teachers - More scripts and tips.

• Script for Too Much Noise - A script adapted from this folk tale.
  

• Monthly Scripts - A new script is added each month.

• Readers' Theatre Collection - Lots of scripts from which to choose.

• Readers' Theatre Script for The Great Big Enormous Turnip - A script for the classic tale.
  

  Lesson Plans

• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - This site has a collection of reviews of children's literature titles, ideas for using the books in the classroom, and subject specific activities.

• Children's Literature Web Guide - Enjoy Caldecott and Newberry award winners, online stories, and resources for teachers and parents.
  

• Lisa's Literacy Connections - Lots of valuable links to sites with lessons and resources.
  

• BBC Education - Words and Pictures - Colourful games, print offs, animations, and activities to help 5-7 year olds with reading and phonics.

• Teacher Views - Reviews and classroom activities written by teachers for favourite books.

• Teacher's Guide to Primary Literature - Excellent resource for lessons using many of my favourite books.

• Linda's Links to Literature - Lesson plan ideas for over 13,500 books.
  

 Authors on the Web

• Internet Public Library - Authors - Biographical information, photos, and frequently asked questions about 12 well known children's authors.

• DC Children's Authors - This site provides information on over 30 children's authors.

• Jan Brett - Author's Homepage - A great collection of projects and activities for Jan Brett's books.  Wonderful art to download and a teacher resource section.

• Patricia Polacco - Author's Homepage - Information about the author and her books as well as fun activities. This is the author's official website.
  

• Jane Yolen's Homepage - Offers information about the books and the author with children's and teachers sections.

• Dav Pilkey - Author's Homepage - Out and out fun from Dav Pilkey.

• Tomi dePaola - Good source of biographical information.

• Meet Tomi dePaola - Information provided by Eduplace.

• Celebrating Cultures with Tomi dePaola - Tomi dePaolo often writes books that reflect other cultures.  This is a webquest where children choose one of his books and its related culture to learn about.
  

• Phoebe Gilman - Author's Homepage - The author's own page.  Offers fun and activities as well as biographical information.

• Eric Carle - Teacher Resource Unit - Biography, bibliography, lesson plans, and other Carle resources.

• The Official Eric Carle Website - The author's own site.

• Robert Munsch - The authors official website.  Features work that children have sent to him.

• Gail Gibbons - The authors official website.

• Mem Fox - The author talks about what makes her books special.

• Judy Bloom's Homepage - The author's official website.

• Gary Harbo - Author's Homepage -  This author illustrator offers some fun drawing lessons.
  

• Audrey Wood Clubhouse - A neat site not just about this author but also about how picture books are written and illustrated.

• Dr. Suess Day Page - All things Suess.

• The World of Rosemary Wells - A great collection of ideas for using this author's work in the classroom.

• Shel Silverstein - Links to the poet and author's  work.

• Leo Lionni Author Study - Activities centered around Leo Lionni books.

• Robert McCloskey - A biography of the author.

• Arnold Lobel - A collection of links from ERIC.
  

• Ezra Jack Keats - A biography of the author.

• Get To Know Marc Brown - A biography of the author.

• Norman Bridwell - A biography of the author.

• Bill Martin Jr. - An interview with the author.

• Meet Arnold Lobel - A short biography.

• Chris Van Allsburg - A  short biography.
  

 Writing

• 6 +1 Writing Traits - All about the 6+1 writing traits method.
  

• Writing Workshop -  A very comprehensive resource to use with your writer's workshop.

• ABCs of the Writing Process - The purpose of this site is to provide a user friendly online resource, for students and teachers.

• Proof-reading Symbols - A chart outlining the most common proof-reading symbols.

• Emergent Writer Anchor Papers - Tips on scoring writing and sample papers for comparison.

• Six Traits - A site for teachers using the six traits writing process.

• Writing Prompts and Story Starters - A list of links that provide story starters and prompts.

• Mini Lessons for Beginning Writer's Workshop - A set of lessons to help introduce writer's workshop.

• Gloria's Website:  An Online Workshop for Teachers Using Writer's Workshop - Just what the title says!

• Making Writing Fun - A great collection of links for the writing teacher.

• Journal Topics - Handy list of topics for writing.

• Writing Prompts and Journal Topics - Another handy list of topics for writing.

• Writing Forms - A compilation of links to illustrate the correct form for letters, book reports and poetry types.

• Ideas for Teaching Writing - A list of links to lessons for teaching writing.

• Shape Book Patterns - Looking for writing paper in interesting shapes?  This is the place to find it.

• Papers and Borders for Writing Poems - A handy resource of fancy papers divided into lined, unlined and primary lined.

• Rhyme Zone - An online rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.

• Five Paragraph Essays - An outline of the five paragraph essay model.

• Picture Books to Teach Narrative Writing - An annotated bibliography of children's literature that will serve both students and teachers as models of good narrative writing.

• Writing Skills from Homework Helper - A handy site for parents and students to find out about the proper form for essays, letters, etc.

• How to Write a Book Review - Walks students through the process of writing a book review.

• Creative Writing - Printables and lessons from Teachervision.

• Writers Workshop - An excellent article about using a workshop approach in the primary classroom.

• Our Wonderful Writing - A primary teacher shares great ideas and resources.

• Proofreading Checklist - A printable checklist suitable for primary writers.

• Wonderful Websites for Writing - An extensive list of links for all aspects of writing.

• How to Write a Paragraph - Five week unit on paragraph writing.
  

 Poetry

• Poetry Project 2001 - Great examples of poetry written by students as well as teacher directions as to how the poems were written.

• Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin - Scholastic presents a unit on writing poetry with well known children's poets.

• Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky - Scholastic presents a unit on writing poetry with Jack Prelutsky.

• How to Write A 5W Poem - Simple who, what, where, when and why poems.

• How to Write an I Am Poem - A great way to get students to think about personal characteristics.

• Poems by Shel Silverstein - Poems from the master Shel Silverstein.  He will be sadly missed.

• Friendship Poems - Poems for children about friendship.

• Pumpkin Pumpkin - An online project where children wrote poems about pumpkins.

• Birthday Poems - Poems about birthdays.

• Snow Poems - Poems about snow.

• Snowmen Poems - Poems about snowmen.

• Poetry for Kids by Kenn Nesbitt - Poet Kenn Nesbitt's homepage.

• Barking Spiders - Childrens poetry site.

• Nancy's Poetry Page - A great collection of poems organized by themes.

• Mother's Day Poems - An extensive collection of poems about mothers.

• Funny Poetry for Children - Giggle poetry site for kids.

• Grandpa Tuckers Rhymes and Tales - Stories songs and poems for children and families.

• Ogden Nash - The verse of Ogden Nash.

• Poetry for Children - The Internet School Library Media Center poetry page for children.

• Poetry Teacher - Divided into How to teach poetry, poetry theatre, and poetry activities.

• Poems and Songs that Teach - Make learning fun with a poem or song.

• Poetry Printables - A collection of printables for use with any poetry unit.

• Mrs. Henricksen's Poetry Page - Poetry sorted by theme.
  

• Papers and Borders for Poetry - A nice selection of special papers to publish children's work.

• Theme Poetry - Theme poetry from tooter4kids.

• Poetry Forms - A valuable resource from tooter4kids.

• Autobiographical Poems - A framework for an autobiographical poem.

• Poetry Links to Tooter4Kids - Tooter4Kids links to poetry sites.
  

 Publishers

• Kids at Random - Random House offers activities for some of their children's books.

• Teachers@ Random - Resource center for teachers using Random House materials.

• Scholastic Canada - Teacher resources and children's centers.

• Sunshine Online - Themes, projects and games to accompany the Sunshine series.

 Favourite Series

• Harry Potter Series

• Harry Potter Crossword

• Harry Potter Discussion Guides

• Harry Potter Guide

• Teaching With Harry Potter

• Activities for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

• Activities for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter by chapter questions and activities.

• Make a Harry Potter Board Game

• Arthur: The Worlds Most Famous Aardvark

• Celebrating with Arthur - Great activities based on the ever popular Arthur books.

• Super Dooper Arthur Activities - Activities to do with Arthur series.

• Dr. Seuss Book Activities - Activities for many Dr. Seuss favourites.

• Celebrate Dr. Seuss - A complete unit from ABC teach.

• Dr. Seuss's Suessville

• Dr. Seuss Day Page for Teachers

• Dr. Seuss Activities

• Dr. Seuss Crafts and Activities
  

• The Official Berenstain Bears Website

• Officer Buckle and Gloria

• Clifford and Other Dogs - An Online Unit

• MysteryNet Kid's Mysteries - Mysteries to solve, scary stories and magic tricks.

• Unfortunately Mr. Snicket - A fun webquest to accompany the Series of Unfortunate Events series.

• The Jolly Postman - I love these books! These activities are the perfect followup to enjoying the books.
  

  Libraries

• Calgary Public Library

• Internet Public Library

• Internet School  Library Media Center

• Bibliocat

• Argot Library of Educational Resources

• Fine Motor Skills - Basic ideas and activities to help elementary age students develop fine motor skills with a focus on handwriting.

• Amazing Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Maker - Download a free demo of a program that makes making your own handwriting practice sheets a snap.

• Writing Letters and Numbers - Practice worksheets for beginning printing and handwriting.

• D'Nealian Style Practice Sheets - A collection of worksheets to practice the D'Nealian style of printing.

• Handwriting Practice Sheets - An extensive collection of worksheets to practice both manuscript and cursive.

• D'Nealian Desk Charts - Individual desk top charts of D'Nealian style cursive.
  

• Book Levels - Finding materials at the appropriate reading level is essential.  This site provides links to sites that will give you the Reading Recovery levels of the books you are using.

• Leveled Book Database - Beaverton School District maintains this very easy to use database.

• Portland Public Schools  Database - A public access database.
  

• Reading Level Format Comparison Chart - A very handy chart for helping to determine how one leveling system compares with another.

• Books Listed By Grade and Reading Recovery Level - Books listed by their reading levels.

• LeveledBooks.com - Find the Reading Recovery level by title or input the RR level you are interested in and generate a list of titles at that level.

• Leveled Book List - A handy listing of books by Reading Recovery level from Literacy Intervention.

• Accelerated Reader Levels - O.K. so this is sort of a backdoor way of obtaining reading levels! This is a catalogue from an online retailer.  Click the quick search tab and put in the book title, it will give you the AR level as well as info for purchase.  Hey sometimes we do what we gotta do!

• Scholastic Reading Counts E Catalogue - The online version of the Scholastic catalogue which lists books according to the Fountas and Pinell system.

• Scholastic On-line Leveled Book Catalogue - This catalogue allows you to search for a specific title or to look for books by level.
  

• Spelling Practice, Games and Lesson Ideas - Ideas submitted by teachers for use in the classroom.

• Spice Up Your Spelling - Some great ideas for spelling practice.

• Spelling Rules - A list of those rules (you know the ones with the million exceptions) for spelling in English.

• Four Blocks Spelling Downloads - Scroll down to find a handy parent letter, spelling activities and forms to use in the classroom.

• Spelling Strategies Poster - Tips for children to use when attempting an unfamiliar word.

• Spelling Plans - Activities and games for teaching spelling and vocabulary.

• Spelling Articles - A compilation of articles to help integrate spelling into writing and reading.

• How to Study Spelling Words - An article with helpful tips from Reading Rockets.

• Spelling Inventory - A great data collection tool.

• Spelling Songs - Songs to teach spelling rules.
  

Art Lessons	Art Appreciation	Crafts
Drawing

  Art Lessons

• Kinder Art - The largest collection of free online art lessons. A complete resource for the primary art teacher.

• Crayola Art Education - Lots of great stuff for art teachers.  Lesson plans, product information and grant information.

• Art Education and Art Edventures from Sanford and A Lifetime of Colour - A must see for the serious art teacher!

• Carmine's Introduction to Line and Shape - An interesting tutorial on line and shape from the Sanford company.

• Art Lessons with Talent Teacher - Excellent collection of lessons allowing you to choose the lesson by objective or by finished product.

• Landscape Unit - A three lesson unit about landscape painting.  Children will produce desert landscapes.

• Art Safari - An adventure in looking for children and adults.

• Welcome to the @rt Room - A virtual art room for your school.

• Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'Keefe - A lesson to produce beautiful flower paintings.

• This is Me - A look at self-portraits for students.

• Picasso's Faces - A lesson looking at the very unique Picasso style portraits.  Children will create a face using Picasso's style.

• Art Book - This is an interesting portfolio meant to be used for assessment.

• What's Your Impression - A watercolour lesson introducing Impressionism.

• The Artist's Toolkit - An interactive website that teaches the elements of art.
  

• Teaching From An Art Cart - This is a great article about the logistics of teaching art from a cart rather than having an artroom.

• How to Draw Proportional Portraits - An excellent and very detailed lesson on drawing realistic portraits.

• Who Am I? - A look at portraiture for K to 3.

• Where Earth and Sky Meet - A three lesson unit on landscapes for Grades 1 to 3.

• Magnificent Monets - A look at impressionism for Grades 1 to 6.
  

 Art Appreciation

• Museum of Web Art - Kids Wing .- Full of fun programs to make online art

• What is a Still Life? - A lesson plan to help children recognize and produce a still life.

• Art and Art Appreciation for Young Children - A series of lessons for K-2.

• Artcyclopedia - The fine art search engine.

• Pablo Picasso from Surfing the Net with Kids - An interactive tour for children of Picasso's works.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art - Tour the world famous Metropolitan.

• Crafts for Kids - About.com listings of craft projects.

• DLTK Printable Crafts for Kids - A handy database of craft activities.

• Elmer's Crafts - Crafts from the Elmer's glue people.

• EarlyChildhood.com Crafts - A searchable database of craft ideas.

• Learn to Draw with Billy Bear - Fun step by step drawing projects.

• Drawing Cartoon Characters with Gary Harbo - Learn to cartoon with a master, Gary Harbo.

• Draw and Colour with Uncle Fred - A step by step procedure for drawing.

• How to Draw with Slylock Fox - Those funny paper drawing lessons we all love!

• Chunky Monkey - How to draw Chunky Monkey and his rainforest friends.

• How to Draw a Hedgehog - I just couldn't resist adding these direction from Jan Brett on how to draw those adorable little hedgehogs.

• The Secret to Drawing Cartoons - Cartooning lessons for children.

• Wet Chalk Drawing - A simple technique that produces beautiful results.
  

Multi Topic Science Sites	Insects	Bats
Space	Rocks and Minerals	Weather
Birds	Animals	Penguins
Frogs	Machines	Tigers
Dinosaurs	Magnets	Bubbles
Rainforests	Oceans	Water
Habitats	Colour	Butterflies
Spiders	Earth Day	Matter
Plants and Seeds

 

  Multi Topic Science Sites

• The Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception.

• Beakman's World - A favourite with the kids.

• The Thinking Fountain - A wonderland of interesting science connections for children.

• Yucky - This really is the Yuckiest site on the internet.  Kids love it.

• Magic School Bus - Get messy with the Friz.

• Chickadee - Net - Chickadee magazine online.

• Planetpals - A very earth friendly site for young children.

• Brain Pop - The leading producer of online animated videos about a wide variety of science topics.

• Primary Sequence M.A.S.H. Kits - MASH stands for Math And Science Hands-on.  Downloadable teacher resources by topic and grade.

• Cool Science for Curious Kids - A multitopic site from the Howard Hughes institute.

• Wonderville- An interactive site for children to use at home from Science Alberta.

• Science Netlinks - An online resource for K-12 science teachers.

• The Adventures of Science Bob - A very cool site that kids love.
  

  Bats

• Bats - Great source of information on the primary reading level.

• Stellaluna's Friends - A collaborative internet project involving children's literature about bats.

• Stellaluna Teachers' Resources - A great teacher's reference for one of my favourite books, Stellaluna.

• Adventures of Echo the Bat - A great interactive adventure for the kids and a well laid out resource for teachers.

• In Search of Stellaluna's Family - An opportunity for Grade Two and Three students to become bat experts.

• Going Batty - A wonderful collection of songs, poems, and literature activities about bats.

• Bats Theme Unit - Printables and activities from abcteach.

• All About Bats - Great printables and other resources from Enchanted Learning.

  Space

• Amazing Space - Interactive lessons about space from the Hubble Space Telescope foundation.  The most amazing space pictures you will ever see!

• Starchild - A learning center for young astronomers from the people at NASA.

• Arty the Part Time Astronaut - A children's interactive adventure through our Solar System.

• Nine Planets Webquest - A great webquest about our solar system for primary grades.

• Mystery on Mars - Students will learn how to do research on the web as well as learn about astronomy.

• Space Trek - A space webquest for grades two and three.

• Space - The Final Frontier - A series of science experiments for second graders about space.

• The Space Place - Another very cool site for the younger set from NASA.

• Build A Solar System - A very cool site from Exploratorium that calculates the scale of each planet for your solar system model based on the size you choose to use for the sun.

• Space - Printables and activities from Teachervision.

• Space by Tooter 4 Kids - A complete online unit from Mrs. Stein.
  

• Solar System Tutor - An online tutorial about our Solar Sytem from Enchanted Learning.
  

  Rocks and Minerals

• Rockhound Homepage - A must see!  My favourite rock site!

• Rocks and Minerals from Surfing the Net with Kids - Surfing The Net With Kids comes through once again with great suggestions for sites about rocks and minerals.

• Rocks and Minerals Wordsearch - A great online wordsearch for all your rockhounds.

• Rock Cycle Song - Sung to the tune of Row Row Row Your Boat this song is packed with good scientific facts.

• Rock Candy with Beakman and Jax - Add a little sweetness to your discovery of crystals.

• Volcano Unit - Children are fascinated by volcanoes.  This site is full of great links for future volcano experts.

• Caves Unit - A teachers pack for Grades One to Three all about caves.

  Weather

• Weather Units - A multi subject approach to studying the weather.

• A Mini Unit on Weather - Great collection of stories, songs, poems to teach about weather.

• Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - A cyberguide to use with the terrific book, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, a real favourite with kids of all ages.

• Weather Dude. - A weather education site for kids, parents and teachers

• Weather Resources - Weather learning resources from Apple computer.

• Weather for Kids Webquest - Take a tour through the water cycle.

• Cloud Watching - A third grade activity about clouds.

• Weather Resources from Teachervision - Collection of printables and activities about weather.

• Weather Calendar - A handy way to record data from Enchanted Learning.
  

• Weather Links - A great collection of links from Tooter4Kids.
  

  Spiders

• Miss Spider's Tea Party - A webquest for kindergarten based on Miss Spider's Tea Party.

• Spiders - Tooter4Kids gives us another great ready to use unit.

• Spider Treasure Hunt - An interactive treasure hunt to give children a good background knowledge about spiders.