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Getting Started
- Wheaton School District 200 Website - http://www.cusd200.org/...News about the district and its schools. Access your email through the bottom of this page. Scroll down to the bottom of the Home Page and click District 200 GroupWise Web Access.
- Illinois Learning Standards - http://www.isbe.net/ils/Default.htm
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Technology
- A Lexicon of Learning: What Educators Mean When They Say . . . - http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/lexicon/lexiconoflearning.html
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First Year Teacher Resources
- National Association of Beginning Teachers - http://www.inspiringteachers.com/nabt/index.html
- Beginning Teacher's Tool Box - http://www.inspiringteachers.com
- What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/ch3.html
- Teachers Helping Teachers - http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
- New Teachers - http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/newteachers.html... Categorized by
- FirstYears: A web site for the new teacher - http://www.theteacherspot.com/firstyears/index.htm ... The interviewing and curriculum sections are especially popular as well as the resources areas. In addition to the web site, there is an email support list for new teachers. You can join the list by sending an email message to: FIRSTYEARS-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@netpals.lsoft.com
- Teachers.Net - http://teachers.net/gazette/AUG02/ ...Check out the August online issue with lots of great ideas on starting the first day, organization, classroom management, etc.
- How to Start School Successfully - http://teachers.net/gazette/AUG02/covera.html ... Be sure to check out the Action Plan for starting your own school year. Also, see the WELCOME poster.
- Books for New and Restless Teachers - http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html#anchor1771677
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- Education World: Classroom Management - http://www.education-world.com/preservice/learning/management.shtml ... Links to many great articles.
- Teachnet.com: Classroom Management - http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/manage/ ... Links categorized by General, Behavior & Discipline, and Policy & Procedure.
- ProTeacher: Classroom Management - http://www.proteacher.com/030000.shtml
- The First Five Minutes are Important - http://teachers.net/gazette/NOV00/wong.html ...Great article on how to structure the first five minutes of your class to avoid discipline problems.
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- Activities for the First Day of School - http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/firstday.html... Be sure to check out the section on Learning Styles Inventories.
- Icebreakers - http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v3i1/icebreak.html
- Icebreakers/Mixers - http://www.bbyo.org/bbg/ideas/mixers.html
- Fourteen More Activities for the First Days of School - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson073.shtml
- First Day of School - http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i2/first.html ... Writing lesson introducing the teacher. Geared toward 7th-12th but can be used with younger grades. Great organizer for writing and generating future writing ideas.
- The First Days of Middle School - http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html#anchor1768896
- Great Books Get School Off to a Great Start - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/TM/WS_back_to_school_books.shtml
- First Day of School Activities - http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/activities/1rstday/1rst.html
- First-Day-of-School Icebreakers Help Students and Teachers - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson131.shtml
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Lesson Planning
"A well-planned lesson eliminates 90% of discipline problems."
- Author unknown
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AskERIC - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
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edHelper.com - http://www.edhelper.com/ ...11443 Lesson Plans, 1296 WebQuests, 5000 Free Worksheet Generators, 1600 Word and Critical Thinking Problems, Exams and Puzzles for Standardized Tests.
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Teachers.net Lesson Plans - http://teachers.net/lessons/ ...Search by Grade level or subject.
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MarcoPolo - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Standards-based Internet content with links to six discipline-specific educational web sites.
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Economics - National Council on Economic Education
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Geography - National Geographic Society
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Humanities - National Endowment for the Humanities/ Council of the Great City Schools
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Mathematics - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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Science - American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The Arts - The Kennedy Center
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Microsoft: Productivity in the Classroom - http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=classproductivity (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
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Thirteen Ed Online - http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ ...Standards based lessons. Under Quick Links, click Lesson Plans.
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Steps and the Lesson Architect - http://www.ibinder.uwf.edu/steps/ ...STEPS is a web-based performance support system that teachers can access to plan lessons. The Lesson Architect is an online lesson planning tool is aligned to Florida’s State Standards. You can use this site to search for Internet resources appropriate for your class.
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NetSteps - http://www.2learn.ca/currlinks/netsteps.html ... Curricular resources pages which contain annotated Internet sites which are categorized by subject. Click "Search" to view by Grade Level, Category, Theme, or Title (alphabetically).
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S.C.O.R.E
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S.C.O.R.E Cyberguide - http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html ...CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric.
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S.C.O.R.E Mathematics - http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/
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S.C.O.R.E History/Social Studies - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/gradelevel.html
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S.C.O.R.E Science - http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/
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Themes Resources on the Internet - http://lttechno.com/links/earlychildhood.html#Themes
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Introduction to Teaching Strategies- http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/framework/strategies/ ...over 30 different teaching strategies. To view a detailed description of a particular teaching strategy, its implementation steps and suggested visual organizers, click on the name or pdf image to download a pdf file to your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to view the pdf files.
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Tammy's Tidbits - Educational Resources For Teachers, Parents, and Students! - http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/educ.html
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High School Hub - http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
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- Community Building:
A Positive Approach to Discipline in Schools
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- Motivating Students
- The Art and Craft of Motivating Students: Control, Competency, and Connection - http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa082400a.htm
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- Parent Communication Teaching Ideas - http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/parent_communication/
- Improving Home-School Communication in the Secondary School: Ideas worth sharing for an active partnership - http://www.scre.ac.uk/spotlight/spotlight30.html
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- Kathy Schrock's Bulletin Board Ideas - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/bulletin/ ...Links to many Bulletin Board resources
- Bulletin Board Hangups - http://www.teachersfirst.com/hangups.html... These inspirational quotes are pdf files ready to print. Just the thing to inspire your students.
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Calendars: A guide to locating events for each day of the year - http://www.sldirectory.com/cal.html ... Links categorized by:
| Today's Date |
| Astronomical Events |
| Historical Events and Birthdays: General |
| Historical Events and Birthdays: Specific Subject Areas |
| Holidays and Festivals: General |
| Holidays and Festivals: Individual Countries and Ethnic Groups |
| The Religious Year |
| Timelines |
| The History of the Calendar |
| Create a Calendar |
| Other Calendar Sites |
- Upcoming Events on the Calendar -
January | February | March | April | May |
June | July | August |
September | October | November | December
- SmarterKids.com August 2002 Activity Calendar! - Activities for each day of the calendar.
- Birthday Calendars -
January | February | March | April | May
June | July | August |
September | October | November | December
- Connected Calendar: Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/calendar.jhtml
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