Bradford Woods Elementary School

Staff Resources

 

New Sites

• Artsedge Lessons:  Numerous lesson plans for incorporating the Arts.
• Math Links:  Links to various math sites.
• AOL@School Primary
• Personal Educational Press:  Create bingo cards, flashcards, word searches, scrambles, etc...
• Literacy Games and Activities

Reading Resources:

• Storyline:  The screen Actor's Guild offers stories online for the children to listen to.
  There are numerous stories to choose from.  There are also some activities.
• Good Night Stories:  Everything you can do with a story. 
• Children's Story Books On-Line: Read illustrated stories on-line for various age groups.
• Mighty Book Library: Lots to explore at this on-line book site, including books, exercises
  in parts of speech, an online dictionary and thesaurus, poetry, contest, and more.  Choose
  your age group for the appropriate level of reading.  (8-10 years old)
• A to Z teacher stuff: Children's literature activities indexed by book title.
• Linda's Links to Literature:  Lesson plans to go with children's literature.
• Compact guide to school and home links
• Book Activities: Activities to go with numerous books.
• Leveled Book Database
• Literature plans and resources

Grammar/English

• Grammar Bytes
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Interactive English Practice
• Grammar Activities:  Links to various pages for basic, intermediate, and advanced practice.
• Ideas and Activities for teaching grammar

Math Sites:

• FunBrain.com:  Tons of games. Click on Teacher link for description and grade level of games available.
• AAA math:  Hundreds of math games organized by grade level.
• Numerous math links
• Money, Money, Money Sites
• Resource room for math

Graphic Organizers:

• Graphic Organizers Index: Find graphic organizers to use with describing, comparing/
  contrasting, classifying, sequencing, causal, and decision making.
• Graphic Organizers:  Numerous graphic organizers
• Eduplace Graphic Organizers:  Over 25 different organizers
• Graphic Organizer Maker:  Select the type of graphic organizer you need, type in your
  information, and print it out. 
• Graphic Organizers: Support specific thinking skills.
• Teacher Vision Graphic Organizers:  Printable graphic organizers for all subjects.

Department of Education:

• United States Department of Education

Miscellaneous Sites:

• Kathy Schrock's guide for Educators: A categorized list of sites useful in enriching
  curriculum and professional growth.
• School Express:  Thousands of free, printable worksheets.

Lesson Plans

• Ed-helper: Lesson plans for all subjects.
• Teacher Planet: contains a Calendar with clickable events to help you plan for special
  lessons and activities well ahead of time, or at the last minute, if required!
• Learning Page:  Downloaded lessons and worksheets.  Has D'Nealian worksheets.
  You will need to become a member, but it is free.
• ABC Teach: This is a quality educational site that offers free printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms,
  book report forms, ideas, lessons and much more.
• Teacher's First:  Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level, making it easy to locate lesson
  plans and associated web resources quickly
• A to Z Teacher Stuff: Lesson plans, themes, printables, tips, and articles.
• Proteacher: Lessons
• ENC Online: Lessons and Activities
• ArtsEdge: Integrating art into the classroom.

Science:

• Weather Wiz Kids
• Dan's Wild Weather
• Weather Webquest and sites
• A hotlist on clouds
• More Weather  Webquest
• Weather Links
• Weather Clipart
• More Weather Clipart
• Weather Teaching Theme:  Scroll to bottom of page
• ProTeacher Weather Lessons

Webquests:

• Webquest 101:  What is a WebQuest?
• CampConnect: WebQuests for elementary school projects.
• The Ultimate Money Webquest:  A money WebQuest
• A List of WebQuests: Various topics and grade levels.
• First Grade WebQuests
• Elementary WebQuests:  Sorted by subject.
• Elementary WebQuests: Sorted by grade level.
• Elementary WebQuests:  Sorted by grade level and subject.
• Index of Elementary Webquests:
• WebQuests
• The Grouchy Ladybug

Rubrics:

• Rubric Builder

Student Achievement

• PSSA Classroom Connect: Primary reading activities for PSSA preparation.  Rubrics included for assessment.
• What About Mathematics: Pennsylvania Department of Education.  Explanation, activities, and additional webpages.
• What About Reading: Pennsylvania Department of Education 
• Parent Tips for standardized testing:
• Rigor - Evaluate items using Webb's Depth of Knowledge

Web Graphics

• Graphics
• Teacher Created Resources: Colored Graphics
• Awesome Clipart for Educators and Children
• Discovery School
• School related background sets
• Web Graphics

Reader's Theatre

• Reader's Theatre Scripts and Plays. A nice collection of links to scripts around the web.
• Aaron Shep's Reader's Theatre
• Reader's Theatre Collection  K-3
• Lisa Blau Reader's Theatre Archives
• Storycart.com:  Samples of some reader's theatre stories.
• Gander Academy:  What is reader's theatre? Sample scripts!
• Reader's Theater/Language Arts for teachers.
• Web English Teacher:  Links to various sites.
• This ReadWriteThink lesson includes a rubric for evaluation of RT.

Underground Railroad Sites 

Lesson Ideas

• www.pocanticohills.org/tubman/tubman.html

• www.pocanitcohills.org/tubman/gourd1.html

• www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit139/lesson2.html

• www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view_printer_friendly.asp?id=127

• www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Sweet_Clara.html

• www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0120.html

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0205_040205_slavequilts.html

• http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3501

• www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/gk2/quilting.html

• www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g35/quilts.html

• http://www.teachervision.fen.com/u-s-civil-war/drama/6529.html?for­­_printing=1

• http://www.teachervision.fen.com/united-states/activity/4882.html?detoured=1

• www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/ftdg1.htm

• www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/social­_studies/History/HIS0014.html

Interactive Student Sites

• www.slaveryinamerica.org (specifically the History and Teacher Resources links)

• www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad (students can make choices as they plan their escape)

Informative Sites (narratives, primary sources, pictures, maps, and more)

• www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/index.html (click on related entries for further study)

• www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground (from the national park services, this site offers maps and a listing of safe houses by state with pictures)

• www.freedomcenter.org/learn/freedom-stations/video­_tours/

• www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=ABT6782.0001.001 (students can read from Harriet Jacobs diary)

• www.explorepahistory.com (search underground railroad)

• www.lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/

• http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ (slave narratives with pictures)
  www.waynet.org/nonprofit/coffin.htm (interior pictures of Coffin’s house)

Music Sites

• www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html

• www.appleseedrec.com/underground/ (contains 3 audio recordings of slave songs)

• http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/resources/gw_music.htm

Quilt Sites

• www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00011.cfm#top http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSMathMusicArtLACIMDBlackHistoryMonthSecretsOfTheUndergroundRailroad10DayUnit4.htm

• http://www.kinderart.com/across/afamslavequilt.shtml (this site has nice links to related sites)

• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/quilt/atrads.html