Teacher Websites

4teachers
...ideas for linking curriculum and technology. Also some great teacher tools including classroom architect, help with your classroom floor plan, Rubistar, help creating rubrics, and more...

abc teach
...valuable tools for teachers including certificates, flashcards, worksheets, etc.

ATN - Book Lists (Suggested Reading)
...LOTS of book lists organized by genres, professional reading, read alikes, read alouds, readership targeted lists, school subjects, specialties, themes, and values from Nancy Keene

Blue Web'N
...a wonderful search engine that provides "blue ribbon" educational websites and lesson plans at various grade levels

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
... 2-page chart for helping educators to understand copyright and fair use guidelines

Crossword Puzzle Maker
...just that!

DiscoverySchool
...lots of ready-made resources here for teachers including lesson plans, a lesson plan library, worksheet generator, puzzle maker, story starters, and more

Education Place
...Houghton Mifflin's site for curricular ideas in reading, language arts, math, social studies, and science

Education World
...lots of links for educators related to lesson planning, technology, professional development, and school issues

EduHound
...ratherlike a search engine for educators

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
...curricular links, teaching tools, rubrics, graphic organizers, and more!

Instant Poetry Forms
...lots of forms for a variety of poetry styles that your students can fill out to create a great poem

Mikids
...a variety of great links on various subjects, some for teachers and others kid-friendly

NASA for Educators
...for up-to-date information about space, for lessons, and more

Puzzlemaker
...a link from DiscoverySchool.com, this site allows you to make crossword puzzles, word searches, and others

ReadWriteThink
...resources and practices in language arts instruction

RubiStar
...create or rubrics for projects, multimedia, math, writing, products, reading, art, work skills, science, and music

Science to Go Homepage
...this page is created by Kate Poaster, science teacher

Teachingbooks.net
...this data base includes lots of information and ideas for teaching about literature and authors. This database is paid for by our Issaquah School District. A password is needed. See me.

U.S. Copyright Office
...FAQ's from the U.S. Copyright Office

Using Picture Books to Teach Six Trait Writing
...a list of picture books to use when teaching the six traits