Tools for Teachers

StateStandards.com
12/24/00- Wow. A site that connects each state's academic standards to relevant lesson plans and resources. A must-see for the 21st century educator.

Calendar Recycling for Teachers
12/13/00- Sign up for this free program and get ready to acquire out-of-date calendars for arts and crafts projects. Especially for teachers!

Glossary Maker and Vocabulary Quiz Builder
12/6/00- Use this web page to make your own customized glossaries and vocabulary quizzes with a few simple clicks of the mouse. It couldn't be easier! From the folks at the Discovery Channel.

A Quotation-a-Day
11/29/00- Quotations are a wonderful springboard for classroom lessons and conversations. Here, you'll find 180 inspirational quotes, one for each day of the school year. How you use them is up to you!

Outline Maps
11/15/00- Look no further for blank outline maps for classroom use. Teaching geography just got a little bit easier with these handy maps just a click away.

MathStories.com
11/8/00- With over 4,000 math word problems for grade school students, this is a site that real teachers will really use! There are even problems that you can match up with literature, science, holidays, and other academic areas.

Free Things for Educators
10/23/00- Visit this highly reliable site every so often and you'll find useful goodies for the classroom. A real teacher updates the site regularly, announcing tons for freebies from all over the web.

Multiplication.com
10/16/00- This site offers tons of useful goodies to help reinforce the times tables. Don't miss the "Games" section, as well as the "Teachers" area. This is the kind of stuff you will print out and use right away!

EveryRule.com
10/9/00- Stop by this simple, yet thorough, site for straightforward rules to tons of popular kids' games. Steal the Bacon, Tag, Capture the Flag, it's all there!

Educational Web Design
10/2/00- The web can help you bring curriculum alive in the classroom! Use this teacher-friendly tool to discover a multitude of web lessons, virtual field trips, Internet scavenger hunts, and more!

A Bird's Eye View of Webcams
9/17/00- Why not show your students live pictures of the places they study? Webcams are a simple way to bring the world into your classroom, in real time! Don't miss the Olympic webcams!

Award-Maker
9/10/00- Create your own customized award certificates by choosing the border and adding your own titles, student names, etc. It only takes a few moments to create and print your own color awards that your students will love!

CyberGuides
8/21/00- Extensive, high-quality lessons and units for popular Children's Books. Use the links on the left to choose the grade level you need.

Book Sale Finder
8/14/00- A simple, always up-to-date way to find out about the book sales going on in your area. Just click on your state and discover the cheap books available by date and location.

Free Business Cards
8/7/00- THIS OFFER IS NOW EXPIRED. When has a teacher ever turned down something that's free? This offer is something you can really use to look more professional and down to business. From the folks at Staples.com.

First Day Checklist
7/31/00- A practical list that teachers, both old and new, can use to ponder and plan for the first days of the school year. The site discusses room set-up, discipline, and supplies, among other important topics.

Ideas for Bulletin Boards
7/24/00- Start the school year right with this batch of fresh new ideas for making the most of your classroom's bulletin boards. Backgrounds, borders, back to school, and more!

Create-A-Venn
7/10/00- Venn Diagrams are an effective way to help your students see contrasts and similarities. Use this easy, free teacher tool to design customized Venn Diagrams for your classroom. Wow! PE Central
6/12/00- As the site's name suggests, PE Central is definitely your one-stop-shop for everything related to Physical Education. The site offers all types of valuable resources, including ideas for integrating PE into other subject areas.

Poetry Tiles
6/5/00- Kids and adults alike just can't get enough of those little magnetic poetry tiles that go on your fridge. Now, you can use the web to experiment with fun sentences made out of virtual poetry tiles. These tiles have been made "age appropriate" for kids to use.

Educational Web Design
5/29/00- Thinking about using the summer to work on a classroom web page? Use the free tips and links presented at Educational Web Design to get your questions answered and make the most of your time.

LD Online
5/22/00- Billed as an "Interactive guide to Learning Disabilities for parents, teachers, and children." A wonderful place to explore the wide variety of challenges involved with nurturing growth in children with learning disabilities.

Kids' Planet
5/15/00- A great place for teachers and kids alike to learn about endangered animals. You gotta love the "Get the Facts" and "Color Your World" sections, which offer, respectively, animal fact sheets and coloring pages.

The M-tech Worksheet Generator
5/8/00- Use the Internet and your printer to design customized word scrambles, matching tests, fill in the blank quizzes, and more. A wonderful free time-saver for teachers.

Voycabulary
5/1/00- Simply type in the URL of any web page and this awesome tool quickly converts all the words on any webpage into links to Dictionary definitions, Thesaurus entries, and more. Also, translates into different languages and dialects.

Gaggle.net
4/24/00- A free network that provides safe, teacher-controlled e-mail accounts for your students. Easy to use, with no limit to the number of accounts you can have.

Newbery Medal Home Page
4/17/00- Only the most distinguished children's books win the Newbery Medal. Scroll to the bottom of this home page for selection criteria, the Caldecott home page, a list of all winners, and more.

Earth Viewer
4/10/00- A tool that you can customize to show the daytime and nighttime portions of the Earth for any day of the year.

Graphic Organizers
4/3/00- An easy to use index that offers examples of popular graphic organizers and explains exactly how to use them. Great for ideas!

Eyewitness: History Through The Eyes Of Those Who Lived It
3/27/00- World history, from ancient times to today, as told through primary documents and personal narratives. A great way to make history come alive!

Teacher Exchange Clearinghouse
3/20/00- Have you ever dreamed of a change of scenery? Visit this site if you're interested in swapping jobs with another teacher from around the country or even the world.

Puzzlemaker
3/14/00- Use this free online tool to design and print customized word searches and mazes, as well as crossword and math puzzles.

Biography Maker
3/7/00- A handy way to get kids excited about writing biographies. Best of all, this step-by-step tool walks students through the process of writing a thorough and effective life story.

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