Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans and Resources

• TEACHER WEBMAIL
  http://webmail.nycteach.net - Access your NYC Board of Education e-mail account. All NYC Board of Education Employees with a file number automatically receive an e-mail account.
  
• NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
  http://www.nycenet.edu
  
• NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
  http://www.nysed.gov
  
• GROW REPORT
  http://www.grownetwork.com - 4th-8th Grade Teachers can access Language Arts and Math test scores via the Grow Network.
  
• NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY - ON-LION FOR KIDS
  http://www.nypl.org/branch/kids - Suggested readings, links, and more.
  
• NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY - CATALOG ONLINE
  http://webpac.nypl.org/leo.html - Search LEO's (Library Entrance Online) catalog of eighty-five Branch Libraries with access to 1 million titles and the status of 6 million holdings. You must have a java enabled browser to use this site.
  

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• AMERICAN GATEWAYS: Immigration and Migration in the United States
  http://www.nycenet.edu/csd1/gateways.htm - Learn about the American Gateways Immigration Project. This site provides lots of information on immigration, including project ideas, and lots of useful links.
  
• AMERICAN MEMORY FELLOWS PROJECT
  http://memory.loc.gov - A vast collection of primary source materials sponsored by the Library of Congress National Digital Library
  
• AskERIC - EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE INFORMATION CENTER
  http://ericir.syr.edu - Search the ERIC database for educational articles and documents, use the question and answer service, visit the virtual library (includes links to lesson plans, projects, and resources) or visit the research and development page.
  
• BACK TO BEFORE: A CENTURY OF IMMIGRATION IN NEW YORK CITY
  http://members.nbci.com/backtobefore/ - Learn about what immigration was like in New York City in the early 1900s.
  
• BLUE WEB'N APPLICATIONS LIBRARY
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ - Contains K-12 Lesson Plans, Activities, Projects, and Links.
  
• CENTER FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION DISCOVER AND RETRIEVAL
  http://www.cnidr.org - K-12 resources for teachers and students. Includes searching mechanisms and links to web sites for educators.
  
• CENTRE FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
  http://www.stemnet.nf.ca - Offers technology ideas, lesson plans, and web page creation resources
  
• CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS, REVIEWS & TITLES
  http:dent.edmonds.wednet.edu/IMD/bookschildren.html
  
• CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE
  http://www.ucalgargy.ca/~dkbrown - Excellent site! Lots of book lists including best books, banned books, books on specific subjects, award winning books and more! There are also links to internet resources related to children's literature.
  
• CLASSROOM CONNECT'S EDUCATION LINKS (K-12)
  http://www.classroom.net - Over 300 Education links!
  
• COMMUNITY LEARNING NETWORK
  http://www.cln.org/cln.html - Thousands of links to educational resources!
  
• CREATE YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER
  http://crayon.net
  
• EARTH SITE ENVIRONMENTAL HOMEPAGE
  http://www.earthsite.org
  
• EDUCATION WORLD
  http://www.education-world.com - Includes a searchable database of over 50,000 education-related sites, as well as articles, lesson plans, and curriculum projects
  
• THE EDUZONE
  http://www.eduzone.com - This site includes teacher tips, reproducibles, contests, grant information, and help to design your own web page.
  
• E-PALS
  http://www.epals.com - Sign up for e-mail pen pals with classrooms around the world.
  
• GLOBAL SCHOOLNET FOUNDATION
  http://www.gns.org - Includes discussion lists, resources & tools, a tutorial on the power of the web, cool sites, connect with other teachers and classrooms, join existing projects on the web and more.
  
• HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
  http://www.eduplace.com - This site has many links to educational web sites.
  
• INFORMATION RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS
  http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Education/K-12/ - Maryland K-12 Community - Many Educational Links!
  
• KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS
  http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide - This guide for educator's is a great starting point for navigation, resources, and training.
  
• K-12 LESSON PLANS ON YAHOO
  http://www.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans
  
• LEARNING IN MOTION
  http://www.learn.motion.com - Top 10 Lists of Educational Websites by Subject
  
• LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HOMEPAGE
  http://www.loc.gov
  
• MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOME PAGE, MD
  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us - Includes curriculum, lesson plans, resources, and links.
  
• MULTICULTURAL PAVILION
  http://curry.edschool.virginial.edu/go/multicultural/ - Resources for teachers including children's music, activities, and a literature archive
  
• NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
  http://www.nara.gov - Includes primary sources (all federal records), activities, research, national history day information, publications, and professional development opportunities.
  
• QUIA - WHERE LEARNING TAKES YOU
  http://www.quia.com/ - Activities, quizzes, and websites
  
• RON MacKINNON'S EDUCATIONAL BOOKMARKS
  http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/bookmark.html - Links to a variety of educational sites including a lot of lesson plans links.
  
• SCHOOL AIDS WEB SITE
  http://www.schoolaids.com - Teaching Tips and Aids
• TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel - Includes lesson plans, teaching tips, educational links, and a chat room for teachers.
• WEBQUEST PAGE
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html - Provides examples of webquests, training materials,and collections of webquests
  
• WEB SITES FOR TEACHERS
  http://www.sitesforteachers.com - Sites and resources from the Internet for teachers to use in their classrooms. They range from lesson plans, creative classroom projects, interactive activities, visits to museums, trips around the U.S.A. and other countries, and "Just for Kids" sites.
  

Organizations/Publications

• ACADEMY OF ORTON-GILLINGHAM PRACTITIONERS AND EDUCATORS HOMEPAGE
  http://www.ols.net/users/orton/index.htm - Practitioners and Educators of a multisensory approach to teaching reading. This approach is used to teach individuals, including those with dyslexia, who do not learn to read and write through conventional methods.
• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE'S BENCHMARKS FOR SCIENCE LITERACY
  http://project2061.aaas.org/tools/benchol/bolframe.html
• THE EDUCATION CENTER http://www.learningmagazine.com - Links to a variety of magazines including The Mailbox. Lots of other resource books are available for order in the Mailbox Mall.
• EISENHOWER NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE
  http://www.enc.org - Math & Science lessons & activities, internet links, and publications.
• FEDERAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
  http://www.dssc.org/frc/index.htm
• INSTRUCTOR MAGAZINE
  http://scholastic.com/instructor - Lessons & Activities, teaching strategies and tips for elementary teachers.
• ISTE: NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS (NETS)
  http://cnets.iste.org
• LD ONLINE
  http://www.ldonline.org - An interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPERCOMPUTING APPLICATIONS
  http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu
• NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES (NCSS)
  http://www.ncss.org - Includes links to NCSS publications including Social Studies & the Young Learner (K-6), and Social Education
• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (NCTE)
  http://www.ncte.org - Includes links to the following NCTE publications: Language Arts (Elementary), English Journal (Middle - High School), Primary Voices K-6, Voices from the Middle, School Talk Newsletter, and Research in the Teaching of English
• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS (NCTM)
  http://www.nctm.org - Includes pages on the current NCTM Standards (1989) & the Standards 2001 Project as well as the following publications: Teaching Children Mathematics (PreK-6), Mathematics Teaching in Middle School, Mathematics Teacher, and the Journal for Research Mathematics Education
• NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA)
  http://www.nea.org - Includes web resources and information on everything from practical tips for educators to background on the key issues that impact America's schools and students.
  
• NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES
  http://www.nichcy.org - Very useful and informative resource sheets and disability fact sheets can be found on NICHCY's Publications site.
• NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS
  http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/
• NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (NSTA)
  http://www.nsta.org NSTA publications include: Science & Children (Elementary), Science Scope (Middle & Junior High School), and The Science Teacher (High School)
• RIGGS INSTITUTE
  http://www.riggsinst.org/index.shtml - A non-profit literacy organization & teacher training institute that uses a multisensory, metacognitive direct and socratic instructional method.
• SCHOLASTIC'S HOMEPAGE
  http://scholastic.com/home.htm - Includes teacher resources, scholastic magazines, scholastic network link, and more.
• SCHOOL PSCYHOLOGY RESOURCES ONLINE
  http://www.schoolpsychology.net - Hundreds of valuable links!
  
• US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  http://www.ed.gov