Helpful Teacher Websites
By: Jennifer Sterling
This bibliography is a collection of helpful educational sites out there on the world wide web. I hope that it helps teachers in there teaching. I also hope it helps students with practicing basic facts and finding interesting information of topics of their choice.
Lesson Planning
A To Z Teacher Stuff - This website provides a variety of lesson plans but has many other tools that are useful for teachers. These tools include worksheet generators, teacher tips, message boards, important articles and much more.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
Teachers - This website is a great resource for teachers. Most of the lesson plans are pretty vague but can give you wonderful ideas that you may want to expand on. The real great thing about this website is all the teacher interaction. You can find answers to all your questions from your classroom pet not looking its best to finding out ways to ask for a classroom aid.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://teachers.net/
Teacher Vision - This website provides endless lesson plans covering all subjects up to twelfth grade. You can search through the lesson plans either by grade and subject or by theme. Along with the lesson plans it also provides various printables and other resources that are valuable to teachers.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.teachervision.fen.com/
Teach-nology - This website provides everything you may be looking for. Not only does it contain wonderful lesson plans, worksheets, and a variety of printable but also has great teacher tips that include anything from bullying to parent conferences.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.teach-nology.com/
Teaching Tips
Education World - This site provides a multitude of articles on any topic any teacher may want to find out more about. This site offers lesson plan ideas, ideas to integrate technology into your classroom, and many articles on professional development. The site has limitless articles, no topic is untouched.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.educationworld.com/
K 6 Educators - This site includes articles to help new teachers along with ones that have been at it for a while. You can learn anything from writing a lesson plan, tips on classroom management, or even learning what the 10 most common teaching mistakes are. The wonderful thing about this site is that you not only can learn from the articles you read but you can also comment on the articles and read comments that fellow teachers left behind.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://k6educators.about.com/
General Education Sites
Brain Pop - This site provides an array of games for kids to play to keep up on there facts but has a little more to offer. This site also has movies on various subjects such as latitude and longitude, and September 11. It was interesting to see that they also comment on current events by making them easy for kids to understand which they did with providing information about the Swine Flu.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.brainpop.com/
Educational Games
Fun Brain - This site provides various games. The games seemed to mostly be geared towards math and English. One of my favorite is the Plural Girls. The site also provides a teachers corner which provides links to various resources.
Date visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.funbrain.com/
Sheppard Software - This site provides games for every subject. This is a great way to get kids motivated to learn. They can work on their skills in math, science, health, vocabulary and the list goes on. It is important that kids continue to remember things such as simple math facts and this is a great way to keep them practicing.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
The Problem Site - This site not only provides a multitude of educational games but also has some other ones throw in there as well. Most of the other games are brain games. Most of the games on this site are word games or math games.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.theproblemsite.com/games.asp
Math
A Plus Math - This website provides students with resources they may need. Students can work through flashcards, play various games, get homework help and even make worksheets that they can work through for some extra help. The math on this website is for elementary school aged kids working on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.aplusmath.com/
Math Playground - This website takes the math problems up a notch with more advanced mathematics. It provides various items to really help students get through their work which includes manipulatives, and thinking blocks. You can also watch a video on the topic that you are trying to work on and find additional worksheets.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
Science
Discovery Education - Not only does this website appeal to kids it also meets the needs of parents and teachers. This site provides answers to all kinds of questions kids have about the world around them while supplying lesson plans, a featured area for ideas, and even a puzzle maker. The site also has a parent corner that give parents ideas of how to motivate their child and education ideas for the summer.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
Science News For Kids - This site provides kids of all ages with information on anything relating to science. Not only can kids look up articles on information of their choice they can also send in their comments in the SciFi Zone. The website also posts students science fair projects and has a section just for teachers. A puzzle zone and game zone are also on this site to provide some educational fun.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Health
Kids Health - On this site kids can find out everything they need to know about their bodies and feelings. They can even find healthy recipes, look up information on various diseases and read safety tips. I think the thing that impressed me the most was that they even had an area where kids could look up grown-up health issues.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp?tracking=K_Home
BAM - This website is actually sponsored by the government. Its main goals seem to be to encourage kids to eat healthy and be active. It also contains information or diseases and safety. Games are also included.
Date Visited: 09/17/2009 http://www.bam.gov/index.html
Social Studies
Kids.gov - This website is directly relating to government for kindergartners through fifth grade. Students can find out information on the presidents, read about historical document, and can even find out what happened on a specific day in history. This site contains all links that lead to other, mostly government, sites.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml
Social Studies for Kids - This site is full of great information to do with the history of our county. This website not only has articles about past historic events but also has a section dedicated to current events. Students are also able to look up reviews on historical fiction books, along with looking up information on different cultures, and viewing maps of the world.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Magic Keys - This site actually has the books right on the screen to read to your child. The books are the same as what we might see on Amazon but include the entire book. I think that this may be an interesting site to use to incorporate “normal” classroom activities with the internet.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Reading Rockets - This site provides parents, teachers, administrators, and students with tons of information. Students can find out more about the books they are reading by watching videos of the authors. Teachers can benefit from the teacher tips, and the various reading lists they have.
Date Visited: 09/13/2009 http://www.readingrockets.org/
Grammar
Edu Place - This site provides online grammar quizzes for kids’ grades 2 through 5. The questions mostly ask for you to pick the right part of the sentence. This would be a great tool to use in addition to what is taught in the classroom or something that kids could practice with at home.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/
Homework Hub - This site looks just like a whole bunch of grammar definitions but does offer more. If you take a look on the side bar you will find some games that can help out with common errors that students make, such as not doubling a letter when a new ending is added or even editing a paper. These would be great tools to reinforce what the teacher is teaching.
Date Visited: 09/16/2009 http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/grammar.htm