Classroom Resources

Resources for Teachers
updated 8/9/05

Assessment | Classroom Management | Lesson Plans | Teacher Helps

Assessment

• Assessment Articles, Research, and Resources from NCREL
• Assessment and Evaluation A list of links on grading, rubrics, standardized testing, holistic scoring, and more.
• Developing Educational Standards
• MEAP by Mouse Sample MEAP questions.
• Multimedia Project Scoring Rubric: Scoring Criteria
• Rubrics for Web pages and projects:
  • Rubric for Evaluating Web Sites
  • Web Scoring Rubric
• Portfolio Assessment info Links and info on this assessment tool.
• Rubric Builder Create a rubric online.
• Rubric Generators for all content areas and activities.
• Rubric Resources
• Rubistar is a free tool to help a teacher make quality rubrics.
• Student Electronic Portfolios A series of links to websites and pages that have content dealing with Electronic Portfolios.
• Technology and Assessment Web pages that describe and discuss the use of technology to support alternative assessment.
• Web Olympic Rubric Scoring Rubric used for The Partnership for Lifelong Learning Web Olympics
• Web Page Rubric from an Alaska School District Look around on this site for ideas of what you could do with your students.

Classroom Management

• Classroom Management from Teachnet.com A great site to visit when you need to be inspired with new ideas for teaching.
• Classroom Management A list of links on subjects such as reward systems, assertive discipline, student self-management, rules and procedures, and more.
• Empowering People Ideas for discipline and developing thinking people
• Guidelines for Good Classroom Management Practice Ideas for grades 3-12.
• Managing Your Classroom from Instructor Magazine. Some assessment information included too.
• Positive Classroom Discipline From Fred Jones
• Using Technology Effectively in the 1 Computer Classroom
• What is Your Classroom Management Profile? An online quiz to determine your profile.
• Works4Me Tips Library with teaching and classroom management tips.

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Lesson Plans

• Alfy's Teach Learn Communicate for lesson plans and resources.
• Analyze and Apply Provides resources for project-based learning.
• Best Practices of Technology Integration in Michigan. This project has collected the best technology integration lessons from teachers around the state.
• Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library From Pacific Bell, this site has many activities, projects, and lesson plans.
• CEC (Columbia Education Center) Lesson Plans These lesson plans were created by teachers for use in their own classrooms.
• Collaborative Lesson Archive Listed by grade level. You can submit your own lessons too! Thematic units included. 
• Doucette Index: K-12 Lesson Ideas for Literature Search author or title and find website, books, and teaching suggestions for children's and YA literature.
• Lesson Plans and WebQuests from edHelper.com.
• Educator's Toolkit Lots of lists of useful information, including some on thematic units. Check out the Teacher's Desk ring at the bottom of the page (page for educators by educators)
• ERIC's lesson plan page Lots here!
• Encarta Lesson Collection Created by and for teachers like you.
• ExplorAsource finds resources to match specific learning needs and standards.
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Hundreds of Internet-based education resources.
• The Gateway to Educational Resources Lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources.
• Integrated Resources Packages Curriculum resources packages for all areas and levels. Lesson plans, resources, activities, and more.
• Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections has contact information for emailing classrooms around the world.
• Instructional TV Lesson Plans from wNet School.
• Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Resources for teachers on how to integrate this excellent creativity software.
• The Lesson Plan Page A list of many pages where you can find many different lesson plans.
• MCPS Curriculum A school district's list of links in many curriculum areas.
• Michigan Curriculum Framework All the benchmarks online!
• Mini-Themes Page A teacher's collection of sites on selected themes.
• PBS Teacher Connex Includes lesson plans to go along with PBS programming.
• Pics4Learning has lots of activities working with digital images.
• Project OWLink  Lessons to integrate the Internet into daily classroom activities. Some are very unique!
• Teacher's Guide for the Professional Cartoonists Index A site with lesson plans for elementary to high school teachers. Teaches social science, art, journalism, and more. Students can learn about current events, how to form opinions and more. Student handouts included.
• Top Ten LInC Projects 10 great lessons from teacher training at the Fermilab.
• TrackStar A site that guides a student through a collection of sites. Annotations and questions accompany each site. Collections of sites for all subject and grade levels.
• USA Today Education Lesson ideas to connect today's news to the curriculum.

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Teacher Helps

• Also visit Classroom Resources, Reference, Technology Curriculum and Training for more teacher helps related to technology.
• 4Teachers Helping teachers power learning with technology.
• AT&T Learning Network An award-winning site.
• Best Practices in Education Dedicated to finding effective educational practices.
• Dialogue Web Electronic resource created for Michigan Educators.
• eDscape Teachers Page Lesson plans, links with teachers, articles on many issues and more.
• Education.com News and resources for parents and teachers.
• Education World Where Educators Go to Learn Lots of info here! Try out their mailing list.
• Email Discussion Lists and Electronic Journals A list for educators.
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational materials.
• Filamentality lets you create and post web hotlists, treasure hunts, webquests, and more.
• Filling the Tool Box Classroom strategies to engender student questioning. Tactics to turn your students into critical thinkers.
• Flashcards Print flashcards from the web.
• The Fool's Workshop Download Flashcard Wizard to create your own flashcards of anything.
• FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Links, learning modules, and more.
• Hazel's Homepage A Title 1/1&2nd grade teacher's page. Lots of resources and training pages.
• Helping Your Students with Homework A guide for teachers published by the US Dept. of Education
• Homework Central A good site to give your students.
• Impact II The Teachers Network Lots here, curriculum leadership, policy, talk, and more.
• k12 newsgroups Find the newsgroups you need here.
• Kagan Publishing Resources from all of Kagan's workshops.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.
• Kindergarten Connection Designed to help teachers and parents working with primary age students. 
• Kindergarten Kafe An online newsletter written by and for kindergarten teachers. Lots of curriculum ideas and projects.
• The Michigan Teacher Network provides access to K-12 education related Web resources that are evaluated for effectiveness.
• MiddleWeb Exploring the challenges of middle grades reform, including resources, middle school news and more
• Museums & Learning a Guide for Families But useful for teachers too!
• National Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching Aims to energize and enable teachers.
• PBS TeacherSource Lessons and activities.
• Puzzlemaker.com Create word searches, crossword puzzles, and more online!
• SuperKids Educational Software Review Read the review before buying.
• Teacher Created Materials has lots of resources.
• Teachers Helping Teachers Website that was created to provide basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers, teaching K-12 grades.
• Teachers.net Chat with other teachers, find lesson plans, and much more.
• Teacher Talk Forum: Site with articles on teaching adolescents hosted by Indiana's Center for Adolescent.
• Teacher Tidbytes Web resources, tutorials, lesson plans.
• Teacher Zone This site focuses on K-12 education in the format of single-source news about technology for teachers & principals.
• Teaching Methods Links and information on planning, curriculum, multicultural classrooms, problem-based learning, assessment, first year teaching and more!
• TechProf Home This site from California has loads of resources.
• Tried and True Tested ideas for teaching and learning from the regional educational laboratories.
• Web Worksheet Wizard allows you to create web pages for your students.
• The Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program for Teachers
• A World of Kindergartens Ideas for kindergarten activities, curriculum support, classroom management, computer ideas, and more.
• wNetSchool The practical web service for k-12 teachers (free subscription).