Teacher Tools

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/

Interactive Mathematics click on virtual library, Simulated math manipulatives free, http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/index.html

Learning Resources Power Points http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/

National Library of Virtual Manipulative Great Website! Have lessons and actives to go along with manipulative.  It’s great extra practice. You do need flash player or java script download first. Follows the categories on the state test. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

New Deal Library Welcome to the New Deal Network's Document Library. We have an eclectic selection, which has been developed to meet the demands of specific features and projects.  http://newdeal.feri.org/texts/default.cfm

Math Worksheet Site - you can generate basic math worksheets www.themathworksite.com

Extensive list of online educational activities  - www.edinformatics.com/il/il.htm

Library of Congress historical documents http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Free access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music - www.memory.loc.gov./ammem

Elementary Power Points Science

http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/science_methods.htm

Science Web Quest

http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/science.htm

Empire Zone http://www.amsterdamedz.com/phototour/photo6.asp

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx this is a site with a lot of good assignments, but it is from the United Kingdom
 
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm - Virtual Field Trips to click through
 
 
http://www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm  Huge Lists also some power points to download
 
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp    Read, Write, Think resources
 
 
http://www.quia.com/ Create your own activities to do with class
 
 
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/billybug/bugcoord.html  Cute online plotting coordinates game

Free Word Search http://freewordsearch.teacherly.com/

 

Jeri's links

2005 NYS ELA core curriculum

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/ela/elacore.htm

NYS ELA grades 3-8 tests

http://66.223.94.51/testing/elaei/06exams/home.htm

2005 NYS core curriculum for mathematics

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov

/3-8/MathCore.doc (click on cancel when it asks for a username and password)

sample tasks for each NYS performance indicator

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/sampletasks.htm

Samples of the new NYS math assessments

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/math-sample/home.htm

2006 NYS math tests 3-8

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/mathei/06exams/home.htm

http://www.ballstonspa.k12.ny.us/district_info/disclaimer.htm