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Teachers Tools
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Read Write Think |
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| The nonprofit Web site ReadWriteThink provides free lessons plans, interactive student materials, and Web resources, all based on English language arts standards devised by site cosponsors the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English | |
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OCLC First Search - Email us for passwords |
| For magazine articles, books, journal articles, government publications, almanacs etc. | |
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Starfall |
| Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read. The interactive books available here have sound – so please turn your speakers on. Teacher may request free writing journals for classroom use that reinforce the sequential phonics lessons of each interactive book. | |
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Book Adventure |
| Find great books for your students to read from a large number of genres. Students may also play reading games and enjoy reading activities at this site. | |
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Bookhive |
| Explore great lists of books to read, create your own reading list, Students may listen to a story, make book plates, do word mazes, puzzles, and other activities. | |
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Book PALS Storyline Online |
| Watch video files of favorite books read by famous actors. Each book offers an accompanying lesson plan and activity guide. | |
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Teach R Kids Math |
| Students learn number basics, addition, subtraction, fractions, and much more with interactive online math worksheets. | |
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Interactive Math Activities |
| Pattern Blocks, base ten, and integer activities. | |
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Silver Burdett Gin Math Activites |
| Ready to use math activity descriptions, activity sheets and answer keys. | |
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Create A Graph |
| Create bar, line, area, or pie graphs online! You submit the data and the website does the rest! | |
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SchoolHouse Rock |
| This site has lots of catchy tunes here help students learn about grammar, America, mathematics, science, and computers. The RealPlayer plug-in is required for the audio and video files. | |
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Learning To Read |
| Provides links to language arts and reading resources. Covers balanced literacy, research, lesson plans, publishers, and professional organizations. | |
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Children’s Books Online |
| Go back in time and enjoy the text and illustrations of thousands of antique or classic books like Peter Rabbit and Mother Goose. These books are presented in several languages. | |
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| Design literature-based thematic units for all disciplines preK-grade3 | |
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Book reviews, featured authors, themes, links, book lists | |
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading , English, and Communication |
| Searchable database for all literacy subjects | |
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Kidsreads |
| Read all about it! Learn interesting things about your favorite books, series and authors as well as the newest, greatest books. Read interviews with your favorite authors and do fun activities. | |
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http://www.secretsatsea.org/ |
| An interactive adventure that helps students learn about marine ecology. | |
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Cool Science for Curious Kids |
| Cool Science is a fun site that helps students appreciate science. Covered: Observation skills, plants, animal classifications and metamorphosis. | |
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Iowa State Insect Zoo |
| This site contains a live, interactive camera that allows students to view the insects at the Insect Zoo. It also provides information about the insects. Teachers can use this site to set up a tour by an entomologist. | |
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The Great Plant Escape |
| Students can help Detective Leplant and his partners investigate plant mysteries including cases about soil, plant growth, seeds, and reproduction. | |
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Creature Feature |
| From National Geographic, audio and video clips help students learn about featured animals. | |
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Entomology Image Gallery |
| Students can view images and movies of beetles, ticks, lice, and lots of other creepy crawling insects. | |
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The Astronomy Workshop |
| Students can view a multitude of Java programs that creates a solar system, view the moons and their orbits around their planets, and learn about astronomical distances. | |
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Planet Impact |
| Discover the fierce force of gravity and pelt poor Jupiter with a comet! | |
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Solar System Training Cards |
| Students will collect solar system trading cards by playing an interactive card game. They will identify the sun, planets, comets, and asteroids by answering questions about them. Students will learn facts about the solar system presented with amazing pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and various NASA missions. | |
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Funology |
| At Funology find fun facts, experiments, crafts, recipes, magic tricks, jokes, and a whole lot more | |
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Earth and Moon Viewer |
| View a map of the Earth showing the actual day and night regions at this moment. You can also view it as currently seen from the Sun, Moon, orbiting satellite, or from above a variety of cities. | |
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I want to fly! |
| Explore the wonders of flight with Toby, the wizard who wants to fly. | |
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Hurricane Storm Science |
| Interactive activities related to weather instruments and storms. | |
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Bones Inside You |
| From the Indianapolis Children's Museum, an interactive skeleton that assist the learner in identifying specific bones. | |
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Amazing Feats of Aging |
| Explore the mysteries of why and how humans and animals age, and discover the secrets of healthy aging. | |
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Water Works |
| Explore the science and engineering behind water fountains at home or in the classroom with Water Works. The website has loads of fun and fascinating online activities, as well as helpful curriculum resources. | |
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Measure 4 Measure |
| A complete list of online calculators and converters. | |
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Kids’ Space |
| Started in 1995 to promote international communication for students, this is a must see for teachers in k-6 classrooms. Students are able to write stories that are displayed on this site (teacher will join, get a password and send the completed stories). For the younger grades students will love the “Create Your Own Scenario”. (Not all pages at this site are interactive.) Grades K-5 | |
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Meet An Author |
| Choose from classical or current authors and learn more about them at this website. | |
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Aesop's Fables |
| Traditional and modern fables Illustrated and retold by art students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst | |
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National Geographic's Xpeditions |
| Check out this interactive "museum" that will take on geography journeys. Come in and visit an archeological dig or climb a mountain. This site includes lesson plans, games, maps, activities and more. | |
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Essay Punch |
| This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay. Users develop an idea and write their own short essay, consisting of an introduction, a two- to three-paragraph body, and a conclusion. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing. Completed essays may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or e-mail application. To begin, click "Start Writing Now." | |
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The Reading Matrix |
| Online interactive reading resources that cover: Analyzing Text, Audio and Text, Proofreading, Reading Comprehension Advanced, Reading Comprehension Beginner, Reading Comprehension Intermediate, Short Stories, Vocabulary | |
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ILLINET ONLINE |
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| Database of university and college libraries in Illinois. You may request any of these items through your local library. | |
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Virtual Illinois Catalog and Find it |
| Includes access to information about Illinois libraries and Illinois authors. This is a service of the Illinois State Library. | |