A website aimed at teachers, parents, and students on ways to combat hateful words and actions. Teaching kids about tolerance is part of many curriculum units across many grades; this site has separate sections tailored to grade specific...

A vast amount of advice and help is found at this site concerning choral rehearsal techniques. From general advice to specialized strategies you are likely to find something useful.

This site contains a flexible activity that teaches students how to "catch" or identify the final sound of a word.

The 9/11 Tribute Center site can best be described in its own words: "The 9/11 Tribute Center is a project of the September 11th Families' Association which brings together those who want to learn about 9/11 with those who experienced...

This site provides a free download of the Promoting Vocabulary Development publication. The booklet is divided into three parts: Obstacles that make vocabulary development difficult, Components of effective vocabulary instruction and how...

This site provides a collection of reading strategy teaching resources. Strategies are arranged according to the ELA Common Core Curriculum Standards and grade level bands.

Contains plans for four lessons that use the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry to teach about characterization using word maps. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...

Discover how writing in a journal can boost your students reading skills when you read this article. This article sites ways to integrate writing with teaching math skills.

This Skillswise site focuses on verbs. Included are a video about why identifying verbs is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...

This Skillswise site focuses on number symbols. Included are a video which explains how some numbers are used for amounts, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, quizzes on the information presented, and games to practice the skill....

What are predictor's for a child's success in reading? Use this site to learn more how the knowledge of the alphabet and shapes is a factor for reading success.

Here is a great list of ideas for teachers to utilize in the classroom for lessons about the Underground Railroad. This site provides historical information, facts, reproductibles and more.

The following unit can be used to teach measurable attributes. Students will describe and compare two objects with a measurable concept in common using direct comparison. Included are necessary vocabulary, a scavenger hunt, and links to...

A lesson for students to recognize patterns in a number chart. Site includes documents and videos to help implement the lesson.

Extensive site for teaching Spanish speaking ELL. The theme of this unit is the directions - An "e-mail" is presented, giving directions to a house party - Interactive exercise follows, asking comprehension questions - A guided writing...

Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition.

Wonderful, extensive site from Ingles Mundial for Spanish-speaking ELLs. In this section, students see clothing items in a "store" and then answer comprehension questions based on price and size. Instructions are in Spanish.

Check out the variety of probability brain teasers at this site, which you can sort by popularity and difficulty.

Check out the variety of math brain teasers at this site, which you can sort by popularity and difficulty.

This Skillswise site focuses on prefixes and suffixes. Included are a video about why learning about these additions to root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...

Use this site to listen to the words of Bill "Mr. Habitat," Oliver as Jeff Schroeder performs "Habitat," a song about different homes animals have. He also encourages us to protect those areas, on behalf of the animals that live there.

This site has simple lessons that use images and everyday words to demonstrate the usage of diphthongs, regular vowels, and irregular vowels. Click on on one of the "Phonics Lessons," to prepare for one of the corresponding tests.

This site focuses on beginning, medial, and ending sounds. It offers a collection of games, exercises, and activities to teach letter sounds including beginning letters, phonemes, and ending sounds to emergent readers. These sites...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to recognize and use word clues to put story events into the correct sequence and retell the story accordingly. Lessons...