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Title of Website: S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts – Phonics Links

URL: http://www.sdcor.k12.ca.us/score/Phonics_Link/phonics= .html

Description of the site:

This site offers many resources for teachers’ use in the classroom. Under the Resource= s link you will find a bibliography, complete with descriptions, of books which wo= uld be helpful in promoting phonemic awareness. The Book Club gives teachers= the chance to read and discuss a professional book with other teachers online.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> The In the Classroom link offers activities linked to the California Content Standards for language arts. Questions answer questions concern= ing the California Content Standards and phonemic awareness. The SCORE Language Arts link furni= shes information concerning Califo= rnia’s Department of Education.

Appropriate Grade Levels:

All, including Professional Development

How you would use this site in your teaching:

The In the Classroom link has an activity box that could be ve= ry useful. The activities are fu= n and will remind you of different ways to introduce vocabulary and phonemic awareness. Teachers can find = lesson plans useful in building the assorted skills necessary for phonemic awarene= ss; such as phoneme segmentation, blending phonemes, rhyming names, blind sort, picture sort, and word sort. =

Title of Website: Absolutely Whootie Stories to Grow by

URL: = http://haz= el.forest.net/whootie/default.html

Description of the Site:

On this site are read aloud stories that can be downloaded for free. Teacher materials are a= lso available-free of charge. Thi= s site is very colorful and kid friendly. Readers are able to select a story to read, offer comments about the story, and print an activity on each. There is even a section to find out what other readers thought about= the selection.

Appropriate Grade Levels:

Preschool, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

How would you use this site in your teaching?

This would be a great site for rainy recess days, or just for a special reward during computer time. I will use this site whe= n my students need a great story to read, which could be any day. Students will be held accountable = by answering the printable questions at the end of the story.

Title of Website: National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

URL: http://nlv= m.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Description of the Site:

This is a great site for the teacher who would like to use mat= h manipulatives, but only has a limited supply on hand.= It offers lessons for children from preschool to twelfth grade, and is divided into five sections; number & operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis & probabi= lity.

Appropriate Grade Levels:

Preschool, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, = and High School

How would you use this site in your teaching?

This site would be a great reinforcement tool for just about a= ny math lesson in your curriculum. Putting this site on your classroom’s website for ‘fun w= ith math at home’, displaying the computer screen during a math lesson, and computer lab assignments are just a few of= the uses I envision for the future.

Title of Website: Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies

URL: http://www.csun.edu/~h= cedu013/plans.html

Description of the Site:

This site offers lesson plans for social studies from preschoo= l to high school. The lesson plan = links are presented in alphabetical order and are summarized for quick reference. Also available on = this website are teaching strategies sites.&nbs= p; These sites are designed to offer teaching tips and ideas for classr= oom management.

Appropriate Grade Levels:

All

How would you use this site in your teaching?

I would use this site for research when designing units for so= cial studies. The classroom = could also use this site for research needed to complete projects. An online interactive demonstration while surfing this site would be a great way to get the stude= nts excited about doing research on the Internet.

Title of Website: Discoveryschool.com

= &nb= sp; Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

URL: http://sch= ool.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Description of this Site:

This site is an assortment of assessment and rubric examples to assist the teacher in creating his/her own. You will also find rubric builders, generators, and support. These rubric builder sites are free and/or membership based.

Appropriate Grade Levels:

Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School

How would you use this site in your teaching?

This is a great site to learn and teach about using rubrics. In order to expect students to com= plete assignments to the best of their ability, a rubric should be given. At the beginning of the assignment the rubric should be discussed. This is where you should be able to create your own or use one of the examples for your own.<= /p>

Title of Website: Kid’s Image Search Tools

URL: http://www= .kidsclick.org/psearch.html

Description of the Site:

This is a great place to find any picture you could imagine. The site is divided into four sect= ions; astronomy/space, history/society, art, and animals. Each section offers several links = to sites where images can be found, such as animals from the Smithsonian Nationa= l Zoological Park. The history/society section offers photographs from the Library of Congress.

Appropriate Grade Levels:

Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School

How would you use this site in your teaching?

Images from this site and its links would jazz up any project.= Any power point presentation would= be awesome with the almost endless supply of images to be located within these links. Students could also lo= cate images to illustrate any project or research paper they have been assigned. <= /p>