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Pulaski Elementary Teacher Concerns

Educational Professional Standards - Use these standards for the Individual Professional Growth Plans

  Arts 

ArtsEdNet -****Art galleries, lesson plans, and ideas.
Arts Resources*****Art, Music, Theatre, plus more resources about the arts!
Datadragon -***Music Education.
Drama ****Creative Drama projects for younger students.
EducationWorld - ***This link will take you to the Arts section of EdWorld. Great Resource.
Kinderart - ***Art lesson plans and ideas for young children.
MusicResources -*****Music Resources!
Playdough - ***** How to make playdough!
Top30Artists - ****Artcyclopedia's Top artists and their work.

Language Arts / Reading / Reference

Alphabuddies/ ****Teaches letters. Needs teacher assistance. 
AmericasLibrary - America's Library, great for Social Studies Lessons
Breakthrough To Literacy
ClassicReader - Wow! 1000's of online book titles ...mostly for older students....but we had to include it! (By Author)
Commonwealth Newspaper -***Our local newspaper here at Pulaski Elementary.
Dictionary - ***Online Dictionary + other word tools.
EisenhowerClearinghouse - ***Educational News for Teachers. Good for a quick 'Article Review.
KentuckyDept.ofEducation-****Kentucky Department of Education.
KyVirtualLibrary - ****Kentucky Virtual Library.
Libraryspot - ***Library Spot has dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, etc.
MagicKeys - ***Read an online book to your Elementary Students.
Newspapers - ***Click here for any Newspaper you want. 
On Demand Writing - Samples, explanations, etc
Page By Page books - Another collection of classic online books. Mostly for older students. (By Author)
Poems - ***The poem you're looking for is probably here.
Six Trait Analytical Model - ****Jefferson County Model
USDept.ofEd. -****U.S. Department of Education.
USATodayNewspaper - ****Probably the best online newspaper available.
UnmuseumBooks - **One more Online Book resource for Elementary Children.
Dictionary - ****A seemingly endless supply of dictionary resources! You have to check this one out.
Power Point Collection - Jefferson County has created this PowerPoint collection that you can download. LOTS of great teaching tools!
More PowerPoint Collections - From Dixie Elementary School
UnitedStreaming - *****Video Lesson Tools for teachers here at PES - (must use password and be at school).
 

Lesson Plans (all subjects)

BusyTeacher - ***Lessons, links, and class room activities for K-12 Teachers.
Gateway - ****US Dept. of Ed/ERIC Clearinghouse Lesson Plans.
LessonTutor - **Lessons divided by subj. & grade, also offers some printable pages.
LearningPartners - ***Great Subject Ideas from the US Department of Education.
LessonPlans - *****Lesson plans for all subjects and grades.
PreschoolGames - ***This page had so much for preschool, it was hard not to include on our list.
Teach-Nology - *****Scroll down for a massive list of lesson plans and teacher helps.

Math

Coins - ***Coin templates to copy/paste
Math - ****Ideas for learning Math
Online Math League - **Various sites to help students learn math

Printable Pages

Critical Thinking - **** Need an afternoon filler?
DiscoverySchool - ****Worksheets to go. All Subjects.
Holidays - **** You might be able to use these holiday pages.
Kidpages - **Free PreK - 5 worksheets.
LearningPage - ****Great pages for all elementary subjects.
Math Sheet Generator - *****Makes multiple types of math sheets and keys.
Multiplication- ***Multiplication games, worksheets and more.
Music - Help's elementary students learn basic music theory.
Puzzlemaker - *****Pick from several puzzle styles and make your own printout.
Rubistar Rubrics - *****Need a Rubric? Design your own here!
Rubric Maker - *****Another Rubric site, but these are pre-made for quicker printout. Just add title.
Teach-Nology - ***** Early Childhood worksheets from Phonics to Numbers.

Resources (Link Pages) 

Commonwealth Center for Instructional Technology and Learning ****Instructional Helps
ABCTeach - ***More Educational Web Resources.
AskERIC - ****Educational Resources Information Center.
AlphabetSoup - **Resources.
AtoZTeacherstuff -  **More Web Resources
Behavior - *** Behavioral modifications & tips
Clip Art - ***A good source of clip at sites
Clip Art from Microsoft - ****Download Clips" for Microsoft Word. See "Download"
CreatedByTeachers - **Teacher2Teacher Resources.
CreativeTeaching - **For the creative teacher minds.
EducationPlanet **Resources.                                                                                                                                                 Graves County Curriculum - Essential Questions / Learning Activities
Kidzone - ***Resources +
K-8Resources - **K8 Teaching Resources.
Legends - Is this email for real?
LearningPage - ***More Resources.
Multiple Intelligences Survey - **** Find out which intelligence you are.
ProTeacher - **Resources.
Spanish/English Translation Guides - Printable Charts to show Spanish to English Translations
SurvivalGuide - *****Teacher Survival Guides, misc. info.
Sites for Teachers  - ****Start here for classroom Web Resources.
SnaithResources - **Thinking things from Snaith (K-8 Resources)
TeachersCorner - **Resources.
TeachersFirst - ***** A rich collection of lessons and web resources.
TeachersTeach-nologyResources- ***** 'Best of the web' Teacher Resource site.
KY Listserv  - join a group of KY peers to discuss specific topics.
Smart Board Lessons - even if you don't use "Smart" technology - get some ideas here.
Whiteboard Links - ideas for whiteboard users.
More Whiteboard Sites  and also here Even More Whiteboard Resources
Promethean Planet - More whiteboard resources (PES has our own password - see the Computer Lab for details)
PowerPoint Pages - Jefferson County, TN. Powerpoint links

Science

http://www.nsta.org/ - National Science Teachers Association

Social Studies

50States - ****Folders for each state with helpful info for your research.
Historyplace - **Various Online History Exhibits.
On-This-Day -***What happened today in history?
Our Local Legislators -**** Want to write the president, mayor, or congressman?
USHistory -***U.S. History focuses on U.S. Colonial History.
World Book of Facts - ****Find out about any country and data about that country.
Educational Software - Download Free Maps of the world to your hard drive here - all free of charge.

Technology

BillGates - ****See some thoughts from Bill Gates on Education.
Gamequarium - **Need a web based lesson during computer time? Try this K-5 site.
UnitedStreaming - *****Video Lesson Tools for teachers here at PES - (must use password and be at school).
WebTeacher - ****Computer answers to computer questions you may have.

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