Vocabulary Puzzles and Lists
Shmoop Learning GuidesTeacher Resources
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
Free Federal Resources for educational excellence
FCAT Test Item Specifications
FCAT Sample Test Books
FCAT Release Tests - actual tests that were given in past years.
Secondary Reading:
Here is an excellent resource for teachers of adolescent literacy: http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/FINAL%20CCSSO%20CONTENT%20AREA%20LITERACY%20GUIDE_FINAL.pdf
Read Write Think
Resource for integrating all three in curriculum
Apple Learning Exhange
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali
Web tools for drawing, charting, and maps:
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Drawing%2C+Charting+%26+Mapping+Tools
Below is the web site for Teaching Tolerance:
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/
There are a lot of resources on this page and teachers can register for a FREE subscription to the Teaching Tolerance magazine.
Here is the link to the guidelines and application for the 2009 Holocaust Essay/Art Contest:
www.holocaustresources.org
Celebrate Constitution Day - September 17
Here are some websites that may provide resources for you to use:
http://www.constitutionday.us/educators.htm
http://www.constitutionday.cc/
http://constitutioncenter.org/ConstitutionDay/
http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=constitution_day
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch1003/SEC42.HTM&Title=->2008->Ch1003->Section%2042#1003.42
State Statute that shows this is required in our curriculum.
Reach Every Child - Free online books and other resources.
Florida Instructional Technology Training Resource Unit
The Educational Technology Clearinghouse at the University of South Florida (http://etc.usf.edu/) contains 90 GIGAbytes of clip art and more than 20,000 backgrounds for presentations.
Lit2Go (http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/) is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go, listen to the Mp3 files on your computer, view the text on a webpage and read along as you listen, and print out the stories and poems to make your own book.
4Teachers.org - Teach with Technology
Best of History Web Sites
Big 6 Information Problem-Solving Process
Florida Center for Instructional Technology
TeacherTube videos
Discovery Education Streaming videos See media specialists for passcode.