Arcademic Skillbuilders is an educational game site created to help students in grades 3 to 8 improve their basic math and language arts skills. Students are highly motivated to learn and improve in a gaming environment and teachers are finding great success improving math scores using Arcademic Skillbuilders in the classroom.
Recently the American Library Association chose Arcademic Skillbuilders to be featured on its Great Web Sites for Kids page. The GWS committee is very selective when choosing sites for its Web page. Each site is carefully reviewed and only the very best Web sites are chosen. Visit Great Web Sites for Kids to find a link to Arcademic Skillbuilders and other great resources to use in your classroom.
RubiStar is part of the 4Teachers.org suite of free online tools. Educators can use RubiStar to create high-quality rubrics in just a few minutes using customizable templates. Occasionally we like to post positive feedback we receive about our resources so that other educators might find inspiration.
I just wanted to let you know that I am tutoring a 5th grader named Jackson in reading this summer, and that Rubistar has saved my life. I don’t really use it to give him a rubric necessarily, but more for organizing my own thoughts and helping his mom understand exactly what I’m trying to teach him (which makes her
happy too!). So, THANK YOU!
Sincerely,
M. McCormick
Visit our Free Timesaving Tools page to find a link to RubiStar and a complete list of 4Teachers.org online tools.
(http://www.free.ed.gov)
FREE was created to showcase more than 1500 federally funded teaching and learning resources. Subjects include: arts and music, history and social studies, health and physical education, math and science, and language arts. This is a great way to find high-quality resources
… discover great ways to improve student achievement
http://www.emints.org/
The eMINTS instructional model has revolutionized the way teachers teach and students learn for more than 2,000 classrooms and 38,000 students in grades 3-12. The program was developed through a partnership with the University of Missouri, MDESE, and the Missouri Department of Higher Education. This research-based model has been so successful in improving student performance that it has expanded from a handful of classrooms in Missouri to programs in Maine, Utah, Nevada, Alabama, and soon New South Wales, Australia. (more…)
Education World – Best Books Channel (http://www.educationworld.com/a_bestbooks/)
Summer is a terrific time to catch up on your reading. The Best Books Channel has great book recommendations for teachers, parents, and students to read over the summer. Book lists are divided into best books for: students, classroom teaching themes, professional development, parenting, and school leaders. Visit the Best Books Channel to begin making your summer reading list today.
For nearly 20 years, 4Teachers.org has been committed to creating FREE user-friendly online resources that teachers can use to enhance the learning experience in their classrooms. We are committed to providing resources that are simple to use and make learning fun. Here are just a few things you can do with our online tools: create a rubric, an online lesson, design a classroom, create a Web page, manage student research, improve test scores, create, grade, and manage quizzes, post assignments online, create take-home notes and awards, and more. If you want to incorporate more technology into your classroom next year but have a limited budget, 4Teachers.org is the site you’ve been searching for. All you need is an Internet connection and you are ready to go! (more…)
Best Educational Sites (http://www.bestedsites.com/)
This is a wonderful resource for K-12 online resources about a wide variety of subjects including: games, activities, and fun, astronomy and space sites, engineering, language, math, museums, news sites for kids, reference links, science sites, social studies, search engines, and teacher resources. There are resources for everyone at this award-winning site.
… discover new resources this summer
Summer is a great time to discover new time saving resources. This month we encourage you to just read about some of the resources available for educators and make a list of ones you’d like to try this summer. You may find some great resources to include in your teaching next year. (more…)
Lesson Planz (http://lessonplanz.com)
This site has hundreds of printable K-12 lesson plans divided by grade level and topic and searchable by keyword.
Google for Educators (http://www.google.com/educators/)
Read important announcements, find high-quality online resources, connect with other educators, read about best-practice teaching examples, Google classroom contests, and stay informed about free upcoming webinars to supplement your professional development activities over the summer. Learn to use Google Apps, Google online books, and Google Teacher Academy!
