Reading

Free and easy to use resources for teachers
http://www.teach-nology.com

National Reading Panel, Summary report
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.pdf

National Reading Panel, All reports and documents
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubskey.cfm?from=nrp

School Home Links Reading Kit (from USDOE)
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html

Teaching Reading: A Balanced, Comprehensive Approach to Teaching Reading in
Prekindergarten Through Grade Three (California Dept. Of Education)
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/teachrd.htm

Reading Resources (from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory- SEDL)
http://www.sedl.org/reading/topics.html

National Right to Read Foundation
http://www.nrrf.org

One thousand most common words in English
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bl1000_list1.htm?PM=ss14_esl

Wisconsin Literacy Education and Reading Network Source
http://wilearns.state.wi.us/apps/default.asp

Comprehension Instruction (from the Texas Education Agency)
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/products/redbk2a.pdf

Young Children’s Oral Language Development (ERIC summary)
http://www.comeunity.com/disability/speech/young-children.html

Bloom’ Taxonomy elaboration
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html

Flash card exchange
http://Flashcardexchange.com

Colorín Colorado online tips for reading activities
http://www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php

Kindergarten teacher discussion board
http://kinder.cmsd.bc.ca

Phonics and letter games
http://www.alfy.com

Reading strategies
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/teachrd.htm

Wisconsin Literacy Education and Reading Network Source
http://wilearns.state.wi.us/apps/default.asp

Graphic organizers from Write Design Online
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers

Graphic organizers from Education Place/Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html

Reading Zone in the Kid Space at the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000

Chateau Meddybumbs-lots of online fun for young kids
http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html

The Story Place, animated and read-aloud stories
http://www.storyplace.org

Proquest K-12, class-length activities in Reading and math
http://www.proquestk12.com/curr/elibrary.shtml

Discovery, lesson plans for Language Arts and Literature, K-5
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html

Funbrain (try the flash arcade!)
http://www.funbrain.com

Mathematics

Overview of the standards, including process standards used to guide instructional approaches.
http://www.nctm.org/standards/standards.htm

Principles of mathematics instruction
http://www.nctm.org/standards/principles.htm

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics home page, with links to myriad resources and information
http://www.nctm.org

“What does research say about mathematics” Report by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/stw_esys/2math.htm

“Connections in Reading and Mathematics Instruction” by the Center for the Education and
Study of Diverse Populations (CESDP) from New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU)
http://www.cesdp.nmhu.edu/pubs/connections.pdf

“Improving Mathematics in the Middle Schools: Lessons from the TIMSS and Related
Research” Report sponsored by the US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/inits/Math/silver.html

Tutoring materials for mathematics sponsored by the US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/inits/Math/roadmap/6/index.html

Teacher resources from the National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA)
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/ncisla/teachers

Descriptions of standards by grade level and demonstration lessons to address the standards
http://illuminations.nctm.org/info/standards.asp

Sample instructional strategies searchable by grade and standard
http://illuminations.nctm.org

1,100 reviewed mathematics resources, by grade and standard
http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/index.asp

Proquest K-12, class-length activities in Reading and math
http://www.proquestk12.com/curr/elibrary.shtml

Ask Dr. Math, answers to many math questions (browse the archive of questions)
http://mathforum.org/dr.math

Ask Dr. Math, Flashcards and Worksheets
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_flashcards.html

Discovery lesson plans for Math (use the pull-down menus)
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans

Funbrain (try the flash arcade)
http://www.funbrain.com

RIF Story Maker
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/storymaker/default.aspx