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MarcoPolo
- Internet Content for the Classroom.

Helpful ActivBoard Links
Resources Search for and download flipcharts made by other teachers and Promethean professionals.
Promethean Forum Join the forum to find additional activites and look for answers to your questions.
Atomic Learning See the CRS for the password, login is Promethean.
Primary ActivBoard Training Manual Step by Step directions and tutorials

 

Virtual Field Trips eField Trips: "Removing Classroom Walls. Opening Windows to our World"

Virginia Beach City Public School Documents
New October 2004 Elementary Grading and Reporting Student Progress

Publications
Education Week Associated with Teacher Magazine, is a K12 publication.
Eduplace Graphic Organizers
Houghton Mifflin's Invitations to Literacy
Instructional Resource Center
Mailbox Companion (Email Kim Harrison for the login name and password)

From the State Department
Virginia's Public Education Network This is the place to go for news from the state and lists of all the SOLs. Released test items are also here for SOL practice.

Lessons from the Bay, an online resource for grades 3 through 6
The CRS also has this on CD-ROM if you would like to borrow it to review the plans and activities offline.

“Lesson Plans” includes:
· Journey of a Raindrop to the Chesapeake Bay
· Does It Soak Right In?
· Wetlands: Here All Year?
· Types of Pollution
· Stream Creatures: Clues to Stream Health
· Muddying the Waters
· Grasses, Grasses Everywhere
· Who Killed SAV?
· A River Runs through It
· Riparian Buffers
· Captain John Smith’s Chesapeake Bay
· Succession and Forest Habitats
· Bay and Pond Food Webs
· Native vs. Non-native Species: Who Will Win?
· Wasting Water
·Going for Water


Resources for Kindergarten Teachers

Social Studies Sites for Teachers

Social Studies Curriculum Poster Sets

* The Spring 2003 Standards of Learning Released Test Items may be found on this website. This will be helpful as everyone prepares for this spring's testing. http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/home.shtml

*This is a great site for grade 4 and 5 teachers for a summer institute on "Slavery in Virginia." This course will be considered as an APPLE alternative.
http://www.vahistorical.org/education/education_teachers_institute.htm

* This site is on "The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia" and ideal for grade 5 teachers.
http://www.vahistorical.org

* The 2004 Virginia Geographic Summer Institute information is provided on this site. This is another opportunity for an APPLE alternative.
http://www.majbill.vt.edu/geog/trains/trains.html

Recommended by your Colleagues

TeachersFirst

K-3 History and Social Studies Standards of Learning There is an overview of each skill by grade level and objective. Each has teaching resources and quite a few have online resources for students.

WebSchool School lessons on the Internet

Found by the CRS
Education World Up to date professional, personal, and classroom resources for teachers and administrators. Six major categories include Lesson Planning, Professional Development, Administrator's Desk, Technology Integration, School Issues, and More Resources.
SOL Review Ideas - Mr. Hostetter, Mountain View Elementary School in Harrisonburg, VA
Yes, I Teach (Grades K-8) a service of the Florida Education Associatin, features great reserouces, including Teacher Tips and Lesson Plans organized by subject and theme.
 

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