STATE SITES:  South Dakota Content Standards    2005 NCLB Results  State Stanford Results  Data Search form  Baltic Profile  District Profiles SDEA  Public Television Overnight Schedule  South Dakota Economic Indicators  Tie 2006:  One-to-One Computing

READING GUIDES  Sounder.pdf  Glencoe Titles  Novel Guides from Elementary of Literature  *Sparknotes Cyberguides from S.C.O.R.E.  Literature Guides from Nancy Polette  Teacher Views from Houghton-Mifflin  Children's Book Resources on the Web from Education-World  Novel discussion guides  Literature Guides  Book Units  Hungry Mind Review's top 100 best 20th Century books  Modern Library's top 100 novels of the 20th Century Modern Library's top 100 nonfiction books of the 20th Century  David Pringle's top 100 science fiction novels  Top 100 science fiction books - fans' choice  Top 100 science fiction books - critics' choice  http://www.kathimitchell.com/read.htm

MATH MathWorksheets-Online or Printable  http://www.thinkfinity.org/

- Age in Days   - Itools  - Drag and Drop United States

CLIPART WEBSITES  School Clipart  Back to school clipart  Awesome Clipart for Educators  Discovery School Clipart  Classroom clipart  Free Printable Posters  School Clipart  Educational clipart  School Clipart  Alphabet Sets  Lots of school-themed Background sets for web pages  Simplythebest fonts  Font4kids  Teacher's Parking Lot  Bulldog Clipart  Old West Clipart  Flower Clipart  Muchofun.com  Coops graphics (construction truck)  Photo collection-(great pictures)  Free Fonts  Thanksgiving graphics index  Pics4learning   March Clipart  Animated Clipart

AUTHORS  http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/authors.htm  http://www.techteachers.com/authors.htm  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm  Author name pronunciation guide  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html  http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Children%27s/Authors/ http://www.aetv.com/class/biography/study_guides.html

HISTORY  http://www.earlyamerica.com/

BLACK HISTORY MONTH  Notable Civil Rights Leaders  Black History Hotlist  Black History Month Activities  Maps  Resources from CNN  

DIRECTORIES  Public Schools   White Pages  Dex Online

PRESIDENT'S DAY  President's Day from the Whitehouse  From Educationworld.com

COLORING PAGES  Kidzpage.com  Free Coloring Pages  Zoo Animals  Green Bay Packers  http://www.koloringbook.com/  Minneapolis Art Institute  Monterey Bay Aquarium  National Geographic Animals  Hollywild Animal Park  Astronomy and Space for Kids  Butler-machinery  American  Animals  Holidays  State Flags  Nebraska  cartooncritters.com  State Ag Pages  Boeing-Airplanes  Coloring Pages  Ivy's Coloring Pages   http://www.outer-limit.net  kidscolorpages.com  http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/coloringprintouts.html

SOFTWARE REVIEWS
Best Math Software

USING PICTURE BOOKS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
- Using Picture Books to Teach Narrative Writing Traits
- "Why & How I Teach with Historical Fiction."
- Teaching With Historical Fiction
- History & Historical Fiction books
- K-3 Picture Books for the Classroom
- 4-5 Books for the Classroom
- 6-8 Books for the Classroom
- Primary Picture Books Lesson Plans
- Picture books for economics and geogrpahy
- Using Picture Books to Teach Characterization in Writing Workshop
- Using Picture Books to Teach Setting Development in Writing Workshop
- Using Picture Books to Teach Setting Development in Writing Workshop
- Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Conflict
- Historical Fiction: Using Literature to Learn About the Civil War
- Teaching the Holocaust Through Picture Books
- Dr. Seuss

SCRAPBOOKING
http://scrapbook.momsbreak.com/

http://www.freefontsnow.com/

http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/index.htm

http://www.diynetwork.com/

LEWIS and CLARK SITES Lewis-Clark.org   Idaho Public TV  Lewis and Clark Journals  Lewis and Clark in South Dakota  National Geographic Lewis and Clark  National Geographic Lewis and Clark for kids  Lewis and Clark Documents  Lewis and Clark Education World  Lewis and Clark Smithsonian  Lewis and Clark interactive?  Lewis and Clark - Time Magazine Special Report  Lewis and Clark Books  Lewis and Clark Routes  Lewis and Clark Routes (no labels)  

MAP SITES  National Geographic Maps  Outline Maps-Education Place  Historical Maps  Maps from University of Texas  Maps from Theodora.com  

AMAZING SITES  National Archives Digital Classroom  Stromboli Online Volcanoes   Amazing Space  Tall Tales  History Timelines  E-Reference Desk  E Themes  EasyFunSchool   Schoolexpress.com  http://www.theteacherscorner.net/   http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html

TUTORIALS   Microsoft Word Basics   Microsoft Excel Basics   If I'd Had Office XP When I Was in School...  Templates for Teachers   Word   Tutorial from Electric Teacher   Word 2000 from Microsoft  Word Tutorial  Exel  Excel 2000 from Microsoft  Charts  Charts  Charts  Publisher Publisher 2000 from Microsoft  Powerpoint  Tutorial from Electric Teacher  Powerpoint 2000 from Microsoft  Create a time line 

TESTS http://www.readfaster.com/culturalliteracy.asp

TIMESAVERS  Printable Reading Logs  Tools and Templates from Education World  Templates  Personalized Stationery  Create a Journal Award Maker Printable Freebies  Coloring pages  Checklists   Worksheets online  Custom Writing Paper  Discovery School worksheet generator  Handwriting Worksheet generator  Teach-nology tools/  Graphic Organizers  Free Tools  Acronym Strategies for All Subjects   Certificate of the month  - Print a Calendar  Teacher Feebies  One Stop Teacher Resources  Quotations  ABC Teach Dot to Dot Enchanted Learning Dot to Dot Dot to Dot Word Search Maker http://www.apples4theteacher.com  Teachers first  Jeopardy games Jeopardy Games  Powerpoint activities  Beat the Calculator  Coloring Calendars http://www.4teachers.org/  http://www.teachingheart.net/ http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/ *http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/teacherresources.html* 
Many printable activities: http://www.learningisland.org/  http://freeonlinesurveys.com

SAMPLE DOCUMENTS  Writinghelp Central  

WORD SEARCH/PUZZLES  Allstar Word search  All Star Puzzles  Word Search from About.com  E L Eeaston.com/Quizzes, Games, Etc.

RUBRICS  Rubrics and Assessment resources  Rubrics collection Rubrics  Rubric Generator  School Notes (publish online notes, assignments, etc.)  QuizStar:  Create Online Quizzes  Assignment Generator Creates a printable assignment sheet  Math Worksheets

KIDPIX  Wacky Paintbrush  Beginning Activities  User Guide  Kid Pix Integration Ideas  

LIBRARIAN SITES  Sites for Elementary Librarians  The Invisible Web  Series Books  Handouts  Biography Resources  American Folklore (from all 50 states)   Lesson from the Library (Ed World)  Tech tips  Library Spot  Librarians Index  LION  State Library Websites  Education index  http://www.libraryinstruction.com/lessons.html  http://www.mesalibrary.org/kids/homework.asp  http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/mediacenter/mediahome.html

ARTICLES
- Instructor:  "Why & How I Teach with Historical Fiction."
- Teaching With Historical Fiction
- History & Historical Fiction books
- K-3 Picture Books for the Classroom
- 4-5 Books for the Classroom
- 6-8 Books for the Classroom
- Primary Picture Books Lesson Plans
- Intermediate Books Lesson Plans
- Picture books for economics and geogrpahy
- "They Won't Grow Up"- Roald Dahl, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Ted Geisel

CURRICULUM MAPPING

Roadmap to Success

Sample Maps

Ben's Guide to Government:Our Nation | Historical Documents | Branches of Government | How Laws Are Made National versus State Government | Election Process | Citizenship | The National High School Debate Topic Games and Activities | Glossary | U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids

http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm

Profile Search form

Sounder.pdf

Glencoe Titles

Novel Guides from Elementary of Literature

*Sparknotes

Cyberguides from S.C.O.R.E.

Literature Guides from Nancy Polette

Teacher Views from Houghton-Mifflin

Arctic Activities from Seaworld

Snow Activities from the Teel Family (Alaska)

Winter poetry

Snow Dough

Winter Lesson plan from Education-World

Celebrate winter lesson plan from Education-World

The Great Snowball Mystery  Comprehension sheet  

All About Snow from the National Weather Service

Winter Photos  Winter Photos

Owl Moon   E Fic YOL

Deer in the snow.  E Fic SCH

The Big Snowstorm  E Fic PET

Winter Sledding Day  E Fic IWA

Snowflake Bentley  921 BEN

National Geographic Maps 
Outline Maps-Education Place 
Maps from University of Texas
Maps from Theodora.com

National Archives Digital Classroom

Boys and Reading by Jon Scieszka

Education World Reading Lists

International Reading Association Lists

Best Books for Young Adults from ALA

School Clipart

Back to school clipart

Awesome Clipart for Kids

Discovery School Clipart

Classroom clipart

Free Printable Posters

Educational clipart

School Clipart

Alphabet Sets

Lots of school-themed Background sets for web pages

QuizStar:
Create Online Quizzes

Assignment Generator
Creates a printable assignment sheet

Math Worksheets

free scripts

Librarian Sites

State Education Statistics

Printable Mini Books

Book Activities

Library Course Handouts and Web Pages

Library instruction handouts and Web pages listed by course.

Library Research Guides

General guides for doing research at PLU. Guides for most disciplines are available in PDF file format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Weekly Library Lessons

Book Discussion Guides

How a Book is Made

The Reading Room

http://www.plu.edu/~libr/course/

Library clipart

Book clipart

Book Clipart - From Discovery School.

Library Graphics

Library Clipart

Library Quotations

Library Humor

Stromboli Online Volcanoes

Amazing Space

Tall Tales

LEWIS and CLARK SITES:

Lewis-Clark.org

Idaho Public TV

Lewis and Clark Journals

Lewis and Clark in South Dakota

National Geographic Lewis and Clark

National Geographic Lewis and Clark for kids

Lewis and Clark Documents

Lewis and Clark Education World

Lewis and Clark Smithsonian

Lewis and Clark interactive?

Lewis and Clark Books

Text special effects

Print two pages on one sheet

Certificate of the month

If I'd Had Office XP When I Was in School...

Formatting with Word 2002

Organize Lessons

Template Gallery
(many useful templates)

Teacher's Parking Lot
(fonts and graphics)

Teachertidbytes.com/

Gift Sites:

http://www.homeroomdirect.com/

http://www.booksforever.com/

Electric Teacher

Microsoft Office

Using Powerpoint in the Classroom:  from Education World

PowerPoint Games
by Mark E. Damon
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire;
Hollywood Squares;
Weakest Link

State maps with major highways, cities

National Archives Digital Classroom