Teacher Resources
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site: A wonderful collection of literature reviews, lessons and themes in Children's literature. http://www.carolhurst.com/
AskEric: The place to go to find educational journal articles. AskEric boasts that it provides 110,000 full text materials for educators. http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Educators Reference Desk: Resources for educators from the Information Institute of Syracuse. http://www.eduref.org/
Lexile site: Locate a book's lexile number, get lexile measures, or just learn about lexiles on this site http://lexile.com
Readability Calculator: test a documents readability by copying and pasting the text at this site.http://www.online-utility.org
TrackStar: A site where teachers can create interactive on-line lessons, or use activities that other teachers have created. This site also links to: RubiStar (rubric site); QuizStar(quiz maker); and NoteStar. http://trackstar.4teachers.org
WebQuest Portal: An extensive collection of WebQuests (inquiry-oriented activities that use Internet based information) http://webquest.orgEvaluating Web Sites: A web quest for teachers that is used to evaluate a web site. http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/evalwebteach.html
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything: Educational technology pages with abundant links from this well known educational technologist. http://www.schrockguide.net
Internet Mathematics Library: A Math forum that provides links to math topics and educational resources. http://mathforum.org/library/
Parent Resources
Family Education: Learning network's site that provides parenting advice, family links and current topics of interest to families http://familyeducation.com/home/
FunBrain: A family resource that provides educational games and kid friendly sites.. http://www.funbrain.com/
Just craft recipes: From bubble recipes to body paint, this site tells you how to make them all at home. http://www.melborponsti.com/crafts/index.shtml