Children's Books

Free Children's books from authors such as Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Anderson, Rudyard Kipling and more.
http://kellscraft.com/textcontentssubjectlist.html#Childrens

Classics for Young People

A growing number of children's literature classics are out of copyright, and are among the books available in full-text on the Internet. This site contains some of the more popular and interesting titles that are available in HTML format.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storclas.html

ETS (Educational Testing Service) - ICT Literacy Assessment

The ICT Literacy Assessment is a comprehensive test of Information and Communication Technology proficiency that uses scenario-based tasks to measure both cognitive and technical skills. The assessment provides support for institutional ICT literacy initiatives, guides curricula innovations, informs articulation and progress standings, and assesses individual student proficiency.There is a cost associated with the use of this tool.
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=159f0e3c27a85110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=e5b2a79898a85110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD

Internet For Information and Communication Technology

This site offers a free, "teach yourself" tutorial that lets you practise your Internet Information Skills. There are also tutorials on how to search the Internet and how to judge what websites are a trusted source of information.
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/ict

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Supported by the U. S. Department of Education and promoting the goals of No Child Left Behind, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a unique public-private organization formed to define and incorporate into learning the skills that are necessary for every student's success in the 21st Century. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills brings together educators, administrators, parents, businesses, and community leaders to determine how to define and assess these skills, as well as to make recommendations and provide tools for their implementation. Their first publication is Learning for the 21st Century.
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

2Learn.ca

A Canadian portal to numerous resources for teachers, administrators, kids in K-6, 7-9 and 10-12…and for parents.
http://www.2learn.ca/

American Library Association (ALA) – Great Web Sites for Kids

These Web sites are selected based on criteria established by the Association for Library Service to Children, an affiliate of the American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/ (Path -- Search: Great Web Sites for Kids)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsiteskids.htm

American Sign Language University

This site contains resources for students and teachers including an online sign language dictionary (complete with demonstration photographs), finger spelling lessons, and numbers lessons. For teachers the site includes a number of sample syllabi, general guidelines for instructors, as well as an online library.
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/

Awesome Library – English

Begun in 1995 Awesome Library provides lesson plans, games, materials, papers, projects and work sheets. Sound criteria and selection processes are used to provide ratings of sites, etc. Select by topic
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Bartleby.com

Find these resources online: Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Reget's II New Thesaurus, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Columbia World Quotations, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, King James Bible, Oxford Shakespeare, Gray's Anatomy, Strunk's Elements of Style, World Factbook, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and Columbia Gazeeteer.
http://www.bartleby.com

Blue Web’N

Blue Web'n is an online library of 2147 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects).
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

DMOZ Open Directory Project Kids and Teens -- English

The Kids and Teens Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the Web for people under the age of 18 by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors and including no advertising.
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/

Edsitement

Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Marco Polo, Edsitement provides websites and lessons plans searchable by subject, category, and grade level
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Educational Resources in English/Language Arts

Provided by the Community Learning Network (Canada) this is an extensive collection of links to instructional Web pages. The “Theme Pages” offer curriculum resources as well as Instructional Materials on specific language arts topics.
http://www.cln.org/subject_index.html

Gateway to Educational Materials -- GEM

GEM evaluates resources from federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial sites and compiles a database of lesson plans accessible through a simple search strategy by subjects, keywords, grade levels.
http://www.thegateway.org/

GeorgiaStandards.org

GeorgiaStandards.org is the Georgia Department of Education's curriculum Web site integrating the Quality Core Curriculum standards, lesson plans, Web resources, assessments, plus thousands more resources for Georgia teachers.
http://www.georgiastandards.org/

How to Write a Term Paper

Provided by Thomson / Gale (formerly Gale Research). All steps of the research process will be illustrated by examples that follow the creation of a research paper exploring Toni Morrison's novel Beloved.
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/term_paper/index.htm

International Reading Association: Web Resources

Whether you’re a teacher looking for tips and strategies, a parent helping a child, a student or professor locating research, or a policymaker or reporter gathering information, IRA has something for you. Resources are available under the following headings: Teaching Tools, Issues in Literacy, Literacy Community and Career Center.
http://www.reading.org/resources/index.html

Internet Links - The Educational Source

Maintained by the Kentucky Migrant Technology Project these resources are provided for elementary, middle school, high school, ESL, and educators. http://www.iclasses.org/assets/literature/index.cfm
http://www.iclasses.org/assets/literature/index.cfm

Intute

Intute is a free online service providing you with access to Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write descriptions of the resources. The database contains 113565 records.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Kim’s Korner for Teacher Talk

This site has been maintained by a middle school language arts teacher since 1997. There is a wide variety of resources on this award winning site.
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/

Landmarks for Schools

Landmarks for Schools has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Internet plus valuable Web tools. Choose Words of Humankind.
http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php

Language Arts Web Site

Language arts webs sites for middle school students are maintained by Wayne County, Michigan, RESA
http://students.resa.net/stoutcomputerclass/2la.htm

Lesson Plan Search – Reading

This is a commercial Web site which includes numerous resources. Check out the reading resources here.
http://www.lessonplansearch.com/Reading/index.html

Lesson Plans Library - Discovery School

Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers – by grade level and subject
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html

McREL – Language Arts

McREL’s site features numerous lesson plans, curriculum resources, and other activities
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/lang/index.asp

McREL Standards and Benchmark Database Activities

McREL provides standards based math activities by grade level and subject.
http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/

MiddleSchool.net – English

This comprehensive web site for Middle School students provides links to English composition and literature
http://www.middleschool.net/curlink/englit/engmain.htm

Middleweb.com

Middle Web has a large collection of reform-oriented curriculum resources – articles, e-mail, and web links. Check out the reading and writing sites. Don’t miss MiddleWeb’s 10 Great Web sites for Teachers.
http://www.middleweb.com/

New York Times Learning Network – Daily Lesson Plans – Language Arts

Lesson plans on language arts topics are written by NY Times Learning Network and Banks Street College of Education (NY) professional staff. Archived lessons are searchable by subject and grade level. Frequently updated and inclusive from 1998-02. Requires plug-ins. Tied to McRel Content Standards http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/ and 40 different state standards
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/languagearts.html

Newspapers in Education

Choose Language Arts and Literature and Internet Exploration and Resources, plus much more from the Links Library.
http://nieonline.com/

ON Librarians Information Network for Essential Curriculum-- Middle School English

Lesson plans and resources for grades 6, 7, and 8 are maintained by Baltimore County Public Schools (Maryland).
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/middle/eng.html

Online Poetry Classroom

OPC provides both professional development for high school Language Arts teachers and a virtual teaching community enabling teachers across the country to access free poetry resources online, including innovative, classroom-tested curricula. This is a program of the Academy of American Poets.
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/6

PBS Teachers – Reading and Language Arts

To view PBS lessons and activities, simply choose a language arts topic by grade level. This site is maintained daily. Some, but certainly not all, relate to PBS videos – i.e., JAZZ by Ken Burns. A plus is that many lesson plans are related to film series provided by PBS that are offered to schools for retention or video streaming through satellite broadcasts. Video streaming of some visual lesson plans are included, but print versions are always available, as well.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/readlanguage/

Perfect Mate – An Assignment on Romeo and Juliet

Looking for a lesson plan for preparing to read Romeo and Juliet? Try here.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/winners/romeo.htm

Read, Write, Think

ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. Highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction are available through this free, Internet-based content.
http://www.readwritethink.org/

Smithsonian Education

The Smithsonian Education website for educators provides lesson plans; 1,300 resources searchable by keyword, grade level or subject; and Smithsonian educational resources aligned to your state standards. The main website also provides resources for families and students.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html

Teachers First.com

Links to classroom resources, professional resources, and Web resources are arranged by subject and grade level. Keyword searchable.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm

Teaching Tolerance

Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance supports the efforts of K-12 teachers and other educators to promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity. Teaching Tolerance serves as a clearinghouse of information about anti-bias programs and activities being implemented in schools across the country. These resources accompany the semi-annual periodical by the same name
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp

The Fact Monster

Provided by the Community Learning Network (Canada) this is an extensive collection of links to instructional Web pages. The “Theme Pages” offer curriculum resources as well as Instructional Materials on specific language arts topics.
http://www.factmonster.com/

The Hemingway Resource Center

Ernest Hemingway was the most influential writer of the last century. Explore this site to learn more about his adventurous life and his groundbreaking literary work.
http://www.lostgeneration.com/

The Web English Teacher

Web English Teacher offers K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, webQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities. This site is designed and maintained by a classroom English teacher.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

Aesop’s Fables – Online Collection

Aesop’s Fables
http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

ALA/AASL Resources for Parents, Teens, and Kids

This site represents some of the reading resources provided the AASL: Resources for Parents, Teens, and Kids
http://www.ala.org/greatsites

ALA/AASL Summer Reading and Learning for Children

This site represents some of the reading resources provided the AASL: Summer Reading and Learning for Children
http://www.ala.org/alsc/Summer_Reading/recommended_reading.html

American Folklore

This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States
http://www.americanfolklore.net/

American Library Association (ALA) YALSA Young Adult Library Services Association

This is the premier site of reading lists offered by YALSA, the Young Adult Services Association of ALA. It includes ALEX Awards, Best Books for Young Adults, Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and more
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm

Best Books for Young Adults

These books offer a balance in reading level, interest level, and types of fiction according to the Salt Lake County Library System (Utah).
http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/yabest.htm

Book Adventure

Developed and initially funded by the Sylvan Learning Centers and Sylvan Learning Foundation in April of 1999, Book Adventure is designed to encourage students in grades K-8 to read more often, for longer periods of time and with greater understanding.
http://bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp

Booklist

Booklist is the librarian's leading choice for reviews of the latest books and (more recently) electronic media
http://www.ala.org/booklist/

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books is one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians.
http://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/

Children’s Literature Web Guide

This site features Internet resources related to books for children and young adults
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Choices Booklists

“Published annually by the International Reading Association, Children’s Choices, Teachers’ Choices, and Young Adults’ Choices booklists are used in classrooms, libraries, and homes to help young people find books they will enjoy reading.”
http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices.html

Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature

The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. DAWCL has over 3,500 records from 49 awards http://www.dawcl.com/

Encyclopedia Mythica

Need an encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, bestiary, heroes, and more? Check out this site
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature

“…these pages are simply humble offerings to grown-ups who find deep satisfaction in the studying and exchanging discourses of the art of children's literature.”
http://www.fairrosa.info/

Folklinks - Folk and Fairy Tales

From the University of Pittsburgh: Folk and Fairy Tales Web site links.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folklinks.html

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman University of Pittsburgh © 1996-2004.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Geoffrey Chaucer

More than just about Chaucer and his works. Learn about the English language in the 14th century.
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/

Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network (HAISLN) - Recommended Reading Lists

This list of titles has been compiled by librarians at member schools of the Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network (HAISLN). It includes both fiction and nonfiction books by some of the best authors for children and young adults.
http://www.haisln.org/ReadingLists.htm

International Children’s Digital Library

International Children’s Digital Library is a joint project of the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive.
http://www.icdlbooks.org/

Internet School Library Media Center; Young Adult Literature

These resources, maintained by James Madison University, are designed to support the curriculum in English and Language Arts for K-12 educators.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm

Legends

Legends is Paula Kate Marmor's personal journey through the worlds of Robin Hood, King Arthur, D'Artagnan, and other swashbuckling characters of balladry, fiction, and film, from the shores of Avalon to the dungeons of Zenda.
http://bestoflegends.org/index.html

Lifetime Reading List

Lifetime Reading List provides lists of critically acclaimed literature which includes more than the classics. These listings include writers both ancient and contemporary, and reading material suitable for everyone from 6th graders to adults. http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/lifelist.cfm
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/lifelist.cfm

Literature Learning Ladders

This site encourages active reading through book – technology connections.
http://eduscapes.com/ladders/

Mighty Book

"Read- Aloud Story" on demand is made available by a non-profit public service corporation "dedicated to Literacy, Creativity and the Power of Reading"
http://www.mightybook.com/

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Check out this annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources on the Internet.
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

MythWeb

This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology.
http://www.mythweb.com/

Poetry4Kids

Read poetry on children’s poet, Ken Nesbitt’s website.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

Reading Lists for Teachers and Families

Select books by grade level from primary through grade 12. Middle and high school students can find books on reading themes, and the Lifetime Reading List suggests books that should be read at least once.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html

SCORE; CyberGuides

CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Teachers and Families -- Reading Lists

Select books for all ages -- from preschool to adult. Tips for parents making choices for their children.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html

Teachers and Families; Reading Themes

Choose books by reading themes.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/readtheme-sel.html

Teaching Books.Net

TeachingBooks continually identifies catalogs and maintains reliable links to multimedia interviews with children's book creators. Requires registration, and all services are not free.
http://www.teachingbooks.net/

The Alan Review – Digital Library and Archives

Search the archives of The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/

The Book Hive

This Guide to Children’s Literature and Books is created by the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg (North Carolina).
http://www.bookhive.org/

Young Adult Literature

Just find lots of links to children’s and young adult literature.
http://theliterarylink.com/yalink.html

ERIC - Clearinghouse on Reading, English & Communication

ERIC provides the latest findings in reading research. Provided by Indiana University School of Education. Search for "strategies."
http://reading.indiana.edu/

Kids and Reading

KidsAndReading was formed to offer a unique reference point on encouraging and helping kids to read. This site explores how kids learn to read and the different methods involved. It also provides tips and advice on how you can help your child to learn to read.
http://www.kidsandreading.co.uk/

Literacy Matters

Resources on adolescent literacy development are provided by EDC, the Educational Development Center , and funded by the Annenberg Foundation.
http://www2.edc.org/literacymatters/adlit/intro.htm

Literature Circles

This web resource is for educators who are interested in student-led book discussion groups
http://www.literaturecircles.com/

Reading Online

Reading Online is a journal of K-12 practice and research, published by the International Reading Association.
http://www.readingonline.org/

Reading Rockets -- Launching Young Readers

Information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle.
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Teaching all Children to Read

Teaching All Children to Read identifies six elements that are central to any comprehensive effort to improve students’ reading performance: early assessment; improved classroom teaching; early intervention; intervention for older students with reading problems; improved reading instruction in teacher education programs; and more effective professional development. This report briefly describes the approaches some states have taken to dealing with these issues.
http://www.sreb.org/programs/srr/pubs/TeachAll/TeachingAllChildrenRead.asp

For Kids – How to Write a Story

In this graphically designed Web site for kids, author Bruce Hale gives tips on writing a story.
http://www.brucehale.com/howto.htm

Make the “Write” Impression

Find lessons that involve students in interviewing, editing, and building vocabulary.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson249.shtml

Midlink Magazine

The mission of MidLink Magazine is to highlight exemplary work from the most creative classrooms around the globe. It is a non-profit organization, supported by SAS inSchool, North Carolina State University, and the University of Central Florida. Any school, teacher, or student is invited to participate.
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

Newspapers in Education – Middle School Writing

The purpose of this site is to improve the literacy of our communities through the use of the newspaper in area classrooms. Activities are arranged by subject and grade level.
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/midnewswrite.html

Newspapers in Education Online

This Web sit is noted above under Lesson Plans. It has resources for all areas of the curriculum. Use of newspapers is a focus on the writing resources.
http://nieonline.com/

Page By Page -- Creating a Children's Book

The National Library of Canada's Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book website gives children the opportunity to see how an individual book is created. This project allows children to create their own picture book, following the same steps in publishing used by celebrated Canadian children's author Tim Wynne-Jones and illustrator Eric Beddows in Zoom Upstream.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/pagebypage/t2-510-e.html

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. It is intended to be useful for all writers from inexperienced to advanced.
http://www.powa.org/

The Teachers and Writers Discussion Group

The Teachers and Writers Discussion Group is a resource for writers and teachers interested in teaching imaginative writing.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teachersandwriters/

Webgrammar

Judy Vorfeld's Webgrammar provides more than just a writing guide. Find resources on a host of other topics including building Web pages.
http://www.webgrammar.com/

Word Dance

Word Dance is a quarterly non-profit creative writing and art publication that is 100% for and by kids (K-8th grade).
http://www.worddance.com/

21st Century Information Fluency Project

IMSA's 21 st Century Information Fluency Project (21CIF) provides free resources and training to all educators and learners so that they may locate, evaluate and use digital information resources more effectively, efficiently and ethically.
http://21cif.imsa.edu/

Big6 -- An Information Problem Solving Process Big6

The Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. The Big6 integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information to specific needs and tasks.
http://www.big6.com/

Connected Teacher – Citing Internet Sources

Classroom Connect has developed this method to help students cite Internet sources.
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml

Critical Evaluation of a Web Site—Middle School Level

This is a good ready-form for the teacher to guide middle school students in critically evaluating a web site.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html

CyberSmart

Original ISTE standards-based lesson plans and student activity sheets co-published with Macmillan/McGraw-Hill are available free to educators. Students are taught the ground rules for online behaviors that are acceptable, appropriate and effective in cyberspace, and teachers have guidance in technology integration. http://cybersmart.org/home/ Find lesson plans on Internet literacy for grades K-8.
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/

Evaluating Web Information

ANYONE can publish on the Web! Will you be able to distinguish between John Hopkins the 7th grader and Johns Hopkins University? Includes extensive resources on evaluating web information. Provided by Virginia Tech.
http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evalbiblio.html

I Read it on the Internet – Teaching About Web Literacy

How do you teach students that everything they read on the Internet may not be valid?
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson230.shtml

Information Literacy Skills Used in Baltimore County Public Schools Research Lessons

Find links to many skills that help students to find, organize, evaluate the content and use specific information to create new meaning
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/

Information Literacy Skills used in BCPS Research Modules

Many resources to help students develop skills to find, organize, evaluate the content, and use specific information to create new meaning. Provided by Baltimore County Public Schools.
http://www.bcpl.net/%7Esullivan/modules/tips/index.html

infoSkills

The resources on this site are free information literacy skills tools for students. These tools include tips for organizing thoughts and subject matter, finding resources, formatting research papers, and more. Resources available are Big 6, Citation Maker, How to do Research, iTutor and Online Library Learning Center.
http://www.learningcommons.org/educators/library/infoskills.php

Keeping Kids Honest: Using Digital Resources to Steer Clear of Plagiarism

These resources were presented by Caroline McCullen, SAS inSchool Instructional Technologist, at the 2002 National Educational Computing Conference, in San Antonio, TX.
http://www.sasinschool.com/results/articles/pages/ethread_honestkids.shtml

Language Arts Webquests

These problem-based/inquiry learning experiences are good resources for integrating technology into curriculum.
http://www.middleschool.net/less_tut/webquests/lawq.htm

Lissa Explains it All

Find HTML help for kids and beginners.
http://www.lissaexplains.com/

MIDTECH

Provided by North Carolina State University , these resources focus on infusion of technology into middle school language arts and social studies.
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/middletech/

NCREL enGauge -- Resource Database

Focusing on integrating technology effectively in content areas, the Search Resource Database allows search for resources by grade level, subject and proficiency.
http://engauge.ncrel.org/survey/SearchResources.asp

Noodle Tools and Other Resources

NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research.
http://www.noodletools.com

Quick -- Quality Information Checklist

This is a QUICK guide to checking information quality. Eight ways for checking information on web sites along with teacher's guide is presented.
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm

Ribit -- Internet Based Inquiry Template

RIBIT is a tool designed to help teachers create inquiry-based learning curriculum using the Internet. RIBIT is easy to use, it stores the IBIs (Internet-based inquiries) that users create and it's free. RIBIT is a tool that will help students learn to think.
http://ribit.tielab.org/

The Knowledge Flow -- Research Tools

Provided by NCWise Owl (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction), this is a guide for students to find and use relevant information.
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/Hovercraft/InfoSkills/KnowFlow/

The Webquest Page

Hosted by the Educational Technology Department of San Diego University and designed to serve as a resource for using the WebQuest model to teach with the Web. Search for Webquests by keyword.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

TrackStar

TrackStar helps teachers organize and annotate Web sites to use in lessons.
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

Trails: Tool for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills

TRAILS is a tool for library media specialists and teachers to assess the information literacy skills of their high school students. It is completely Web-based and freely available for use.
http://www.trails-9.org

AwesomeStories.com

AwesomeStories.com is a guide to fascinating links scanned on-line by the world's great institutions: The Library of Congress, the National Archives, the British Museum , the BNF in Paris and hundreds of universities, libraries, historical societies and museums world-wide.
http://www.awesomestories.com/index.php

B. J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper – English

This portal to numerous websites is aimed at supporting student inquiries on all levels of English in K-12.
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjenglish.html

Fact Monster.com

An atlas, almanac, encyclopedia…and lots of cool stuff for kids.
http://www.factmonster.com/

Giggle Poetry

Giggle Poetry is a popular Web site for humorous children's verse.
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Kidspace @the Internet Public Library

Like a library online. IPL provides library services to Internet users. Activities include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals. Provided by the Regents of the University of Michigan.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Moonlit Road

Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South are told by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/

News Hour Extra

NewsHour Extra has stories, written for students and interactive packages based on reports from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the nightly news broadcast on PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/students/

Online Etymology Dictionary

A free dictionary of word origins.
http://www.etymonline.com/

Poetry Express

Poetryexpress, an award winning site, is intended for all poets, from inexperienced to advanced.
http://www.poetryexpress.org/

Poetry Out Loud

Visitors to this site can look through dozens of poems that are part of the Poetry Out Loud initiative, and also listen to a number of the poems being read. The site also includes press releases about the initiative and a guide for teachers.
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/

Poets.org

The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The Academy also sponsors National Poetry Month (April), an annual celebration of the richness and vitality of American poetry; the Online Poetry Classroom, an educational resource and online teaching community for high school teachers; and the Poetry Audio Archive, a collection of audio recordings of poetry readings. Find information on hundreds of poets.
http://www.poets.org/

Spelling Time

SpellingTime.com is an interactive tool designed to prepare children for weekly spelling tests. Parents or children can enter the spelling words each Monday and SpellingTime.com will create a 4 step, instructional learning program predicated on the marriage between leading edge technology and repetition and reward processes.
http://www.spellingtime.com/

Story Arts Online

Created by a storyteller and author, Story Arts Online has stories, lesson plans and activities, curriculum ideas, Story Arts Theater and more…
http://www.storyarts.org/

Thinks.com

Find numerous educational games and activities here.
http://thinks.com/

Vocabulary Can Be Fun

Four games -- Quiz, Word Search, Hangman and Match Game -- feature fun ways to learn vocabulary.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

Vocabulary University

Find vocabulary puzzles and games related to curriculum.
http://www.vocabulary.com/

Assessment and Rubric Information – Kathy Schrock

Subject-specific and general rubrics and some portfolio links are all included here.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Assessment Resources

Many links to several types of assessment are prepared by the Center for Research and Learning, Kansas State University .
http://www.4teachers.org/4teachers/intech/techassess.shtml

Electronic Portfolios

These model portfolios are an outgrowth of a PT3 grant at the College of Education Wichita State College ( Kansas ).
http://education.wichita.edu/m3/models/content_area/electronic_portfolios.htm

Kid Language – Writing Rubrics

These rubrics on writing are designed for eighth grade.
http://www.intercom.net/local/school/sdms/mspap/kidwrit.html

Project Based Learning Checklists

PBL Checklists are created by the Center for Research and Learning, Kansas State University.
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

RubiStar

RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Bartleby.com

Bartleby.com provides access to numerous books in various genres free of charge.
http://www.bartleby.com/

Documenting the American South (DocSouth)

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/

ESL Cyber Listening Lab

The focus of this site is on developing users’ listening skills, and it provides dozens of audio features that quiz students on topics relating to the real world as well as information they will need to know for the TOEFL exam.
http://www.esl-lab.com/

ESL Gold

This site’s primary materials are thematically organized into categories such as “Speaking”, “Listening”, “Reading”, and “Writing”. Within each of these sections, visitors can look through topical resources that compartmentalize different themes. Visitors can also find materials for beginning, intermediate, or advanced level students.
http://www.eslgold.com/

Leeyseras.net

The site gives parents and caregivers free access to the Lee y seras curriculum, which builds on the multifaceted, traditions of Latino culture that support literacy and learning--storytelling, poetry, and song--and emphasizes the role parents play as their children's first teachers. The web site offers downloadable and printable materials for parents, educators, and child-care providers to help build early-literacy skills. Child-friendly templates, educational games, and interactive activities help Latino children learn and have fun.
http://www.leeyseras.net/

The Internet TESL Journal

The Internet TESL Journal has brought together articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, and teaching ideas. Each issue of the Journal is posted to this website.
http://iteslj.org/

UsingEnglish.com

This site provides grammar glossaries, reference sheets on irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, teacher handouts, and ESL forums. The site also has its own web log, which contains musings on various elements of the English language that may be helpful both for ESL teachers and those seeking to learn the language.
http://www.usingenglish.com/