Elementary Essentials for Teachers

This blog provides a trove of websites, resources, photos, ideas, catalogs, and quotes I have compiled to support, inspire, and enthuse those interested in elementary education. I hope you find something interesting, new, and fun! Happy Reading, Sharing, and Learning! Let me know if you have a site to share! See the on-the-spot live feeds at the bottom of the page. And for some good books to share... visit my BOOK blog: http://books4children.blogspot.com/

9/24/12

Kid's Health Resources

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Lots of resources for weight, nutrition, puberty, staying healthy, etc. http://kidshealth.org/kid/ file://localhost/Users/DebMarcia
9/23/12

Nutrition Updates

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Please make sure that your nutrition lessons are the most up-to-date. The food pyramid is no longer the most recent projections for proper n...

Calendar of Events for Teachers

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calendar  -  This clickable calendar listing provides reviewed curriculum resources in a snap, connecting your classroom to events and obser...

Health Resources website

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Resources for teaching Health for Teachers http://www.csun.edu/science/health/index.html

New favorite Poetry Book!

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Forget-Me-Nots won an Parent’s Choice Award for children’s books recently. Silver medal. YEAH Mary Ann and Michael. Another winning co...

Updates for 2012

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Welcome to Elementary Essentials for Teachers - I want this to be a helpful resource for my students, even after they leave my courses. I ho...
10/2/11

2011 Caldecotts

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Winner: A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead, and is a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring ...

I'm Baaaacccckkkkk!!!

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After a long recess I am back to posting useful sites for my students, colleagues, and other interested in learning for young children. I lo...
9/16/11

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David was in Maryland for a math presentation, and we got to visit and catch up. He gave me his newest book, Where ELSE in the Wild? It is ...

2010 Book awards (a little late - transferred from my other blog)

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ALA 2010 AWARD WINNERS C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S A N D T H A N K Y O U F O R Y O U R C O N T R I B U T I O N S T O C H I L D R E N ...
8/22/11

Early childhood songs

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A list of categorized songs and activities is available at the Preschool Express... ALL ABOARD!!! http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_st...

Early Childhood Finger plays and Songs

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From Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is a fabulous site called: Leading to Reading. Lots of songs, stories, finger plays and inform...

Preschool Finger Plays

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A good resources of about a dozen popular finger plays. Great for Early Childhood Educators http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/pres...

Welcome or welcome back!

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We've finally landed in a new place... happy as can be. So some new and updates sites. Quizinator - make your own quizzes quickly a...
9/22/09

100 Helpful Sites for New Teachers

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Awesome resources, although I have to admit I did NOT look at all 100. I WILL soon. In the meanwhile, check them out and let me know which ...
3/30/09

Smithsonian Kids

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Kids can manipulate through this visual museum for a piece of American and World History!  Space, cars, Kermit the Frog, stamp collecting......

SMITHSONIAN FOR KIDS

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Limitless possibilities for your teaching, and student inquiry. http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/sites_for_stu...

Smithsonian Education Language ARTS

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FROM POETRY TO JOURNALS, TO MUSIC, OTHER CULTURES, AND LETTER WRITING... MANY RESOURCES TO SET YOUR CREATIVITY IN GEAR. Gives grade levels a...

Africa for Kids

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PBS production. Teacher Resources,  http://pbskids.org/africa/myworld/index.html

PBS KIDS

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LOTS OF RESOURCES TO CONNECT TO PBS SHOWS http:www.pbskids.org

Facing History

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Video clips, kits, photos, ability to borrow books and videos from their lending library.  ABSOLUTELY AWESOME site. http://www.facinghistory...

Teaching Tolerance

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Lots of great resources, ideas, and FREE materials for helping students understand others. www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

Reader's Theater Scripts

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Aaron Shepard’s Readers Theatre http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html

BIRTHDAY MAGIC

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What a great way to celebrate your students' birthdays - find out about their special day! . http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp
3/13/09

Printable Geography Books

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Printable geography books from Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/geographybooks.shtml

Awesome Library: K-12 MATH

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MATH RESOURCES AND LESSON PLANS ">http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Mathematics/Elementary_School_Math/Elementary_School_Math....

Awesome Library

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Free books on line http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Literature/Elementary_Literature.html

Discovery Education Clip Art

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free clip art http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/?pID=clipart

Discovery Education Puzzle Maker

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You can create online original word puzzles. http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Washington College Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Inservice, information, programs, on GIS http://gis.washcoll.edu/

MOODLE

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Open source course managment system http://moodle.org/

SCORE (CA) Language Arts Resources

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Cyber guides to children's literature from SCORE http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html

SCORE (CA) Science Resources

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Lesson plans, info, kids' corner. Science resources galore! http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

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Lots of resources http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/mar99.htm
3/5/09

Carol Hurst's Children's Authors Site

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Author information from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature web pages http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/authors.html

Welcome to the California Council for the Social Studies

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California Council for Social Studies http://www.ccss.org/

Schools of California Online Resources for Education

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Background books/resources for the TEACHER (SCORE, professional organizations, Journal articles, ERIC http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
3/4/09

Teacher Tube

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You Tube for teachers http://www.teachertube.com/index.php

Free Poverty Geography Game and Giving

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Travel the globe while actually donating water to those who need it. http://www.freepoverty.com/

Adirondack Museum

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Adirondack Museum New York http://www.adkmuseum.org/

Iroquois Village

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A great source of information and photos of a Mohawk Iroquois Museum in NY. http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/

Colonial Williamsburg

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http://www.history.org/

MAYA QUEST

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TEACHER VISION info on Mexico http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/classroomconnect/maya/

Monticello

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Thomas Jefferson's home http://www.monticello.org/

SCORE Virtual Field Trips

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California source for virtual field trips http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/lessons/search/?k=virtual+field+trips

Virtual Ellis Island Tour

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Teaching with Historic Places

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-Possible Field Trips http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/

MD council on Economic Education

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Children's literature titles and songs for K-6 economics education http://www.econed.org/html/resources.php

Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books

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Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books - Montgomery County, MD. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialst...

Federal Reserve

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Economics education resources, including lending library for videos http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/FRED/?CFID=3772988&CFTOKEN=52...
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