St. James Elementary School           

For teachers

Below is a list of websites that assist educators in achieving outcomes in the classroom. If you have any sites that you use, please send them along to be added to our site.

Feel free to browse and use the links on the Student page and send along any other links you may use with your students.

links

GENERAL

www.abcya.com- variety of acitvities for K-6.

www.explorelearning.com - tools to help with math and science.

PBS Kids - ... to explore and play hundreds of fun educational games with their favorite PBS KIDS characters.

www.learnrubrics.ca - rubric training site for parents and teachers.

www.explorelearning.com - awesome "gizmos" for math and science. (submitted by Mrs. Francis)

www.canteach.ca - resources for all subject areas (submitted by Mrs. Griffen).

www.atozteacherstuff.com - variety of resources (submitted by Mrs.Griffen)

www.theteacherscorner.net - resources and lesson plans (Mrs. Griffen)

www.primarygames.com - variety of resources (submitted by Mrs.Griffen)

www.theteacherscorner.net - teacher resources (submitted by Mrs. Griffen)

www.educationworld.com - variety of resources (submitted by Mrs. Griffen)

www.tinsnips.org - special education resource (submitted by Mrs. Griffen)

www.makinglearningfun.com - primary resources (submitted by Mrs. Griffen)

links page - a multitude of links for all (submitted by Mrs. Griffen)

www.webquest.org - search the webquest database or create your own.

www.virtualsalt.com - a wealth of resources for students and teachers.

www.globaldimension.org.uk/ - UK-based search engine with an extensive database of teacher resources.

 

http://www.nlpl.ca/ - go to online resources. Near the bottom of the page is Tumble Books Library. There are books, games, etc. that the students can access. Also, you can view books in French! (submitted by Mrs. Kettle)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

www.myvtc.ca - virtual teacher center of the NLTA

SMARTBOARD

 

http://smartboards.typepad.com/ - variety of resources and information on smartboards.

Neave.com - fun interactive site for smartboards.

www.watchknow.org - educational videos for a variety of subject areas. Filtered for quality.

www.smarttech.com

http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/ 

http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/smartboard_blogs/

http://www.teacherled.com/

http://www.gamequarium.com/placevalue.html

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/index.html

http://www.hufsoft.com/software/page4.html

http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/

http://www.aimlanguagelearning.com

http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/mathsE3.htm

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/con_math/g03c07.html

http://www.edutopia.org/

www.mint.ca

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/money_games.htm

http://membres.distributel.net/~skipper/money/money32.htm 

http://teachers.net/

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm

http://teachertube.com/

http://www.makingbooks.com/freeprojects.shtml 

www.topmarks.co.uk 

www.storylineonline.net 

http://plattsburgh.neric.org/oak/smartboard/Smartboard.htm 

http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/ 

http://www.wfnss.ca/math/smart_board_resources.htm 

http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/board/cirt/training/SmartBoards.htm 

http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/schools/recit/sbres/ 

http://smarttech.com/insights/

WORKSHOPPING

http://www.bayvieweduc.ednet.ns.ca/Smoran/Reader%27sworkshop/reader%27sworkshopindex.htm 

http://www.readersworkshop.org/ 

http://quest.carnegiefoundation.org/~dpointer/jennifermyers/workshopapproach.htm

 http://www.readersandwritersworkshop.com/

 http://www.centralischool.ca/~bestpractice/writer/index.html

 http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/core.cfm?L=1

 http://www.ourclassweb.com/sites_for_teachers_readers_workshop.htm

 http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/bestpractice/reader/process.html

 http://www.ednet.ns.ca/pdfdocs/curriculum/LTA-ReadersWorkshop.pdf

 http://sps.k12.mo.us/curriculum/commarts/dist%20init/writer%27s%20workshop.htm

TEACHING CREATIVITY

• www.uwsp.edu/education- NA wealth of resources about teaching creativity.

TECHNOLOGY

• Computer Protection  - Microsoft's information and downloads for educators.
• www.watchknow.org - educational videos for a variety of subject areas. Filtered for quality.
• www.media-awareness.ca - an informative site on the responsible use of media and the internet. Includes games and units for educating students on the responsible use of media and technology.