Teacher Tools 
Lesson Plans | Lexiles | Rubrics | SOL Resources | Website Evaluation

 

SchoolCenter Picture 
Search  ARC videos 
 

Lexile Project  from the VA DOE includes a booklist to  locate quality books in a student's Lexile level, a PowerPoint presentation, and handouts.
  
 
 

SchoolCenter Picture

Discovery Streaming - educational videos searchable by curriculum topic, grade level, etc. Divided into short clips. See librarian for registration info.
Teachers' Domain more streamed video & audio  from public television. Free signup required
Annenberg Media - more  streamed video. Free signup required.

Virginia SOLs and SOL Prep 

Standards of Learning
SOL Resources - curriculum frameworks etc.
from VDOE
SOL Test Prep - released items
SOL Review (SOL Pass)
Social Studies SOL Practice Tests
National Standards across the curriculum

Lesson Plans

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators has it all.

Thinkfinity - this replacement for Marco Polo includes

BrainPOP - engaging science and math lessons

    S tudent Activities  

Newspaper Clipping Generator   creates an authentic-looking newspaper clipping of your report.
Poster Generator  - teacher must register for a free account.
Collage Generator

eBooks & Book Search 

University of Virginia Digital Collections
including the Lewis & Clark Collection, Westward
Exploration, Virginia Elections Database, Architecture
of Jefferson County, Fowler Museum of African & Pre-Columbian objects, George Catlin collection of
Native American portraits, and e-texts in Middle English, French, German, and Japanese
.

Duke Digital Collection

Google Book Search - thousands of searchable full texts of books published before 1923 or that have granted copyright permission.

World Cat - search many libraries at once and find your item in the closest library.

Copyright Information

U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright & Fair Use Guidelines  - from the ARC website.

Copyright Advisory Network - this free service from ALA helps teachers & librarians discuss copyright issues and get expert advice.

Website Evaluation
If it's on the Internet, does that make it true?

  Sample 1
Sample 2

  M iscellaneous Useful Sites

Bl oom's Digital Taxonomy

   

Bullying Resources

Stop Bullying Now   - from the Health Resources and Services Administration
International Bullying Prevention Association -
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - from Clemson Univ.
Stay Safe Online -