Martha's Resources

http://www.turtlediary.com

Turtle Diary is a great websites for the younger ages. It has all sort of fun and educational activities for toddlers through 5th grade. Not only does this website contain activities for the core subjects but also more specific skills and even extra curricular activities such as arts and crafts and sports. There are videos, activities, experiments, games, and much more for students to explore!

teachertube.com

Like YouTube but for teachers. Teachers can browse through the videos and find anything from informative videos to funny videos that will get the students excited about learning a certain new skill. Teachers can even show students experiments to the students if it is something they may not have time to do in the classroom. The options are endless with TeacherTube.

http://illuminations.nctm.org

This is a great website for Math. It has sections for Lesson Plans, Mobile Games, Interactive, and Brain Teasers. It has stuff for grades pre-K-12 grade. Everything is labeled with the standard it falls under and the grade levels it could work with. It’s a good website to engage students and get them excited about learning the different Math skills.

http://www.readwritethink.org

This website is a lot like Illuminations except is focuses on reading and writing. There are an abundance of resources for teachers to browse. It also hits every grade level and every component of reading and writing you can think of. There are lesson plan ideas as well as activities to use in the classroom and even at home.

http://www.abcya.com

This website contains games for grades K-5. It covers a wide array of subjects and skills. It is a good website for students to go and get extra practice they may need on a certain skill, however, rather than feeling like they are participating in boring, routine school work, they will be having fun!