Favorite Teacher Links

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    Online Timers

    Online Stopwatch has over a dozen timers for counting up and counting down, including the countdown timers shown here. Assign a task, set the timer to count down, and turn your attention back to your students. Even if you get caught up in an activity and don't notice the time passing, the online timer reminds you! Wonderful for Smart Boards.

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    http://totallytots.homestead.com/NowIKnowMyABCs.html
    If you are looking for an adorable alphabet activity, this is the website for you. Both upper and lowercase letters are provided with easy to follow construction paper art projects for each letter. Awesome!
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    http://www.schoolexpress.com/
    Great resource for teachers. 16,000 free worksheets, online math, games, create a word search, make an award, 30 free e-books + more. Sign up for their newsletter and receive a free weekly unit appropriate for the month!
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    Classroom Freebies
    This site only posts FREEBIES. They have daily lessons and links to terrific teacher sites and blogs. Charity does a wonderful job of keeping it organized and up-to-date.
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    FREE interactive maps

    Sign your students up for free accounts and watch them create interactive atlases with maps that communicate! Hundreds of outline maps are available such as all fifty states, continents, historical maps, world maps, and country maps. Awesome for all sorts of geography extensions as well as learning about maps and how to use them.

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    Word search generater

    I searched for a site that would print the word find in LOWERCASE letters.  HATE that most of the free automatic word find creators were in all caps.  That is NOT how we teach children to spell words, so why have them search for them that way! Simply type in your word list, how many letters per line height-width) then click create.  I copy and paste into a word doc so I can diddle with it.  Word finds are a wonderful way to review spelling.  Having a child create their own puzzle also reinforces lessons and is great for a word-work option for Daily 5.

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    http://www.tipjunkie.com
    A terrific site for all sorts of freebies, printables, tips, advice, DIY, links, crafts and more.
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    http://www.rhymezone.com/
    LOVE this site for when I'm trying to think of words that rhyme with a certain word. You simply type in your word and it gives you an alphabetical list, first by one-syllable words and then by multi-syllable words.
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    Daily 5 FREEBIES

    The "Mother Load" of Daily 5 stuff.  If you're a newbie and need advice, ideas, and how to's, this is THE "go to" site and it's FREE.

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    http://www.grammar-monster.com/

    Grammar monster is an outstanding site for grammar help.  They have easy-to-understand definitions, plenty of examples, plus tips, and quizzes.  By far my favorite grammar site.

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    http://www.sightwords.com/

    Wonderful website loaded with FREE activites, printables, and games, that help children with phonemic awareness, as it aids in learning how to read.  

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    http://verbs.woxikon.com/
    Terrific website all about verbs. An alphabetical listing of verbs is one of my favorite finds! Helps you conjugate in a variety of languages too!
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    http://www.readingresource.net/index.html
    Outstanding reading resource site. Lots of great tips, ideas & free printables.
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    live binders
    Make a binder and keep track of all your favorite computer links. Watch their quick 90 second video to find out about this amazing site. Check out other people's binders, they have over 10,000. It's a SUPER resource for finding other resources! While you're there check out my binder! It lists all of the FREEBIES on my site. Enjoy!
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    Think Quest
    The main focus of this site is centered around the American Revolution. It contains a plethora of knowledge about the people, places and things going on during that time period and is one of my favorite historical sites. If you need any info for research on this topic this is the place to go. The graphics are outstanding! This is also a great "Web Quest" destination for September when you are celebrating Constitution Day.
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    http://www.festisite.com/text-layout/#2,0
    Type in your text and it turns it into a shape. My favorites: The heart and the spiral! So many possibilities for using this. Fun site for your students to type in their spelling words, etc.
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    http://www.frompapagod.com/
    Awesome website for inspirational poetry. The moving pictures are unbelievable and truly lifted my spirits. Favorite section for Christian ed teachers is the Tiny Tales. LOVE the Mysterious Lighthouse story!
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    http://pennilessteacher.com
    Penny posts about prizes, give-a ways, free stuff, contests and grant info daily.
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    Fuel For The Brain

    All sorts of freebies! One of my favorites: "Go Fix!" Play a 'Go Fish' style game with a set of cards containing affixes along with an assortment of root words.

     

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    Happy and Blessed Home

    Over 1,000 pages of free printables, many with an alphabet theme. This Christian homeschooling mom shares her gifts and talents to help educate children: "If you enjoy free printables, crafts and games for little ones, ideas for family fun and encouraging posts for moms, sign up and have Happy and Blessed Home delivered to your inbox."