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From Top 16 Best GENERAL Sites:
ABC Teach
You will find easy, online materials for use by kids, teachers, parents, and home schoolers on this award-winning site. They are organized into these categories: basics (ABCs, reading, writing, math, handwriting), research/reports, theme units (animals, habitats, holidays, sports, countries, and more), shape books, games and puzzles (connect the dots, mazes, coloring pages, etc). Teachers have permission to reproduce these pages for classroom use. Site developed by 24-year veteran Sandy. PreK-4.
Don't Miss: The shape books are popular and easy to use. They are grouped in themes such as animals, food, sports, money, school, nature, etc. Print and photocopy the pages you like. Then put a title and/or words you want on the page, then decorate or color. Your students can make booklets for math skills, poems, word families, science themes, etc.
http://abcteach.com/
ProTeacher
One of the most popular Internet education sites, ProTeacher is a comprehensive site for K-6 teachers---lesson plans in all subjects, education news, networking and support, teaching practices, classroom management, child development, leadership, technology. The search engine works well. Search results come back alphabetically with brief descriptions.
Don't Miss: Talk to other teachers who visit ProTeacher. BusyBoard is the place to read messages their messages, ask questions, and share advice. It has special sections for K-3 and 4-6 teachers, student teachers, substitutes, special education, and Canadian educators.
Other Features: Reference Desk is very helpful, with links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, news/weather, telephone/addresses, language translation, library references, weights and measures, and writing.
From Best Sites for Teaching MATH:
Illuminations
The top association of math teachers created this site to make math fun and relevant for students. These Internet-based lesson plans are examples of how the Internet can be used to help create effective, standards-based math lessons. The key shows which lessons are multi-day, sequenced activities or single-day learning concepts. To view lessons, go to the top or bottom and click the grade level (PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). Excellent selection of detailed activities and math games that appeal to kids. Created by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. K-12.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/
Fraction Worksheets
EdHelper has hundreds of fraction worksheets, and every time you click to create a worksheet, you get a new one. Categories are: basics of fractions (decimals and fractions), lowest common terms, mixed fractions, basic operations, prime factorization, simplifying algebraic fractions (varying levels of difficulty), fraction puzzles, and more. You must supply an email address to view sheets or get answers. EdHelper does not share your address with anyone else. See Printing Tips if you have trouble printing the worksheets. Created by EdHelper. Gr. 3-12.
http://www.edhelper.com/fractions.htm
From Best Sites for Teaching LANGUAGE ARTS:
Comprehension
Free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents, including original stories, sentences, poems, short essays, and articles. Worksheets are in web format, easy to print and photocopy. The format for most is a poem, story, or sentences, with questions at the bottom for students to write a short answer or circle a multiple-choice answer. They are grouped in volumes, in no particular order. You can read the title, then click on it to see the full text. Volumes 4-6 work best in Internet Explorer, while Volume 3 prints better with Netscape. Created by RHL School. Gr. 5-8.
Don't Miss: The Word Meanings From Context worksheets are excellent. There are short paragraphs to read, with a bolded word. Then student chooses the best meaning from multiple choice. This would be a great dictionary activity if student cannot get meaning from context.
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
100 Favorite Children's Books
Compiled by children's librarians, this list of books (with brief descriptions) appeals to today's kids. Other popular book categories (click on sections at the top of the page) are animal stories, biographies, fantasy, historical fiction, humor, mystery, poetry, science fiction, and survival and adventure stories. Created by New York Public Library. Gr. 1-6.
http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=60
From Best Sites for Teaching SCIENCE:
Label the Diagram
About 100 black-and-white diagrams and maps for students to read and label. Each diagram has definitions, vocabulary, student instructions, plus a separate link for answer sheet. The main page has all the diagrams in alphabetical order or you can click on the categories: biology (animals, human anatomy, insects, plant life cycle), animals (mostly anatomy diagrams), planetary (Earth and solar system, moon phases, water cycle, volcano), human anatomy (heart, brain, eye, skin, skeleton), plant anatomy and life cycle, geography (continent and country maps, compass rose). Created by Enchanted Learning. K-6.
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/label/
NOVA
This award-winning, science television program from the Public Broadcasting System has a section especially for teachers. Classroom resources include: program contents, printable activities, online activities, teacher's ideas, and web site overviews. You can also search the database, by keyword or program title, for program information, lessons, and online activities. When you click Program Title, you'll see an alphabetical list of topics. Samples include: the best of Loch Ness, mad cow disease, cracking the code of life, jet streams, electric heart, faster than sound, Hitler, ice mummies, lightning, the five senses, and dozens more. Created by WGBH/Boston.
Don't Miss: Click Teachers Guide to subscribe to the semiannual NOVA Teacher's Guide (print version). Complete the online order form and submit.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/
Webquests and Worksheets
Almost 400 webquests and more than 1,700 lesson plans pertain to social studies. Webquests are a fun way for students to learn and answer questions while visiting preselected social studies sites. Categories are by grade level and by subject (anthropology, archaeology, civics, current events, government, history, psychology, state and U.S. history, and world history). An alphabetical list of lesson plan categories indicates how many lessons are found in each---same categories as above. Created by EdHelper. K-12.
Other Features: EdHelper contains thousands of lesson plans and webquests on all the major and minor teaching subjects.
http://www.edhelper.com/cat263.htm
From Best Sites for CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:
Common Misbehaviors & Discipline Help
Solutions for handling 117 typical misbehaviors in the classroom. Each "behavior label" has a description (attitudes and actions), what effect it has on others, actions (what is causing the behavior, needs being revealed), common mistakes teachers make in handling the behavior, and suggestions for getting child to change or modify his/her behavior. Misbehavior description samples: the agitator, the blabbermouth, the class clown, the complainer, the disorganized, the dreamer, the fighter, the follower, the gossip, the immature, the interrupter, the know-it-all, the loner, the liar, the pest, the pouter, the questioner, and many more.
http://www.disciplinehelp.com/behindex/default.htm
Harry K. Wong Summary
Site contains an excellent summary of the major concepts from Harry Wong's popular book, "The First Days of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher". The book's premise: What you do on the first day of school will determine your success for the rest of the year. His book contains practical information about setting up procedures and expectations for nearly every routine activity in the classroom, from pencil sharpening to lining up. There are links to read a review of Wong's book as well as an interview the site's author conducted with Wong. Created by teacher, author, and speaker Marjan Glavac.
http://www.glavac.com/harrywong.htm