There are so many sites out there and so little time to look through them all. I have often found a site in the middle of lesson planning only to lose it by accidentally hitting the infamous “X” in the top right hand corner. You’re probably familiar with what happens next. That brilliant idea, that phenomenal resource is gone to the internet gods.

In order to avoid that frustrating experience, I am creating a list of helpful websites for teachers. If you have any suggestions, please mention them in the comment section and I will add them.

Finding/ Sharing Lesson Plans

• Scholastic
• Teachers Pay Teachers
• Learn Zillion
• Better Lesson
• Share My Lesson

Language Arts Resources

• MDC-PS English Language Arts
• MDC-PS Virtual Library
• Flashcard Machine
• Mrs. Tyler’s Poetry Collection
• Dr. Wheeler’s Literature Resources
• NY Times Lesson Plans
• NewsELA (News articles/ quizzes aligned to Common Core)
• ThinkCERCA (News articles/ quizzes aligned to Common Core)
• Authentic Common Core Reading Materials

Grammar Specific Resources

• • No Red Ink
  • Grammar Bytes
  • Verbals
  • Holt Handbook
  • Purdue Owl Writing Lab
  • Subject- Verb Agreement

Writing Resources

• • National Novel Writing Month
  • Student Treasures Publishing
  • Scribblitt
  • Story Jumper
  • Busy Teacher’s Cafe
  • US News (Debate Club)
  • Teachable Alternatives to the 5-Paragraph Essay
  • Books to Read that will help your writing: An Article by The Huffington Post
  • Yale’s Model Essays
  • 40 of the Best Essays of All Time
  • 15 Great Essays

Reading

• • Text Rendering Experience by School Reform Initiative
  • Books to Read Before You Die

Poetry

• • Scansion
    • Seamus Cooney’s English Class
    • Prosody Quiz by WSU
    • For Better for Verse by U of V
    • Shakespeare
    • Poem Shape
      • And Iambic Pentamater: The Basics
      • Shakespearean, Spenserian and Petrarchan Sonnets
      • The Writing and Art of Iambic Pentameter
      • Monday’s Child is Fair of Face
      • Recognizing and Using Caesuras, Enjambent and End-Stopped Lines
      • Emily Dickinson

Spoken Word

• • • High school poetry slam
    • Brave New Voices
    • Read Write Think Poetry Slam Lesson
    • Florida Creatives
    • Boston Poetry Slam

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

• 8 Core Principles

Computer Typing 

• Typing Web

Math

• AlgebraNation

Multi-disciplinary Resources

• BrainPOP
• Khan Academy
• PowToon
• Power My Learning
• World Book Encyclopedia

Classroom Organization/ Reminders

• Edmodo
• My Big Classroom
• Book Retriever (Classroom Library app)
• Remind (Safe one-way text reminders)

Rigor

• Using Web’s Depth of Knowledge

Digital Projects

• Padlet
• Prezi
• Thing Link

Classroom Management

• Class Dojo

Lectures via Technology

• Class Flow (teaching platform) + Explanation Video
• LanSchool (teaching console)

 Professional Development Online

• Beacon Educator (Reading, ESE, Gifted, ESOL for Master Plan Points)
• Skill Soft (tech courses for Master Plan Points)