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LD Online

Ld Online: Comparing Section 504 and Idea

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explaining the details of Section 504 and IDEA, this site describes in-depth the similarities and differences between Section 504 and IDEA. All legal terms and issues within the context of both laws are explained. An excellent resource...
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California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Science Center: Que Es El Infrarrojo?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An excellent resource for Spanish speaking science students. Provides a thorough description of infrared light, what it does and how it is used. Provides excellent pictures depicting actual use.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Three States of Matter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachers can find an interactive lesson plan for introducing the three states of matter to the early elementary student using items that they are familiar with. This also includes gathering data and filling in a table, an important part...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Learning Brain: Neuroscience

For Students K - 1st
This series of videos introduces students to the brain, including why it is so special, its parts and functions and how it recalls memories and stores new information. Other videos explain how the brain processes sensory information and...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: One Potato, Two Potato [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Cynthia DeFelice's children's book, One Potato, Two Potato, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Other

Frederick Warne & Co.: About Beatrix Potter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This official site has information about Beatrix Potter's life, work and art as well as fun games to play with the characters. It also includes a text resource which relates people and events from Potter's life to characters and events...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti Implementation Processes: Middle School

For Teachers K - 1st
Planning, developing, implementing, and sustaining organizational change, such as RTI, in middle schools is a complex endeavor. This brief is designed to give guidance to practitioners at the school, district, and state levels based on...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti Implementer Series Module 1: Screening

For Teachers K - 1st
This module focuses on universal screening and data-based decision making using screening data. The module covers (1) basic information on screening, (2) assessments used within an RTI framework, and (3) skills needed to use screening...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti Middle Schools: The Essential Components

For Teachers K - 1st
Using descriptive information gathered from middle schools already implementing RTI, this resource provides information to school, district, and state administrators and staff about how the essential components of RTI might be...
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Other

Professional Development for Implementing Electronic Portfolios

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For school learning communities considering implementing portfolios, this article provides a comprehensive resource. Many links to materials and examples are also provided.
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Other

Codi: Assistive Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
If you need information on assistive technology take a look at this site! Many of the documents on CODI are publicly available nowhere else on the internet. Many links provided.
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Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Articles, videos, and FAQs on topics relating to parenting one's grandchildren. Materials are organized into the categories of health, education, legal, parenting, support, and resources.
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Article
Other

Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
NCREL provides a detailed report on the use of technology for student improvement. Click on Action Options and scroll down the area designated for teachers to view NCREL ideas on classroom implementation.
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Other

North Dakota Department Fo Public Instruction: Content Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The state displays its learning standards for the areas of dance, drama, music, visual, English/language arts, health, math,physical education, sciences, and social studies.
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Other

Hpedsb: The Geometer's Sketchpad: Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lessons and activities for The Geometer's Sketchpad that span Kindergarten to Grade 11 can be found on this site. There are also tutorials and posters. As this is an older site, some links may no longer work.
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Other

Hpedsb: Geometry

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This page of Geometry links addresses many of the Geometry expectations in the Ontario K-8 Math curriculum. There are simple sorting exercises for Grade One and Cartesian Graphing tasks for the intermediate grades.
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Other

Actfl: Performance Descriptors for Language Learners

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages explanation of its Performance Descriptors for Language Learners. Performance Descriptors document is available to download as a PDF.
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Other

Univ. Of West Georgia: Analyzing the Leadership Behavior of School Principals

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This academic document describes various methods of measuring a principal's leadership behavior. The authors developed a new survey instrument that can be used to analyze the leadership behavior/style of a principal.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bill of Rights Day Is Observed

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for seven lessons that ask students to examine Supreme Court cases that have impacted civil liberties in the United States. Students work in groups and report their findings using PowerPoint presentations. In addition to...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Dorothea Lange Curriculum

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An incredible Dorothea Lange resource, this site has it all. It contains lesson plans, an image bank, a biography, a timeline, and even a set of guidelines for discussing photography.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Mother Teresa Declared a Saint Before Huge Crowds in the Vatican

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On September 4, 2016, Blessed Mother Teresa of the Sisters of Charity was canonized Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Understand the criteria and process involved in being canonized by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. [2:11]
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Browse and Search Resources

For Students K - 1st Standards
This site shares a collection of expert and peer-vetted teacher resources that are searchable for teachers and students. Searching can be achieved via a subject, grade, audience, and/or type. Curricula standards for the following subjets...
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Other

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The state breaks down the major categories of "Programs and Services," "Resources," "Grants," "State Standards," and "Education Legislation" into a wide variety of sub-headings. These provide detailed information to parents, teachers,...