CPS Sites

Safari choose Cuffe Math & Science and use your CPS username and password to login. Safari Montage can only be accessed at school while on the CPS network.

First Class

Admin CPS Mail - Email access for administrators.

Weekly SBCI Standards Based Lesson Plan Form (MS Word Format) - Type in lesson plans, save, and print out/email to the principal.

Chicago Teachers Union - Up to date information on union happenings.

CMSI - Main site of the Chicago Math & Science Initiative.

CPS Recommended Reading Lists - From K-12, the books students should read by grade. 25/year is required in CPS.

Human Resources - CPS Human Resource Department.

Test Prep Guides - Prepare your students to take standardized ISAT and Iowa Tests with these guides, available for free on the CPS website.

Uniform Discipline Code - Official Uniform Discipline Code for CPS.

CPS Libraries - Standards.

City Sites

Chicago Tribune: News in Education - Program designed to teach current events and connect all subjects using the Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Public Library

Lakeshore Teacher Store - Another popular Teacher store.

Illinois Sites

Certificate Renewal - Information on renewing your teaching certificate.

ISAT Test Information - Information for the ISAT test, including practice tests.

Learning Standards - Illinois Learning Standards.

State Board of Education - Official site of the State Board of Education.

Study Island - Site to assist students with preparing for the ISAT test.

C-SPAN Classroom - Rich study guides bring you valuable information about C-SPAN programs and authors.

Cable in the Classroom Home Page - Use it to locate video and Internet resources for the classroom.

Court TV Classroom - Choices and Consequences (C&C) offers Court TV’s coverage of courtroom trials and programs that focus on social issues and the legal system.

History Channel Classroom - Contains study guides, “Ideas From Teachers,” tips for using the programs in the classroom, and links to other related sites that deal with historical events and landmarks.

KidsNet - Lesson plans and activities for the CIC programming are provided in the areas of reading, science, geography, and personal development.

Nickelodeon Teachers - Educational home page for CIC member program network, Nickelodeon.

Weather Classroom - Information about The Weather Classroom, 33 8-minute instructional episodes with 200 online text pages; electronic field trips; and other instructional resources dealing with weather and how it affects our lives.

Educator Sites

AskERIC–Lesson Plans for all grades.

Core Knowledge Program -What should your students know in a particular grade? This site answers that question.

Education Week on the Web - Informative national education news magazine. Many articles available on the web.

Education World - Many teacher resources.

Icebreaker Activities Vol. 11 - Most teachers have a favorite icebreaker activity they repeat year after year. Is that the case with you? Or are you looking for a new, fun activity that will help you and your students get to know one another? Included: More than a dozen new icebreakers plus links to 150 more!

Lesson Plan Page - 2,000 free lesson plans.

MyGradebook.com - Manage Grades & Assignments online. Keep parents and students aware of their grades 24/7. 60 day free trial.

NEA - National Education Association.

Scholastic Web site - Official site of Scholastic.

SRA - Resource site for K-8 teachers.

Teachable Moment.org - Provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment.

Teachers.net - More teacher resources.

TeacherVision - Many teacher resources.

AASL Standards

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Fine Arts

Arts and Kids - National art contests.

Mathematics

Checking Up on Math - Materials which allow kids to make their own checkbooks and learn to use them.

Create a Graph - Online tool that allows anyone can make an area, bar, pie or line graph and print it out or download the image to a computer or disk.

Math Goodies - Math Lesson Plans.

Math Word Problems for Children - One of the best sites on the net for math word problems. Thousands to choose from. Free samples are available to try the service.

Money Instructor - Learn how to write a check, make checking account deposits and withdrawals, manage and balance your checkbook, and checkbook reconciliation with your monthly bank checking account statement.

QuickMath - Automatic Math Solutions.

Saxon Math Publishers - Official site of our primary math program.

SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator - Create math worksheets for your class.

The Stock Market Game - The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio.

Reading

Harcourt Reading Products - Information on the Trophies and Language Books, as well as extension activities.

Junior Great Books - Enrichment literature books used in the Intermediate/Junior High grades.

Online Encyclopedia Britannica - Basic online encyclopedia.

Pizza Hut Book-IT Program - Information on how educators can enhance this school-wide program.

Webster Online Dictionary - Online dictionary and thesaurus.

Science

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science ...

Exploratorium - The Museum of Science.

Living Things - Links to websites on animals, plants, and ecosystems. There are also tips for teachers.

NASA - Educator Resources.

National Science Foundation - Government site for Science enrichment.

Science News for Kids

http://www.goenc.com/ This site has been recognized as one of the best websites for both math and science k-12 teachers.

Social Studies
Government Agency Kids Pages - These are sites for kids /teachers from us government departments and agencies...

M Activities about Martin Luther King to do with your classroom.
Weekly Reader Online - Order one of the best Current Events magazines for your class. Complete with weekly lesson plans.

Speaking
Debate in the classroom - There’s no debate about it! Debates are a great tool for engaging students and livening up classroom curriculum.

Etymologically Speaking Where does the word “Nike” come from? From Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Learn where many of our words came from and how to integrate this into your language arts program

Special Ed/Health

Attention Deficit Disorder Directory - A good resource to understanding this disorder.

Discipline Help - You can handle them all!

Educator Resources

Special Education Resources - Very good site for Special Ed. teachers.

Writing

Creative Writing Corner - Excellent writing resources.

Language Arts Worksheet Library - Highly recommended! This site has worksheets for similes, prepositions, and many other parts of speech.

Web English Teacher - Another great resource for English/Language Arts teachers.

Vocabulary University - Free vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery.

 

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Curricular Links

Educational Web Adventures Links to interactive webpages on Art & Art History, History, Geography & Economics, and Science & Nature.

Eduscapes**Thorough, well researched links arranged in commonly taught themes and subject areas. Go to 42explore.
Elementary School Class Assignment Pathfinders Created by a public library on a wide variety of topics.

http://free.ed.gov/

Infozone Pathfinders
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/index.h…Recommended books and websites on different topics organized by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library system.

Internet School Library Media Center
Kids Click Websites for kids organized by Dewey Decimal categories.

Library in the Sky: Educational Web Resources
 http://www.nwrel.org/sky/

National Geographic.com Features This is a linked index of all of the excellent online topical features that National Geographic has created.

Neat New Stuff on the Net-Weekly Reviews
NOVA Archive**
Oregonian Newspaper Archive: 1851-187
Rockingham County Public Schools: K-5 Links
Rockingham County Public Schools: 6-12 Links

SDCOE K-12 Resource organized by subject area, compiled by the San Diego County Office of Education.

Student Atlas of Oregon
Trackstar Collections of web links by theme/grade level. Create and organize your own “track” of websites.

Thinkfinity Formerly known as “MarcoPolo.” Content partners include: ArtsEdge, EconEdLink, EdSitement (Humanities), Illuminations (Math), National Geographic Xpeditions,Read•Write•Think, and Science NetLinks.

ThinkQuest

OER Commons

MIT’s OpenCouseWare 

Connexions 

CMU Open Learning Initiative 

Secondary Lesson Plans

ArtsEdge
Educator's Reference Desk
CNN SF Learning Resources
Educational Cyberplayground
Edsitement
Education Index
Federal Resources for Academic Excellence
Holocaust Teacher Resource Center Lesson Plans
Education @National Geographic.com
NARA Digital Classroom
NCREL
New York Times Learning Network
Newspapers in Education
Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer
PBS TeacherSource
Professional Cartoonist (Editorial Cartoons with lesson plans)
Project Based Learning Checklists
Teacher Net
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
TeachersFirst Professional Resources Matrix
Teachers Helping Teachers
Teaching with Historic Place
Zoom School: Zoom School is an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.
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Technology

Microsoft Tutorials

Brainy Betty PowerPoint Background Template
PowerPoint Presentation
Sending a word Outline to PowerPoint
Digital Camera Lessons