Web Sightings
Web Sites Worth Visiting
This quarter’s Web Sightings highlight some great resources to help you and your students with getting Back To School.
Website |
Description and Educational Applications |
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/ lessonrepro /k_2theme/bktoschool.htm |
Teach Now Back to School is a content resource that contains interdisciplinary activities appropriate for the first few weeks of school. Students take a class census, make mini-books, and learn more about their classmates. Links to resources and learning activities are included.You may want to also visit http://teacher.scholastic.com/ professional/backtoschool/ for additional resources. |
 http://www.teachervision.com/ teaching-methods/ teacher-training/6600.html |
Teacher Vision features a section on Back to School. Start your new year off with ease and enthusiasm. Their resources range from assisting students in learning the school layout to taking attendance. |
 http://www.teach-nology.com/ themes/holidays/back/ |
Teachnology has several Back to School resources for teachers from lesson plans, to bulletin board sets, to help for the first day jitters. Use this resource to help you and your students with getting back to school. Explore the rest of the site to access thousands of teacher resources, lesson plans, and rubrics. |
 http://www.learningpage.com/ |
Learning Page provides professionally produced learning materials for the elementary classroom. Printable worksheets, activities and lesson plans for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade can be downloaded from the site.This month, Learning Page has created back-to-school worksheet activities. These include a school supply sort, a street address worksheet, a classmate interview, and more. |
 http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ Themes/Back_to_School/ |
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.One of the themes they cover is Back To School with lesson plans, bulletin board ideas and first day activities. |