Teacher/Parent links
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/teacher_direct/ Please sign up for your weekly newsletter from the DOE. You will receive an email with helpful information.
https://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/va/educator?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=edu_mentor_overview_page This site explains scoring of writing prompts and provides anchor papers for teachers and students.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/english/index.shtml English SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/mathematics/index.shtml Math SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/index.shtml Science SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/index.shtml History SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/index.shtml Released Tests
http://www.readingrockets.org Reading Rockets provides great resources to parents and teachers to assist struggling readers.
http://readwritethink.org This site offers fun resources for parents and teachers for activities for children at home or at school.
https://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/va/educator?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=edu_mentor_overview_page This site explains scoring of writing prompts and provides anchor papers for teachers and students.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/english/index.shtml English SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/mathematics/index.shtml Math SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/index.shtml Science SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/index.shtml History SOLs
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/index.shtml Released Tests
http://www.readingrockets.org Reading Rockets provides great resources to parents and teachers to assist struggling readers.
http://readwritethink.org This site offers fun resources for parents and teachers for activities for children at home or at school.
Reader's Theater
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html This site provides many Reader's Theater resources to inspire kids to read!
Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html This link to Ben's Guide to Government is not just for grades 3-5! There is a wealth of information from symbols and songs to branches of government, to historical documents and quick facts about Virginia and our nation. Try it - you'll like it!
Math Madness
www.aaamath.com If you are interested in THOUSANDS of interactive math lessons by grade level, check out this site!
http://www.funbrain.com Funbrain provides a virtual arcade of games for students who want to play with math. "Funbrain is certified by the kidSAFE® Seal Program."
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index1.html This is a math glossary for nearly any elementary math term you might want.
http://www.funbrain.com Funbrain provides a virtual arcade of games for students who want to play with math. "Funbrain is certified by the kidSAFE® Seal Program."
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index1.html This is a math glossary for nearly any elementary math term you might want.
Free Pictures of nearly anything
http://morguefile.com/ Free stock photos to upload into any project.
http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/ This site says "free pictures of everything on earth."
http://photopin.com/ More free photos...
http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/ This site says "free pictures of everything on earth."
http://photopin.com/ More free photos...
Website evaluation
http://www.schrockguide.net/critical-evaluation.html This site has awesome links in PDF format to download. There are student questionnaires about the ease of accessibility of sites, plus multiple articles for adults. I particularly like the ABC's of Website Evaluation to help to explain to students!