Wordle

Create collages with words.

Who is Who?

Get biography information fast.

Homework Center

More help with homework.

Googlebooks

Read books online.

Homework Spot

Get help with homework.

Fact Monster

Fact Monster from Information Please.

Cybersleuth Kids

A search engine for students in K - 12.

Yahooligans

A web guide for kids.

Ask Jeeves

Ask your question, and Jeeves will answer or refer you.

Skype an Author

Teachers and librarians can have authors visit your classes virtually through Skype. 10 - 15 minute sessions are free. Longer sessions can be set up for a fee.

Underground Railroad Interactive Site Scholastic

Journey through slavery on the underground railroad with webquests and primary sources.

Coretta Scott King Book Award Curricular Resources

Nick Glass of TeachingBooks.net. mentions "the Coretta Scott King Book Award Online Curriculum Resource Center—a free, multimedia, online database for educators and families featuring more than 250 original recordings with award-winning authors and illustrators and hundreds of lesson plans." He says "It is a great reading resource as teachers, librarians, and families plan for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month. The resource center includes more than nine hours of originally produced audio with Coretta Scott King Book Award (CSK) authors and illustrators talking about their books in two- to three-minute clips."

Black History Month Book Lists and Other Resources

Black history month book lists and other resources from the Wild Rose Reader Blog.

Book Trailers for All

Get your students hooked on books by showing these book trailers. Choose the videos appropriate for your grade level.

Best Children's Books

Use these lists to find curriculum tie in books.

Book Lists - Scholastic

Scholastic book lists by teachers for teachers. Some with curriculum guides.

International Library

The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire children to become members of the global community. Read stories from other countries including our own.

Watch Videos of Authors/Illustrators for Kids

Harper Collins Children's Books provides a playlist of recently released books with the author or illustrator chatting about their book.

Kids at Random

Random House has a great web site for kids promoting new and soon to be released books. Sign up to win free books.

A Book and a Hug

A web site to help you find books that interest you and are at your level.

The Book Seer

Wondering what to read next? Try this website to help you find books.

Fact Monster Career Site

Careers for kids

Find out about careers that might be of interest to you.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Search for careers

Centers

Educational learning games can increase student brain power.

KnightCite

Help with citing your sources.

Springfield Lincoln Library

Check out our public library for books that we may not have at school.

Springfield Moms Organization

Kim Little's SpringfieldMoms.org is a plethora of local resources. Looking for something to do, restaurants where kids eat free or for discounts? Check out the Springfield Moms Organization. It's free and online.

City Kidz World Magazine Contests

City Kidz World is a new magazine for children. They have a few contests that children may enter. Good luck!

Fair Use Evaluator

Copyright education.

Project Gutenberg

Find eBooks that are both "free of charge" and "free use" and download them to your eBook reader or MP3 device.

Vote Smart

Be an informed voter.

Test Your Geography Knowledge

This site tests your geography knowledge. Try it, it's fun!

Fact Monster Disease Site

Cybersleuth Disease Site

KidsHealth

Learn more about your health.

Fact Monster Selective Service

Pershings' Doughboys

World War I on SchoolNet

InfoPlease History Year by Year

Search by decade.

Major Events of the 20th Century About.Com

Idea Finder Inventions

Enchanted Learning Inventions

Learn about inventions and inventors.

CyberSleuth Kids The Civil War

Fact Monster Civil War Site

Civil War information.

Homework Center Civil War Site

Civil War facts.

Civil War Casualties

About.Com Inventions

Inventions from A to Z.

World War II

Library of Congress

Primary source information for history projects.

Constitution Day - September 17th

Larry Ferlazzo's best sites for learning about the constitution of the United States.

History Inquiry Tools

Guided Inquiry and Web 2.0 to implement the National Curriculum for History.

Best of History Web Sites

History web sites for K - 12th grade students and teachers.

Do We Really Know Dewey?

Learn how to find books in the library using the dewey decimal system. Learn the Dewey Decimal System.

Boolify

Learn how to narrow down your search when using different Boolean operators such as "and", "or" and "not".

Media Lessons and Resources

Media Literacy webpage links from Pat Elliott, librarian in Canada.

PBS Media Skills Lessons

PBS Teachers, Media Skills lessons.

2012 ALSC Notable Videos and Recordings

Looking for some of the best new videos, recordings, and interactive software for kids? The Association for Library Service to Children has lists you can use as guides in selection.

212 Degress, the Extra Degree

212 Degrees is a short motivational clip about how just a little more effort can make such a big difference. It shows us the difference between good and great. The clip is compliments of Simple Truths. a motivational web site.

Nutrition Exploration

Nutrition website for kids.

Online Informational Texts

Read magazines and shorter texts using these online resources.

Scholastic News Online

Read the Scholastic News online magazines.

National Geographic for Kids

Read the National Geographic online magazine for kids.

Sports Illustrated for Kids Online

Love sports? Read the latest sports news.

Smart Bean

Smart parenting for smarter kids.

Playful Learning Experiences

This lovely web site features learning experiences that promote positive family interactions.

TogetheRead

This is a website that supports families reading together. Monthly themes, book lists, and activities are given to help families read together.

Children Who Can Read, But Don't

This Reading Is Fundamental article gives tips on how to motivate your child to read. Many of the ideas will help reluctant readers too.

George Washington

Learn more about George Washington with this interactive website.

Book Adventure

Read books off this list and take an online quiz. It's like a free version of Accelerated Reader.

Story Line Online

Listen to short audio clips of popular children's books.

Kids Read

Use these book reviews written by kids to help you find great books to read.

Starfall

Reading fun!

Robert Munsch

Read and listen to children's author Robert Munsch.

Classic Childrens Stories

Read classics online.

Reading Check

Read the story and take the quiz to see how well you understand what you read.

The Horn Book

Promoting good books for children and young adults is the heart of the Horn Book's editorial mission. Listed are annotated book lists of recommended, mostly recently published titles.

BookHive

BookHive is a web site designed for children ages birth through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested in reading about children's books. Providing reader's advisory service, this site contains hundreds of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading levels and interest areas. Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages, and even favorite illustrators.

Just One More Book

Podcasts of great books for children. Listen to reviews of good books you might have missed. This is one of Mrs. Hall's favorite sites.

Into the Book

Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K - 4th grade students, teachers and parents.

Book Wizard

Use Scholastic's Book Wizard to find just the right book.

Reading is Fundamental

A must see! In addition to various games, Reading Planet has a free membership club that allows members to create their own page with a custom look and share their ideas about what they like / don't like on reading planet, vote on favorite books, and enter contests.

The Stacks for Kids

Readers of all ages are welcome at this Scholastic site filled with games, author information and activities based on all your favorite books. A few examples: Magic School Bus, Clifford, Goosebumps, Captain Underpants, Harry Potter, I Spy, and The Babysitters Club. They additionally offer a community for older students.

Fast Phonics

ABC Fast Phonics is a free tutorial that uses cartoons and sounds with audio narration and clickable words to teach phonics. This method teaches just basic phonics concepts without struggle or frustration and includes rules for vowels, consonants, and blends along with practice pages.

Interactive Reading Websites

Use these websites to improve reading skills.

MeeGenius Library

Read books online, personalize them, and share them.

Reading Online Pathfinder

Stories your students can read and stories read to them.

Word Tamer

Students write stories based on selected choices and open ended writing. Word choice is emphasized. Good for 3rd grade and up.

Outstanding Science Trade Books of 2012

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K through 12: 2013 (Books published in 2012)

Booksforboys.com

When boys don't read enough, they can get behind in life. You can encourage boys to read by providing books they like. That's what Booksforboys.com is all about. Boys like the books on this website because they have story lines that appeal to them, and are written in a boy-friendly style.

Summer Reading List

Summer reading list recommended by The Horn Book.

Love This Reading List-Great for Summer Reading Too!

Mrs. Hall loves this list because of the catchy category titles. Have fun reading these during the summer or all year long. Check them out at Lincoln Library this summer! These are "The Best New Children's Books from Esme's Shelf."

Summer Reading List for Boys

The Town School for Boys in San Francisco provides annotated reading lists for boys entering grades 1-8. The lists of fiction and nonfiction are organized by grade level(s). According to the school, "Some of the books are quick, easy 'beach reads,' while others may offer more of a challenge."

Best of the Best, Kids Books

Chicken Spaghetti's books for children and the rest of us too. Loads of book lists.

2009 Childrens Choices Book List

The Children's Choices Book List is a project of the IRA and CBC (Children's Book Council). Looking for new books to read aloud or recommend to your students? The books on this list are chosen by children.

Ink Think Tank

Nonfiction Authors in Your Classroom

Historical Fiction for Children

This is another book list resource to supplement the Social Studies/Literacy Integration Guide.

A Book in Time

This site gives book lists based on historical time periods. Books listed are fiction and nonfiction. This is a great tie in to the new Social Studies/Literacy Integration that was added this summer.

Rebecca Caudill Libguides

Resources for the 2013 Rebecca Caudill books.

SweetSearch

SweetSearch is a search engine for students. It searches only credible Web sites approved by Internet research experts.

World Almanac for Kids

Looking for facts, figures and statistics? Visit World Almanac for Kids.

AwesomeStories

AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose is to help educators and students find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. This educational teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards.

GoGooligans

Safe search engine for kids and teens.

Outstanding Science Trade Books: 2009

The National Science of Teachers Association (NSTA) provides a list and summary of outstanding science trade books recently published.

Journey North - A Global Study of Wildlife Migration

"Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles- and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants; changing sunlight; and other natural events. Find migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson plans, activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context. Widely considered a best-practices model for education, Journey North is the nation's premiere "citizen science" project for children. The general public is welcome to participate." From the Journey North website

Vicki Cobb Science for Kids

Science website for kids and teachers.

NASA - Educational Materials

Thousands of science resources for educators to supplement the science curriculum.

Forces of Flight

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum teaches how things fly.

Kids Ed Websites-Kids Educational Websites

Free high-quality interactive learning activities and games.

PBS Kids

Visit PBS Kids for games, videos, and music.

State Animals

This website will help you with state reports. It even has report covers for state animals.

Summer Reading Lists

Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network's summer 2010 reading lists.

English Companion Where Teachers Meet to Help Each Other

English teachers, reading teachers, and librarians, this is an awesome resource for you. Search the groups within the Ning and then join the ones that interest you. I have learned so much from these groups.

Reading and Writing in Science and History

Lesson plans for reading and writing in science and history. Engage students using technology.

Readers Theater and Language Arts

Find reader's theater scripts and language arts resources at the Timeless Teacher Stuff website.

Sparkle Box for Early Learners

Free printable signs, labels, games, awards, and cards for literacy, math, books, etc. Great to use with ELL and ESL students too.

Sparkle Box 2 for Middle and Upper Elementary

Free printable signs, games, awards, labels, cards, and books to use with middle and upper elementary. Great to use with ELL and ESL students too.

Sites for Teachers

Hundreds of educational websites rated by popularity.

TeacherXpress

Almost anything you are looking for! An amazing site.

Adolescent Literacy

Adolescent literature resources for teachers and parents of students in Grades 4 - 12. Author videos and lots of book information.

100 Helpful Websites for Teachers

Looking for new ideas or networking suggestions? You will find it here.

Exceptions for Instructors

Copyright education.

21st Centuries Literacy

Lesson plans for 21st centuries literacy = information, media, multicultural, and visual literacies.

Information Skills Instruction

Information skills instruction on the Resources for School Librarians site.

KinderSite

1,000 of links to the best games, songs, and stories for young children.

Dewey Browse

Web sites classified according to the Dewey Decimal System created by Gail Grainger, a school librarian in NH. The sites are for K-12 students so teachers would want to select the appropriate sites for their students.

All About Explorers

Teachers, use this site to teach students that not everything they read on the Internet is accurate and reliable. Students will learn about explorers while determining if the explorer information is credible.

Best on the Web for Teachers

Loads of websites for teachers.

Picturing America

Use these resources to accompany the 40 art reproductions that we received from a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the 2009 - 2010 school year.

TeachersFirst Classroom Planning Calendar

Preview the links that focus on your curriculum topic and grade levels.

Titanic Virtual Field Trip

Free Technology for Teachers shares this virtual field trip about the Titanic.

Google Lit Trips

A Different Way to Read Great Literature!

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place...and so much more.

Vocabulary Spelling City

This site provides extra practice with vocabulary and spelling. Also in math, science, geography, etc. Create your own lists or use the ones already made.

WritingFix

Many ideas for writing.