WebQuest

I have just recently published a WebQuest regarding the exploration of the new world.  It is for fifth grade and a wonderful resource to use in your classroom. I hope you enjoy!

WebQuest Link: https://files.oakland.edu/users/smraffa/web/index.html

Fun Fonix

Need help devising a worksheet for a phonics lesson? Well Fun Fonix does just that! With such ease any educator is able to make up their own personal phonics worksheet for their students. You are able to pick the layout, the type of puzzles involved, the pictures, and most importantly the content of your worksheet. There are also several games on the website for students to play in order to strengthen their reading, spelling, and phonics skills.

Looking Into the Past

The Library of Congress is full of historical documents for educators to use when devising a Social Studies unit or lesson. There are prints and photographs, historic newspapers, maps, manuscripts, films, sound recordings, and more to be explored on this site. This website is also a great resource to students who are conducting research for a Social Studies paper. Students will be able to explore moments of history and learn more about the world around them.

Discovery Education

Looking to start a new unit in Social Studies but don’t know where to begin? Well Discovery Education is the website for you! Here, there are many resources for educators to use. There are lesson plans, worksheets, brain boosters and more! Teachers can also develop their own puzzle worksheets for their students to study from. Educators are not the only ones who would benefit from using this website; administrators, teachers, and students all have specific resources ministered to them. Other materials found on this website include curricular resources, digital textbooks, assessment services, and professional development.

Thinkfinity

Thinkfinity is a place where educators can get together and share their knowledge with each other. It is an online professional learning community that is free for anyone to use. This website is home to 60,000 educators and experts in curriculum enrichment with hundreds of resources for grades K-12. All of these resources are coordinated to fit the common core and state standards. Blogs, discussions, and groups are available for educators to connect and collaborate with one another. Learning is endless through this website. 

PBS Learning Media

PBS Learning Media is a great resource for educators to use. This website has science, mathematics, English language arts, literacy, art, health and physical education, social studies, world languages, and professional development resources for educators to use at the click of a button. Underneath each of these subjects are arrays of videos, webpages, galleries, audios, interactives, and documents that have specific grade levels they cater towards. If you are looking for a specific topic you can easily type in the keyword into the search bar and endless amounts of resources will come into view. PBS Learning Media is definitely a website that should be a go to when developing ideas and content for a lesson plan.

Cents of Color

Who knew painting could be so educational! Cents of Color is a website where students can learn about our nations' currency and the history behind our 50 states. On this website, you can pick any of the 50 state quarters to color and learn about.

There are other games and activities that students can do on this website that are related to coins and the history they have with the United States of America.