For Teachers 

QUICK LINKS

Google Web Access Staff Member of the Week Nomination Form Student of the Week Nomination form
Tech Request Form Study Island! NC WiseOwl
The Daily Reflector Pitt County Schools Home Page Browse Our Library Online
  My Learning Plan PD360

RESOURCES

Teacher Resources on the PCS Website
LITERACY LINKS

PCS Literacy Model
K-5 Literacy Explained
K-2 Literacy Framework
3-5 Literacy Framework
Professional Book List


    
 

  

SmartBoard Math
Kindergarten Reading
Art Writing
Health/PE Social Studies
Music Language
Science Teacher Support
21st Century Skills  

SMARTBOARD

Smart Exchange
A resource from the Smart Board Company – search by subject, grade, or NCSCOS

Storyline Online
Streaming videos of famous people reading stories.

Speakaboos
Stories, songs, fables, and more.  Record your own feature coming soon!

Cumberland County Library Online for Kids
Access to some wonderful resources, including Tumblebooks!

Indoor Recess
Link to 6 indoor recess sites where your whole class or small groups can use the Smart Board during those rainy days. 

Holiday Ideas
Ideas you can use for all holidays – lots of songs/clips of holiday favorites

Smart Board Terminal
Wiki made by Pitt County teacher that is broken down by grade levels – connects you to many other Smart Board interactive sites.

Interactive Internet Resources
Broken down by subjects.

VA Public School Site 
By grade level and subjects

MO Public School Site 
This site will direct you to many sites where people are sharing lessons and templates.

Math Manipulative
Great site for math manipulatives – base blocks, bar graphs, patterns, fractions, geoboards, tangrams, and more. 

Internet 4 Classrooms 
Here's a good site for some interactive activities – broken down by grade level

Smartboard in the Classroom
A one-stop-shop for everything SmartBoard!

Amphitheater Public Schools
Ideas for the Smart Board in the K-5 Classroom

Mr. Young's Bouncy 'A' 
Great site for all subjects with many interactive activities.

KINDERGARTEN

Community Club
Students click on workers to learn about their jobs. 

Building Language Literacy
Each character (Nina, Reggie and Leo) leads children on a language adventure to different places in the community, helping children not only develop language skills, but a sense of the world around them as well.

Starfall.com
Where children have fun learning to read!
Starfall.com is useful for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade.

ART LINKS

Smithsonian Museums

Web Art Gallery

HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION LINKS

PE CENTRAL
"the premier site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. "

Kids Health
This article discusses the functions and properties of the different muscles in the human body. Includes a diagram, links, and a Shockwave movie of a muscle in action. 

Kids Health - Eating for Sports
A section of the Kids Health website that offers suggestions for kids who are active in sports and includes hints for eating healthy and staying hydrated.

WizzKids.com
A game about internal organs mainly focusing on identification of the parts based on pictures. Students drag the organ to the matching area.
Brief animation about various internal organs. 
Shows location in the body and the purpose of the organ.

How Stuff Works!
A comprehensive site, including this link that looks at the different types of muscles in your body and the amazing technology that allows them to work so well.

Teaching Ideas!
This British site has new physical education activities to bring into the classroom. Activities are grade appropriate.

MUSIC LINKS

Music Tech Teacher
This site
should give anyone thinking about using technology to teach music a wealth of ideas.

GCSE Music BiteSize Revision
This site
provides a variety or resources and quizzes with audio to help students understand a variety of music topics.

Hop Pop Town

PlayMusic! 
Created by the American Symphony Orchestra League.  Playmusic makes the task of learning about the instruments of the orchestra a delightful experience.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning.  Site includes: Orchestra Seating Chart, instrument Encyclopedia, DSO Kid News, Practice Chair, Do It At Home, Make you Own Instruments, Music theory, composer's Corner, Virtual Tour of the Meyerson Symphony Center, Games, Music in the Air, Listen to Music.

New York Philharmonic KIDZONE! 
Site includes: Musician's Lounge, Composers' Gallery, Instrument Storage Room, Instrument Laboratory, Conductor/Soloist Dressing Rooms, Newsstand, Composer's Workshop.

SCIENCE LINKS

Discovery Channel

ScienceU

21st CENTURY SKILLS LINKS

Edutopia
Articles, resources, inspiration, support for tomorrow’s educators. Weekly newsletter delivers newest content to your email. Funded by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Thinkfinity  
Free standards-based lesson plans and educational resources. Support community.  Funded by the Verizon Foundation.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Click under State Initiatives for the North Carolina site, Route 21.

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
Founded by the US Department of Education.

CyberSmart! Curriculum
Features a K-12 Scope and Sequence Chart that shows how the basic skills we teach at the lower grades will build the foundation that the upper grades expect. A part of CommonSenseMedia.org, a website that offers Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum.

SOCIAL STUDIES LINKS

About NC State Government

Federal Government Agencies

NC State Agencies

Visit the White House

MATH LINKS

www.aaa.math.com
www.coolmath.com
www.nlvm.usu.edu
www.mathmovesu.com
www.kids.gov
www.education.ti.com
www.cut-the-knot.org
www.mathplayground.com
www.teachervision.com
www.familyeducation.com
www.funbrain.com
www.factmonster.com
www.piday.org
www.whatworks.com
www.thinkingblocks.com
www.fuelourfuturenow.com
www.eduref.org
www.realworldmath.org
www.purplemath.com
www.lessonplanspage.com
www.ams.org/mathmoments
www.mimioconnect.com/
www.noetic-learning.com/mathdrill/index.jsp
www.edhelper.com
www.cln.org/themes/
www.shodor.org/interactive/activities
www.pbskids.org/cyberchase/>
www.gamequarium.com/index2.htm
www.mathgoodies.com/teachers.html
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/
www.aplusmath.com
www.greatsource.com


READING LINKS

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/scos/
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/elementary/
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/middlegrades/
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/secondary/
http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/ela/archives/curriculum_english_language_arts/
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/
http://www.necompact.org/ea/materials/GLE/GLEsFeb05/NECAPReadingAppendicesv1.2.pdf
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/languagearts/elementary/k2literacy/
http://www.readinga-z.com/
http://www.edhelper.com/?gclid=COD9huGR2ZwCFdxD5god0VvBKg
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/lit-hs.html
http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=6&tabid=18#1
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/searchlinkengine.cgi?SEARCH=how%20to%20teach%20letters%20tokindergarten&PAGE=4
http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.php

WRITING SITES

http://www.empoweringwriters.com/
http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/05%20Writers%20Workshop%20v001%20(Full).pdf
https://center.ncsu.edu/write/login/index.php
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/239
http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/CLAST/Tutorial_and_Instructional_Programs/English_Works/Writing.html

TEACHER SITES

http://www.drjean.org
http://www.drmaggieallen.net
http://home.att.net/~teaching/balancedlit.htm
http://www.bookadventure.com
http://www.gregtang.com/main/kidsfinal.html
http://www.education.com/activity/all-grades/all-grades/reading/?cid=57000.000002&s_kwcid=ContentNetwork|1451074375

http://school.scrabble-assoc.com/main.asp?id=64
http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=viewDocument&JAS_Document_id=3
http://www.thesmartiezone.com/reading.html
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr174.shtml
http://www.lauracandler.com
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/articles/AceReader.html
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml
http://www.myreadingcoach.com/nrp/
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
http://www.carlisle.k12.ma.us/school/library/elemlist.htm
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/knowitall/studyskills/thinking5.htm#ht
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html

LANGUAGE ARTS

·      Biographical Selection

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760585.html

·      Nonfiction text (charts, maps, graphs)

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/realworlddatal.cfm

·      Sample Legends

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=grinnell&book=blackfeet&story=_contents

·      American folklore

http://www.americanfolklore.net/tt.html#How

·      Simple scripts and short plays

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html