Hello, I'm new to 3rd and I am looking for helpful websites that can give me teaching ideas. I love Beth Newingham's website and I'm looking for more that are similar. Please post your favorites!
http://www.bookadventure.org/te/bkt/te_bkt_tl_tt.asp http://martha.cabe.k12.wv.us/Fun and Educational.html http://www.fun-with-words.com/index.html http://www.congressforkids.net/games/articlesofconfederation/2_artofconf.htm http://www.figurethis.org/ http://www.free.ed.gov/searchres.cfm
http://blogs.scholastic.com/3_5/2009/04/writing-workshop-units-of-study-a-day-with-lucy-calkins.html http://www.mandygregory.com/ http://www.mrsvandyke.com/filecabinet.htm http://sanchezclass.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews http://readwritethink.org/ http://www.storycart.com/scripts_free.php http://www.teacherresourcesgalore.com/warm_ups.htm http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm http://www.lauracandler.com/ http://www.theteacherscorner.net/ http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html http://webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/ http://webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/ http://www.freereading.org/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/index.html
And for the greatest professional development videos, go to www.learner.org You can watch videos of teachers in their classrooms conducting reader's workshop and all sorts of things.
www.spellingcity.com You can plug all of your spelling lists into this site and it creates audio practice, games, and practice tests for your spelling words. Sooo great!