Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov/
Current and updated lists of careers and "hot" occupations reported by states. The site lists the fastest growing occupations by state, the educational requirements for the occupations, and salary ranges.
Daily Word
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
From Merriam-Webster, a new word and definition daily.
Dan Kurland's Critical Literacy Site
http://criticalreading.com/
An excellent site explaining the concepts or critical reading. The site shows you “how to recognize what a text says, what a text does, and what a text means by analyzing choices of content, language, and structure. It shows you what to look for, and how to think about what you find.” (Description taken from site).
DiversityWeb
http://www.diversityweb.org/
A website on multicultural education. It’s designed to target pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators.
Educational Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for English/Language Arts
http://edstandards.org/StSu/ELA.html
A collection of resources with information on national and state English/language arts standards.
EDUTOPIA--The George Lucas Educational Foundation Website
http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=005
This site publishes the stories of innovative teaching and learning through a variety of media -- a magazine, an e-newsletter, CD-ROMs, DVDs, books, and this Web site. Here, you'll find detailed articles, in-depth case studies, research summaries, instructional modules, short documentary segments, expert interviews, and links to hundreds of relevant resources.
Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Social Studies Bookmarks Compiled by John Bartlett.
The Inquiry Learning Forum
http://ilf.crlt.indiana.edu/
Housed at the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at Indiana University, The Inquiry Learning Forum “seeks to improve student learning by supporting teachers in their understanding of inquiry-based teaching and learning.” If you are interested in inquiry learning, this is the place to start.
Los Angeles County Office of Education
http://www.lacoe.edu/
LACOE website offers myriad resources for teachers.
Myth Man’s Homework Helper
http://mythman.com/
Provides an abundance of resources on Greek Mythology.
Poetry
http://www.mrtschool.com/poetry.htm
This site offers poetry links.
The Puzzle Maker
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
This site allows you to create customized puzzles to use in the classroom.
Reading Online
http://www.readingonline.org/
Offers hundreds of articles on a range of topics in reading education.
RHL School
http://www.rhlschool.com/
Free teaching resources: English, reading, worksheets.
Sites for Teachers
http://sitesforteachers.com
This site indexes hundreds of sites useful for teachers.
Standards for the English Language Arts by NCTE & IRA
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/standards/110846.htm
This site lists the 12 standards sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. There is also a link to background information on the standards project.
Substitute Teacher Homepage
http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/substitute/
Links to educational sites for substitute teachers.
Teachers.Net
http://www.teachers.net/
Teachers chat rooms, resources, lessons, etc. Opportunity for teachers to see ideas from other teachers; section for substitute teachers.
