Teacher Tools   

NoteStar NoteCards         
http://notestar.4teachers.org/
Using this tool, students can take notes from online sources as they browse the Internet. Source information (i.e. title, url, etc.) is automatically captured in order to assist in work citation. Once their notes are gathered, students may then organize their notes to suit their project's goals. Registration is required but this is free.

Kathy Schrock's Online Tools for the Classroom Use
http://kathyschrock.net/cooking/
Here is a great collection of online tools for teachers and for students; calendars, certificate creators, puzzlemarkers, timeline maker, citation machine and more.

Educational Games from BigChalk
Here are games to help students learn.  The games are broken down by subject and grade level.

DiscoverySchool.com Teacher Tools
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
This site includes links to puzzlemaker, lesson planner, quiz center, worksheet generator and a clip art gallery.

Templates for Teachers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech101.shtml
A collection of online templates compiled by Education Week, including letters, charts, and certificates.

Template Gallery from Microsoft
http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/ct149.asp

abcteach
http://abcteach.com
This site provides 5000 free printable worksheets for grades K-8, including sections on theme units, research/reports, reading comprehensive and more. Example:

• Teaching Extras for the Classroom
  http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/ExtrasTOC.htm
  abcTeach has put together a great collection sites that generate teaching material for the classroom: lesson plan generator, certificates, checklists for field trips, homework passes, lunch passes, reading logs, classroom labels, abc lists, flashcards, classroom helpers Job Chart Cards, and much more!

TeAch-nology- Free Worksheets for teachers
http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/
Free worksheets, rubric makers, and more. Example:

• Time Line Maker
  http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
  This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 6 horizontal time line events or 9 vertical time line events of your choice.

Graphic Organizers

• Graphic Organizers --using Inspiration or Kidspiration
• Graphic Organizers -- worksheets from Houghton Mifflin
• Graphic Organizers -- from NCREL
• Graphic Organizers -- from SCORE
• Venn Diagrams - create a simple Venn Diagram
• Venn Diagrams -- create your own Venn Diagram
• Graphic Organizers --more than 35 printable subject specific graphic organizers.

Math

A+ Math.com Worksheets
http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/
Printable elementary math worksheets and online worksheets that can be corrected immediately on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division with whole numbers and decimals, counting money, order of operations, fractions and basic algebra.

Flashcards:

• A+ Math Flashcard Creator
  http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/Custom_Flashcards.html
  Make custom print flash cards for the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts for the numbers 1 to 12.

• Custom Flashcards 
  http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/Flashcard_Creator.html

• Other types of Flashcards
  http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html
  Create flashcards (non-Java) for money, geometric shapes and more. 

Easy Test Maker
http://www.easytestmaker.com/
Create tests online; formats include multiple choice, fill-in-the blank, matching, short answer, and true and false questions.

SpellMaster Index Page
http://www.spellmaster.com/
Use to create Flash or Javascript-based language exercises.

Funbrain Quiz Lab
http://www.funbrain.com/quiz/
The quiz maker allows one to create quiz or use quiz library.  The students can take the quiz online and the results can be sent by e-mail to the teacher.  Registration is required.

Personal Educational Press
http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/Index.asp
One can make form-based printable bingo cards, tracing sheets, word lists, flash cards, etc for science, math, writing, reading, geography, government, Spanish, and French.

Printable Personalized Award Certificates http://www.billybear4kids.com/show/awards/certificates.html

Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker
http://www.varietygames.com/CW/

PuzzleMaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Create 11 different types of puzzles including letter tiles, cryptograms and criss-cross.

Rubrics:

• Rubric Generator:
  http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

• Rubric Generators
  http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
  Creates 14 different types of rubrics.

Web-Quest Generator
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/

Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Make printable bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, or area charts using the different colors and values. 

Worksheets:

• Learning Page Worksheets
  Basic worksheets for most school subjects grades K-3.

• Free Worksheets for Teachers
  Links to free worksheets on the left of the page for grades K-8.  Banner ads are very annoying.

• Worksheet Generator
  Make your own worksheets or check out "Worksheet to Go" that has more than 300 ready-made worksheets for grades K-12.

• Freeworksheets.com
  Worksheets for grades K-12 on everything from phonics to "kindness to animals."

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Note: Please keep in mind that the Internet is a fluid medium and sites are constantly being added, moved and deleted.  If you find a dead or redirected link or you would like me to add a new resource please contact me at morsilka@shenet.org. Please give me the name of the page, the title of the link, and the url.  Thanks.