Whittier School

Instructional Resources

 

Parent and Teacher Links:

  

Discipline Help

Discipline help for 124 type of behavior problems

  

Center for Effective Parenting

The Center for Effective Parenting positively impacts children by helping parents and those who work with parents enhance their knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding parenting.

 

The Teaching Channel

 Great teaching, inspiring classroom.  A host of Common Core teaching techniques.

 

 EDSITEment!

 The best of humanities on the web.

 

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

An educational leadership organization.

 

 The International Reading Association

The world's leading organization for literacy professionals.

 

The Master Teacher

 
 

Robert Marzano Research Laboratory

Synthesized educational research that teachers can use to create gains in student learning.

 

The Leadership and Learning Center

Created by Douglas B. Reaves-bridging the gap from research to action that creates change and sustainable student achievement.

 

Curriculum 21

Created by Heidi Hayes-Jacobs-mapping the global classroom of the future.

 

Dr. Tim Shanahan

Information for teachers and parents on teaching and assessing reading, writing, and literacy.

 

Dr. Tim Rasinski

Dedicated to promoting fluent readers.

 

 

Student Internet Resources: 

 

 

Your Dictionary (online dictionary)

 

Discovery Education (Free homework help for students)

 

Dance Mat Typing Program (typing program)

 

Free Rice (all subjects)

 

Free Math and Reading Help for Kids

 

Treasures reading textbook (need student code to access)

Tesoros libro de texto de lectura (se necesita código de estudiante para acceder)

 

Starfall (reading and phonics help for struggling young readers)

   

Spelling City (search under teacher’s name minus punctuation)

 

New Pages.Com

Young author’s guide

 

Houghton-Mifflin 4-5th Grade Math Textbook 

Can select "Leveled Practice" to download worksheets from specific chapters of textbook as needed).

 

AAA Math

 

IXL Math

Math Common Core Standards practice

 

Math Playground

 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives  Math practice and critical thinking games.

 

Quia  Good free math practice site.

 

Xtramath.org Need code from teacher for weekly report of classroom activity.

 

Kid’s Health - Food Pyramid

 

The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

 

National Geographic for Kids

 

The Official Website of the Nobel Prize

 

PBS for Kids

 

Brain Classroom

 

The Kidz Page

   
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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