Sevier County Special Education
320 Cedar Street, Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
  
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CDC Materials

County Forms
These templates are filled in with general Sevier County information, but otherwise blank. They are in Microsoft Word, version 6.0 (except for the blank IEP). If you have this version or later on the computer you are connecting with, you can save the template to your hard drive, then modify it from there. If you are using MS Works instead, you'll need to save to a disk or just download from a computer that does have MS Word.

  1. * Enrollment Card with boxes for emergency information, last school attended, who can sign out the student, and the textbook agreement
  2. * Parent Survey, for guardians to rate the evaluation and Special Education planning process
  3. * Parent Permission for Comprehensive Screening, for the guardians to indicate permission (or not) for the school to screen their child
  4. * Sevier County Schools Student Referral for Special Education, the first steps in getting a general education student Special Education services
  5. * Assessment Report, a cover sheet for the test administrator to indicate results, recommendations, and comments from the assessment testing sessions
  6. * Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Documentation, notice boxes 4a and 4b especially.  Sevier County's interpretation of an appropriate time period for an intervention is 6 to 12 weeks.
  7. * Documentation of Medical Diagnosis Form, for doctors to indicate a diagnosis/prognosis for students with health/orthopedic impairments, attention deficits, or traumatic brain injury (in MS Word, and as a PDF file.)
  8. * Eligibility Report, to document eligibility for Special Education services and the instructions for completing it. Save it to your own hard drive because depending on your default printer's setup, you may have to reset a few tabs to get the check boxes to line up. Or here is the Eligibility Report as a PDF file.
  9. *Release of Information, the letter guardians sign so Sevier County can either send or get a student's Special Education records; the same file in PDF format
  10. * Physical/Health Impaired Evaluation Summary in Word, as a PDF file, and as an MS Works document
  11. * Continuation of Educational Services in MSWord and as a PDF File, so guardians can indicate previous Special Education enrollment when their child moves around or out of Sevier County
  12. * Special Education Exit Form, for a student reaching 18 years old and choosing to terminate Special Education services.  The same form as a PDF file.
  13. * Support Team Forms, for general educators to document interventions prior to special education referral, in MS Word, and as a PDF file. The following forms match the latest State revisions from September 2004. (You need to be using at least version MS Word 97 or many of the forms will not open/print correctly. The forms below are also available in PDF format.)
* Page 1, Instructions
* Page 2, Regular Education Referral to Student Support Team
* Page 3, Regular Education Documentation of Reading Interventions
* Page 4, Regular Education Documentation of Math Interventions
* Page 5, Regular Education Documentation of Behavioral Interventions
* Page 6, Regular Education Documentation of  Interventions (summary)
* Page 7, S-Team Tracking Form (for a specific student)
* Page 8, S-Team Tracking Form (summary for the school year)
* Regular Education Interventions Checklist, may be used in place of pages 3-5 above, when a mix of interventions are being applied; the same file as a PDF
 
* Reevaluation Package Guidelines, instructions for completing the reevaluation summary, in MS Word, and as a PDF file. The following forms match the latest State revisions from September 2004. (You need to be using at least version MS Word 97 or many of the forms will not open/print correctly. The forms below are also available in PDF format.)
  1. * Preparation for Reevaluation IEP Team Meeting in Word, and as a PDF
  2. * Notice of Reevaluation IEP Team Meeting and Prior Written Notice in Word and as a PDF
  3. * Parent Input for Reevaluation in Word and as a PDF file
  4. * Classroom Teacher Observation Form in Word and as a PDF
  5. * Special Education Teacher Observation Form in Word and as a PDF file
  6. * Related Service Provider Observation Form in Word and as a PDF file
  7. * Reevaluation IEP Team Report, Sections I and II in Word and as a PDF file
  8. * Speech/Language Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  9. * Speech/Language Assessment Results (page 2), Fluency and Voice Assessment for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  10. * Speech/Language Assessment Results (page 3), Hearing Assessment for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  11. * Speech/Language Assessment Results, Vision Assessment for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  12. * Psycho-Educational Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  13. * Medical/Other Health Impairment Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  14. * Social/Emotional/Behavioral Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  15. * Adaptive Behavior Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
  16. * Preschool Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III (if needed) in Word and as a PDF file
  17. * Current Classroom Based Assessment and IEP Review, Reevaluation Section IV in Word and as a PDF file
  18. * Reevaluation Summary and Recommendations, Section V in Word and as a PDF file
 
* Initial Evaluation Timeline Waiver. Also notice that the instruction for completing it (in MS Word or as a PDF file) require coordination with Nashville.
* Medication Administration Form, for parents to allow their child to be given or take a prescription or over-the-counter medication at school. Please see Use of Medicines by Students, BP 627 for the complete procedure.
* Report of Accidents and Injuries (to Students); original to Central Office, copy kept at school
* Package for Requesting Homebound Services
These are in Adobe PDF file format.
  1. * Cover Letter to Parents and Students Requesting Homebound Services, from the Director of Special Education
  2. * Request for Homebound Services, the form to complete
  3. * Homebound Medical Form, the doctor's medical evaluation (for use with other-than pregnancy-related requests)
  4. * Homebound for Pregnancy Form, the physician's verification
  5. * Homebound for Pregnancy Information, two pages of questions, answers, and advice
  6. * Release of Information, permission for the school system to get information to and from the physician
  7. * Parent Acknowledgement, consent for the teacher to come to the home
 
  1. * SCS Anecdotal Record, for documenting day-to-day incidental reports to students' records. You may want to print this one on green paper to match what is currently in the files.
  2. * Information for SPED Census, the form (in MS Word) for faxing to Rebecca Campbell after programming changes involving any Special Education student
  3. * Special Education Staffing Report, for building-level IEP Monitors to update the Trula Lawson Center records monthly (by faxing to Rebecca Campbell after each month's updates)
  4. * Request for Special Transportation, complete and fax to Rebecca Campbell
  5. * Field Trip Permission to Parents one fill-in-the-blanks model to send home. Also see Field Trips and Excursions, Sevier County School Board Policy 515.
  6. * Tracking Calls Home one way, or a second way to record talks with parents
  7. * Note to Home, a progress update to send home with the student each day
  8. * CDC/SDC Meeting Record, a table-structured conference form, for keeping all staff working with the same students informed of the same highlights or actions needed
  9. * Special Education Class Roster, single page access to students' contact information, goals, modifications, related services, etc.
  10. * Class Listing of Accommodation/Modifications, for the caseload manager to share with the students' general education teacher(s)
    1. * Class Listing of Accommodation/Modifications, for the caseload manager to share with the students' general education teacher(s) (same file as above, but as a PDF)
  11. * Caseload Management Chart, another single-look at dates, background of the students on your caseload
  12. * Group Goal/Objective Matrix, for setting up group instruction by motor, adaptive, communication, social, and cognitive goals
  13. * Assessment Summary, 1-page tracking of a single student's assessment progress over her or his school career
  14. * Inclusion Schedule, for weekly tracking of rooms students are to be in for certain periods
  15. * Four Year Educational Plan, a worksheet to plan credits for grades 9 through 12
  16. * CDC Transition Planning Worksheet for 17 - 21 year olds, to track by name or total number your students' transition to work progress
  17. * CDC Program Tracking for High School, a checklist to help CDC teachers keep up with the paper work and other to-dos month-to-month
  18. * CDC Program Tracking for Primary, Elementary, Middle, and Intermediate School, a checklist to help CDC teachers keep up with the paper work and other to-dos month-to-month
  19. * Review of Progress Toward IEP Goals, for use in drafting six week progress reports
  20. * Lesson Plan Form, an  MS Word template covering what is required in lesson plans for nontenured teachers
  21. * Student's Skill Summary, another way of reporting progress on IEP goals
  22. * IEP Progress Report Cover Sheet, for the parent and teacher to send and receive comments each grading period

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* Application for Tennessee Teaching License or Amendment to Licensure, the form for adding education credits, additional endorsements, or Praxis scores
* Table of Endorsement Titles and Corresponding Codes, includes most (but not all) Tennessee Teaching License add-on endorsement codes. Link to the full list. This also lists add-on endorsement codes.


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* Individualized Education Program (IEP). Also see the IEPs links on the Sevier County Information Page for IEP documents that aren't forms.
  1. * Checklist for Multidisciplinary Team Meeting/IEP Creation, steps to keep in mind and their IDEA '97 and 34 CFR 300 regulatory references
  2. * Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Documentation, notice boxes 4a and 4b especially.  Sevier County's interpretation of an appropriate time period for an intervention is 6 to 12 weeks.
  3. * IEP Meeting Before and After Evaluation, especially useful for teachers new to IEP meetings
  4. * Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians
  5. * Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians (in MS Works 4)
  6. * IEP or Re-evaluation Tracking, year-at-a-glance format for tracking when students' IEPs or evaluations need to be ready
  7. * Conference Summary, the summary of concerns/recommendations addressed at the IEP or Re-eval meeting (April 2002 version). You may want to print this one on pink paper to match what is currently in the IEP files.
  8. * IEP Summary, a table for matching the students with their common IEP goals
  9. * Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records
  10. * Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records (MS Works 4 file)
  11. * Record of File Review, the page that goes on top of the left side of the IEP record, for reviewers to sign
  12. * Certification Forms enumerating the handicapping condition and giving the date of either the Psychological Evaluation, Medical Evaluation, Audiological Evaluation, Psychological Evaluation or Speech/Language Assessment, or Psychological/Medical Evaluation. These certification forms aren't required, but are used locally by Sevier County's School Psychologists. Case managers may leave them on top of the eligibility report, or just put the eligibility report (which is required) on the left side of the IEP folder atop all of its supporting documentation.
  13. * Individual Education Plan (IEP), for use in planning IEP meetings. This has on it the changes added in September 2003, to the accommodations/standardized testing planning page. You'll need MS Word 97 or later to open this one; the rest of the Word files on this site are Winword 6.0 accessible.. The blank IEP as a PDF file, for those handwriting the IEP.
  14. * Notice of Provision of Free, Appropriate Public Education, the summary page that parents/guardians receive with the IEP
    1. * PWN Initial Evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for an initial referral meeting
    2. * PWN for a 3-Year Re-evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for use during a re-evaluation meeting

  1. * Extended School Year Service Plan for use before and during the ESY placement to document goal progress
  2. * Prevocational Checklist, as an Excel 4.0 file
  3. * Parent/Professional Vision Observations Checklist, a 3-page PDF used as part of the functional vision assessment
  4. * Student/Parents' Comprehensive Vocational Assessment Questionnaire/Inventory. Vocational planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
  5. * Parents' Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML. Transition planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
  6. * Student's Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML
  7. * TCAP Alt Addendum, for students who will be considered 3rd through 11th grade for the year the IEP covers, when the IEP Team is recommending an alternative to the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program. The same file as a PDF.
  8. * TCAP Testing Allowable Accommodations Table as revised for the new school year
  9. * English Language Learner Accommodations for TCAP achievement, competency, writing, and Gateway testing
  10. * TCAP Testing Accommodations Instructions for the IEP as revised for the new school year
    1. * The 2003-2004 Special Accommodations table listing all nine accommodations is on page 7 of the 12 page PDF file linked above
    2. * Breakout of Calculator Use for Grades 3 - 8 by test and part
    3. * Breakout of Times Allowed for Grades K - 2 by test and part

* TCAP Testing Accommodations as revised for the new school year (7 pages; print out only the one you need, as described below and retain the completed sheet with the IEP). Of the nine accommodations mentioned above, only those available for each of these six testing situations is available (as revised in June 2004). 

* Page 2, TCAP Achievement Accommodations
* Page 3, TCAP Writing Accommodations
* Page 4, TCAP Competency Accommodations
* Page 5, TCAP End-of-Course or Gateway Accommodations
* Page 6, English Language Learner Accommodations
* Page 7, Unique Adaptive Accommodations Request Form
  1. * IEP Evaluation Data and Procedural Safeguards Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for compliance with timing, procedures, and documentation in an IEP folder
  2. * IEP Data Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for the presence of required documentation in an IEP
  3. * Home/Community Activities Inventory for Primary and Elementary Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. It helps parents give input prior to IEP development.
  4. * new item Transition Assessment Student Profile, suggested transition summary sheet from the state director of transition services
  5. * Home/Community Activities Inventory for Middle, Intermediate, and High School Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. This file also comes with a final page on which the student and parent can let the teacher know which goals they think are most important for the coming year.
  6. * Other LRE for LIFE forms and publications in MS Word. You can get copies of the two H/CAIs above and a lot of other CDC-specific documentation.

* new item FACES CDC Curricula for downloading in PDF files. Follow the directions on the read me page to find the module you need

Materials in Sevier County and Tennessee

  1. * TCAP by Grade Level, with objectives and subskills covered
  2. * Roles/Responsibilities for Service Delivery Options in Sevier County neighborhood schools
  3. * Continuum of Special Education Services provided by every Sevier County neighborhood school
  4. * Levels in the Needs-Based Planning Process, information for school building-based staff
  5. * Child Find in Sevier County
  6. * Extended School Year Services for Sevier County
  7. * What Extended School Year Is and is not
  8. * Extended School Year Questions and Answers
  9. * Worksheet for Determining Extended School Year Eligibility, with references
  10. * Least Restrictive Environment Guidance for Sevier County
  11. * LRE in the IEP, legal requirements and best practices
  12. * Response to Intervention Material from Vanderbilt's IRIS Center
  13. * CSPD Plan for Sevier County special education personnel
  14. * Case Manager Responsibilities for safeguarding the information flow

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Other Materials

  1. * Office of Special Education Programs, materials for IDEA and IEP guides
  2. * CEC and ERIC's combined clearinghouse. The "digests" link has hundreds of short articles on various Special Education topics.
  3. * Lesson Plan and General Info Links for Educators, sites one school district considers essential
  4. * Tennessee Special Education Programs and Services, the 70-page PDF file of SpEd rules for the state
  5. * Teaching.com's Ednow Site, library and Web-based support for teachers
  6. * School Psychology.Net, a thorough (and searchable) education psychology site
  7. * Education Index with topics arranged by subject and life stage (rather than grade)
  8. * Educational Resources, a huge set of links compiled by Lake Erie College
  9. * EduHound, "Everything for K-12 education," a thorough site with searchable categories
  10. * Free Worksheets Link of School Express
  11. * How Stuff Works, nifty browsing site for the generally curious
  12. * Quia Web has zones for teachers and students; both are customizable by subject and there are a lot of ready-made activities as well.
  13. * ExploraSource.com is a searchable database of general education standards and resources by grade or topic
  14. * Bloom's Taxonomy, help wording educational objectives
  15. * Collection of Web-related Links, a nifty collection from the New York Board of Education
  16. * National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education, technology links and resources
  17. * Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' education homepage
  18. * Jefferson County, Colorado, Intervention Services Document Center, more for ideas than for adapting to Tennessee schools' use
  19. * Teaching Strategies for Students with Diverse Learning Needs, 89-page PDF from Nebraska, with good samples of what to try for lower functioning students especially
  20. * Educational Programming Resources, from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism
  21. * The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work, Jim Wright's 52-page PDF
  22. * Functional Skills Support Materials Guide, 64-page PDF from Missouri, with good background on appropriate functional skills and practical advice on goal creation for students in self-contained classrooms across preK-12 settings
  23. * Resource Room, materials for students who "learn differently," including gifted, home-schooled, and older learners
  24. * Arizona's Curriculum for Special Education, by subject area
  25. * Internet Public Library, with a great reference link that is only a small part of the site
  26. * Brain Connection's education links
  27. * Mixed Set of Education Links from the Prince Georges County (Maryland) Title I Program
  28. * Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Online, easy to navigate but the reading can be refereed-journal tough
  29. * US Department of Education's Federal Resources for Education Excellence, searchable by subject
  30. * US Department of Education's Online ordering for Education publications, also searchable
  31. * Sites for Teachers.com, repeats many of the sites given elsewhere, but this is a great site to start from for teachers
  32. * Staples, the office supply franchise
  33. * EduMart, a searchable site for teaching materials
  34. * PCI's Catalog, a Houston, Texas-based supplier of Special and General Education materials
  35. * Internet Special Education Resources, auditory, video, and reading materials
  36. * Special Education Information and Materials from Sabine Parish School System, Louisiana
  37. * Virtual School with Student, Teacher, Administrator, and Other Staff Links from Sabine Parish School System, Louisiana
  38. * Teachers' Supply, both big items (furniture and equipment) and small stuff (arts, crafts, etc.)
  39. * Bright Ideas, Powell, Tennessee, teaching supplies company, with a lot of links to other online suppliers
  40. * Learning Solutions from the Lenawee (Michigan) Independent School District
  41. * Portfolio Assessment, a thorough overview, with good samples
  42. * Assessment Assistance, by grade and test
  43. * Alternate Assessment from the Miami Museum of Science
  44. * Changes in the TCAP Alternative Process from 1998 through 2002
  45. * Kathy Schrock's Rubrics Page, lots of rubrics links, from the Discovery Channel Page's School's link
  46. * Teacher Page on Rubrics good, quick summary from Exploring the Environment
  47. * Jefferson County (Colorado) Section 504 Forms, for those not covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  48. * IEP 4 You, California Department of Education's site for goals, benchmarks, and other IEP development help

Links to Pre-Kindergarten through High School Educational Activities

  1. * (some assembly required), classroom projects; cool projects
  2. * Master Teacher, products, publications, and services for teachers
  3. * Teacher's Links from The Mailbox.com, education center for classroom activities and bulletin board ideas
  4. * Teacher's Tool Box, mostly reading and social studies activities
  5. * A to Z Teacher Stuff, lesson plans, units, activities, and resources
  6. * Education World, the self-proclaimed "Teacher's Best Friend"
  7. * Virtual Manipulatives, interactive math for grades K-12
  8. * 20 Questions, web-based version of the traditional category/logic game
  9. * Math, Language, Logic, etc. tools and worksheets from SuperKids.com
  10. * Family Education Network with Parent, Teacher, Teen, Child, and Reference tabs
  11. * Created by Teachers, math, reading, and general daily tracking materials done by and for teachers
  12. * Internet4Classrooms, K-7 basic skills help
  13. * Clocks, Counters, and Countdowns; debt, doomsday, and even dead clocks
  14. * Pet Education, powerful but easy to use database of household pet information
  15. * Public TV's TeacherSource
  16. * Web Resources for Teachers and Students from the Educational Testing Service
  17. * LA Freenet Teacher's Center, teachers' stuff, but it also has similar links for students and administrators
  18. * Teacher Talk Articles from the University of Indiana; it's geared toward teachers of adolescents
  19. * Drug Abuse Resistance Education, some drug awareness activities and curriculum links
  20. * Multicultural Teaching Toolbox, some awareness activities and readings
  21. * Intervention Central, searchable behavior tools and general education materials
  22. * Study Tools for Kids from Ask Jeeves, the search engine with the question query format
  23. * HP Creative Projects Site, cards, games, and templates from Hewlett Packard
  24. * Preschool Coloring Book.com, coloring pages, journal pages, and "no line" coloring sheets, arranged by themes (animals, western, sports, etc., even dental health)
  25. * Big Chalk, a searchable network for grades K through 12
  26. * Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia Online, a handy reference for any subject
  27. * 4Kids.com treehouse graphic with clickable games and activities
  28. * Worksheets4Teachers.com, searchable by grade level and topic
  29. * 4Teachers.Org Tools, this takes a little figuring out, but you can build customizable worksheets, class calendars (and search other teacher's calendars by subject), even annotate photos, plus a bunch more
  30. * Interactive Test.com, a site for creating multiple choice tests in various content areas
  31. * K-12 Web Resources, for various subject areas (and the Internet itself). Also see their Math and Science links.
  32. * Bingo Game Sheet, for a 4-by-4 round of Bingo
  33. * Bingo Game Sheet, for a 5-by-5 round of Bingo ("free" block in the middle)

Pre-K - Third Grade Activities
  1. * Parent Report.com does other age spans, but this link is geared to 3-5 year olds' activities
  2. * Education World's Early Childhood Center: references, resources, and fun
  3. * Marilee's Kidsworks and Kidspix, some neat K-2 activities
  4. * Preschool Zone, teaching ideas for early childhood and special education
  5. * DLTK's Crafts and Activities, some school related, some not
  6. * Big Idea, for fans of Veggies Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato
  7. * Funschool Games, a lot of word, picture, and puzzle match up activities
  8. * Kids' Domain, activities, downloads, and lesson plans
  9. * First School Themes, activities, crafts, and lesson plans
  10. * Crayola, busy site by the crayon people, with links for children, parents, and teachers
  11. * A Kid's Heart.com, online games and activities, with a lot of good links for children in the early grades and their teachers
  12. * Perpetual Preschool: themes, teaching tips, and a teacher to teacher section
  13. * Letter Lane, an engaging alphabet-based activity page
  14. * Dolch Words, good list with a table for each grade level's words
  15. * Edupuppy, elementary materials for various subjects
  16. * Early Childhood Education/Daycare, one person's short list of the very best sites
  17. * Early Childhood Education, another view of the most important links
  18. * Beginning Reading Worksheets, alphabet and some early Math sheets for downloading
  19. * Early Childhood Education Listserv (discussion group) and some sites
  20. * Journal of Early Intervention from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division of Early Childhood (back issues online)
  21. * Words and Pictures, phonics builders and games for 5-7 year old level
  22. * TumbleBooks, books online (with sounds and motion)
  23. * Preschool Coloring Book.com, coloring pages, journal pages, and "no line" coloring sheets, arranged by themes (animals, western, sports, etc., even dental health)
  24. * Pics4learning, a site for creating flashcard-type pictures, with many ready for downloading
  25. * Learning Page.com has a lot of great worksheets and other materials, too
  26. * Educational Games, Worksheets, Word Lists, etc., for teachers and parents
  27. * Technology Resources for Early Childhood Education, some Boardmaker canned files and other software support
  28. * Boardmaker keyboard shortcuts and a few other suggestions
  29. * Tic Tac Toe Math Game, requires math flash cards and a 3x3 grid
  30. * K-3 Math from the Jacksonville School District
  31. * Cool Math for Kids, this is for elementary and middle school, but the site has links for higher math too
  32. * K-3 Language Arts from the Jacksonville School District
  33. * 2-Week Unit on Body Parts with activities for students of various levels
  34. * 2-Week Unit on Shapes with activities for students of various levels

 

Fourth - Sixth Grade Activities
  1. * Comprehensive Activities Site (with some overlap of links referenced here)
  2. * Brain Pop, fun site that uses short videos for lessons in Science, Math, and English based on U.S. national standard for grades 3 through 8 in these subject area
  3. * Enrichment Activities for Gifted students, with links to the 3rd through 8th grade curriculum
  4. * Math and Reading Help for Kids is an article directory full of tips and resources for helping kids perform better at school.  There is also a homework help section for all grade levels
  5. * Cyberbee, various elementary activities and curriculum ideas
  6. * Kids' Freeware, a lot of free software (games and activities) for downloading
  7. * Sentence Building Game, downloadable freeware
  8. * All 4th and 5th Grade Subjects, useful research and homework help site
  9. * Cool Math for Kids, this is for elementary and middle school, but the site has links for higher math too
  10. * The Internet as an Encyclopedia, and a great effort at that!
  11. * Reading Planet, the kids' link on the Reading is Fundamental site
  12. * Kids in the House, informative and entertaining site from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (meant for middle school-aged students)
  13. * Virtual Science Fair, with a lot of experimental designs and ideas for Science Fair projects
  14. * All Science Fair Projects, over 500 on this site, categorized and searchable
  15. * Widgets, interactive problems from Washington State University (you have to have Shockwave loaded first, or download it from their site, then reboot)
  16. * Stories to Grow By, for elementary schoolers to use (with parent and teacher links to help)
  17. * 50 States, nicely done set of facts about each of the United States
  18. * SodaConstructor, students can create and then move objects or set in motion objects developed by others
  19. * Science Activities Manual for kindergarten to 8th grade

 

Seventh - Ninth Grade Activities
  1. * National Geographic for Kids. The homepage also has links for parents and teachers
  2. * Glencoe, the textbook publisher's site for sixth through twelfth grade activities
  3. * Applied Math Activities, linked to specific occupations 
  4. * SOS Mathematics, help with middle and high school math
  5. * Channel One Teacher, good current events/news activities site for intermediate and early high school students
  6. * TerrServer, from the U.S. Geological Survey; check out the advanced search to find your school or home
  7. * U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Publications, includes a great World Factbook and maps
  8. * County/City Databook, a searchable resource from Census 2000
  9. * Country Studies from the Library of Congress
  10. * Discovery Channel's school link. Also see BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  11. * PuzzleMaker, from the Discovery Channel's school link, good for crossword and wordsearch puzzle development
  12. * Ancient Civilizations, great site from a middle school teacher in Pennsylvania
  13. * Basic Human Needs Course, content from a Vermont middle school teacher's course
  14. * Aesop's Fables, nicely done collection of the famous stories with morals

 

Tenth - Twelfth Grade Activities
  1. * Study Guides.net, well done collection in all subject areas
  2. * Study Skills, suggestions for high school students from Studyguides.net
  3. * Digital Reference Library, easy to use source from the University of Pennsylvania
  4. * Bulfinch's Mythology, fables, epics, etc.
  5. * Complete Shakespeare, MIT's link to each of the plays
  6. * List of Classic Works available for Literature.org, by author
  7. * Bartleby, classic works and reference books online
  8. * A Book a Minute, highly condensed classics, science fiction, and bedtime stories. Irreverent, but it's a hoot. The site even has a movies link.
  9. * SparkNotes, better at online study aids than its more famous cousin, CliffsNotes. These sites are for students, of course. But teachers will enjoy the user's comments sprinkled throughout the SparkNotes site.
  10. * Grammar, help at the senior high, college level
  11. * Britannica, a searchable version of the encyclopedia
  12. * Periodic Table of Elements, clickable, printable, and manipulatable
  13. * Economic Overview from Economy.com
  14. * Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases by year
  15. * U.S. Senate, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
  16. * U.S. House of Representatives, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
  17. * Statistical Abstract of the United States, based on the year 2000 Census returns
  18. * U.S. Government Notes on Foreign Countries, arranged geographically (by region) and alphabetically
  19. * Country Studies from the Library of Congress
  20. * U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Publications, includes a great World Factbook and maps
  21. * Federal Statistics, U.S. statistics arranged by state or region and grouped by various topics
  22. * Scientific American, the online version of the magazine
  23. * Applied Math Activities, linked to specific occupations
  24. * SOS Mathematics, help with middle and high school math 
  25. * Math Links from textbook publisher Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
  26. * Math Prep for Standardized Tests, from Chicago Public Schools
  27. * ThinkQuest, a searchable database of 4,500 education-related Web sites
  28. * Schoolwork.org is for high school help
  29. * 700+ Great Sites for History, Geology, Science, and Technology
  30. * Glencoe, the textbook publisher's site for sixth through twelfth grade activities
  31. * Delphi For Fun.Org's classic math topics
  32. * ExploreMath.com for Math activities and lesson plans
  33. * Hot Math.Org has odd-numbered solutions for many of the texts used in high schools
  34. * Secondary Education Vocational Programs from the State of Tennessee Department of Education, site gives the curriculum standards for many of the areas
  35. * Tennessee's Link on the College Scholarships Page. It also has a scholarship search link

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Special Education Activities

  1. * Quizzes and Puzzles for ESL Students in grades K through 12
  2. * More ESL Quizzes, Puzzles, and Word Games from ManyThings.Org
  3. * Read, Please, allows you to download a demo version (or a $70 version) of a program that will read aloud (with a male or a female robotic voice) any text you paste into it
  4. * Preschool Zone, teaching ideas for early childhood and special education
  5. * CeDIR's Kids Web Page, from Indiana's Center for the Study of Disability's Information and Referral website
  6. * Self-Study ESL Quizzes in grammar and vocabulary for English as a Second Language students
  7. * Spanish Language Math Resources from Math Forum.org
  8. * ESL Handbook for Teachers and Administrators, guidance from Virginia's Department of Education
  9. * ESL Handouts from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
  10. * Multicultural/Bilingual Education, scroll down for a great collection of sites from Weber State
  11. * National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education's Classroom link
  12. * Speech and Language Games from the Peoria Unified School District's site
  13. * Widgets, interactive problems from Washington State University (you have to have Shockwave loaded first, or download it from their site, then reboot)
  14. * Different Learning, a good variety of materials at reasonable prices
  15. * Kaplan Company, materials for elementary and special education
  16. * Stages Learning Materials, featuring language builder picture cards
  17. * Attainment Company has both IEP development and assistive technology materials
  18. * Brighteye Technology, Asheville, NC, company specializes in a computer add-on device that allows the students to hear the text as they scan over it
  19. * K-8 Access Center, reading, math, and science activities, especially for kids with learning abilities
  20. * Enrichment Activities for Gifted students, with links to the 3rd through 8th grade curriculum
  21. * Circles of Friends, an inclusion activity
  22. * Shoebox Tasks, manipulatives to develop organizational skills
  23. * Picture Exchange Communication System, for nonverbal students to make needs known via icon cards
  24. * Eye-cons Version 2, from KidAccess.com
  25. * Beyond PECS, good collection of picture icon sites
  26. * School Clip Art, for schedule and activity tracking
  27. * Chores Icons, flashcard sized, for schedule creation
  28. * Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Applied Behavior Analysis materials and training
  29. * Teacher Link of the Just Free Stuff Site, a lot of materials for teachers to "borrow"
  30. * ABA Materials, 8,500 pictures in 65 categories available for purchase on CD-ROM
  31. * Real Life Stories, books about special needs people
  32. * Social Stories, for students who are socially unaware or nonverbal
  33. * Social Stories, visual stories to use in teaching appropriate interactions with others
  34. * American Foundation for the Blind's Braille Bug Site, with info for parents and teachers and activities for kids
  35. * Learning Disabilities Online has a good teacher link and an even better student link
  36. * 2-Week Unit on Body Parts with activities for students of various levels
  37. * 2-Week Unit on Shapes with activities for students of various levels
  38. * Unit Planning Map, 10 considerations for Special Education unit planning

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Activities by Subject

  1. * Tips on How to Study Better, from St. Thomas University
  2. * Link to Best Sites, by Subject, in the opinion of one instructor (and her students)
  3. * Blue Ribbon Learning Sites, a database of sites sorted by subject area and type of activity
  4. * Resources by Subject, from 7 East Nebraska county school districts
  5. * Study Stack, java application for self-quizzing in various subjects
  6. * Quiz Hub, like Study Stack, but this one requires a shockwave download first (and has free or membership options)
  7. * Library in the Sky from the Northwest Regional Education Lab
  8. * Homework Elephant, for homework help by subject
  9. * Schoolwork.org is for high school help
  10. * Jiskha's Homework Help, easy to find by subject
  11. * Shodor Interactive, Math and Science activities (requires java-enabled web browser) 
  12. * King County (Washington) Library System Homework Help has a great breakout table by topic
  13. * Infoplease.com's Homework Site, by subject and it also has a few neat search engines
  14. * Helping Students with Homework, a nicely done U.S. Department of Education publication for teachers
  15. * Enchanted Learning's Zoom School, various subjects from which to choose
  16. * Critical Thinking.Org's Resource link; do check the "remodeled" lessons for each grade span
  17. * TEAMS Classroom Projects grouped by subject area
  18. * U.S. Public Television Programming by academic subject
     
  19. Social Studies
  20. * Digital Classroom of the U.S. Archives
  21. * Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government, a grade-specific (K-12) guided tour by Ben Franklin. Nicely done.
  22. * Thomas, the Library of Congress' legislative information online
  23. * U.S. Declaration of Independence, good background on the Declaration and other documents from colonial American times
  24. * World Treasures of the Library of Congress, the U.S. government library's international collection
  25. * American Memory, also from the Library of Congress homepage
  26. * The White House, with a video tour and a lot of background and current information
  27. * Education Sites in Social Studies and Science (from Hellgate, Montana)
  28. * Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases by year
  29. * U.S. Senate, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
  30. * U.S. House of Representatives, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
  31. * Kids in the House, informative and entertaining site from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (meant for middle school-aged students)
  32. * U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Publications, includes a great World Factbook and maps
  33. * Country Studies from the Library of Congress
  34. * Maps of the World from the University of Texas' Library
  35. * Your Nation, searchable and comparable statistics from the CIA World Factbook
  36. * 50 States, nicely done set of facts about each of the United States
  37. * County/City Databook, a searchable resource from Census 2000
  38. * Tennessee State History, as told by state maps; very cool site with the full text of treaties with Native American tribes and details on how Tennessee's boundaries have been drawn from the 1790s on
  39. * Tennessee History for Kids , to supplement the curriculum on this subject
  40. * Statistical Abstract of the United States, based on the year 2000 Census returns
  41. * Economic Overview from Economy.com
  42. * U.S. National Debt Tracking, and news articles on the subject
  43. * HistoryChannel.com, as interesting as the cable television channel it comes from
  44. * Learning Network, current events from the New York Times site
  45. * Weekly Reader, site complementing the magazine many schools receive, with parent and teacher links, too
  46. * Ancient Civilizations, great site from a middle school teacher in Pennsylvania
     
  47. Science
    * Carolina Science (and Math), includes teacher resources, science fair, and "ask the professor" links
  48. * Getting Started on Your Science Fair Project, advice and links from the University of Southern California
  49. * All Science Fair Projects, over 500 on this site, categorized and searchable
  50. * Virtual Science Fair, with a lot of experimental designs and ideas
  51. * Earth & Sky's Teacher's Lounge has a lot of lesson planning and materials links in the sciences
  52. * Science Made Simple for easy to understand answers to life's big science questions
  53. * Volcano World K to 12 appropriate, from the University of North Dakota
  54. * Kids Fishin' Page, from the North Carolina Fisheries
  55. * Math and Science Links, with a lot of good activities based on the K-12 curriculum
  56. * Mostly Science Links, with some other fun stuff thrown in
  57. * Franklin Institute Online, the Web version of science museum named for Ben Franklin
  58. * Science Activities Manual for kindergarten to 8th grade
  59. * Genome Science for K-12, an outreach activity of the University of Washington
  60. * Shodor Interactive, Math and Science activities (requires java-enabled web browser) 
  61. * Periodic Table of Elements, clickable, printable, and manipulatable
  62. * Scientific American, the online version of the magazine
  63. * Hearlihy and Company, equipment for technology, science, and engineering labs
  64. * EdTech's Math and Science links
     
  65. Math
  66. * EdHelper, math worksheets and various other good materials
  67. * SOS Mathematics, help with middle and high school math
  68. * Left Hand Logic, with some addition tips and other searchable, pull-down menu topics in Math
  69. * Delphi For Fun.Org's classic math topics
  70. * ExploreMath.com for high school Math activities and lesson plans
  71. * ABC Teach's Math Link, K-12 and searchable
  72. * Math Links from textbook publisher Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
  73. * Applied Math Activities, linked to specific occupations
  74. * Math Prep for Standardized Tests, from Chicago Public Schools
  75. * Unit of Measure from A to Z, some pretty obscure ones, too
  76. * Math Links from the Internet School Media Center
  77. * Cool Math for Kids, this is for elementary and middle school, but the site has links for higher math too
  78. * Math and Science Links, with a lot of good activities based on the K-12 curriculum
  79. * Texas Instruments' Site, has educator and parent links, but the student one is best
  80. * K-3 Math from the Jacksonville School District
  81. * Spanish Language Math Resources from Math Forum.org
  82. * Figure This!, higher level math challenges
  83. * Shodor Interactive, Math and Science activities (requires java-enabled web browser) 
  84. * Megaconverter, for online weights, lengths, volumes conversion
  85. * Megaconverter's Scientific Calculator, a web-based calculator with a lot of functionality
  86. * Online Calculators from basic to calculators for specific tasks
  87. * Math Reference Tables, formulae a mouse click away
  88. * Hot Math.Org has odd-numbered solutions for many of the texts used in schools
  89. * Virtual Manipulatives, interactive math for grades K-12
  90. * Web-Based Math Links, a short list from the LA Unified School District
  91. * Tic Tac Toe Math Game, requires math flash cards and a 3x3 grid
  92. * 2-Week Unit on Shapes (in MS Word 2000) with activities for students of various levels
     
  93. Language Arts (English, Reading, Writing)
  94. * Babelfish at AltaVista, lets you paste in up to 150 words for translating from English to 8 or 9 other languages, and vice versa. You can also type in a URL address and it will translate the site to the language of your choice.
  95. * Read, Please, allows you to download a demo version (or a $70 version) of a program that will read aloud (with a male or a female robotic voice) any text you paste into it
  96. * Phonics-Based Reading Instruction, good set of tools from California for classroom use
  97. * Mr Swanson's World o' Words, games geared toward students with vocabulary delays
  98. * The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work, Jim Wright's 52-page PDF
  99. * Top English Teaching, activities, videos, and printable ideas
  100. * Beginning Reading Worksheets, alphabet and some early Math sheets for downloading
  101. * Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read, a framework from the Southwest Educational Development Lab
  102. * California Reading Initiative, for beginning or struggling readers
  103. * Poetry Teacher, good poetry teaching ideas, for current events/news activities site for primary and middle school students
  104. * National Writing Project funded by the U.S. Department of Education
  105. * Caldecott Medal Books, summaries from the American Library Association
  106. * Newberry Medal Books, summaries from the American Library Association
  107. * Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, with sound and animation
  108. * Language Arts Lesson Plans almost 100 text files for K to 12
  109. * PuzzleMaker, from the Discovery Channel's school link, good for crossword and wordsearch puzzle development
  110. * Guysread.com, one author's attempt to bolster literacy among boys
  111. * Reading Group Guides; these guides tend to be for adult book-reading clubs, but may be useful for advanced placement or college students
  112. * Bulfinch's Mythology, fables, epics, etc.
  113. * Aesop's Fables, nicely done collection of the famous stories with morals
  114. * Dav Pilkey's Site; the Captain Underpants author is mostly facetious, if a little seditious
  115. * Goodnight Stories, a collection of stories and story activities for the primary grades
  116. * Lots of Dictionaries, nice word reference site
  117. * Ask Oxford.com: word histories, games, ask the experts, etc.
  118. * Complete Shakespeare, MIT's link to each of the plays
  119. * List of Classic Works available from Literature.org, by author
  120. * Project Gutenberg is making public domain books available on the Web
  121. * Bartleby, classic works and reference books online
  122. * Great Books.Org, with free discussion guides, too
  123. * Grammar, help at the senior high, college level
  124. * Vocabulary University has a lot of fun wordplay
  125. * Do 2 Learn, materials and activities, especially for students needing help with communication
  126. * Children's Literature Web Guide, as compiled by a University of Calgary professor
  127. * Reading Planet, the kids' link on the Reading is Fundamental site
  128. * K-3 Language Arts from the Jacksonville School District
  129. * Academic Communications Associates, books and games for language development
  130. * Letter Lane, an engaging alphabet-based activity page
  131. * Learning Page.com has a lot of great worksheets and other materials, too
  132. * Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun; with word searches, hangman, and other games this site lives up to its title
  133. * Book It Program, Pizza Hut's attempt to promote reading is a good one