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These sites offer opportunities for further study in Brain Based Research.
right_left_brain_characteristics
Literacy Center Education NetworkT The LiteracyCenter.Net serves more than a million free literacy lessons a month to children in 141 countries. It provides safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. All online lessons are free of advertising and free of charge.
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/manage/sixhats120800.html K-6 Teacher Resource
Six Colored Hats for Problem Solving to look at problems from many perspectives
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/latinocontrib/index.html Grades 3-5
Teacher Resource Students create their own working definition of what it means to be an American. They look at the achievements of Latinos and discuss how the contributions of these Americans have enriched and helped shape American culture. Latino Contributions to American Culture Several excellent resource sites are included.
http://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/cooperation.htm K-6 Teacher Resource
Cooperation (1) What is cooperation? (2)Team players are students who: (3) You show cooperation when you… (4)Proverbs and maxims (5) Heroes and heroines (6) Guidelines for cooperative learning (7) Putting cooperation into action (8) Grades K-3 and Grades 3-6 booklists for cooperation
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr008.shtml Grades K-6 Teacher Resource
Activities for grades K-1, 2-3, 4-6; Exploring the Five Themes of Citizenship (honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility and courage).
KINDNESS:
http://www.actsofkindness.org/file_uploads/files/22_pdf.pdf
http://www.actsofkindness.org/file_uploads/files/87_pdf.pdf
http://www.actsofkindness.org/file_uploads/files/109_pdf.pdf The Giving Tree
http://www.actsofkindness.org/file_uploads/files/113_pdf.pdf reading kindness books
http://www.actsofkindness.org/file_uploads/files/121_pdf.pdf Meet Danitra Brown
http://portal.sfusd.edu/data/school_health/ES_Lesson_Plan.pdf Day of Kindness
edcreative Creativity, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Lesson Plans and Resources
edmulticult Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources
edexc Exceptional Lesson Plans and Resources for Gifted and Special Education Students
CanTeach Lessons This link covers many topics from journal writing to lessons and activities to support the core and social/emotional curricular areas. You will find book lists and lessons to accompany the books, graphic organizers, theme lists, recipes and more topics to cover what you are required to teach on a day- to - day basis.
http://www.edsolution.org/Character_ed/files/cep_awards.cfm?cep=11
Grades K-6 Schoolwide Writing Project
clad_resources This page includes links that address the CLD students who struggle academically.
diversity Thematic unit on Cultural Diversity, produced by University of South Carolina students, under the supervision of Dr. Miller.
Students will understand the basic concept behind diversity by:
· Exploring and comparing the differences and similarities of classroom members
· Identifying the ethnic backgrounds of people in the class and further exploring these backgrounds
· Understanding that the United States of America is now mostly made up of people from other places called immigrants
Related Literature
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Silver at Night, illustrated by David Ray. Crown, 1994.
Bunting, Eve. How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story. Clarion Books, 1988.
Cohen, Barbara. Molly's Pilgrim, illustrated by Michael J. Deraney. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1983.
Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: the History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. HarperCollins Publishers, 1990.
Freedman, Russell. Immigrant Kids. Dutton Children's books, 1980.
Garland, Sherry. The Lotus Seed, illustrated by Tatsuro Kiuchi. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
Gilmore, Rachna. Lights for Gita, illustrated by Alice Priestley. Tilbury House, 1994.
Gilson, Jamie. Hello My Name Is Scrambled Eggs, illustrated by John C. Wallner. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1985.
Harvey, Brett. Immigrant Girl: Beck of Eldrige Street. Holiday House, 1987.
Herold, Maggie Rugg. A Very Important Day, illustrated by Catherine Stock. Morrow Junior Books, 1995.
Leedy, Loreen. Who's Who in My Family. Holiday House, 1995.
Leighton, Maxinne Rhea. An Ellis Island Christmas, illustrated by Dennis Nolan. Viking, 1992.
Levine, Ellen. If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island, illustrated by Wayne Parmenter. Scholastic Inc., 1993.
Levine, Ellen. I Hate English! Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. Scholastic Inc., 1989.
Levitin, Sonia. Journey to America. 2nd edition. Aladdin Books, 1987.
Mayersons, Evelyn Wild. The Cat Who Escaped from Steerage. Scribner, 1990.
McKissack, Patricia. Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. A. Knopf, 1988.
Moss, Marissa. In America. Dutton Children's Books, 1994.
Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1988.
Press, Petra. A Multicultural Portrait of Immigration. Benchmark Books, 1996.
Pryor, Bonnie. The Dream Jar, illustrated by Mark Graham. Morrow Junior Books, 1996.
Sandin, Joan. The Long Way to a New Land. Harper & Row, 1981.
Sandler, Martin W. Immigrants. HarperCollins Publishers, 1995.
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
Surat, Michele. Angel Child, Dragon Child, illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. Raintree Publishers, 1983.
Weihs, Erika. The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are, illustrated by Lila Perl. Clarion Books, 1989.
Poetry
Baer, Edith. This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch: A Book about Children Around the World, illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. Scholastic, Inc., 1995.
Hamanaka, Sheila. All the Colors of the Earth. Morrow Junior Books, 1994.
Hoberman, Mary Ann. My Song is Beautiful: A Celebration of Multicultural Poems and Pictures. Little, Brown and Company, 1994.
www.cybercitizenship.org Computer Ethics K-6 Teacher Resource
http://educationwebpage.com/educationwebpage/classroom_management.htm classroom management
http://www.dotolearn.com/games/facialexpressions/index.htm K-6 Teacher Resource Teaching How a Face Conveys Emotion -Allows a player to experiment with different effects of moving different facial parts
http://www.dotolearn.com/games/feelingsgame/index.htm K-6 Teacher Resource
The Feelings Game
http://www.dotolearn.com/sitemap/index.htm K-6 Teacher Resource Disability Links
http://www.dotolearn.com/picturecards/howtouse/talk.htm# K-6 Teacher Resource Feelings Scales
http://pd.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/exsel/teachers/index.html Teacher Resource Information and resources on social and emotion learning and methods to implement in your classroom everyday
http://k6educators.about.com/cs/classroommanageme2/a/classroomjobs.htm Grades K-6 Teacher Resource Why and How to Assign Classroom Jobs
http://www.dotolearn.com/games/songs/streetsafety/index.htm K-6 Teacher Resource
FASD Toolbox for Teachers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/profdev/summerbookclubs/grade46/rubrics_info.asp?ID=21 Grade 5 Character Analysis Rubric Teacher Resource grade 5
http://cecp.air.org/preventionstrategies/Default.htm
Promoting Positive Student Behaviors Downloadable Manual
admin364 25 Ways for Building Student Character, and Community /Education World