General Resources for Middle School
MiddleWeb
Tons of resources for Middle School
Monthly they put out Middleweb's Of Particular Interest which gives you the latest news. You can subscribe to receive it via email.
Sue Lebeau's Calendar Links for every month
25 Tools Every Learning Professional Should Have in Their Toolbox
Teaching to Multiple Intelligences
Usable Knowledge Brain research
Teacher's Domain Wow, right now they have primarily science resources (links to interactive sites, videos, and lesson plans, but in the fall of 08 they're expanding to Language Arts, & Math as well.) Great resource for you and students. Free registration, linked to standards.
Differentiated Instruction Resources
Tiered Math & Science Assessments
MiddleWeb recommends this site highly: "This website developed by JIS teacher Dave Suarez shares a tiered approach to teaching "extremely diverse" student groups."
Language Arts Resources
Larry Felazzo's ESL Links Links to every ESL website you can imagine
ADMC Reading - Online resources for easy, harder reading...most are current events.
ADMC Writing - Same as above for writing...examples, prompts to try, and how-to's (this comes out of a college in the United Arab Emitrates so some of the ideas are foreign to us (e.g., arranged marriages vs. love marriages) but have great ideas.
ADMC Listening - Activities for listening! Listen to audio, complete an exercise.
ADMC Speaking -Resources to help students with presentations.
Adult Learning Activities Wow...good practice for kids who need practice with comprehension and vocab. Choice of many different stories in different topic areas (family, money, science, working) and after reading there are vocab activities. The work is done for you! In addition, the website above has a record keeping document here and a calendar you can use or adapt here.
Literature Circles for Middle School
Outta Ray's Head Literature, poetry, writing lessons, plus links to other sites.
Math
MathTools
Links to resources to teach various math concepts. You can choose by grade level or course.
The Futures Channel
Videos and lesson plans showing the use of math & algebra in the real world.
Middle School Math Portal
Exemplery Resources for Middle School Math & Science It's a blog, with a ton of resources listed down the right side.
Science
The Futures Channel
Videos and lesson plans showing the use of science & technology in the real world.
Science NetLinks
Lesson plans, links to interactive sites, standards based
Middle School Science Links
Use the left menu to choose Chemistry, Earth Science, Life Science, News, Teacher links
Exemplery Resources for Middle School Math & Science It's a blog, with a ton of resources listed down the right side.
The Biology Corner Lesson plans, handouts, resources
My Science Box "At My Science Box you'll find complete, kid tested, scaffolded lesson plans to teach a 4-6 week middle school science unit through activities, projects, and field trips."
Social Studies
Using the Internet for Geography
Technology Resources
Website of the Day
Google Tools for Educators
Google Docs, Google Earth, Gmail...directions, tutorials
CTAP Resources for Google Earth
DigiTales - The Art of Telling Digital Stories
Digital Learning Environments
Wiki Resources (Remember, only 1 person at a time can edit the same page in a wiki!)
Link to videos:
1) What is a Wiki?
2) Using Wikis in the classroom
Setting up a Wiki
Student Etiquette for Wikis
From PBWiki
How do you Assess a Wiki?
Another idea for assessing student contributions to a wiki
Multimedia Resources
Voicethread
EduVoicethread
SchoolTube Video resources
TeacherTube
Online Learning Quizzes
Left Brain vs. Right Brain quiz
Multiple Intelligences
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