For Teachers

Center for Instruction- research based information for teachers
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, COI develops and identifies free resources that Regional Comprehensive Centers and state, district, and local educators can use in their pursuit of high quality instruction. While our resources are useful for improving the achievement of all students, they particularly target students in the lowest performing schools, students with difficulties learning mathematics, students needing intensive instruction, or special needs/diverse learners, including English language learners.
Common Core & Story Town Alignment
The NYC web resource that provides Story Town alignment with Common Core for each grade level.
Common Core Sample Units
Tasks, units, and student work from the NYC Department of Education.
Common Core Standards- Official Website
The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. This is the official Common Core Standards website that provides a lot of valuable information about the new initiative.
Common Core- Centers and Teacher Resources from FCRR
During 2004-2007, a team of teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created Student Center Activities for use in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. Accompanying these Student Center Activities is a Teacher Resource Guide and Professional Development DVD that offers important insights on differentiated instruction and how to use the student center materials.
Common Core- Engage NY
EngageNY is an evolving, collaborative platform for educators. As the Regents Reform Agenda moves forward across the state, you will be able to access and share resources that work for you.
Compact for Reading and Literacy Acitivites and Worksheets, K-3
Listed below are 100 School-Home Links activities for the K-3rd grade. The activities are organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to each grade. Under each specific skill, there are varying numbers of activities to help children develop their ability to read and write. For the categories that have multiple activities, you can download the entire section or the individual activities within that section by selecting from a pull-down menu.
EDMODO-Blog and educational social learning network for teachers and students
Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices.
Fundations Smartboard Links
Fundations materials and lessons to be used on the Smartboard.
Intervention Central
Academic and behavioral interventions for students.
K-12 Open Curricula Community
Search the directory of lessons, centers, and activities for free.
Merriam Webster Dictionary Activities
Merriam Webster dictionary, thesaurus, rhyming, and word activities.
Moodle
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.
Read, Write, Think
Professional Development, Lessons, interactives, calendar activities, and more, right at your fingertips.
RRT Database
Link to the Right Reasons Technology Database.
RTI Action Network
Information about Response to Intervention, a framework for helping students succeed.
Rubistar
Create customizable rubrics for your classroom assignments.
SMART Board- SmartExchange
Find lesson plans for the SMART Board and connect with teachers.Story Town Resources
Story Town resources provided by the PCBOE
Thinkfinity
Thousands of free lesson plans and educational resources for teachers.
VoiceThread
With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos, and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
WLIW
Free online library of K-12 multimedia resources featuring public television content.
Worksheet Builder
Online worksheet generator for teachers.
Worksheet Builder- Superteacherworksheets
Smartboard lessons, games, and worksheet generator.
Zooburst Interactive 3D Pop-up Books
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.