Teaching Reading
K-3 Reading Rug - many literacy ideas for your classroom.
Shared Reading - weekly plan using big books for shared reading.
Teaching Reading - a large collection of links for teaching reading.
Houghton Mifflin Reading Graphic Organizers - large collection of pdf organizers.
Author Study Resources - author websites, teacher resources, and lesson plans.
ReadWriteThink - awesome resource of model reading and writing lessons.
 

  Teaching Writing
Shared Writing - shared writing procedures to encourage literacy.
Poetry Writing Frames & Samples - printable poetry templates & sample poems.
Narrative Writing Prompts - over 20 printable narrative writing prompt pages.
Expository Writing Prompts - over 20 printable pages with writing prompts.
Thematic Writing Paper - over 20 seasonal and thematic writing papers.
 

  Poetry, Songs & Reader's Theater
Weekly Poem - ideas and poems for weekly poetry study.
CanTeach - many poems & songs organized by theme ready to print.
Lisa Blau's Reader's Theater Scripts - downloadable scripts for reader's theater.
Reader's Theater Tips & Links - ideas for how to do reader's workshop in your classroom as well as many links for scripts.
 

  Teaching Math
United Streaming California Math Standard Videos - Grade 2
United Streaming California Math Standard Videos- Grade 3
Teaching Time  - large teaching clock and games.
Learning About Time - lesson plans, teaching resources, and a game for teaching time.
Learning About Money - lesson plans, teaching resources, and a game to practice counting money.
Story Problems - story problems written by kids to print and solve.
Math Pals - sign up to exchange math ideas with another class by mail.
Addition/Subtraction Fact Family FlashCards - printable flashcards.
 

  Thematic Units
K-Crew Units -a variety of seasonal and science integrated units.
A to Z Teacher Stuff - large collection of thematic units.
ABC Schoolhouse - free PDF thematic packets.
ThemeDay.com - 2 free themes and many others available for purchase.
 

  Web Quests
K-2 Web Quests - a variety of pre-made web quests.
Bats - a webquest based on the book Stellaluna.
Winter Celebrations - a webquest to learn about winter holidays around the world.
Thanksgiving - a Thanksgiving web quest.
More K-2 Web Quests - many web quests by grade level.
 

  Teacher Resources Websites
Enchanted Learning - find worksheets, theme units, and many other teaching tools, annual fee required.
ABC Teach - worksheets, class books, and many other printable resources annual fee required.
EdHelper - customize math worksheets, language arts materials, and much more annual fee required.
A to Z Teacher Stuff - free site with thematic units, lesson plans and more.
Startwrite - customizable handwriting worksheet software.
Teacher2Teacher - free printable resources for classroom use.
Puzzlemaker - free, custom word searches and other puzzles.
Mrs. Thornus. com Classroom Website
 

  Website Design
FrontPage Links - help for frontpage users.
FrontPage Tutorial - find many helpful frontpage ideas here.
Creating a Website - support for website creation.
Kids Midi Files - children's songs to add to your site.
Bravenet - add a domain name, guestbook and other features to your website.
Java Effects - add special effects to your website.
Dynamic Drive - more options for special effects.
Free Webmaster Help - help for website desing.
Midi Songs - children's songs to add to your site.
 

  Web Graphics
Free graphics for your website, as well as graphics collections to purchase.
Daisy Dreams
Grandma George
Cottage Grove Graphics
Country Clipart
Country Heart Graphics
Cute Colors
Graphic Garden
Cotton Tail Graphics
Nutmeg Creations
Whispy Hollow Graphics
Heartwarming Holiday Graphics