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School District #8 District Resource Center Collection

http://drcwest.sd8.bc.ca

 
ABCs of Learning Disabilities
An excellent information bank that defines Learning Disabilities and provides information on specific types, causes, and help.
 
A to Z TeacherStuff
Find online lesson plans and lesson plan resources, thematic units, themes, classroom activities, teacher tips, web projects, discussion, educational ideas.
 
Blackboards and Bandaids
"The intent of the site is to sensitize people to what it's like to grow up with a medical problem. Too often,
youngsters so affected must cope with stigma as well as with their medical conditions." This site covers grade K-12 and has parental and resource materials as well as carefully chosen links to specific medical conditions.
 
Book Units
This is a collection of lesson, units, activities for books for preschool to twelve grade.
 
Brainboosters
This site has a categorized archive of challenging Brain Boosters for your math class that include, categorization, lateral thinking, logic, number and math play, reasoning, spatial awareness, and word and letter play
 
British Columbia Ministry of Education
This is the curriculum branch for the B.C. Ministry of Education.
 
California State Science Fairs
"Having trouble getting started with your project? Here's a collection of WWW sites which address just your problem."
 
CLN
Community Learning Network is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. They have 265 menu pages with more than 5,800 annotated links to educational WWW sites.
 
Free Fonts at the Teacher's Parking Lot
This site has many fonts that you can download and use for free. It also has a nice tutorial to walk you through how you actually do this. Not only are there fun seasonal fonts (i.e. groundhogs and fancy hearts ), but there
are also handwriting fonts, both print and manuscript that come in dotted and/or arrowed forms.
 
GEM
The Gateway to Educational Materials is a one-stop access to high quality lesson plans,
curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet! It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
 
Graphic Organizers
Here are over 30 graphic organizers for writing and responding to literature.
 
Homeschooling Link Library
A alphabetical guide to some of the most interesting and useful sites on the web.
 
Learning A-Z
Username: kootenay 32
Password: truff759
 
Mailbox Companion
 
Marco Polo
An educational site for great lesson plans on searchable topics.
 
Power Point in the Classroom
Here is a great site that will teach you to run a Power Point Presentation. Also find free Power Point templates and clipart at Brainy Betty's site.
 
Puzzlemaker
Create 11 different kids of puzzles for students to solve. This site is a must to see!
 
Reading A-Z
Everything a teacher needs to teach reading.
 
Rubistar
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics.
 
Read Write Think
Sponsored by the International Reading Association this site has excellent resources on lessons, standards, web resources, and student materials.
 
SchoolNet
Canada's SchoolNet's Metadata search index has a collection of teaching resources for teachers.
 
The 100th Day of School Website
This website was created by Joan Holub, illustrator of the book, The 100th Day of School by Angela Medearis (Scholastic), to encourage and enhance 100th Day celebrations in schools.
 
Story Arts
This site was designed for storytellers to imrove their storytelling skills. There are lesson plans, a collection of fables and a Story Theatre where you can listen to stories online.
 
Time Line Maker
This site has a generator can be used to make time lines of up to 9 events of your choice.
 
Web Quest Page
Learn how to make your own webquests and see many examples of quests on the community page.
 
Welcome to the Web
This web site is an excellent teaching tool on internet, guest books, researching the net, web browsers, and searching the web.
 
Super Sites for Kids in Kindergarten and Grade One.
 
 
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Redfish Elementary School
265 Bryan Road
Nelson, B.C., Canada, V1L 6M9
Phone: (250) 229-4224 ~ Fax: (250) 229-5676
School email:res@sd8.bc.ca
 
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