Kindergarten+Grade+Level+Specific+Resources

Kindergarten Resources
 * Title: ** Chalk Talk
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 * Author: ** Mrs. Larremore
 * Description of Site: ** This is wonderful site to find specific ideas for Kindergarten or even primary instruction. The author does a great job of providing visual representations of the ideas she refers to and provides. The site is easy to navigate and is organized by topics. Furthermore, the site is updated on a regular basis.
 * Description of Resources: **There are activities and suggestions to enhance a variety of Kindergarten curriculum components. Each activity includes some kind of picture or visual representation. The resources and suggestions are simple, yet seem effective.
 * Brief Evaluation: ** This site seems to be extremely useful for Kindergarten teachers. It is updated on a regular basis which helps to keep it interesting. The site itself is easy to navigate and the resources seem to help make learning meaningful for the children.
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 * Site Contributed By: **Angel Schwartz


 * Name of Blog: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> What the Teacher Wants
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Owner/ Author: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Rachel and Natalie (Utah Teachers)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Description of Site: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site is a great collection of discussions and documents that have already been made for primary children. I originally discovered this site because I was searching for help with Tattle Tales. This site dedicates the posts on Monday's to be Management related; they share ideas to help with behavior management. The two women who update this blog frequently have wonderful ideas to help with our primary curriculum. They also have additional site recommendations on the right hand side of their blog page that are also useful.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Types of Resources **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Premade handouts and activities. Discussion board for current topics affecting teachers today.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brief Evaluation: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site is a bit busy as it is updated very frequently. Additionally many of the premade handouts cost money to download. However, the authors of this site provide very useful information and do a wonderful job maintaining the site.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Site Contributed By: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chelsea Blasius Lewis


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Name of Blog: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Mrs Jump's class


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hyperlink: **@http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Owner/ Author: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Deanna Jump, Kindergarten Teacher


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Description of Site: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This kindergarten teachers updates her site often and has many wonderful ideas. She has links to other grades blogs as well. Many of her ideas you are able to purchase through "Teachers Pay Teachers" but she does offer many freebies, too.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Types of Resources **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: classroom ideas, lots of literacy and management ideas


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brief Evaluation: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site is full of ideas for kindergarten teachers. She includes many pictures and honest discussions on ideas. One drawback is that there are so many great ideas but they are difficult to find if you do not subscribe to the blog as there is not a menu of ideas. I suggest subscribing to updates for this blog.


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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Site Contributed By: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Melissa Dills


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Title: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Raz-kids Reading Program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hyperlink: [|Raz Kids] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Owner / Author: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bob Hole


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Description: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site is a reading online program with leveled reading books. Each book the child may listen to the story, read the story, and answer questions about the story. It is a great way for the teacher to track each kids progress.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Resources**: Leveled reading books, resources

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Brief Evaluation**: This is a great site to use in the classroom if you have the use of laptops. The site allows the kids to read leveled books online either at home or in the classroom. The teacher is able to track the students progress and print information about the students reading level.


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 * Site Contributed by**: Tricia Haupt

__**Author/Owner:**__ Jessica Balsley
===__**Description of Site:**__ The site is for visual art teachers. The author teaches K-5 visual art and also teaches online courses that you can access through this blog site. Her blog is designed to help teachers tackle subject specific issue in the classroom. Being the only visual art teacher in a building can make it difficult to find content specific solutions to problems. This site not only offers good advice it offers great visual resources as well.=== ===__**Description of Resources:**__ The site has a topic on the home page that is updated every few days. There is a link that offers several great lessons using different media and covering several different artists styles. There are several printable visual resources and there is a link to several YouTube videos of her students work.===

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 * Site** **Contributed By: Margaret Corrigan**