Links/Portals for Informational Text

NCWiseOwl

ReadWriteThink.org

SAS Curriculum Pathways

Thinkfinity

Library of Congress

Thomas.gov - U.S. Legal References (Library of Congress)

Smithsonian

The British Library

U.S. Supreme Court

Eastern North Carolina Digital Library

American Memory

Creative Commons Search Engine for Copyright Works

Project Gutenberg

Wikimedia Commons

Open Library

Online Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Smithsonian Photography Initiative

The Avalon Project

Eyewitness to History

Links provided to staff during Staff Develoment on Wednesday, December 7, 2011:
  
 
 
NC Wise Owl :  NC WiseOwl (NC Online Windows for Learning) has been providing online subscription resources for our schools for the last decade.  Our mission is to ensure that all of our public and charter school students have access to a collection of online resources for use in research projects and homework assignments, without regard to the economic status of their local school system

Thinkfinity    : This is a search engine that searches many educational sites at the same time:  (National Geographic, Sciencenetlinks, econedlink, wonderopolis, readwritethink, arts edge, smithsonian, illuminations, EDsitement)
                                              
SAS   :  You can search by subject OR  by a curriculum standard.  click on the TAB for Standards; choose subject; click on specific objective; This will allow you to see everything that is available that is connected to that specific objective: it might be a full lesson plan, a web inquiry, a video clip, or an interactive lesson.
 
 
Sound of music video
 
Shift 3 video
 
butterfly fractions
 
A math link: common core overview--this may help answer some of your questions about what to expect/try this year

Links provided to staff during Staff Develoment on Wednesday, September 14, 2011:

http://iss.schoolwires.com/techtoolkit
 
 
 
 
 
Reading Strategies

Links provided to staff during Staff Develoment on Friday, August 19, 2011:

6th grade

http://iss.schoolwires.com/page/383

7th grade

http://iss.schoolwires.com/page/382

8th grade

http://iss.schoolwires.com/page/329

Technology Resources

http://livebinders.com/play/play/147324

Curriculum Guide Feedback

www.wallwisher.com/wall/BMSCGFeedback

Follett Shelf Link

https://wbb00581.follettshelf.com/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=00581

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