Soon you’ll be packing it in for the summer and closing up shop. On the horizon is a well-deserved break… for everyone.
And while it's true that we worry about the summer slide for students, teachers could use ideas for a little summer prep too. That’s why we’ve decided to fill in the blanks with some educational and reading help for teachers.
National Geographic Education Website
Is a new teacher resource site that is still in its BETA testing mode, it’s still worth a look – there are so many great ideas and activities.
Inspiring Teachers
If you’re looking for educator ideas and strategies, visit this website for a variety of free resources to help you motivate, support, and inspire those you teach.
Pink Monkey
Who knew? If you’re looking for book summaries, study guides, analysis and links – look no further. Pink Monkey has 460 study guides, 1,800 classic texts, chapter summaries and more.
Bibliomania
Thousands of free books can be found at Bibliomania. The site also offers free study guides to the most read books and other helpful resources for teachers.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is still one of the best spots to get free unabridged books online. With nearly 30,000 books in its collection and links to thousands of other books that can be read or downloaded for free, it’s a summer must.
Writing Fix
This site offers interactive writing prompts, lesson plans, and resources for the writing classroom. And don’t miss the daily prompt generator, columns and advice from teachers, and student samples by grade level.
Teacher Vision®
TeacherVision® is dedicated to helping teachers save time. Find 20,000 pages of classroom-ready lesson plans, printables, and resources.
Reading Horizons also offers some terrific reading resources for children. Take advantage of the free online reading workshop and learn how to explain and teach decoding in a simple, systematic way.
This training doesn’t take months – you’ll be informed and enlightened in only a few hours.
Reading Horizons’ unique method has been used to teach beginning and struggling readers of many different backgrounds: dyslexics, students with learning disabilities, adult learners, special education students, ELL students and many more!