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- FSDB
I work as a teacher in the Deaf Special Needs Department. I am a vocational teacher in the Middle School. However, I teach academic classes in the High School. Check out what we did last year.Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Perks of the Job!
- JoAnn's Fabrics
- gives an annual school year Jo-Ann Stores Teacher Discount Card* good for 10% off every purchase throughout the year! Before you try to sign up (which is only available on email), have your employer's id number ready. You can locate it on your old W-2's or call your HR person.
- OfficeMax
- receive $10 in rewards for every $75 you spend. Paper Factory (usually at outlet malls) - purchase $5 or more and show your ID to get 10% off of your purchase. Last year they had a teacher appreciation night, but no word so far (as of this afternoon or at least this sales lady I talked with) as to if they are doing that again.
- Staples Rewards
- receive $10 in rewards for every $100 you spend.
Don't forget your chain bookstores like Borders, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million. They all offer discounts. Some just need to see your ID, I think Borders requires a paystub as well. Cannot do this over the net, must go in person to the stores.
- FREE Stuff to Clutter Your Classroom!
- American Coal Foundation
- offers single copies of materials from teacher packets to posters to a coal sample kit.
- Fun Felt
- is giving away free samples of their product. They also have a monthly educational newsletter that you can sign up for.
- Girl Power
- has various items to encourage girls to stay on the right track. *I was ready to order all kinds of stuff until I got to the order form. There is only a few items available at one time. They do change these periodically. Most of the pamphlets you can get as a PDF file!
- New York Apple Country
- has a downloadable curriculum including lessons, worksheets and coloring sheets. In addition, you can send away for mini apple posters. This is appropriate for K-6.
- Popcorn!
- This site has many downloadables, recipes and even a few games. Sign the guestbook to receive the Teacher's Guide.
- Teach Free
- provides free stuff to suppliment your lessons as well as free downloads for preschool through 12 grade.
- USS Constitution Museum
- All Hands On Deck is a free curriculum guide and video. They are currently looking for sponsors to reprint the materials, so check back soon.
- Video Placement Worldwide
- Video Placement Worldwide (VPW) offers an ever-growing list of high-quality sponsored educational videos and teaching materials. You must become a member in order to request any permanently loaned videos. The video kits are available at all levels of education from K-College. *I have received many so far. Some were ones that I could use more like a resource. But my favorite, wow, was great! It was from the Jelly Belly company and included jelly beans. You send me free candy, you're on my top 10 list! Only some of the videos are closed captioned. They sent back an email about trying to get more closed captioned.
- Virginia Carolina Peanuts
- March is National Peanut Month. This site has everything you ever wanted to know about peanuts from how they grow to recipes. In addition, you can order materials from grades 6-8, including lesson plans, comic books and posters. K-5 curriculum can be downloaded as a PDF file for free. *Fantastic manipulatives!
- FREE Downloads!
- Bread World - Just for Kids
- has great kid recipes that I will use with my students when we bake. They also have free teacher's guide and certificates of achievements.
- California Avocado Commission
- is a fantastic place to learn about the avocado. They have coloring pages, recipes, e-cards and teacher resources (lesson plans and materials).
- Cradleboard Teaching Project
- is a curriculum for teaching Native American Studies. The curriculum is written for elementary, middle and high school. It focuses on Geography, History, Social Studies, Music and Science. I highly recommend their CD, "Science: Through Native American Eyes". It focuses on scientific concepts from within Native American culture (rated for 5th grade and above).
I was fortunate to be able to attend a workshop given by one of the founders of this curriculum, Buffy Sainte-Marie. She was born on the Cree reservation. Most of you probably know her as the Acadamy Award Winner for her song, Up Where We Belong. OR, if you were like me, I remembered her from her time she spent on Sesame Street. - C-Span in the Classroom
- has lots of resources for teachers on this site.
- Other Pages I Like to Use
- General Teacher Sites
- Educational Press
- General Teacher Sites
- turns your words into worksheets, study guides, flashcards and games.
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
- This site has free educational resources.
- Surfing the Net with Kids
- has all kinds of interesting links and games on a huge variety of subjects.
- Social Studies & Geography
- American Memory TimeLine
- is a great resource for American history.
- Florida Council for the Social Studies
- will be holding their 48th annual conference for on October 12-15th in Daytona Beach.
- TMS
8th Grade Blue Cluster - Curriculum Cross curricular units on the Civil War | Immigration | Industrial Revolution | World War II.
- The White House Kids
- is obviously a great resource about our nation's capitol.
- Hurricanes
- Hurricanes: Storm Science
- This is a great site for kids. Download instructions on how to make 3D glasses, paper airplane and a hurricane spiral.
- Language Arts and Reading
While we read Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I became blue just like Violet Beauregarde.- CyberGuide
- is a teacher guide and student activity site created by the San Diego County Office of Education.
- Madame Esmes Read-Aloud Resuscitation
- has links to some of the intermediate readers' favorite books.
- Read Across America
- is held on March 2nd.
- Agriculture / Horticulture
Please click on my Florida Agriculture in the Classroom link to the left.
My class was on a field trip to an herb farm. The students were learning hands-on how to transplant, identify and label mints.- Broccoli Town, USA
- This site is really cute with all kinds of information about broccoli, my favorite vegetable!
- Florida Citrus Land
- Recipes, puzzles and coloring pages about citrus are all here.
- Worm World
- is one of my favorite sites to visit to learn about worm compositing.
- Computer Technology
Doing a lesson on desktop applications. - Yahooligans
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Web Guide for Kids
- My class click here!
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