Lesson Plans & Classroom Management - Education - Elementary

Useful Websites & Organizations

Once you graduate, your access to online databases might be limited depending on the school district you teach in.

You need to be able to find research-based instruction strategies and the supporting materials in a real world teaching situation.

Below are some tools and websites where you can find quickly find research-based instruction strategies for free.

Discovery Education Teachers
Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning, foster deeper engagement and opportunities for students to take charge of their own learning with high quality, engaging, relevant tools
Great Websites for Kids (Association for Library Service to Children)
"Great Websites for Kids is a compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. [...] Newly evaluated and accepted sites are added to the database three times a year. The committee also reviews all sites within the database twice a year to guarantee sites are still relevant, appropriate and accessible."
NC Wise Owl (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
PBS Learning Media
UNC-TV and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers like you.
Rubistar
Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities

Educator's Reference Desk
Proven Teaching Strategies and Professional Development for Lesson Planning, Classroom Management, and Teaching | Scholastic.com
Find teaching tips and strategies from real teachers. Come back daily for photos and videos of ideas you can use in your classroom.
Reading Rockets: Teaching Strategies
Focuses on K-3. National multimedia literacy initiative.
Read Write Think Lesson Plans
Standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Find the perfect one for your classroom.
Responsive Classroom
Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching that focuses on engaging academics, positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness.
Smithsonian: Education and Outreach
Great teaching materials from the Nation's museums.

Parent-Teacher Conference Resources (Printables & Articles) - TeacherVision.com
This site offers planning suggestions, preparation advice, conference forms, tips, insights, and communication ideas to help teachers prepare for successful parent-teacher conferences.

The Condition of Education (Department of Education)
Digest of Education Statistics
1990 - Current - Education statistics on minorities, ethnic groups, gender populations, rural/urban schools, district expenditure disparities, needs for newly hired teachers.
National Center for Education Statistics