Curriculum+Resources

=__Mathematics__ =

[] Resource from Ashlee Menear Publishers: Mrs. Simpson and Jeanne Mathematical Musings is a personal blog written by a math teacher who is "re-discovering technology" (http://mathmusings.blogspot.com/). It is intended to provide insights about everyday issues encountered by teachers and resources that the author has found useful. The blog has more inspirational quotes and personal stories than useful content for math teachers. The site is organized and easy to navigate, but it has not been updated since April. Resource Rating: * *
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= = Mathematics around : HOsted by Rashmi Kathuria : rated [] Subscribed to by: Lori Powers This This website is a dream for math teachers and students alike! There are so many creative and resourceful pages to Rashai’s blog. My favorite page and the way I found her blog is the pictures of math in the real world. There are many different concepts covered throughout this blog yet it is fairly easy to navigate and updated frequently. Another of my favorite pages is the “common errors” page where the author shares real pictures of her students’ work to explain and point out typical student errors. As a fellow mathematics teacher I share Rashai’s philosophies that she bases her website on. First, all people see things or solve things differently in life and in math. Second her goal to take the fear out of mathematics. Math should be fun and //Mathematics Around// certainly makes that connection!

=__Physical Education__= 

Hosted by Andrea & Melinda Bossenmeyer. [] Resource provided by Brittany Lundberg Andrea blogs on nutrition, health, and childhood obesity. Melinda blogs on education, physical education, recess, physical activity, and playgrounds. Together they cover a wide range of content and topic areas. The site is updated daily, and covers topics from around the world. The site is archived by month for navigation and the topics covered that month display on the right side which is great for ease of use. This is a great site for any teacher physical education or not!
 * Peaceful Playgrounds- recess blog [[image:full_star.png width="23" height="28"]][[image:full_star.png width="23" height="28"]][[image:full_star.png width="23" height="28"]][[image:full_star.png width="23" height="28"]]**

=__Reading__ = 

[] Resource from Katherine Lively Publisher: Bob Holl Bob Holl is the co-founder of learning A-Z and writes about a lot of educational topics, however a lot of the topics revolve around the language arts. His site is simple and easy to navigate while providing information on current education topics like testing, writing, reading and differentiated instruction. He updates his site about three to four times a month so it is not too time consuming to follow his blog!
 * Bob's Blog** [[image:full_star.png width="33" height="33"]][[image:full_star.png width="33" height="33"]][[image:full_star.png width="33" height="33"]][[image:full_star.png width="33" height="33"]]

=__Vocational Business__ = Beyond Keyboarding [] Resource by: Debra Sanders This is a personal blog by a school teacher that includes open discussion on topics along with a few classroom ideas. She also encourages students to join this blog as well. This blog is geared more towards teachers/slash students that are involved with 7-9th grade levels. Resource Rating: 1.5