Teacher Nominations
Do you know of a teacher in our school that has raised students' scores by working hard to improve the classroom/school, or gone the extra mile for their students and parents? Below are listed some website that honor teachers for all of their hard work. Look them over and nominate a teacher.
Note: Some sites have deadlines that may have past. Other sites nominate monthly.
- www.teacherscount.org
This site has many sponsors that nationally nominate teachers. - kslnewsradio.com/category/teacher-feature/This site is KSL's Teacher Feature
- https://www.nthf.org/This site is a nationwide search for teachers who make a difference
- https://www.t2tweb.us/AmStar/About.asp
This site awards a teacher from every state once a year
Student Links
- Search Engines
- Yahoo Kids
- A visit to this site should be your first step in researching anything online. It's a safe, kid-friendly search engine. Search by keyword, subject, or by using their categorized listings of favorite topics.
- Google - Another great site for student research
- Ask Jeeves for Kids - Search by asking questions
- NetSmart Student site - The NetSmartz Workshop® is an interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.
- Homework Help
- findtutorsnearme.com
- The Homework Hub -Homework Hub supplies students with innovative tools, resources, and top-notch tips to support student homework success.
- Ask Dr. Math - Help with math homework
- Alvarado Cyber Explorers - Activities and research
- KidsKonnect - Wonderful pre-screened links for kids
- FunBrain.com - A fun educational site for kids, parents, and teachers
- Smithsonian for Kids - Info. sponsered by the Smithsonian Museum
- Funschool -educational games
- Primary Games
- UEN for Kids ** Utah Educator & Student Home Access • To access the K-12 Pioneer Library from home, go to: http://pioneer.uen.org | Username: pioneer | Password: utah
- ALA Websites for Kids
- Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Scholastic for Kids
- Time Magazine for Kids Online
- Scholastic News Online
- Weekly Reader Online
- Salt Lake County Library Kidzone-Books are selected by the Staff of the Salt Lake County Library System. You can search by grade level, genre, picture books, books on Reading Rainbow, just to name a few.
- The-best-childrens-books.org - Finding the perfect book? Teachers created this website to help find that perfect book.
- Caldecott Medal - See a listing of all Caldecott winners and honor books beginning in 1938.
- Webtime Stories - This is an incredible resource page full of children's literature and reading.
- Children's Literature Web Guide - An internet resource related to books for children and yound adults.
- Children's Literature Association of Utah -CLAU is composed of parents, teachers, and school and public librarians. CLAU sponsors the Utah Children's Book Awards.
- 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know - Read through this list of recommended children's picture books which includes Strega Nona, Horton Hatches the Egg, Goodnight Moon, Corduroy, and 96 more.
- 100 Favorite Children's Books - May we recommended books from the New York Public Library - Biography and History, Stories, Fantasy, Favorite Animal Stories, Mystery, Science Fiction, Survival / Adventure, Today's Kids, Poetry and Song.
- Visit Harry Potter & Author J. K. Rowling at Scholastic's Web site.
- The Los Angeles Public Library's KidSpace site is a virtual library filled with lively information, cartoons, and author biographies, Science Fair resource guide... Check it out!
- America's Library- The Library of Congress. The library possesses an amazing selection of historical documents and shares them with students through lively, interesting, and informative presentations. You can learn about historical periods, travel the fiflty states, discover America's favorite pastimes, and explore samples of music and film. Children can become detectives and participate in scavenger hunts and quests to find facts about the presidents, the states, and more!
- State Report Helpwww.50states.com - Up-to-date reports on all 50 states and country reports on
- Utah County Reports
- Visit UEN's Counties of Utah pages to learn about our great state.
- You will find photos, facts, and links for each county.
- http://www.uen.org/counties/index.shtml
- Pioneer Library
- http://pioneer-library.org/
- History for Utah - County information, Mountain men, Native American
- Timelines of Utah until present time
- MATH HELP
- Math Fact Cafe
- This site has a flashcard program, games, and practice sheets.
- http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home/
- National Library of virtual manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
- This site lets you use virtual manipulatives to help solve math facts, fractions, and graphing. http://nlvm.usu.edu/
- Study the history of money.
- http://www.frbsf.org/currency/
- Teach R Kids Math
- Batters Up Baxeball Math: Addition
- Internet4Classrooms
- Cyberchase
- http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
- SCIENCE
- Astronomy
- This is a fun site for all levels to explore the fascinating world of astronomy.
- http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
- Moon
- This site has great pictures and information about our moon.
- http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/moon.tn.html
- How Stuff Works
- Every wondered how doughnuts are made or what makes an airplane fly? Visit this website to satisfy your curiosity!
- http://www.howstuffworks.com/
- Healthy Lifestyles
- 5-A-Day website: Utah 5 A Day information, teaching resources, recipes, and ideas
- Dole -5 A Day website: Everything you need to get your students excited about eating fruits and vegetables is presented here.
- Fun Interactive Websites
- English Saves the Day - fun practice for nouns, verbs, etc.
- Clip Art
- www.discoveryschool.com Some of the clip art used on this website is provided by Discovery School. Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com"