CPS/City Sites
CPS
IMPACT - CPS IMPACT site.
Staff CPS Mail - First Class email.
Admin CPS Mail - Email access for administrators.
Weekly SBCI Standards Based Lesson Plan Form (MS Word Format) - Type in lesson plans, save, and print out/email to the principal.
Academic Standards - View the Illinois and Chicago Standards online to assist with your lesson planning.
Chicago Teachers Union - Up to date information on union happenings.
CMSI - Main site of the Chicago Math & Science Initiative.
CPS Recommended Reading Lists - From K-12, the books students should read by grade. 25/year is required in CPS.
Golden Teachers - New Teacher Induction & Mentoring Program.
Human Resources - CPS Human Resource Department.
SBCI - Office of Standards-Based Instruction.
School Test Score & Demographic Reports - View test statistics of your school.
Test Prep Guides - Prepare your students to take standardized ISAT and Iowa Tests with these guides, available for free on the CPS website.
Student's Code of Conduct - Official Student Code of Conduct for CPS.
City
Chicago Tribune: News in Education - Program designed to teach current events and connect all subjects using the Chicago Tribune.
Classmate Teacher Store - Popular Teacher store.
Lakeshore Teacher Store - Another popular Teacher store.
Illinois Sites
Certificate Renewal - Information on renewing your teaching certificate.
ISAT Test Information - Information for the ISAT test, including practice tests.
Learning Standards - Illinois Learning Standards.
State Board of Education - Official site of the State Board of Education.
Study Island - Site to assist students with preparing for the ISAT test.
Language Arts
Reading
Harcourt Reading Products - Information on the Trophies and Language Books, as well as extension activities.
Junior Great Books - Enrichment literature books used in the Intermediate/Junior High grades.
Online Encyclopedia Britannica - Basic online encyclopedia.
Pizza Hut Book-IT Program - Information on how educators can enhance this school-wide program.
Webster Online Dictionary - Online dictionary and thesaurus.
Speaking
Debates in the Classroom - There's no debate about it! Debates are a great tool for engaging students and livening up classroom curriculum.
Etymologically Speaking... - Where does the word "Nike" come from? From Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Learn where many of our words came from and how to integrate this into your language arts program.
Writing
Creative Writing Corner - Excellent writing resources.
Language Arts Worksheet Library - Highly recommended! This site has worksheets for similes, prepositions, and many other parts of speech.
Web English Teacher - Another great resource for English/Language Arts teachers.
Vocabulary University - Free vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery.
Mathematics
Checking Up on Math - Materials which allow kids to make their own checkbooks and learn to use them.
Create a Graph - Online tool that allows anyone can make an area, bar, pie or line graph and print it out or download the image to a computer or disk.
Math Goodies - Math Lesson Plans.
Math Word Problems for Children - One of the best sites on the net for math word problems. Thousands to choose from. Free samples are available to try the service.
Money Instructor - Learn how to write a check, make checking account deposits and withdrawals, manage and balance your checkbook, and checkbook reconciliation with your monthly bank checking account statement.
QuickMath - Automatic Math Solutions.
Saxon Math Publishers - Official site of our primary math program.
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator - Create math worksheets for your class.
The Stock Market Game - The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio.
Science
Exploratorium - The Museum of Science.
NASA - Educator Resources.
National Science Foundation - Government site for Science enrichment.
Social Studies
Martin Luther King's Birthday - Activities to do with your classroom.
Weekly Reader Online - Order one of the best Current Events magazines for your class. Complete with weekly lesson plans.
Fine Arts
Arts and Kids - National art contests.
Miscellaneous Sites
Discipline/Special Ed/Health Resources
Attention Deficit Disorder Directory - A good resource to understanding this disorder.
Discipline Help - You can handle them all!
Special Education Resources - Very good site for Special Ed. teachers.
Educator Sites
AskERIC--Lesson Plans for all grades.
Core Knowledge Program -What should your students know in a particular grade? This site answers that question.
Education Week on the Web - Informative national education news magazine. Many articles available on the web.
Education World - Many teacher resources.
Icebreaker Activities Vol. 11 - Most teachers have a favorite icebreaker activity they repeat year after year. Is that the case with you? Or are you looking for a new, fun activity that will help you and your students get to know one another? Included: More than a dozen new icebreakers plus links to 150 more!
Lesson Plan Page - 2,000 free lesson plans.
NEA - National Education Association.
Scholastic Web site - Official site of Scholastic.
SRA - Resource site for K-8 teachers.
Teachable Moment.org - Provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment.
Teachers.net - More teacher resources.
TeacherVision - Many teacher resources.