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Teacher Resources
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Find the Right Book
Tools to help you Find a Book, determine lexile levels, and develop content and grade level vocabulary.
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Penpal Schools
Free!
PenPal Schools connects students from 150 countries through project based learning. Students create projects about topics ranging from human rights, etc...
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Writable
Grow great writers.
From assessment to practice, Writable helps schools organize their writing programs around research-backed instruction and feedback – for every teacher and student. Learn how Writable helps students become more purposeful, proficient writers.
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icivics
FREE!
iCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship
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Grammarly
Great Writing,
SimplifiedCompose bold, clear, mistake-free writing with Grammarly’s AI-powered writing assistant.Get corrections from Grammarly while you write on Gmail, Twitter, LinkedIn, and all your other favorite sites. -
Ginger
Make No Mistake!
Write better and faster with Ginger
The World’s Best Grammar CheckerWrite with complete confidence
Ginger makes sure everything you
write is mistake-free on Gmail,
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MS-Office
and everywhere you write.Correct your text as you type
Ginger corrects all types of grammatical mistakes including punctuation, sentence structure and style.
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NoRedInk
Unleash the writer within.
NoRedInk builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data.
NoRedInk is an online web-based language-learning platform designed to help students in grades 4-12 improve their writing skills and ACT/SAT scores. The lessons are aligned to meet the Common Core State Standards Initiative and the curriculum students see is personalized according to their interests
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Quill.org
Free tools to make your students better writers.
Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for elementary, middle, and high school students.
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Common Lit
CommonLit was created by a fellow Mississippi educator, Michelle
Brown. CommonLit is not just for struggling readers or advanced
readers but for all students. It helps teachers personalize instruction so that they can better address the unique needs of individual students.CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to
support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. This online
tool can help students make measurable gains in reading and writing.The main focus is to help students develop the higher-order reading
and writing skills that are so essential for college-crafting original
arguments, supporting claims with evidence, and making comparisons.Brick Township Public Schools in New Jersey used CommonLit in
weekly instruction, the percent of students who were meeting or
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Ancestry.com
Ancentry Classroom - free access for one year to all the original and primary documents of Ancestry's U.S. collection.
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AP Central
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Copyright Information for Teachers
PBS offers a great collection of online videos which explain the ins-and-outs of copyright regulations in education. -
EdShelf
On EdShelf, find the right educational tools for your classroom needs.
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Edutopia
Edutopia is dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process through innovative, replicable, and evidence-based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. -
EmergingEdTech
Find emerging technologies that you can use in the classroom.
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Fold3
Discover your family's military past. Powered by ancestry.com
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Getting College Credits Early for High School Students
College credit guide published by the Community for Accredited Online Schools.
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How Do I Use a Database for Research
Presents information on how to search Magnolia (or any other database) by Amanda Osborne, OHS Librarian
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Mississippi E-Learning For Educators
Mississippi Public Broadcasting offers CEU opportunities for educators. -
More Copyright Information
This site provides information about copyright in education. -
Online Databases through the Mississippi Library Commission
Links to databases including but not limited to
Ancestary Library Edition
Heritage Quest
Clarion-Ledger Online - past to present
Newsbank - access 34 newspapers
SCOLA - foreign language television
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Online Professional Development from MSU
The RCU center at Mississippi State offers online professional development courses each semester. -
Open Culture
The best free cultural and educational media on the web.
