Middle School Websites
Quicklinks
Articles of Interest
Homework Takes a Hit
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues134.shtml
Moving Instruction to Center Stage
http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/2002-so/instruction.shtml
Opening Doors to the Future: Preparing Low-achieving Middle Grades Students to
Succeed in High School (2002)
http://www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/Outstanding/opindex.asp
Parent Involvement at the Middle School Level
http://www.middleweb.com/ParntInvl.html
Common questions about middle school involvement from parents, answered.
Project-Based Learning
http://www.project-approach.com/
Put an End to Homework Horrors
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr306.shtml
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Transitioning from Middle to High
Building Bridges Between Middle Schools and High Schools
http://www.middleweb.com/INCASEbridge.html
School authorities post their comments and suggestions on how to improve the
middle to high school transition
Helping Middle School Students Make the Transition into High School
http://www.kidsource.com/education/middlehigh.html
An article that discusses transition concerns and activities/methods that help
students to transition comfortably
Transition to Middle School: Students’ Perceptions
http://tinyurl.com/2zehp
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Art
Art Appreciation
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/artapp.htm
Preschool art activities and crafts
ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/les.cfm
The Kennedy Center's Teaching Materials focus on the national art education standards
and provide K-12 teachers with curriculum units, lesson plans, activities and
other ideas for integrating the arts into classroom teaching.
Teaching Tips.Com: “Art”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Zart1.html
Teachnet: Art/Creativity
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/art/index.html
A list of a few art/craft ideas.
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Geography
Carolina Clips
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/caroclips/
Pictures and information resources about North Carolina for 4th and 8th grade
Country links
http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/hirschler.html
National Geographic: Lesson Plans
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index.html
Lesson plans sorted by grade and most popular.
Western Hemisphere links, a little bit of everything
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
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History
Election ’04 Lesson Resources
http://www.lesley.edu/election04/
CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Articles geared towards students
Great Dates
http://www.fi.edu/qa98/dates/
Links to “This Day in History” and similar sites.
Historical People and Places in NC
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/nchistorical/default.html
NC History Resources
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/connectusa/ncweb.html
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Language Arts
EnglishCompanion.Com
http://www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/assessment/rubrics.html
A list of rubrics for homework, projects, presentations, or journals.
Graphic Organizer Makers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
Tools to help make and design different organizers like webs, charts, and ven
diagrams
Graphic Organizers
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
Graphic organizer templates for different organizers like spider maps, fish maps,
compare/contrast matrix, and network trees
Language Arts Lesson Plans
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html
A long list of links to lesson plan texts grouped by grade level.
Teachnet: Language Arts
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/index.html
Lesson plans in the categories of: general, reading, writing, spelling, speaking,
terminology, ESL, and poetry.
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Literature
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/lit.html
A lesson plan library grouped by grade level and sub-grouped by book/novel.
EnglishCompanion.Com
http://www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/assessment/rubrics.html
A list of rubrics for homework, projects, presentations, or journals.
Questions on Books
http://www.theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html
Review questions for books commonly taught all grades K-12
Study Questions
http://www.theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html
Links to study questions on young adult literature as well as young children’s
literature
Teaching Tips.Com: “Literature”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Glit1.html
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Math
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/math.html
Lesson Plan library organized by grade level and subject. Easy to browse.
Mathematics and Science Teachers Education Program
http://www.mastep.sjsu.edu/support.htm
Resources, Lesson Plans, Multi Media Lessons, Clubs.
The Math Forum at Drexel “Teachers’s Place”
http://mathforum.org/teachers/
Lesson plans grouped by elementary, middle, or high school levels.
Math Problem Solving Activities
http://www.rhlschool.com/math.htm
Math Projects and Activities: Global Connection
http://www.globalclassroom.org/authors/florida/math/projects.html
Math Surf’s Problem of the Day List
http://www.mathsurf.com/teacher/
SCORE Mathematics Lessons
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons.html
Lessons created by selected CA teachers, grouped into K-7 and 8-12 lesson topics.
Teacher Toolkit
http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/ca.home.php
Lesson plans created for middle school math.
Teaching Tips.Com
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Nmath1.html
Teachnet: Math
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/math/index.html
Lesson plans for math grouped into: general, maps and graphs, terminology, geometry,
and real world.
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Reading/Writing
Book Adventures
http://www.bookadventure.com
A reading motivation program for grades K-8
Book List
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booksgr6.html
A booklist for 6th grade readers
CyberGuide: 6-8
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html
Supplemental reading activities for books in the 6-8 levels
Pink Monkey Writing Help
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/core/writing.asp
Multiple writing help topics
Questions on Books
http://www.theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html
Review questions for books commonly taught all grades K-12
Strategies for Teaching Reading in the Middle School
http://www.myread.org/scaffolding.htm
Wired for Books
http://wiredforbooks.org/
Online audio books for all reading levels
Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com/
Look up words in the student dictionary, create your own dictionary, “word
of the day”, and word games
Write Your Own Life Activity
http://tinyurl.com/ll3a
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Science
Annenberg/CPB Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
Science activities for select topics like “light” and “space.”
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/curriculumcenter/
Browse science lesson topics ranging from Bacteria to the Solar System.
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com
Middle School Science
http://www.middleschoolscience.com/
A site geared specifically towards Middle School Science Curriculums. Lesson
plan subjects range from Chemistry, Physics, Earth, and Life Sciences
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Social Studies
CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Articles geared towards students
Election ’04 Lesson Resources
http://www.lesley.edu/election04/
Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/
A site specifically created for social studies teachers. Includes lesson plan
outlines, and additional social studies resources.
Teaching Tips.Com: “Social Studies”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Tsocialstudies1.html
Teachnet: Social Studies
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/socstudies/index.html
Lesson plans grouped into: history, personal growth, countries, government, economics,
society, and geography.
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Technology
Back to School Technology Activities
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech141.shtml
Designing Technology Based Lessons
http://www.wcschools.com/mjhs/tlcf/Technology%20Based%20Lesson%20Planning.htm
Internet Projects
http://www.epals.com/resources/online/internet_projects.tpl
A list of online projects
Standards-Based Instruction
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/lessons/lindex.htm
Includes a step-by-step outline on how to create a technology based lesson plan
World Wide Web Workbook
http://sln.fi.edu/primer/newprimer/
An introduction on how to browse and use the internet
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Writing
Academy of the Arts: Writing
http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/writing.htm
Rubric for narrative writing Click on the writing rubric on the left hand side.
A grading scale with specific points for a variety of different writing assignments
Graphic Organizer Makers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
Tools to help make and design different organizers like webs, charts, and ven
diagrams
How to Start a Writer’s Workshop
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/681.html
ReviseWise: Spelling and Grammar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/spelling/
Activities, tests, and worksheets on spelling and grammar
Teaching Tips.Com: “Writing”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Rwriting1.html
