Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher and author of The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2ND EDITION (Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong author of The First Days Of School) presents The Busy Educator's Monthly Five -- five websites for educators that are easy to read, simple to use and worthwhile to know. Sign up for his monthly free Busy Educator's Newsletter at: http://www.glavac.com

Here are five sites for teachers of grades 4-8:

4th and 5th Grade Student Research Resources
http://www.learning.caliberinc.com/index.html

There's a section here for students and a link to a teachers' section containing resources by subjects. Resources for grades 1-3 and 6-8 can also be accessed.

A Cybrary for Middle School and Beyond
http://www.learning.caliberinc.com/index6.html

This is the sister site to 4th and 5th Grade Student Research Resources. Well organized links for Middle School students and teachers.

6th Grade Treasure Trove
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~proj1615/index.htm

Grade 6 teacher and Franklin Institute Online Fellow Karen Walkowiak at Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Kanata, Ontario, Canada has created this 6th Grade Treasure Trove as a cyberhaven for 6th grade teachers. It's her way of being able to network with other 6th grade teachers around the world, share ideas online, share and gain teaching tips, and use the Internet to enhance classroom curriculum. If you teach grade 6, surf over here as soon as you can!

Mrs. Seagraves' QUEST Class
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/
Atrium/5924/index.html

Mrs. Seagraves teaches an elementary gifted program called QUEST in Montgomery, Alabama, USA to students in grades K-6. This site features individual student pages showcasing their work, several complete units for teachers, and lots of information about their classroom including Internet projects, field trips, and their desktop publishing business “QUEST Graphics.” At this site you can create a virtual pond, play garden concentration, and lots of other neat games. I found great innovative units here, especially on Ancient Egypt for my own grade 5 class!

W. C. Walker Elementary
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/walker

Walker Elementary's website provides great teacher, parent, and student resources focused on Pre-K through 5th grade. Many resources updated regularly with sites reviewed for appropriateness and value. Provides links to lesson plans, online math practice, technology how to's, parenting and safe school information, fun and much more. A well organized and useful site.

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Gazette Articles by Marjan Glavac:

• Marilyn Western's Technology Tips For Classroom Teachers, Interactive Activities For French/Spanish/German/Welsh Teachers And Learners, Deafblind Info: Minnesota's Deafblindness Resource, Thinkport (Teachers And Parents), and The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art "Collections Online" (June 09)
• College Prep Physics, Ap Physics B, The Art Window (Gr. 4-12), World History And Geography (Gr. 9-12), and The Thoreau Reader (Teachers) (May 09)
• Iloveschools.Com, Real English Online, Classroom Displays And Bulletin Boards K-8, Pbs Parents: Struggling To Learn (Parents And Teachers), Reach Every Child (K-12) (Apr. 09)
• Ultrabug Cliposcope, World Myths & Legends In Art Minneapolis Institute Of Arts, The Tree: A Graphic Organizer For Expository Paragraphs And Summaries, Trading Around The World, and Where In The World And What In The World Is Money? (Mar. 09)
• The Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements And Principles, The Fin, Fur And Feather Bureau Of Investigation, Calliope, Muse Of Eloquence, Teachers Without Borders, Shedd Educational Adventures (Sea) John G. Shedd Aquarium (Feb. 09)
• Brainsarefun, Ariel's Homepage, Scott L. Waldman's Technology Workshop, Learn To Write...Free Tracing Paper, Marie's Free Spelling Course (Jan. 09)
• Make hand washing fun & effectiveness; Native American arts exhibit online; The Teacher List; English for Spanish speakers; Test your brain with an online police artist drawing device (Dec. 08)
• Literacy Volunteer Connection, Computer Science & Business Education Site, How Stuff Works, Postcards From America, Monetary Mania Social Studies Web Adventure (Nov. 08)
• www Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources, Biomedia, Schoolweb.se, Anacleta's Spanish & World Language/Culture Links, Behind The Name (Oct. 08)
• Addressing learning difficulties; Teacher resource; All things Science; Games and writing skills help; Secondary level English lesson plans (Sept. 08)
• Speaking Of Speech.Com, Flying Turtle Science And Technology Exploring, and more (Aug. 08)
• Human Space Flight, Genetic Science Learning Center, and more (July 08)
• web-based Ghost Towns, games, topical tutorials, and more (May 08)
• Writing, Genealogy, Soil, and more (April 08)
• Miscellaneous Sites (Mar. 08)
• Art Sites (Feb. 08)
• Miscellaneous Sites (Jan. 08)
• Back to School Sites (Aug. 03)
• Language Arts Sites Part 3 (July 03)
• Language Arts Sites Part 2 (June 03)
• Language Arts Sites Part 1 (May 03)
• English As a Second Language (ESL) Sites (Apr. 03)
• Art Sites (Mar. 03)
• College and University Sites (Feb. 03)
• Sites for School Principals and High School Teachers (Jan. 03)
• Sites For Grades 7 to 8 (Dec. 02)
• Sites For Grades 4 to 8 (Nov. 02)
• Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Oct. 02)
• Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Sept. 02)
• Back to School (Aug. 02)
• Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 2 (Jult 02)
• Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 1 (June 02)
• Theme Sites Part 2 (May 02)
• Theme Sites Part 1 (Apr. 02)
• Lesson Planning Sites Part 6 (Mar. 02)
• Lesson Planning Sites Part 5 (Feb. 02)
• Lesson Planning Sites Part 4 (Jan. 02)
• Lesson Planning Sites Part 3 (Dec. 01)
• Five For Lesson Planning (pt 2) (Nov. 01)
• Five For Lesson Planning (Sept. 01)