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**Please feel free to add any links or ideas you may have on the topics below! When we all share, we all benefit!!**
__Reading and Brain Research__ []

__HOT (Higher Order Thinking)skills__: This link is to an article called "Getting it Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn". [] Article: "Put Understanding First" []

__Graphic Organizers__: This link has a variety of graphic organizers. Check it out! []

__Creating Positive Classroom Climate__:

__Motivation:__ [|The Secret Behind Student Success]

__Informal Assessment Ideas__: [|Checking In]

__Formal Assessment Ideas__:

__Grading Ideas__: Online Homework for a variety of higher level courses: This site has been used by AP Physics, Chemistry & AP Chemistry. Teachers who have used this site with their students are C. Hodgkins, D. Rodolfy, D. Hathaway & S. Ponto. []

Should Homework Be Graded? by Rick DuFour.....Some interesting things to think about and two examples of how to make homework more valuable to your students. []

__Working with Subject Specific Vocabulary__:

Create your own crossword puzzles using ECLIPSE CROSSWORD. Eclipse Crossword

__Teaching Resources/Technology:__ Digital School Collection Teacher Resources: this link includes project ideas that integrate technology into English, Math, Science, History, Art, etc. [|http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/?sdid=EQHWS]

BBC has a number of good links for teaching. I have used the interactive games for Social Studies. Here is the general link: [] and then go through to find your specific content area.

PowerPoint Palooza has a ton of powerpoints for Social Studies classes and may work for others depending on your topic. []

HistoryTeacher.net has loads of primary and secondary source material for Social Studies classes. [|www.historyteacher.net]