Links to Some Good Sites
Here are some helpful sites that you may enjoy

It is very important for a new teacher to have the support of other teachers. Here are some sites that I have visited and feel may be helpful to new teachers. Just click on the URL's below to go directly to the site. 

Teacher Support

Sometimes you just need an idea, or an inspiration, or simply a friendly ear to listen to you. Here are some sites you might like to try. There is everything from lesson plans and teacher preparation materials to moral support. Explore. You'll be glad you did.

Teachers Helping Teachers
www.pacificnet.net/~mandel

Scholastic Publishing
http://teacher.scholastic.com

Ask Jeeves for Teachers
www.ajkids.com/teachers

PowerSchool
www.powerschool.com 

Puzzle Maker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

Teachers First
http://www.teachersfirst.com

Teachers Network - Ideas and support
www.teachnet.org

Creating a Class Web Site

Creating a web page is becoming increasingly an important tool in the teacher's repertoire. If your school has such a workshop, be sure to sign up for it. A web page can give you a way to keep in touch with the parents and the students. There are sites, some of which I have listed below, that make creating a web page easy and they are free. On a web page you can post your classroom policies, assignments, schedules and spelling words. You can show off the student's achievements. You can even suggest Internet links that have information that you would like your students or parents to see. Best of all, never again can your students claim ignorance of assignments nor can the parents complain that they didn't know what their children's assignments were.

My School Online Web Creating
http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,29-10544-1,00.html

My Class Online
http://www.myclass.net

Create a Free School Website
http://www.eschoolhouse.com

Homestead 
http://www.homestead.com

Your students are becoming more and more computer literate and will be relying on the internet for research. Here are a few sites that you can direct  the children to for research information, extra credit projects or a fun and instructive way to spend their spare time. Some of the sites include something for the teacher too.

FunBrain
www.funbrain.com 

Ask Jeeves
www.ask.com/index.

A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com

NASA for Kids
http://www.nasa.gov/kids.html

Homework Central
http://www.homeworkcentral.com

Kid's Clubhouse - Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html

Kids Mysteries
http://www.thecase.com/kids