"Subbing" can be a great professional teaching experience. You can choose
which assignments you take. It gives you the opportunity to explore grade levels, subject
areas, and schools. However, "Murphy's Law" also is the Rule of the Day, too. If
something can go wrong, it will. Some schools may not have adequate lesson plans when you
arrive, teacher's editions to texts, or even student materials. This website was created
to survive those "blisters" and enjoy the "blessings"
of substitute teaching. --- Dennis W. Mills, Ph.D.
Substitute
Teacher Homepage by Garmar If the lesson plans don't seem to be working, trash 'em and
try some fun activities. It makes time go by faster, and the kids will less likely try to
bury you.
Substitute
Teacher's Help Page This page is designed to help temporary teachers find plans and
ideas to make their job easier and to help them make the most of their time in the
classroom!
Teacher Talk
Forum - Lesson Plans This collection of electronic lesson plans covers a variety of
topic areas. It is organized by topic area.
Melissa's
Myriad Tips for Substitute TeachersAlways, ALWAYS, follow the classroom
teacher's lesson plans (or whatever substitute instructions they have left.)...and
more tips at this website.
Reader's Theater Editions
These scripts are GREAT! I have used them in elementary and intermediate grades. They can
easily be done in one class period and when you don't have adequate lesson plans left for
you, this is one terrific activity.
Language Links on
the Internet For those of you who, like me, are heels over head in love with the
English language, there are many places on the Net your love may be requited.
Word of the Day
Each day we select an interesting new word for you to consider. More than just the
definition: anecdotes, origins, quotes and current events make the meaning of the
Word-of-the-Day come to life in an interesting and entertaining way.
Jesse's Word of the Day
Jesse Sheidlower is a Senior Editor in the Reference division of Random House, where he
specializes in slang and new words.
Reading Journal Activities Most activities require no
more than the overhead, and those that do I mark when I skip them to save for a day when
we can use a little more activity or fun time. The ones at the front are a good way to
begin using these; most can be done by the teacher reading the selection out
loud.--Barbara D. Martin
Universal Library Gutenberg Books
An incredible resource for your class! The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make
information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast
majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search.
The
Electronic Prodigy - Reading With over 500 links, the most complete reference on the
net for all of your homework needs in reading.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Classic Christian books in electronic format, selected for your edification. There is
enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime, if you give each work the time
it deserves!
The Canadian Literature Archive a repository for information about
Canadian writers, Canadian novelists, Canadian poets, Canadian playwrights, Canadian
essayists, Canadian literary organizations, Canadian magazines, Canadian publications,
Canadian books, Canadian texts and Canadian library archives.
Biography They're
all in here... Just waiting to be found! Our searchable online database puts 15,000 of the
greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips.
Guide for Writing a Research
Paper based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation and prepared by the
Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library Capital Community-Technical
College Hartford, Connecticut
Guide
to Grammar and Writing All written material on this website and its associated
web-pages is the property of Professor Charles Darling and Capital Community-Technical
College and is published here for free use by the college's students and staff and for the
general online community.
This Day in History
From the archives of the History Channel, this website provides interesting history filler
trivia.
The
School Zone's Daily News Quiz Check today's News & Observer and Nando Times online
to find the answers to the following questions. Find answers by skimming headlines and the
first few paragraphs. All come from the front (A) section unless noted. Questions for
other weekdays follow. Questions are updated each weekday except holidays.
History/Social
Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers The major purpose of this home page is to encourage
the use of the World Wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help
for K-12 classroom teachers in locating and using the resources of the Internet in the
classroom.
TIME
for Kids TIME magazine's online version for kids
PCL Electronic Map Collection A collection of outline and base maps
for continents, world regions, countries and states.
Maps at CMU This is a
collection of on-line maps and map servers.
MapQuest! Find a Place and more
with this site. Have your students try the Interactive Atlas International Scavenger Hunt,
where treasures await the lucky few who successfully navigate the treacherous clues around
the world.
Pitsco's Ask
An Expert Ask an Expert is a directory of links to people who have volunteered their
time to answer questions and webpages that provide information.
Making of America Making of
America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the
antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the
subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science
and technology. The collection contains approximately 5,000 books and journal volumes with
imprints between 1850 and 1877.
The Human-Languages Page The
Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources.
The over 1550 in the HLP database have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language
links the Web has to offer.
The
WWW Chemical Structures Database The WWW chemical structures database contains more
than 2250 automatically collected chemical structures from the Internet, complete with
information about the refering HTML pages.
The JASON Project
The JASON Project utilizes advanced curricular and technological approaches to excite and
engage millions of students and educators throughout the world in science and technology
as it is happening.
Substitute Teacher Lesson Plan Bank
This website is analogous to a bank: you make withdrawals and deposits. Your currency is
lesson plans! If you have a lesson plan idea, "deposit" (submit) it to: dmills@csrnet.org
I will update the Lesson Plan Bank and give you "credit" for your submission (in
this case, "credit" means THANKS!
Substitute Teacher Help Pages
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