• Professional Associations
  • AAP - The Academy of American Poets
  • ALA - American Library Association
  • ALAN - The Assembly of Literature for Adolescents (NCTE)
  • ATEG - The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (NCTE)
  • CEE - Conference on English Education
  • IRA - International Reading Association
  • NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English
    • NCTE Back-to-School Resources
    • NCTE Book Store
    • SLATE - Support for the Learning and Teaching of English
    • Technology Toolkit 2.0 - Read up on NCTE's latest research.
• Lesson Planning
• Curriculum Standards
  • State of Connecticut Curriculum Resources by Content Area
  • State of Connecticut English Curriculum Frameworks (Word File)
  • State of Connecticut English Curriculum Standards PreK-8 (Word File)
  • State of Connecticut Educational Technology Standards (PDF File)
  • State of Connecticut Educational Technology Performance Indicators (PDF File)
  • National Educational Technology Standards
• General Education Resources
  • 4Teachers.org - A free, multifaceted site that includes a variety of fast, easy-to-use tools for teachers and students.
  • Discovery Education Puzzle Makers - This website provides several puzzle generators, including crossword puzzles and word searches.
  • Read-Write-Think: Classroom Resources - A database of lesson plans and web resources that cover subjects across the curriculum with a reading and writing focus.
  • Rubistar - Create rubrics without starting from scratch. Rubrics are available on a variety of teaching topics and are customizable.
  • Sadlier-Oxford Publishing - Order various curriculum builders across subject areas.
  • Scholastic - A multitude of resources for teachers, specific to grade levels and subject areas, including excellent information on and by authors.
  • Schoolhouse Rock - Get all the lyrics and music from the popular 70's cartoon shorts.
  • Units4Teachers.com - Provides free Theme-Based units for all teachers.
• General English Resources
  • AAP Online Poetry Classroom - Free resources include curriculum units, lesson plans, poetry, teacher forums on teaching ideas, and possible workshops.
  • BrainPOP: English Center - Animated guides to various parts of speech, writing techniques, and test preparation.
  • English-Zone.com - Provides lessons and practice for various English skills.
  • MiddleWeb.com - Comprehensive resource for middle school teachers. Includes curriculum maps, teacher journals, and other resources.
  • PBS Teacher Source - This website provides various lesson plans, teaching resources, and student activities on the PBS website sorted by grade level.
  • PoetryTeacher.com - Provides ideas for poetry lessons, contests, and activities.
  • Read-Write-Think: Student Materials Index - Click on any of the online generators to find a list of lesson plan ideas to use with these online tools.
  • Web English Teacher - The Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, professional development and classroom activities.
• Literature-Specific Resources
  • Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Searchable database, curriculum and planning ideas, and much more.
  • Choice Literacy - Choice Literacy is dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality resources for K-12 literacy leaders.
  • Literacy Resources, Inc. - Literacy Resources, Inc., a non-profit organization, provides educational methods and materials to teach or improve reading, writing and spelling to beginning or struggling readers of ALL ages.
  • Poet's Paradise: A Collection of Helpful Resources - Poetry has been around since ancient Greek times and was designed as a way to help remember history and retell events. The oldest poems are records of cultural information of their era. With the development of literacy, poetry became much more personal and more lyrical. Today's most famous poets are singer-songwriters and rappers.
  • Stories for Kids Who Love Reading - Looking to make a recommendation to your students? Use this website to research possible suggestions and provide resources for your students to do their own research.
• Writing-Specific Resources
  • CreativeWritingPrompts.com - Use the creative writing prompts and creative writing ideas to create stories, poems and other creative pieces from your imagination.
  • Grammar Bytes! - Grammar website includes terminology, exercises, handouts, and classroom presentations.
  • MemoirWriting.com - An online resource for memoir writers that includes journaling tips, organization strategies and other information.
  • Publishing with Students - This website gives practical advice to teachers interested in helping students publish their writing.
  • The Writing Fix - Sponsored in part by the National Writing Project, the Writing Fix features interactive writing activities and activities to engage all types of learners. This site includes tools, games, lessons on conventions, and areas for publishing.

• State Resources
  • Connecticut State Department of Education
  • Connecticut State Department of Education Bureau of Teacher Certification
  • CMT Language Arts Handbook, Fourth Generation - Latest version of the CMT preparation materials. Downloadable test prep and other CMT directions.
  • CMT Skill Checklists - Contains the necessary skills tested for all CMT grade level tests.
  • CMT Holistic Scoring Workshops - This site contains four different sets of online prompts to use with students in Grades 3 through 8. Also great for teachers who need training in prompt evaluation.

• Mythology Links
  • Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology
  • The Greek Mythology Link
  • Greek Mythology's Myth Web
  • GreekMythology.com
  • Myths and Legends
  • MythMan.com: Greek Mythology Today
  • Mythology - Comprehensive guide to Greek, Roman, and Celtic mythology.
  • Windows to the Universe - Mythology

• Miscellaneous Online Resources
  • ALA Great Websites for Kids
  • Child Labor in America - Teacher's Lesson Plan
  • Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
  • Theatre Development Fund - Teachers and students can sign up for reduced rates on Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
  • Microsoft Office Back-to-School Templates - Various Microsoft templates in Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.