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 Carl's Corner - this site provides resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists in the area of language arts. Contains hundreds of downloadable resources for classroom use and is one of LessonGateway's most highly rated websites. Some of the areas covered in Carls Corner include the Alphabet, Centers, Games, Phonics, Reading, Monthly/Seasonal Calendar Activities, Themes/Holidays, World Family Activities, Word Study Activities and more. Carl's Corner also includes actiivites for teaching Spanish language students.
Read on to learn more about Carl's Corner and use the links below to find other great resources for teaching reading and writing.
Click here to read reviews about Carl's Corner and their literacy activities and lesson plans for primary students. Click here for great Primary Reading Resources or here for amazing Primary Writing Resources.
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 Having recently undergone a re-branding process, LessonGateway has emerged as a new leader in K-12 teacher resources while remaining committed to its roots and its strengths when it was known as TeacherRated.com. All services remain free to all our visitors and, to better serve our community, we've enhanced our user interface, further empowered our search functionality and added even more resources to our collection. We feel that by offering our educators the ability to rank the resources in our collection, we're helping teachers find more polished and useful resources, and more quickly than they might otherwise.
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 Video has taken the web by storm and educators are struggling, it seems, to sort and locate quality, educational videos for their students. While Youtube remains clearly the #1 free video service, much of the content in its Educational Channel is pitiful, and despite its interesting, semi-philanthropic Symphony, Youtube remains largely unusable in the classrom and blocked entirely by many District School Boards.
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 The environment certainly is a hot topic lately and with Earth Day coming up on April 22 many teachers are thinking about how they can help their students become more environmentally conscious. Here's a list of our favorites - visit the link at the bottom of this article to access all the applicable web addresses.
Check out the online quiz provided by Zero Footprint Kids where students can calculate their ecological footprint. This calculator was developed especially for kids...
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 With the first African American President successfully and firmly seated in the White House, it seems the entire Internet is celebrating not only his success, but Black History Month itself. Some of the resources we're recommending this month have been around a number of years, but many of them have recently landed themselves on the web, championing the successes of African Americans throughout history.
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 Black History Month is not only about celebrating history, but the present as well. Here are our "top rated" sites for Black History Month.
The Celebrate African American Heritage site contains lesson plans and student resources. Sections include Slavery and Freedom (the Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc), Arts and Culture (including the history of jazz), the Civil Rights Movement (Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Little Rock), trailblazers and influential leaders (inventors, scientists, sports figures). The Black History in America section also has an interactive timeline on African-American history.
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 With the holiday season already underway, many of you are looking for resources to use with your students. Here are our "top rated" sites for Christmas, Hanukkah & Kwanzaa.
Use the free multimedia resources available on the The History Channel to engage your students as they learn more about each of these holidays. Check out the Christmas, Hannukah & Kwaanza mini-sites.
The Scholastic site...
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 With the Thanksgiving season fast approaching many teachers are developing lessons about both the holiday and how the Pilgrims established their settlements in Plymouth. There are numerous websites with information to help with this - here are the ones we rate as our 'Top Three'.
Teachers of younger students will appreciate DLTK's Thanksgiving site which has coloring pages, craft ideas, games and puzzles, songs, printables, recipes and worksheets - best of all, these resources are all free!
Elementary school teachers should...
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 Many of you teach weather concepts as part of your science courses, and hurricane season can be a chance to learn weather-related topics while atmospheric events are in the news. If you need to brush-up on weather concepts check out the Learning Center created by the National Science Teachers Association. The site has "science objects" - free learning experiences available online anytime, anywhere for teachers). Each of the science objects found here were created for teachers, both new and experienced, who need a "content refresher". The Objects include multimedia content, interactive simulations, audio, questions, 'student misconceptions to watch for' and ideas for addressing these misconceptions.
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As we all know, the candidates in this year's election are using the Internet extensively to get their message out and to promote their respective fundraising campaigns. Many Civics and Social Studies teachers are discussing the election in class, and educators ought to consider using the web to teach students about the election. Of course we can go directly to the candidates' sites to view their policies ( Obama, McCain) but here are a couple of other resources teachers may want to consider using in their classes...
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