Reading Units Website

Website with unit lesson plans for a variety of intermediate (grades 5-8) books.  This site provides teachers with chapter by chapter vocabulary, printable questions, and activities for students.  There are over 80 books indexed on the site.

great website to assist with guided reading groups. This website has questions and activities for many popular and classic books.  Thanks to Jason Hugues at Minnesauke for the link!

Firefox Add-ons for teachers

Nuke Anything is a Firefox add-on that could be handy the next time you choose to print a webpage. With Nuke Anything installed in your browser you can right-click on any element of a webpage and remove it before printing that page. When you right click on an element a red outline will appear so that you can be certain you're not removing something that you didn't intend to remove.  If you have students or colleagues that are in the habit of printing articles to read offline, try getting them in the habit of using Nuke Anything. Using a tool like Nuke Anything could save a lot of wasted ink and paper.  For people who aren't Firefox users, you might want to check out Joliprint.

Kadoo A fast easy way to share files

Share files with students use the cloud service Kadoo.  You can upload files that can be accessed by students using a web browser or a hand held device like the iphone or ipad.  Simply set up your free account and upload your files, including video files for students.  You have up to 200 MB per upload and 5 GB of storage space.