Adventures in Elementary Education

I am a counselor and psychologist to a problem-filled child,

I am a police officer that controls a child gone wild.

I am a travel agent scheduling our trips for the year,

I am a confidante that wipes a crying child's tear.

I am a banker collecting money for a ton of different things,

I am a librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings.

I am a custodian that has to clean certain little messes,

I am a psychic that learns to know all that everybody only guesses.

I am a photographer keeping pictures of a child's yearly growth,

When mother and father are gone for the day, I become both.

I am a doctor that detects when a child is feeling sick,

I am a politician that must know the laws and recognize a trick.

I am a party planner for holidays to celebrate with all,

I am a decorator of a room, filling every wall.

I am a news reporter updating on our nation's current events,

I am a detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense.

I am a clown and a comedian that makes the children laugh,

I am a dietitian assuring they have lunch or from mine I give them half.

When we seem to stray from values, I become a preacher,

But I'm proud to have to be these people because...

I'm proud to say, "I am a teacher."

Stacy Bonino

The following list of resources are some websites that I have found useful throughout the Education Program.

For Teachers

OSPI: The Office of superintendent of Public Instruction is an informative resource for all educators. Within this website educators can find Washington State Standards and Grade Level Expectations as well as information about the schools and school district.

Planet Esme: Teachers Helping Teachers is a wonderful website that was designed for teachers by teachers. The website includes lesson plans, the top educational resources, a teacher guest book, and new resources for improving test scores. It also has information about classroom management, lesson plans in math, social studies, the arts, science, language arts, and special education as well as book reviews.

PBS: The Public Brodcasting website offers many free resources that are divided into categories for parents, teachers, and educators. The site allows you to search by topics, view free educational videos, seek advice, and has free games for children. It also has lesson plan resources available for teachers.

Teachers Helping Teachers: Teachers Helping Teachers is a wonderful website that was designed for teachers by teachers. The website includes lesson plans, the top educational resources, a teacher guest book, and new resources for improving test scores. It also has information about classroom management, lesson plans in math, social studies, the arts, science, language arts, and special education as well as book reviews.

For Parents

KidsHealth:KidsHealth is the web's most visited site about children's health and is useful for parents, kids, teens, and educators. The site provides lesson plan, experiments, and tips categorized by grade levels. This site features fun and educational games and is perfect parents and students to use together.

How Stuff Works: This is a great website for teachers, parents, and students. It answers may students questions about the way things work and has free resources that include videos, podcasts, blogs, quizzes, and games related to the educational information provided on the site. Each of the categories has informative links provided with more resources related to the topic.

Internet4Classrooms: Internet4Classrooms is a wonderful, free resource for parents that provides them with educational games and actives which are categorized by age. They also provide thirteen parenting topics which include: Homework Help, Reading Help, Mathematics Help, internet safety, Discipline, Parental Involvement at School, Family Life & Planning for the Future, Time Management Help for Your Child, Character Education, ADHD, Special Needs, Gifted, and Other Resources for Exceptional Children, Spansish Language Resources for Parents, Summer Learning Activities, and Elementary, Middle and High School Subject Areas.

For Students

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center is the world's largerst digital library containing 1.3 billion records of journal articles and other educated-related materials. On this site you will find journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, and policy papers. This site is useful for teachers, administrators and students in the teacher-preperation program.

Ask Jeeves for Kids: This website is similar to the Ask Jeeves website for adults, but is designed for kids. It has a fun notebook themed layout and a simple search bar where the child is to type their question. Answers are accompanied by pictures.

Enchanted Learning: This website provides children with free resources including games, coloring sheets, worksheets, crafts and other educational resources.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012