Teacher Resources

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Literacy

NYS Archive Instructional Videos Instructional videos on incorporating primary resources into lessons.

Reading Rockets
Classroom strategies, struggling readers, author videos, reading guides, and more!

Scholastic Book Wizard
Find and level books.  Plus, get booktalks, lesson plans, author studies, videos, and discussion guides.

Scholastic Teacher Resources
Grab-and-go lesson plans, discussion guides, and themes for classroom teaching.

Instructional materials for K–12 reading including meet-the-author movies, book readings, book guides, lesson plans, and book lists.  (Only available on school premises.)
http://nysculturaled.org/lesson-plans

Collection of lesson plans for the arts, humanities, math, and science.
Multimedia

http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2016 2016 ALA Best Websites for Teaching
Explore innovative websites for content, curriculum, organizing, sharing, storytelling, and more.
Films for Action
Over 1,500 free films that raise awareness of important social, environmental, and media-related issues.
Smart Tech Exchange
Search, download, and share Notebook lessons and files for the SmartBoard.
Engage NY
Instructional videos of best practices in subject area, CCSS, instructional shifts and teacher evaluation rubric indicators.
Digital Public Library of America
Website portal includes access to more than 5.5 million text, image, sound, and moving image items from U.S. library, museum, and archive collections.