Accelerated Reader–Tests and Reports
Check your students’ Accelerated Reader and STAR Reading reports.
Accelerated Reader–Leveling Books
Renaissance Learning’s website. Use this to level your books for Accelerated Reader.
Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and easy! A great presentation tool for students and teachers.
“A world of online children’s books.”
Bridges in Mathematics is a complete elementary mathematics curriculum for use in kindergarten through fifth grade. Bridges is published and distributed by The Math Learning Center, an Oregon-based nonprofit that has been working for more than 30 years to improve mathematics education for students, teachers, and families. Originally published in 1999 and updated in 2007, Bridges is now used in thousands of classrooms nationwide.
California Department of Education
CTEN is a non-partisan, non-political group dedicated to providing teachers and the public at large with reliable and balanced information about professional affiliations and positions on educational issues.
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) online single sign-on system includes access to the Test Operations Management System (TOMS), the Test Administrator Interface, and other CAASPP-related online applications and systems. Your username is likeley your first name and last name with a period in between, for example edward.vanhalen. Your password is in your email somewhere.
Common Core State Standards Initiative
The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.
McGraw-Hill’s website with online resources, such as TEs and student editions for My Math and Treasures.
Simple, collaborative notetaking. Use for notes, to do lists, etc.
Donors Choose is a 501(c)(3) charity to which you can donate money that will be used for purchasing supplies and equipment for my classroom. Use promo code DISNEY to have your donation matched (up to $100)!
Harry Wong’s classroom management website, including resources to accompany his book The First Days of School.
Create flash cards for any subject. Students can access them online at home, in the computer lab, or anywhere they have internet access. I’ve used it for “High Frequency Words”, vocabulary, times tables, etc. It’s free and easy!
Game Day at the School (PE Curriculum for BPUSD)
This is the site of the PE curriculum that the district has adopted.
Access the math curriculum online. Your user name is your email username without the bpusd.net part (e.g. smith123, not smith123@bpusd.net). The original password is in an email in your district email account.
Access the science and social studies books online! Your user name is your email username with the name and numbers reversed (e.g. if your email address is smith123@bpusd.net, then your username is 123smith). The password is the same as your email password.
Your username is your 4-digit SchoolMax ID.
Log on from Foster’s library (or any BPUSD school library) to check books in and out. This link can only be used when connected to the BPUSD network. At Foster this year, log on to the computer and the library site using the generic account information located on the lamenated sheets on the desk.
Access the math curriculum online.
Print out worksheets for adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, and just about everything else!
Mind mapping is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain. Mind mapping is a creative and logical means of note-taking and note-making that literally “maps out” your ideas.
Moodle has a lot of the stuff that is on the “B drive”.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the 3Rs and 4Cs (Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity and innovation). While leading districts and schools are already doing this, P21 advocates for local, state and federal policies that support this approach for every school.
The fastest way to create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile devices
Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. It’s like PowerPoint, but much cooler!
This is the Common Core program that several teachers at our school piloted. The Teacher Toolbox contains the materials for the Ready Common Core program that some of us are piloting. Student and teacher materials are available, as are assessments and animated lessons. Access codes should be in your district email. Search your inbox for “ready”.
Released CST questions from 2003-2008.
Renaissance Learning’s website. Use this to level your books for Accelerated Reader.
Science and Social Studies books online
Access the science and social studies books online! Your user name is your email username with the name and numbers reversed (e.g. if your email address is smith123@bpusd.net, then your username is 123smith). The password is the same as your email password.
The website for the state testing. From this link you can access the practice tests, informational videos and documentation, and the actual test.
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
Create worksheets for specific skills in language arts and math. Your user name is your first initial and last name.
An awesome website with materials created by teachers around the world. Some of the material is even FREE!
The Teacher Toolbox contains the materials for the Ready Common Core program that some of us are piloting. Student and teacher materials are available, as are assessments and animated lessons. Access codes should be in your district email. Search your inbox for “ready”.
Access the old math curriculum online. Your user name is your email username without the bpusd.net part (e.g. smith123, not smith123@bpusd.net). The original password is in an email in your district email account.
A phenomenal site with tons of great information pertaining to the Common Core State Standards.
Thousands of educators across the country use the Understanding by Design framework, created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, to get a handle on standards, align programs to assessments, and guide teachers in implementing a standards-based curriculum that leads to student understanding and achievement.
Voki is a FREE service that lets you:
- Create customized avatars.
- Add voice to your Voki avatars.
- Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile.
- Take advantage of Voki’s learning resources.