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Awards and Certificates 
Awards and Certificates - printables from Teacher Vision
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6076.html

KidBibs Awards - choose from a large selection of customized printables
http://kidbibs.com/awards/card.htm

Graduation Party - lots of printables around Kindergarten themes.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/graduation/paper.html

Clip Art (back to top)
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Clip Art
www.clipart.com
Julie's favorite site for clip art.

Copyright Friendly Images for Educators
http://pics4learning.com/

More Clip Art
http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/teacherclipart/index.htm?once=true&
Lots of selections.

Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html

Clips Ahoy
http://www.clipsahoy.com/
Lots of links to clip art but beware of the commercials.

Web Page Toolbox
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/ncbest/wpt/toolbox.htm
Listing of clip art sites.
 

Dictionaries (back to top)

Dictionary.com - online dictionary, thesaurus, translator, games, and more.
http://dictionary.com/

Vocabulary
http://www.vocabulary.com/ 

Word Central - a student dictionary and Daily Buzzword
http://www.wordcentral.com/

Encyclopedias (back to top)

Encarta Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/reference.aspx

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/

Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Graphic Organizers (back to top)

Graphic Organizer Fact Sheet
http://www.ttac.odu.edu/Articles/Graphic.html

Graphic Organizer Generator at Teach-nology.com
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

Graphic Organizers
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/graphic_organizers.htm

Library of Graphic Organizers
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/notes/graphicorganizers/graphic/

Teacher Vision
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6293.html
Select from a wide variety of graphic organizers.

Write Design Graphic Organizers
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
 

Online Educational Journals (back to top)

CNN - Student News - news for students and resources for teachers.
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/

CyberKids Magazine
http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/index.html
A variety of articles with kids in mind.

eNature.com - from the National Wildlife Federation
http://www.enature.com/

The Exploratorium Magazine
www.exploratorium.edu/exploring
A science magazine for kids.

Explore Zone
http://www.explorezone.com/
An earth science magazine for kids.

Kids' Castle
www.kidscastle.si.edu
A kid's magazine form the Smithsonian Magazine.

National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Riverdeep Current- articles for teachers and students, both current and archived
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/

Sports Illustrated for Kids
www.sikids.com
Just like the paper version.

Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Just like the famous magazine. News articles that interest kids.

Yak's Corner
www.yakscorner.com/
For the younger set.

Yes Magazine
www.yesmag.bc.ca/
Canada's Science Magazine for Kids
 

Treasure Hunts  (back to top)
The Three Purposes of Reading  - 
Designed to help the teacher understand how the Internet can support the three purposes of reading.