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TAMS: Recommended Web and Print Resources
...on the web:
National Middle School Association
"...devoted to
improving the educational experiences of young adolescents"
NMSA School Improvement
Resources (.pdf)
MiddleSchoolHub - "a free online interactive learning center for students in grades 5-8"
internet4classrooms: "helping
teachers use the Internet effectively"
TCAP
Assessment - Practice Resource
...and also check out
their Grade Level
Skills page
Tennessee History for Kids is an excellent site created by a coalition of educators. It includes a wealth of information, including a number of virtual tours of historical sites in our state.
Many schools have expressed an interest in the Effective Teaching Strategies writings of Harry and Rosemary Wong. Information may be found at the teachers.net site, and links to columns by the Wongs online are here.
Recommended in the TAMS Tidbits:
Books:
Wish You Well, David Baldacci
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King
Rocket Boys, Homer H. Hickam, Jr. (you all DID know that portions of October
Sky, the movie based on this book, were filmed at Gresham Middle
School
in
Knoxville,
right??)
Resiliency in Schools, Nan Henderson and Mike M. Milstein (ISBN 0-8039-6352-1)
Star Teachers of Children in Poverty, Haberman and Draper (ISBN 0912099089)
The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide, Robert L. Fried (ISBN 0807031437)
Sites:
www.Teachernet.com - extensive resources for teachers
school.discovery.com - clipart, daily brain puzzlers, crossword and wordsearch
creators
www.bartelby.com - daily biography, definition, quotation, and poems
www.poets.org or www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org - poetry resources online