FREE RESOURCES
For Aligning
Instruction to
Grade Level
Standards
Working SMARTER
Not Harder.
CHECK SITES CONSISTENTLY
• GPS sites first
– www.georgiastandards.org
– www.georgiastandards.org/impairment.aspx
• Cobb Sites
– www.unitedstreaming.com
• Other states
– http://ohioalternateassessment.wikispaces.co
m/Welcome
CHECK SITES CONSISTENTLY
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Major sites
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www.abcteach.com
www.enchantedlearning.com
www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt
www.intellitools.com
http://www.learningmagicinc.com/
www.teacherplanet.com
www.georgiastandards.org
www.georgiastandards.org/impairment.aspx
www.news-2-you.com
www.intellitools.com
• 3215 Activities
www.intellitools.com
http://school.discoveryeducation
.com/schrockguide/
http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/
www.teacherplanet.com
www.schoolexpress.com
Subscribe to newsletter – reminders come to email
www.baltimorecityschools.org/boardmaker/a
dapted_library.asp
Adapted Books
http://www.learningmagicinc.co
m/
http://ohioalternateassessment.
wikispaces.com/Welcome
• Ohio Alternate Assessment wiki
• This space will provide resources for
standards-based curriculum material
and teaching ideas for students with
significant cognitive disabilities.
http://members.enchantedlearni
ng.com/graphicorganizers/cloud
/index.shtml
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
LITERACY SITES
http://schools.nycenet.edu/D75/literacy/adap
tedbooks/catalog_by_software.htm#bm2
www.setbc.org/setbc/accessible
books/freebooksforyou.html
http://itcfusion.wikispaces.com/
Curriculum+Materials
In general, geared more to mild students, but easily adaptable
http://www.priorywoods.middles
brough.sch.uk/resources/books.
htm
Eight talking story books from Great
Britain including recipes that could be
used when studying British culture.
Has wonderful PowerPoint template
for creating your own talking books.
www.symbolworld.org/eLive/index.htm
www.slatersoftware.com
http://ohioalternateassessment.
wikispaces.com/Welcome
• Welcome to the Ohio Alternate
Assessment wiki for the 2007-2008
school year. This space will provide
resources for standards-based
curriculum material and teaching
ideas for students with significant
cognitive disabilities. It will also
provide resources specific to
Ohio's Alternate Assessment for
Students with Disabilities.
http://schools.nycenet.edu/D75/literacy/adapte
dbooks/catalog_by_software.htm#bm2
www.setbc.org/setbc/accessible
books/freebooksforyou.html
www.literactive.com/Home/index.as
p
• Literactive is a website with animated
electronic stories and poems, some of
which may be age-appropriate for older
students. Free registration.
www.mcedservices.com/phon
ics/phonics.html
• These simple stories and activities
are designed for older students and
adults. Stories are read aloud.
Accompanying PDF's of story text and
cloze activites also availabe.
Picture Recipes
• Picture recipes
• http://www.brybackmanor.org/picturerecipes.html
• http://speech.jppss.k12.la.us/recipes.ht
m
• http://www.kids-cookingactivities.com/non-reader-recipes.html
• http://www.symbolworld.org/learning/co
oking/index.htm
• http://www.speakingofspeech.com/gener
ic83.html
Create your own picture
recipes.
• http://wellnessways.aces.uiuc.edu/r
ecipes/
Home School
Communication
• Daily worksheets for students to
record day, weather, events. Each
page has 3 months:
• http:///PDFs/DailyWorksheet101112.
pdf
• http://www.speakingofspeech.com/
PDFs/DailyWorksheet123.pdf
http://visual.merriamwebster.com/index.php
Personal information forms
• http://www.speakingofspeech.com/PDFs
/personalinfosheet.pdf Practice writing
personal information with this PDF
created with Boardmaker.
• Personal info form.doc Another form to
practice writing personal information
made with "locked text" in Word: See the
directions on the General Page.
• **Personal Data Sheet** - Fill out this
sheet with your personal information and
use it as a quick reference when filling out a
job application.
Letter Writing
• Letter Generator- this online guided
lesson teaches students the parts of
both a business and personal letter,
then allows them to type and print
their own using guided prompts.
• No auditory prompts – for students
who can read or have someone to
read it to them
General writing resources
• http://www.fcps.edu/ss/its/howtos/board/bdact.
htm#bdwriting Writing activities with symbol
support, available in Boardmaker format or PDF.
Click on the Writing Activities link.*
• http://www.surveymonkey.com| Create electronic
forms with a free account from Survey Monkey.
Students can practice completing online forms, an
important job and life skill. You can create forms for
personal information, surveys, or quizzes. Very
easy to use!
• http://www.spellingcity.com Spelling City
provides auditory cues to help students learn to
spell words; it has "teach me" "test me" and "play a
game" modes. Appropriate for all ages.
www.priorywoods.middlesbroug
h.sch.uk/resources/programres.
htm
http://itcfusion.wikispaces.com/
Curriculum+Materials
In general, geared more to mild students, but easily adaptable
www.lati3.com/VisualStrategies.htm
http://speech.jppss.k12.la.us/en
gineering_the_classroom.htm
Engineering the Classroom –
communication
boards
• http://kansasasd.com- website with
social stories already created in word
and powerpoint
www.autism4teachers.com- my new
FAVORITE website!!! Wow!!
SLPs and
MATH SITES
http://nlvm.usu.edu
Computer aided manipulatives in
every area of math; manipulatives
come with projects that can be
done using the computer.
Developed by Utah State
University
www.rainforestmaths.com
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.
html
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createa
graph/default.aspx
www.phschool.com/math/cmp/cl
assroom_resources.html
http://math.pppst.com/interactiv
eworksheets.html
www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/
sqrt.html
www.math.com/students/calcula
tors/source/square-root.htm
www.mathsisfun.com/squareroot.html
www.homeschoolmath.net/work
sheets/square-roots.php
www.ct4me.net/math_manipulat
ives.htm#Manipulatives
Grids & Social Studies
www.georgiastandards.org/impairm
ent.aspx
www.explorelearning.com/index
.cfm?method=cResource.dspDe
tail&ResourceID=103
http://math.pppst.com/roots.h
tml
SCIENCE SITES
http://www.sciencewithme.com
http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwe
bs/kids_web.htm
• Food Web Website
This is a
marvelously interactive website from
Australia that teaches about four
different kinds of food webs:
Australian Grasslands, African
Grasslands, Antarctica food webs, and
Marine food
http://www.teachnology.com/themes/science/cell/
http://classroom.jcschools.net/sci-units/cells.htm
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L
3?Area=Science%20Lab
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/App?File=Scie
nceLab.htm&Type=S&SWF=cell%2Fscience_
desk&App=Science+Lab&SkipGuestWarning
=true
http://personal.tmlp.com/Jimr57/
tour/cell/cell.htm
• Virtual cell tour
http://kg025.k12.sd.us/cells.h
tm
http://www.nsf.gov/news/overvie
ws/biology/interactive.jsp
• Tour the cell
SOCIAL STUDIES SITES
Georgia history
• Here are a couple of great resources
for those of you who need to address
Georgia history http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/
http://www.theus50.com/georgia/
• sites for states:
http://www.50states.com
http://www.teacheroz.com/states.htm
http://www.libraryspot.com/state/
http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/states.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
• http://kids.discovery.com/
• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
students/
www.heifer.org
http://content.scholastic.com/br
owse/home.jsp
OTHER SUPPORTS
http://jcschools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.kbears.com
http://www.kidsknowit.com/
http://funschool.kaboose.com
/
www.shodor.org/interactivate/ac
tivities/
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/ga
mes/top100.htm
PowerPoint Resources
• www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/p
pt/
• www.gamequarium.com/powerpoint.html
• www.mrsmhoward.com/teachers_only.cfm
?subpage=312119
• http://jc-schools.net/ppt.html
• And many, many more – google for more
CONTENT SITES
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Language Arts
– www.schoolexpress.com
– www.baltimorecityschools.org/boardmaker/a
dapted_library.asp
– http://schools.nycenet.edu/D75/literacy/ad
aptedbooks/catalog_by_software.htm#bm
2
– www.mcedservices.com/phonics/phonics.
html
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www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp
CONTENT SITES
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Symbol resources
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www.baltimorecityschools.org/boardmaker/adapted_
library.asp
www.symbolworld.org/eLive/index.htm
www.speakingofspeech.com
www.learningmagic.com
http://www.slatersoftware.com/
http://kansasasd.com
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/students/
CONTENT SITES
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Math
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http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
– http://math.pppst.com/interactiveworksheets.
html
– www.aplusmath.com/flashcards
– www.mathsisfun.com
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www.rainforestmaths.com
– www.ct4me.net/math_manipulatives.htm#Ma
nipulatives
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http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.as
px
CONTENT SITES
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Social Studies
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www.news-2-you.com
http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/
http://www.theus50.com/georgia/
www.heifer.org
CONTENT SITES
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Science
– http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.
htm
– www.teach-nology.com/themes
– http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/
– www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science
%20Lab
– www.sciencewithme.com
Don’t reinvent the wheel!
Working Smarter, Not Harder!