Colinas del Norte Elementary


1001 23rd Ave., NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Phone: (505) 896-3378
Fax: (505) 896-3387



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New Mexico Competencies for Teachers
From Teach New Mexico, Teacher Competencies for Licensure Levels I, II, and III Assessment Criteria.

Sample Questions from Standards Based Assessment

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Math manipulatives for every kind of math!

Over 2500 Lesson Plans for Teachers!

Math Fact Cafe
Math Fact Sheets, Worksheet Factory, Flashcards and more!

Math Playground
An action packed site for students in grades K to 6.  Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!

All Kinds of Free Paper to Print!
This site allows you to print various kinds of graphing paper, musical staff paper, penmanship paper, etc. Lots of fun papers!

MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom
Lesson plans created for teachers using the Internet.

Be CyberSmart
A free K-8 curriculum empowering students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively.

Starfall
This Web site is loaded with highly interactive early literacy materials.

Enchanted Learning
This site has an incredible collection of printouts, coloring activities, graphic organizers, and even readers' theaters.

Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
Everyone needs to learn about how our government works. This site has similar content for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and parents and teachers, but in each case the language and design has been tailored to the specific grade level.

A Journey North
Student and teacher participants across the U.S. and Canada track the migration of wildlife north in spring. Students also track signs of spring across the hemisphere. Includes maps, video, data exchange, and data archives.

RubiStar
A free tool to help a teacher make fast, quality rubrics.

NM Standards
Standards and Benchmarks, Sample Lessons, Resources, and Performance Standards

EdHelper
Free Lesson Plans, WebQuests, Worksheets and Teacher Tools!

Evan-Moor
Free teaching ideas!Read, Write, Think
A great literacy site.

Educators Reference Desk
Hundreds of lesson plans by subject.

Adding Students to Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader Quizzes
This is a database of all Accelerated Reader Quizzes available at Colinas del Norte Elementary.

Book Adventures Reading Program
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is sponsored by Sylvan Learning, Inc.

Bloom's Taxonomy
Model questions and key words.

Great Teaching and Learning Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Students!
This is a large selection of teaching and learning resources in all subject areas!

Integrating Chemistry into the Classroom

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
This is a must see collection of digital manipulatives that includes, but is not limited to, the classics like tangrams, geoboards, and pattern blocks. Has direct links to national standards at NCTM.

TeAch-nology.com
FREE access to 19,000 lesson plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction.

Lewis and Clark
A great educational website in recognition of Lewis and Clark's 200th anniversary of their expedition.

SouthCentral RTEC
A truly amazing database-driven resource for K-12 educators to find help/info on almost any topic.

Teachers' Lounge
A great place for teachers to share their expertise.

On-Line Practice Modules for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Inspiration, and other applications.

Animated USA NASAs Mars Exploration Program
Everything you need to know to teach a unit on Mars exploration!

The PBS Masterpiece Theater's American Collection: Educator's Site, created in partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English, is the Internet companion site to the PBS series.  This site contains 'teaching resources, lesson plans, background information, author profiles, online links, and behind-the-scenes production news.

Great Music Lessons