Resource for CCEA Teachers
Early Childhood
- Child Find
- Colorado Preschool Program
- Early Childhood Councils
- Early Learning
- Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care
- P-3 Education
- Preschool Special Education
- Preschool Standards
- Results Matter
- School Readiness
Content Areas
School Choice
School, District and Student Supports
- Educator Talent
- English Learners (culturally and linguistically diverse)
- Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAPs)
- Migrant Education Program
- Professional Development
- State Library
Exceptional Students
Courtesy of the Colorado Dept. of Education
Amazon Inspire*
Amazon Inspire is an open collaboration service that allows K-12 teachers to easily discover, gather, and share quality educational content with their community.
Sample Lessons: Career Spotlight: Kite Designer, Global Warming Integer Project, The Life Cycle of a Snowman and more.
Common Lit
Free collection of reading passages in all literary and non-fiction genres for grades 3-12. Passages come with text-dependent questions which help you track student progress.
Sample Lessons: Life Isn’t Fair- Deal With It, Who Was Anne Frank, Witchcraft in Salem and more.
Discovery Ed
Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell. In addition, DEN Educators is an online community that provides teacher-to-teacher shared ideas and resources.
Sample Lessons: Weather Maps, Understanding Probability, Understanding Stereotypes and more.
Education World
Education World is a complete online resource for teachers, administrators and school staff to find high-quality and in-depth original content. They offer more than 1,000 free lessons.
Sample Lessons: Wacky Weather, What Would Oprah Say?, Changes in Habitat and more.
Jumpstart
Jumpstart offers free teaching materials (activities, worksheets, lesson plans) for K-5 teachers that have been designed by experts or tried and found useful by other teachers.
Sample Lessons: What a Wonderful World, Art of Recycling, Power Up math activity and more.
National Geographic
Bring National Geographic to your classroom through lesson plans, maps and reference resource.
Sample lessons: Wild Horses of the Outer Banks, El Nino, Traces of Ancient Rome in the Modern World.
NSTA
National Science Teachers Association promotes excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. This site gives teachers access to NSTA magazine, books and resources and NSTA free resources
Sample Lessons: 14 writing strategies, The Greenhouse Effect, Toothbrush Design: Is There a Better Bristle? and more.