Crossroads Research Inquiry Project Folder
Public Library cards for all students and staff
All have translations to many of our students' native languages.
Brownies and Books: Date TBA
View the new books and resources we've gathered for you and enjoy a sweet treat! The official opening to the library for staff.
Summer Reading:
A school-wide event shared by all staff and students. Visit the Crossroads Summer Reading Weebly for more information
Library Orientations
Students will receive Library Orientation
One Book Crossroads/South Brunswick Reads
Last year's theme was Reading Without Walls/ Crossroads selection was Schooled by Gordon Korman
Author Visit
SPRING 2019 TBD Our author last year was George O'Connor. Past authors include: Adam Gidwitz, Mitali Perkins, Todd Strasser, Neal Shusterman, Roland Smith, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Chris Grabenstein, Doug Florian, Marc Aronson and Paul Janeczko. Stay tuned for the announcement of this year's author.
Scholastic Book Fair
Sponsored by the PTO, the book fair runs during the weeks of Fall and Spring Conferences. Look for the Teachers' Wish List.
Staff Book Group: North / South
Crossroads Library website: http://www.sbschools.org/schools/xrds/mediacenter/index.php (under construction)
Databases: http://www.sbschools.org/schools/xrds/mediacenter/teacher_resources/databases.php (under construction)
See handouts for passwords
Crossroads Wikis: North / South
PD Express: Professional Development Course Offerings, Documents for Wikis, AUP, etc, Flex Plans and more!
South Brunswick Employee Portal: Payroll, absences, etc
https://portal.sbschools.org/schoolfi/
Valuable PD Resources Searchable by Subject, e.g. Self Regulation
ASCD Professional Ebook Collection
Model ethical use for students by citing sources of all information, including images in all your teaching materials!
Assign Creative Commons licenses to your works to clearly state how your work is to be used.
Use MLA 8 Format when citing sources.
Check out this infographic: Can I Use This Picture
FreeTech4Teachers by Richard Byrne
Kevin Jarrett Technology, Engineering and Design
Larry Ferlazzo: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
Steve W. Anderson: Web 2.0 Connected Classroom
Vicki Davis: Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Darren Rowse's ProBlogger
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/august-new-teacher-survival-guide
Classroom Set-Up Tool from Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_setup/
Favorite Back to School Resources from Teaching Tolerance
https://mailchi.mp/tolerance/our-favorite-tt-back-to-school-resources?e=ad0c7bdac5
Resources Toolkit for New Teachers
http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teacher-resources-toolkit
Free Webinars from EdWeb.net
17 Tips for New Teachers and Their Mentors
https://www.weareteachers.com/tips-for-new-teachers-mentors/
Five Beginning Teachers: 10 Great Tips
New Teachers Lesson and Curriculum Planning
http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teachers-lesson-curriculum-planning-resources
The Learning Network from the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning
10 Questions Every Rookie Teachers Want Answered
http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/02/23/10-questions-every-rookie-teacher-wants-answered
Edutopia on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/edutopia
Best Websites for Teaching and Learning 2018 from AASL
https://standards.aasl.org/project/bw18/
Great Common Core Nonfiction
http://www.greatcommoncorenonfiction.com
Understand to Score explains the PARCC Score Report
http://understandthescore.org/
Kathy Schrock's Common Core Rubrics
http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html
http://www.corestandards.org/resources/frequently-asked-questions
http://www.edutopia.org/common-core-state-standards-resources
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