This is a terrific resource from the Eastchester School System in New York. It has links to many activities for all Middle School subject areas.
http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/kids/kidsmenu.html
This site provides activities for children ages 9–11, designed to touch on the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. It shows children the tools needed to evaluate and analyze the media messages they see.
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/teachersguide.html
ReadWriteThink offers a wide array of standards-based lesson plans that meaningfully integrate Internet content into the teaching and/or learning experience. Lessons can be selected according to grade band (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) and area of literacy practice. Each lesson is research-based, and includes a detailed instructional plan. The lessons are written for the teacher but include student-ready materials such as worksheets, interactives, and reviewed Web resources.
http://readwritethink.org/index.asp
Use this site for practice Math and Science questions similar to those found on the MCAS. The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), collected 4th grade & 8th-grade level data in 42 & 38 countries respectively to provide mathematics and science achievement information on U.S. students and those in other nations. It's interesting for the students to try the questions, check the answers and then compare how their contemporaries scored in other countries.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/
From the New York Times Learning Network, the archive contains hundreds of free lesson plans for grades 6-12. You may perform a keyword search to retrieve a lesson, browse the archive by subject, or scroll down the page to view the most recently published lessons.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
"eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms. Currently, there are more than 500 eThemes on topics ranging from Adobe House to Yellowstone National Park. The search function allows you to search by keyword, grade level or the Show-Me Standards. Our links page lists numerous search engines and other sites to help you find the information you need."
http://emints.more.net/ethemes/resources/index.html
Useful ideas submitted by educators and categorized by curriculum/interest area. It also has some nice reproducibles and a free email newsletter.
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas.htm
This is an Florida educational site that has a terrific list of interactive lessons to help reinforce a wide variety of skills. Easy to search by content area/grade level. Each activity link has a description. Worth taking some time to look!
http://www.beaconlc.org/BEACON/lesson_list.asp
An extraordinary list of links for literature resources, grammar and writing for intermediate grade students.
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/stures.html
You'll need a lot of time to explore this site - over 10,000 lesson plans alone. Also webquests, file downloads, word and critical thinking problems and links - for every subject - grades 1 to 9. Good one to bookmark because of its many, many resources.
A great site of Search Tools and Reference Tools for Students. These are actually specific directories where you can let kids search safely. Should be bookmarked on all classroom computers!
Once you get hooked on using this, you'll wonder how you lived without it! "Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. It helps combine the "filaments" of the Web with a learner's "mentality". Support is built-in through Mentality Tips that guide you along the way to creating a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff."
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/