Professor Garfield: Welcome to the Teacher's Lounge

The purpose of the Professor Garfield Teachers’ Lounge Section is to provide free, user-friendly, and standards-based learning materials for the classroom teacher, parent, tutor, or mentor. These materials are intended to support and supplement the ongoing work of the classroom teacher by providing leveled materials (plans, activities, downloadables, and printables) that are retrievable by grade level, subject, and/or national standard. Every effort is being made to provide pre- and post-assessment tools where appropriate and useable.

Our highly respected educational partner, Ball State University, is guiding the development of this section based on scientifically proven principles, best practices, and proven classroom methodology.
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In order for educators and parents to obtain a broad perspective of the subject matter covered on the Professor Garfield site (and the grade levels associated with that content), a Graphical Site Overview is available for the entire Professor Garfield site. Click here to see the Graphical Site Overview. The Graphical Site Overview is interactive, providing a direct link to the various sections of the site. A PDF file is also available to print out for reference. Click here to access the PDF file. The upper portion of the flowchart outlines the curricula covered in the kids' section of the Professor Garfield site, www.professorgarfield.org, while the lower section reflects the content addressed in the Teachers' Lounge portion of the site. Click here to see a detailed text site map.

Quick access to the Teachers' Lounge section can be had by using the text links at the bottom of any page of the site or by entering this URL: www.PGFteach.org. For those children who find it hard to remember or type the URL, www.professorgarfield.org, a shorter URL can be used: www.garfieldu.org.
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Principles that Guide the Inclusion of Materials in the Teachers’ Lounge
Materials included on the Professor Garfield site are developed and reviewed by educational experts who have the best interests of students and educators in mind. Every attempt is made to label activities with the appropriate levels, educational standards, and learning goals. In many cases assessment tools are also offered for activities. Educators will find that the literacy activities and resources are targeted to meet the criteria of evidence-based reading instruction. Stop into the Teachers' Lounge often to see new high-quality, standards-based, leveled, assessable activities that are engaging as well as educationally valuable!
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Vision of PGF:
The initial phase of PGF is focused on K - 3 with emphasis on reading and writing skills. Over time, the site will incorporate the areas of science, mathematics, and other core areas, first at K -3rd grade level, and systematically expanding thereafter to encompass grades K - 8. This content will be state standards-based with the intent to include lesson plans, activities, classroom ideas, and incorporate assessment methodologies — all in an entertaining and fun atmosphere for kids.
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Collaboration
The Professor Garfield web site has been made possible through the collaborative efforts of many corporations, organizations, and educators who care about developing a creative and innovative learning portal for children, K-8. If your university, school system, organization, or business would like to explore how you could support or partner with the Professor Garfield Foundation, we would like to hear from you.

Volunteers and Mailing List
If you teach the 2nd- 4th grade level and are interested in volunteering your class to assist with evaluating our content and giving us this feedback, we would be extremely grateful! We want Professor Garfield to provide educators with user-friendly, comprehensive, standards-based teaching tools for your students. YOUR input is important to make this the best one-stop web site to come to for your reading-and-writing educational needs. Click here to give us your feedback.

We would like to share ongoing developments and new opportunities for educators at PGF.

If you would like to receive regular communication from us on the innovative teaching tools being developed for Professor Garfield, be sure to register for our mailing list by going to the Feedback Form and checking mailing list box at the bottom. Click here to register for emails now.
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