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Reading and Writing Workshop Setting Norms: Rituals and Routines to Support the Workshop Approach Jennifer Meyers is a 2nd grade teacher profiled in Inside Teaching - a living archive of practice (a project of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching). Beth Newingham's Readers' Workshop - This 3rd grade teacher has a detailed description of how her workshop functions. Lots of great pictures of her classroom library. Mandy Gregory's Thoughts on Managing Reading Time in her Classroom - Mandy writes about the changes she has made managing independent reading time and frankly addresses that persistent question, "What are the other kids doing while I work with a guided reading group?" Jackie Mumpower's Readers and Writers' Workshops - Experienced first grade teacher share "how to do it". Very helpful site.
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McGowan's Readers' and Writers' Workshop Just Right Books - pick a book that's just right for your reading level. Reading Strategies - Use these strategies before, during and after reading. 1st Grade Word Wall - high frequency words and words with common spelling patterns 2nd Grade Word Wall - high frequency words and words with common spelling patterns; some "first grade" words are repeated; will be part of students' personal spelling/writing dictionary; list from Month-By-Month Phonics (Hall & Cunningham) Alphabet Letter Poems - Go all through the alphabet with four-line poems. Junie B. Jones Favorites: Book Review Project - student book reviews to read and links to other Junie. B. sites Our Internet Projects - see several collaborative literacy projects we have completed. Questioning to Develop Thinking Skills (Bloom's Taxonomy) Readers Theatre - RT is dramatic presentation of written work in script form. There are many resources available at this page. More Reading Resources Mosaic Listserv Teaching Tools - Fabulous collection from many teachers - don't miss this! StarFall - interactive early reading stories, printables, and FREE classroom materials. This site is very colorful and loads really fast. Excellent resource! Reading Rockets - info about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle ReadWriteThink - a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. Offers highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content. Welcome to Readinglady.com - one of the best sites for literacy websites for teachers. Score CyberGuides K-3 - CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on CA Standards. Mosaic of Thought Schema Strategy Booklist Comprehension Activities (MOT)
Thinking Theme Booklist
Here's a fantastic list
of book titles, authors and themes(tolerance, acceptance,
environmental advocacy, courage, bravery, and lots more) from
Debra Renner Smith. Reading Comprehension Resources from Teaching Is Way of Heart 10 Reading Comprehension Activities Literacy Connections - This is one of my favorite literacy sites! S. Ruth Harris provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy. Database for Leveled Books - this interactive database allows you to search for books that have been leveled using either the Reading Recovery or Guided Reading. Search by title, author, publisher, keyword, reading strand, RR or GR level; courtesy of Beaverton, Oregon School District. Correlation of Book Levels - this PDF chart includes book levels by developmental level, grade, North Carolina Dept of Ed, readinga-z website, Fountas & Pinnell, Reading Recovery, DRA and Wright Group. Wow! McGraw Hill School: Reading/Language Arts Activities Scholastic's Lesson Plans - MANY choices here; see language arts section; the response to literature links book titles with activities. Kidsreads - Scholastic's kids page Houghton Mifflin's Education Place Open Court Resources Matthew Needleman has a huge collection of resources related to Open Court Reading Series Pre-K to Gr. 6; includes thematic units compatible with any literacy program. Learning Centers/ Literacy Centers Fairy Tales from Themes OnLine Reading Online: Website of International Reading Association Practice Quiz on Phonics - Teachers: this one's for you. Check to see if you know the sounds! Word Families and Rebus Rhymes Phonemic Awareness: A Scope & Sequence Book Units PreK - 12 Grade - Here's a fine resource page. You can subscribe (free) to newsletter: Sheryl's Search -- BiblioCat Newsletter Reading Rockets: Comprehension Instruction: What Works Reading Rockets: Phonemic Awareness in Young Children - Marilyn Jager Adams article ReadingQuest/Strategies - great site; reading strategies for comprehension NiftyThrifty Fifty: prefixes & suffixes - for each Nifty Thrifty Fifty word a reader knows, she or he can read at least 7 more words. That means that by mastering the Nifty Thrifty Fifty words listed, students can use at least 350 additional words when reading and writing. Put Reading First -- K-3: Phonemic Awareness The Literacy Web at The University of Connecticut - Julie Corio's website is filled with information about using technology in the classroom, including Internet projects. Reading Assessment Database K - 2 - provides valuable information about all of the options available to teachers and administrators who are seeking reliable reading assessment tools for children in grades Pre-K to 3; from SEDL (Southwest Educational Developmnet Laboratory). Comprehension Rubric for DRA (story retelling) 4 Blocks Framework for Literacy Instruction 4 Blocks Literacy Framework: Word Wall Words Road to Reading: Literacy Lane Fluency: What Is It? - Maryanne Wolf answers 4 frequently asked questions about reading fluency: 1) what is it?; 2) why do so many struggling readers have great difficulty in becoming fluent readers?; 3) how can we predict who is going to have trouble becoming a fluent reader?; 4) what contributes to making a fluent reader? Jeanette Mulholland's on Balanced Literacy: 4 Blocks Framework for Literacy Page by Page: Creating A Children's Book - this site takes an inside look at how books for children are made. Using real-life examples, you will explore the story behind the story. You'll discover inside information: starting with where the idea came from, all the way to what happens after the book is printed. The Electronic Classroom - from Reading Online. Included here are explorations of current and potential uses of technology in education and instruction. MOOSE Folders and Organization Systems For Students, Teachers, and Parents Reading Games to Print - Australian teacher, Adrian Bruce offers free printable games to practice phonics skills. Some can be customized. Lucky us!
Online Reading Activities Spelling Spot: 1st Grade spelling activities K-1 Flash Cards Word Wall: Large K-1 Flash Cards Word Wall: Small 2nd Grade Spelling & Vocabulary: McGraw Hill Series 2nd Grade Spelling ABC Order: McGraw Hill Series Starfall - All of the activities are very engaging and well-done. Vowel Sounds Essentials - hear the sounds Grammar Gorilla - game for identifying parts of speech Contractions: Practice from EdGate Book Adventure.com - this is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization. Accelerated Reader - motivational program Arthur - this wonderful story character has his own website courtesy of PBSKiDS Wordles - Words In Words - their Words In Words machine will find all of the words hidden within the word, name or phrase you enter Picture Dictionary from Little Explorers/enchanted learning RhymeZone - you type in a word and find its rhymes, synonyms, & definitions Rhyming Dictionary - this site is my favorite for finding rhyming words. PBS Between the Lions - a fabulous site (like the TV show) thathas stories, games, printables, songs and more. PBS Between The Lions Songs - great songs to jazz up your phonics lessons Digital Edge Learning Interchange - an online library featuring National Board Certified Teachers in exhibits of exemplary teaching. |
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