Literacy links

Literacy Links
Reading Workshop

Writing Workshop

Classroom Library

Spelling & Word Study

Guided Reading

Literacy Bulletin Boards

Literacy Centers

Kindergarten Buddy Reading

Comprehension Strategies

Language Arts - Reading, writing and much More

http://reading.ecb.org/

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/Reading%20Workshop.htm

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/writing%20workshop1.htm

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/library.htm

Welcome to teaching and Learning

I'm excited to share our "hot off the press" 2008/2009 Welcome to Teaching & Learning Booklet which provides (hopefully!) a good overview of our programs for your first 5 years of teaching. Our goal is build instructional excellence in our classrooms by supporting you along your personal continuum of professional learning and growth, as you live "the heart and the art" of teaching and learning with your students!
Jim Strachan

Some more Useful Websites

Some Useful Websites
MATH
http://lrt.ednet.ns.ca/PD/BLM/table_of_contents.htm

- This site provides quick templates such as hundreds charts, multiplication tables, fraction circles, money, and all the other manipulatives

SOCIAL STUDIES
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/teach.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/history/history.htm

ART (Information/activities for visual arts and music)
http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/Ele
mentsMain.htm
http://www.musictechteacher.com/musicquizzes.htm

http://numbera.com/musictheory/theory/notation.aspx

SCIENCE
http://www.torontozoo.com/Animals/details.asp?AnimalId=401

- This site is a link to the Toronto Zoo. It also has quick facts for the animals that can be found in the various pavillions (can be tied in with a research assignment)

Curriculum Expectations

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/8314/currgrid.htm

This site offers the curriculum expectations for each grade/each subject on one page.

Literacy Mini posters

Make a Connection to Facts
· This reminds me of …
· This part is like …
· This is similar to …
· I guess this idea of ____ is
· The differences are …
· I’ve heard this before in …
· I’ve learned something like ____ before in …
· like ____ in real life.
· I’ve seen something on TV/in a movie that showed this ____ .
To Make Inferences, Skilled Readers
· Understand the intonation of characters’ words
· Identify characters’ beliefs, personalities, and motivation
· Understand characters’ relationships to one another
· Provide details about the setting
· Provide explanations or offer details for events or ideas in the text
· Recognize the author’s biases
· Relate what is happening to their own knowledge of the world
· Offer conclusions from facts presented in the text
· Figure out the meaning of unknown words from context clues
· Figure out the grammatical function of an unknown word
Ask a Question
· Why did …?
· Why is this _____ here?
· How is this ____ like this ____?
· Why …?
· Who is …?
· What does ____ mean?
· Do you think that …?
· I don’t get this part here where it says …
How To Make An Inference
Question
It Says
I Say
And So
1. Read the question.
2. Find information from the text that will help you answer the question.
3. Think about what you know about that information.
4. Combine what the text says with what you know to come up with the answer.

Teachers' resources websites

Fabulous teacher websites...feel free to add your personal favourites:

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com