The beginning: a page here. I've looked at several links in particular:
Educator's Reference Desk- subjects and grade level
LP for K-12 Classrooms from TeAchnology.
Reading Plans from The Teacher's Desk.
Read-Write-Think
Teachers.Net
Teaching Resources from PBS's Raising Readers Lots of games here to teach Letter Knowledge and Phonological Awareness.
More lesson plans for teaching phonics, then a section on Comprehension:
EdHelper- Starts out with printable texts (not authentic) but keep scrolling through this page.
Interesting page from Los Angeles County Office of Education: Patti's Teacher's Corner- lots of reading comprehension info here using four strategies: Summarizing, Questioning, Clarifying and Predicting.
KWL Lesson from Educator's Reference Desk.
Then a section on Literature-based reading lessons (there's a thought!):
Garden of Praise- Twenty 2nd-grade lessons using REAL BOOKS!!! Thank goodness.
Literature Based Reading Activities for grades 2, 3 and 4 from Educator's Reference Desk.
Elementary economics lessons using children's literature from the James Madison University site.
Word Identification Strategy lesson using If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1st grade) from Educator's Reference Desk.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Embracing the Child
Embracing the Child: Literature for Learning and Shared Reading, Investing in the Whole Child.
Check out the Book Categories on the left-hand side of the home page. A whole section on Baseball books! Lots of other categories too: by award, by age, by topic, links to curriculum, and MUCH more. Be sure to check out the Education Resources section. TONS of information, including lesson plans!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Bookmaking with Kids
Bookmaking with Kids: For the Love of Reading, Writing and Art
A great source of ideas for writing with elementary students. Includes "Catagories", which are divided into grades, ideas, resources, templates, and more.
A great source of ideas for writing with elementary students. Includes "Catagories", which are divided into grades, ideas, resources, templates, and more.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
New York Times: The Medium is the Medium
The power of summer reading. Is the Internet harmful or helpful to kids' academic success? Nicholas Carr's book The Shallows, in which he argues that the Internet is creating a generation of "short-term attention span" kids and culture. Of course, his arguement has been challenged. It probably will be debated for years to come, as more people use the Internet and for longer periods of time. Is this the same debate that surrounded the introduction of the book 500 years ago?
Two different mediums, 2 different types of learning and eventually, two different types of environments/cultures.
Follow it up with this interesting piece: Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?_r=1
Two different mediums, 2 different types of learning and eventually, two different types of environments/cultures.
Follow it up with this interesting piece: Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?_r=1
Monday, July 12, 2010
Elementary Library Routines
Wow! This is an absolute treasure trove! Created by Elementary Librarians, this wiki was born from a short Twitter conversation and the "admiration of the work of Harry Wong (see below), you are invited to join and add your expertise to the wiki. I love what they say: "No need to reinvent the wheel."
There is a Routine section which includes: storytime, materials, book care, check in and out, entering the library, computers and laptops, partner and individual work, even bathroom procedures!
There's an Administration section, covering beginning of the year, bulletin boards, end of year, and parent contact, along with other hot topics.
The one I'm most excited about is the Curriculum section: library curriculum, preschool library curriculum, and storytime resources.
There's also a Library Wiki section, which includes "Must-see wikis" and wiki tips for elementary.
There is just so much here, it's hard to list. Check it out.
http://elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/
There is a Routine section which includes: storytime, materials, book care, check in and out, entering the library, computers and laptops, partner and individual work, even bathroom procedures!
There's an Administration section, covering beginning of the year, bulletin boards, end of year, and parent contact, along with other hot topics.
The one I'm most excited about is the Curriculum section: library curriculum, preschool library curriculum, and storytime resources.
There's also a Library Wiki section, which includes "Must-see wikis" and wiki tips for elementary.
There is just so much here, it's hard to list. Check it out.
http://elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Down Cut Shin Creek by Kathi Appelt
Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer, Harper Collins, 2001, ISBN 0-06-029135-4
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created by President FD Roosevelt in 1935 to get people back on their feet during the Great Depression. One of the more "innovative" programs was this one, in which young women went into the backwoods of Kentucky, laden with books, in order to bring "the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky."
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created by President FD Roosevelt in 1935 to get people back on their feet during the Great Depression. One of the more "innovative" programs was this one, in which young women went into the backwoods of Kentucky, laden with books, in order to bring "the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky."
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