Elementary Education

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• Gather pre-reading or background information

• Compare different versions of stories

• Explore poetry

• Explore Plays

• Explore Fables

• Read Ezines

• Practice! Practice! Practice

• Read or Post Book Reviews

• Read Stories Inspired by Literature

• Story Books Online

  Writing

  • Compare stories with another classes

  http://www.epals.com

  • Explore student-created stories

  http://www.kids-space.org/ or

  http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/index1.html

  • Teach the Writing Process

  http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/ or

  http://www.up.net/~msbones/ww01000.htm or

  http://wwwbir.bham.wednet.edu/wws/wws.htm

  • Participate in Writing Projects

  http://www.win4edu.com/Monster/Monster_overview.htm or

  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/family.htm

  • Teach Writing Lessons

  http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/payne9.html or

  http://www.meddybemps.com/9.700.html or

  http://www.usd.edu/engl/DWP/activities/authorofweek.html

  • Assign On-line Activities

  http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/seurat/grande-jatte/ or

  http://www.rahul.net/renoir/monster/monster.html

  • Participate in a Kidopedia

  http://www.kidlib.org/kidopedia

  Grammar & Punctuation

  • Practice a skill

  http://members.home.net/englishzone

  • Teach a Lesson

  http://www.haringkids.com/master_act_color.htm

  • Create or Do an Activity

  http://www.quia.com/eng.html

  • Reinforce Skills

  http://webwitch.dreamhost.com/grammar.girl/

  Listening and Speaking

  • Explore and discuss virtual environments

  http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/!start.html

  • Debate

  http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webquests/roanoke/index.html

  • Talk! Talk ! Talk!

  http://www.slylockfox.com/six_diff.html or

  http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/vocabhink.html or

  http://www.schoolportraits.com/jokes.htm or

  http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/chants.html

  • Find Lessons

  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Phonics_Link/classroom.html

  • Find Activities

  http://eleaston.com/speaking.html#SpeakingActivities

  • Read and Discuss

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/category-foods.htm

  Research and Information Literacy

  • Locate settings of stories on a map

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

  • Integrate Reading Comprehension into other Subject Areas

  http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

  • Research Historical Settings

  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war

  • Gather Supplemental Information

  http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/revere.html

  • Research Living or Historical Figures

  http://www.synapse.com/bocomogenweb/DBOONE.HTM

  • Compare a Written Biography with Info Gathered from the Internet

  http://www.biography.com/

  • Practice Information Literacy

  http://it.ssd.k12.wa.us/newtools/Resource/Intro.html or

  http://www.bham.wednet.edu/mod5.htm

  Vocabulary

  • Practice Vocabulary

  http://www.vocabulary.com or http://www.eduplace.com/dictionary

  • Develop vocabulary

  http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

  • Teach Vocabulary

  http://www.atozteacherstuff.com//lessons/LabelTables.shtml or

  http://trackstar.scrtec.org/main/display.php3?option=frames&track_id=11524

  Professional Development

  • Read literary criticism

  http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/snowwhite.html

  • Stay current in the field of reading and online literature

  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter99/index.html or

  http://www.readingonline.org/

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  Middle School/High School Resources

  Reading & Literature

  • Visit author sites

  http://www.homeworkcentral.com/knowledge/vsl_sections.asp?sectionid=10043&flt=CAB or

  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/poe/poetg.html

  • Gather pre-reading or background information

  http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/timeline/Calendar_October.htm

  http://lcweb.loc.gov/

  • Compare different versions of stories

  http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

  • Explore poetry

  http://www3.sympatico.ca/ray.saitz/poetry.htm

  • Explore Plays

  http://www.ulen.com/shakespeare/teachers/lessons/ or

  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

  • Read Ezines

  http://www.topicsmag.com/ or

  http://www.weeklyreader.com/features/tt.html

  • Teach a Lesson

  http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/tech/howto.html

  • Big Literature Sites

  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html or

  http://www.carolhurst.com/

  • Responding to Literature

  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/7603/response.html

  Writing

  • Compare stories with another classes

  http://www.epals.com

  • Explore student-created stories

  http://www.justwrite.org/

  http://teenwriting.about.com/teens/teenwriting/library/blextras/blextra106.htm

  Teach the Writing Process

  http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

  • Participate in Writing Projects

  http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/amcollectlitmap.htm

  • Teach Writing Lessons

  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/teachers/index.htm or

  http://teenwriting.about.com/teens/teenwriting/library/blank/okstory607.htm

  • Assign On-line Activities

  http://teenwriting.about.com/teens/teenwriting/library/weekly/aa102397.htm or

  http://teenwriting.about.com/teens/teenwriting/msubject26.htm

  Grammar & Punctuation

  • Practice a skill

  http://members.home.net/englishzone or

  http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html

  • Teach a Lesson

  http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/ceclang/ceclang004.html

  • Create or Do an Activity

  http://www.quia.com/eng.html

  • Reinforce Skills

  http://www.englishgrammar101.com/

  Listening and Speaking

  • Explore and discuss cultures and environments

  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/BAT/magh1.html

  • Listen

  http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html

  • Talk! Talk ! Talk!

  http://www.ncte.org/quotes/

  • Find Lessons

  http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/passwd/search/srchqcc/homepg.htm

  • Find Activities

  http://eleaston.com/speaking.html#SpeakingActivities

  • Read and Discuss

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/

  • Develop New Vocabulary

  http://www.vocabulary.com/rsvp.html

  Research and Information Literacy

  • Locate settings of stories on a map

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

  • Research Historical Settings

  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war

  • Gather Supplemental Information

  http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/revere.html

  • Research Living or Historical Figures

  http://www.synapse.com/bocomogenweb/DBOONE.HTM

  • Compare a Written Biography with Info Gathered from the Internet

  http://www.biography.com/

  • Practice Information Literacy

  http://it.ssd.k12.wa.us/newtools/Resource/Intro.html

  Vocabulary

  • Practice Vocabulary

  http://www.vocabulary.com/rsvp.html

  • Develop vocabulary

  http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

  • Teach Vocabulary

  http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/ceclang/ceclang043.html

  Professional Development

  • Read literary criticism

  http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/snowwhite.html

  • Stay current in the field of reading and online literature

  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter99/index.html or

  http://www.readingonline.org/

  • Keep Pace with National Standards

  http://www.ncte.org/

• http://www.iste.org/