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thoughts and you change your world. Norman
Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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find what you look for...in life and in learners.
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ASSOCIATIONS
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International Reading Association
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www.reading.org | ||
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Western Illinois Reading Council
- webmaster Dr.Frances Stewart
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http://www.wiu.edu/users/fas100/WIRC/ | ||
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Illinois Reading Council
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http:/www.irc.org | ||
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Family Literacy Foundation -
Information on READ ALOUDS
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What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able To Do | ||
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National
Reading Panel Final Report
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International Reading Association: research, links, resources | ||
| Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts | |||
| Ideas at Work: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader | |||
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What education programs aren't
teaching about reading
and What elementary teachers aren't learning
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| Reading Rockets (teachers, parents, researchers) | |||
| Just Read NOW! | |||
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Generating
Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness lesson
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Found Poems/Parallel Poems |
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Onomatopoeia “Dr. Seuss’s Sound Words” |
Poetry from Prose lesson | ||
| Prepositions in Poetry | |||
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What
Makes Poetry? Exploring Lien Breaks lesson
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Acrostic
Poems - All About Me and My Favorite Things lesson
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General
Poetry - Is a Sentence a Poem? lesson
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Thematic
Poetry - Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts
& Increasing Fluency- lesson
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Poetry Performance - In
The Poet’s Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning-
lesson
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Acrostic Poetry | ||
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Peace
Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and
Poetry - lesson
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Couplets - “Honoring Our Veterans Through Poetry Prewriting” lesson | ||
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Elements
of Poetry - “Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers”
lesson
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Couplets - “A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse” | ||
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Partnerships
for Literacy Video clips on struggling readers
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http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20020520/webcast5-20.html | ||
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Classroom Teacher Resource
Sites
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| Lots of resources listed - good research base | |||
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TEACHER'S
STUFF: Great Teacher's Site. Free reproducible little books
& lesson plans
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TONS of SITES for TEACHERS | ||
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Wonderful
resource for lesson plans using 4 Block 4
Blocks Literacy Framework
4 Blocks Literacy
in Kankake
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Patricia
Cunningham's Web Page: 4 Block Video - $35.00 Building Bridges
(Pre-K & K Video for 4 Block) - $35.00
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Wonderful 4 Block lessons | ||
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A
plethora of lesson
plans for ALL content areas - great reading lessons
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The
Knowledge Loom: What Works in Teaching and Learning
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| The
Reading Genie |
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The
Reading
Lady
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12 organizations advocating for education have formed this alliance to improve student learning. |
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Elem. Reading/Writing
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Providing Books & Other Print Materials for Classroom
& School
Libraries
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Simile and Metaphor - Figurative Language Lesson | ||
| Additional practice | |||
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PBS documentary
examines the neurology
of reading
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Enchanted
Learning - free for trial abut $20 annual membership
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com | ||
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The Abecedarian Reading Assessment
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http://www.balancedreading.com/ | ||
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Phonics Sound Test
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http://www.tampareads.com/realaudio/tests/index-rm.htm | ||
| http://www.lexile.com | |||
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FLUENCY
CALCULATOR - grades 3-5
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Lit Circles Guided
Reading
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Aesop's Fables | ||
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Navigating Meaning: Using
Think-Alouds
to Help Readers Monitor Comprehension |
Building Reading Comprehension Through Think-Alouds Studies | ||
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This site provides specific
steps for conducting think-alouds
for difficult readings.
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Math
Think Alouds - This site provides a sample procedure for using
think-alouds to solve math problems.
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Excellent
reading site
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http://www.starfall.com/ | ||
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Center
for the Future of Teaching and Learning. 30 Years of Research:
What We Now Know About How Children Learn to Read
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http://www.cftl.org | ||
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Phonological
Awareness: Curricular and Instructional Implications for Diverse
Learners
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ncite/reading/PhonoImp.html | ||
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Synthesis
of Research on Phonological Awareness: Principles and Implications
for Reading Acquisition
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ncite/reading/PhonoSyn.html | ||
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Center
for the Improvement of Early Reading
Achievement
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http:/www.ciera.org | ||
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‘Learning to Read &
Write’ from NAEYC. Continuum of Children’s Development
in Early Reading & Writing
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http://www.naeyc.org | ||
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Every Child Reading: An Action
Plan
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http:/www.learningfirst.org | ||
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Beginning Reading
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http://www.reading.org/advocacy/policies/begin_reading.html | ||
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Class Size Reduction
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http://www.reading.org/advocacy/policies/class_size.html
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| Rhyming word activities | |||
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Helps
you teach phonemic awareness - a list of books that motivate
chilren to think about sounds
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“Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness” lesson | ||
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National Reading Panel - games, activities & worksheets |
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| Teachnology - Phonics | |||
| Word and picture activities | |||
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Phonics
Skill - grade level guide - PK-6th grade - activities, worksheets,
lesson plans
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Reading Games Rooms - variety of activities that focus on rules of phonics | ||
| Readers Theatre | |||
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reader's
theatre encourages repeated readings to practice fluency -
downloadable scripts
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rubric for assessing students'
performance in reader's theatre
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FLUENCY CALCULATOR - grades 3-5 | ||
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NPR recommends partner reading
to practice fluency -training for paired reading - teaching
fluency through poetry
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Peer Tutor Training Manual - partner
reading
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| http://carei.coled.umn.edu/rp/Winter95/edwards.html | |||
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VennDiagram.com
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http://www.venndiagram.com | ||
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Covers: Literature circles,
book buddies, rocket reader program, reading workshops
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http://home.att.net/~teaching/litlessons.htm | ||
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Patricia Cunningham's Web Page
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http://www.wfu.edu/~cunningh/fourblocks/ | ||
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Wonderful resource for lesson
plans using 4 Block
4 Blocks Literacy Framework 4 Blocks Literacy in Kankakee |
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/FourBlocks/ | ||
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Teacher – wonderful lessons for 4 Block! |
http://www.teachers.net/mailrings/ | ||
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Criteria for Excellence in Reading: Francis Parkman Essential School for 7th and 8th graders - for criteria used for excellence in reading for comprehension, process, & interpretation. |
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VOCABULARY
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Vocabulary Instruction
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http://www.vocabulary.com | ||
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Chapter books to read aloud
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http://www.kinderkorner.com/readalouds.html | ||
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Vocabulary
lesson plans - 1st-5th
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On-line vocabulary development
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http://www.techteachers.com/vocabulary.htm | ||
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Vocabulary
lists - 350 high frequency words 1st-5th -- include week-by-week
guidelines
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California Early Literacy Learning site
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http://www.cell-exll.com/ | ||
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publisher of the books about guided reading
by
Fountas and Pinnell: |
http://www.heinemann.com/ | ||
| http://www.stanswartz.com/cell_rr.htm | |||
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Guided
Reading that this teacher
presents at her inservices |
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Patricia Cunningham
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http://www.wfu.edu/~cunningh/fourblocks/block1.html | ||
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A slide show on Guided
Reading
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SuperKidz
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http://www.superkidz.com/reading.html | ||
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A guided reading lesson format.
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http://www.laurens55.k12.sc.us/guided_reading.htm | ||
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A comparison of
traditional and guided reading groups.
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California Department of Education's site. | ||
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Scholastic/Instructor Article
on Guided
Reading
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A good explanation of what Guided Reading is all about. | ||
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MiddleSchool.net-English
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http://www.middleschool.net/curlink/englit/engmain.htm | ||
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Librarians Information Network for Essential Curriculum
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http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/middle/eng.html | ||
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Language
Arts WebQuests
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http://www.middleschool.net/less_tut/webquests/lawq.htm | ||
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Reading strategies
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http://www.howard.k12.md.us/langarts/Curriculum/strategies.htm | ||
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Hatchet
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http://www.westga.edu/~kidreach/hatchet.html | ||
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Cat Stevens Web site
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http://catstevens.com/ | ||
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Dragon Ball Z Web site
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http://www.dragonballz.com/ | ||
| http://www.bookreporter.com | |||
| Literacy: Reading Adolescence for the 21st Century | |||
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George Lucas Foundation
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Highschool.com | ||
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Adolescent Literacy-Research
Informing Practice - WORKSHOP Trng
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http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20020520/webcast5-20.html | ||
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Adolescent
Literacy
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http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/adolescent/program.php | ||
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Adolescents
and Literacy: Reading for the 21st Century
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http://ierc.siue.edu/documents/AdolescentsAndLiteracy.pdf | ||
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Center
for Adolescent Studies
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http://education.indiana.edu/~cafs/tt/tthmpg.html | ||
| http://www.wested.org/stratlit/pubsPres/HER/p01green.htm | |||
| http://novel.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/adolescent/research_needs.html | |||
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Building on Prior Knowledge
and Meaning ful Student Contexts/Culture
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http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr100.htm | ||
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Working Toward Student Self-Direction
and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals
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http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr200.htm | ||
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Before, During, and After
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http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2befor.htm | ||
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Prereading Instruction
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http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/readquest/edis771/prereading.html | ||
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Metacognition & Reading
to Learn by Norma Decker Collins
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http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d96.html | ||
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Carnegie Corporation: Advancing
Literacy
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| Professional Resources | |||
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Improving
Students' Comprehension
of Textbook Content
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Constructivism: Knowledge building in the secondary classroom |
Knowledge
Loom: Adolescent LITERACY in the CONTENT AREAS
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Note-Taking Strategy: Two-Column
Format
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Two-Column Note-Taking | ||
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A System for Effective Listening and Note-Taking
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The Cornell System | ||
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VennDiagram.com
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The Clarifying
Routine: Elaborating
Vocabulary Instruction
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Graphic Organizers from a content
reading course
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Graphic
Organizers from Doug and Melissa
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Graphic Organizers | ||
| Reciprocal Teaching | |||
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Reciprocal Teaching in the Fourth
Grade Science Program
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| Reciprocal Teaching | |||
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Semantic
Mapping for Concept Formation
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Semantic Maps | ||
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5th - 12th VOCABULARY
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| The Clarifying Routine: Elaborating Vocabulary Instruction | |||
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Cat
Stevens Web site
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Hall Music Web site | ||
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Dragon
Ball Z Web site
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Lyrics for "Another Day in Paradise " by Phil Collins | ||
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Lyrics for "Big
Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell
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Lyrics for
"Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson
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Lyrics for
"Where
Do the Children Play?" by Cat Stevens
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Video of
Showdown
at Big Sky by Robbie Robertson
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Robert Johnson
and Crossroads
Curse
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http://www.stormloader.com/users/crossroads/ | ||
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Phonics
Sound Test For ADULTS
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GREAT SITE - HELPS YOU DETERMINE AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM! This web site will help you assess learners’ reading levels and plan instruction appropriate to those levels. Developed for adult literacy tutors, from the National Institute for Literacy, America,(NIFL). |
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Adult
literacy web pages
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American Association of
Colleges of Teacher Education - Literacy
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White Paper on Community College Collaboration | ||
| Media Literacy - Key Facts - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | |||
| The Media Awareness Network -Great lesson plans for teachers. | |||