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Free Write
Essential Question:
What are some essential tools and experiences students need to learn?
What are your favorite resources?
ResourcesMake sure students are exposed to different types of sources
WrittenVisualVisual with oralLive performance
ResourcesSchool Grounds
Neighborhood
Museums Queens Museum of Art, NY Hall of ScienceQueens Historical SocietyMetropolitan Museum of ArtAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryBotanical Gardens, Central Park
Resources
Our Selves senses, knowledge, understandings,
and experience
Interviews with family members,
classmates, faculty, professionals
ResourcesLiterary Books Fiction, DramaNon-FictionPoetryPicture Books
Textbooks – Non-Fiction
Primary Documents
Anthologies: Single/Multi-Genre; Single/Multi-Themed
ResourcesDVDs – movies/clips from movies
Music
Websites Research – Visual Search Engines,
Websites Sharing Knowledge: Wikis, Blogs,
googledocs Games, Competitions Tools: Rubrics, Quizzes,
Bibliography Makers
•Always cite your sources.
Textbooks are Useful For
• Basic information and overview• Information relative to other information• Teach and review features of non-fiction• Table of Contents• Index•Bibliography• Text and style changes (bold, italics, color, etc.)
•Glossary• Subheadings• Sidebars
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Books and Anthologies Books and anthologies can be used to
help students understand content, skills, Big Ideas/Themes/Concepts, Enduring Understandings.
Magnet Library Books. Some schools developed a magnet-themed Literacy library. Some books can be used across disciplines.
Develop annotated bibliography
Mentor TextsExpose students to good writing.
Expose students to advanced vocabulary.
Help students read above their independent reading levels.
Expose students to complexity and ambiguity.
Can be used to practice reading skills.
Mentor texts can be short quotes, longer excerpts, whole texts.
WebsitesThink about your audience. Is the website beyond your students’ understanding or is it too simplistic?
Is the website biased ?
Teach about website reliability.
Always determine website reliability.
Websites for Teacherswww.npr.org
http://www.sciencefriday.com/http://www.pbs.org/teachers/www.nysed.gov http://vital.thirteen.org/vital2td.htmlEdsitement - http://edsitement.neh.gov/Talks by Amazing People - ted.com –Create Class Blogs -
www.blogger.comwww.wordpress.comhttp://edublogs.org/
Websites for Teachershttp://www.4teachers.org
Rubrics Quiz Maker Creating webquests, and more
Writing Rubrics – www.thetraits.org/scoring.php 6+1 Traits of Writing – Education Northwest.
Download videos from Youtube -
www.savevid.com
E-mailing large files:
www.transferbigfiles.com
Student/TeacherVISUAL SEARCH ENGINES
http://search-cube.com/ - creates a cube with relevant websites
http://www.quintura.com/
http://www.curriki.org/ - places to find/share units, often created via UbD
http://www.yolink.com - must be downloaded. Shows information in double window, zooming in on search results
http://www.viewzi.com/ - allows for different views and specialized searches
Student Science & Math Websites• Ology – American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/ology • Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu The Globe Program – http://www.globe.gov/science
Math Playgroundhttp://www.mathplayground.com/games.html • Middle School Portal
• http://msteacher.org/math/explore/default.aspx
Student Information Websites
• CIA World Factbook – •https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
•Infoshare – demographics by zip code:•http://www.infoshare.org
Teacher Support Siteshttp://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do?ESP=TBW/ib//acq/tbw_slimnav_Teachers///nav/txtl/
(Find books that are like books you already have and level books).
http://www.brainpop.com/ (Animated videos on a variety of subjects).
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ (Collection of videos to support subject matter)
http://eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ (Collection of pdf graphic organizers to print and use in the classroom)
http://www.schooltube.com (Video files created and shared by educators and students)
www.edutopia.org
http://www.middleweb.com/10TeachingSites.html
Websites for Students• Share and correct each others’ papers:
http://docs.google.com/
• Online painting software
http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/
• Create cartoons
http://www.toondoo.com/
• Create posters, movies, etc
http://edu.glogster.com/
What are your favorite sites?
What websites or resources do you know that would be helpful for other teachers to use?
www.quia.com
www.usgs.gov
www.noaa.gov
Sources“Anthologies” image: http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks0605.jpg
Michael Leung’s Powerpoint - Resources