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Category: Open Court Reading
What Is A Blog?
Well, if you’re reading this you may not need an answer to that question. But if you’re still wondering, thanks Francie Kugelman for pointing out this link of Blog Basics. It’s everything you always wanted to know about blogs but were afraid to ask and a good place to send others who know nothing. Here’s …
Trace Lewis and Clark’s Expedition
Thanks to Francie Kugelman for sending this link which may come in handy for the Going West/New Frontiers units in 5th grade. This shows Lewis and Clark’s Expedition in Google Earth.
Free Accelerated Reader Program
submitted by Ann Miani A FREE at home AR-like Reading Program, go to www.BookAdventure.com
360 Degree Views
Here’s an awesome site which allows you to see 360 degree views of locations that have been photographed such as Times Square on New Year’s Eve or Macworld 2007. Do preview the images before showing them in class (I’ve heard that the night life of Paris might not be the night life you’re thinking of) …
Teaching Inference
One way to teach students to make inferences is to teach them that there are different kinds of questions. Questions where the answer is clearly in the text, questions when you must use your own head, and questions which ask you to connect to the text. Francie Kugelman has created these charts which students can …
Comprehension Passport Training: Stairway to Comprehension
LAUSD teachers, please join us on November 26th from 3:45-6:45 at Shenandoah Elementary in LAUSD, District 3 for our Comprehension Passport, Stairway to Comprehension. We will be focusing on unit openers, discussing the selection and recording new learning. I will be there presenting a piece of the training in the K-1 group. Please introduce yourself …
City Wildlife and the Songwriting Process
Sandra Bacall, teacher and singer, created this film with her classroom about a song they wrote together for the City Wildlife Unit. At the end of the song, students talk about the songwriting process and compare it to the traditional writing process. Using music appeals to students’ different learning modalities and increases engagement.
Thanksgiving Activities
from Doug Yonce’s newsletter. Sign up here. THANKSGIVING SOUNDS Match up the beginning letters with the correct pictures in this Thanksgiving-themed printable worksheet for grades PreK-1.Take a virtual voyage on the Mayflower, learn about the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag. Daily life activities are covered, along with the famous Thanksgiving feast as well. A Thanksgiving Timeline, …
OELA Conference in Washington
Last week I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the The Rising Stars Summit from the Office of English Language Learners in Washington D.C. where I presented on teaching writing in the context of the Open Court Reading Program as part of a larger presentation by my colleagues on a four year grant …