Links for Teachers


Macmillian-McGraw Hill site with Internet connections for stories in our 
reading series.  Pretty cool!
http://www.mhschool.com/index.html

This web site is full of links to reading sites for kids.  Great for computer 
lab activites.
http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/reading_sites.htm

This site is full of information on Guided Reading.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/guided_rdg.html

This is an excellent site for Kindergarten teachers. It is full of ideas for 
guided reading, writer's workshop, and much more.  There are many, 
many links to other sites full of ideas for teaching literacy to kindegarten 
students.
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/index.html

This site provides teachers with one stop shopping for many, many 
resources: new teacher sites, educational sites, interactive sites and grade 
specific resources.
http://www.electricteacher.com/newteacher/

This poetry site is full of poems related to various themes and activities 
to use to teach the poems.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/programs/writing.html

This site is full of ideas for using Writer's Workshop in the classroom.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/programs/writing.html

This site explains Reader's and Writer's Workshops and their use in the 
classroom.
http://www.thecenter.spps.org/Reading.html

This web site is full of mini-lessons for Writer's Workshop.
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1115.html

This is Linda McCardle's (teacher at Matthews) web site.  It is full of 
good information on themes, technology tips, tips on Writer's workshop, 
literacy centers and much more.
http://www.lindaslearninglinks.com/

Cute posters to print for the 6 traits of writing:  ideas, 
organization,voice, sentence fluency, word choice, and conventions.
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/posterspage.htm

This web site is full of information on the 6 Traits +1 of writing.  A link 
to the 6 Traits home page is also provided.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm

This web site is full of information on the Instructional Literacy 
Framework that Cornerstone schools use.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/laresources3.htm

This site provides a collection of quality ideas focusing on technology 
and language arts integration.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/techlit/tlindex.htm

Wonderful site supporting Mosaic of Thought-lesson plans on different 
reading strategies, posters, lists of books, etc.
http://www.u46teachers.org/mosaic/tools/tools.htm

Good site with Mosaic of Thought activities to print out, such as posters, 
making connections activity sheets, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/smilecdg/comprehe.html

Extensive list of books for teaching the 6 traits of writing.  VERY GOOD!
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teach/media/booklists/6traits.htm#ideas

A wealth of great graphic organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html

Six Trait Six Point Rubric for K-1 Writers
https://tusdstats.tusd.k12.az.us/planning/resources/Six_Traits_K-1/K-1_rubric_routing.asp

LOWER ELEMENTARY TEACHERS: Here are the anchor papers for K-2.  It�s a 
wonderful way to learn how to score or enhance what you already know.
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/anchor.html

This site has several different lesson plan ideas for teaching the 6 traits.  
They can be adapted for any grade level. Worth checking out!
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/mini.html

Kid's writing site-has some neat pictures, stages of writing, and a good way 
to teach children how to get rid of "Washed-Out Words", such as went, said, 
and fun.
http://www.kidwriting.com

This site has information on Readers' Workshop and Writers' Notebooks with 
actual pictures from a classroom.  There are a lot of resources here.  Check 
it out!
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/

This link has great color posters and really good songs that go along with 
each of the strategies that we teach.
http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/visualizing/visual_downloads.html

This site is an excellent resourse for teaching literary devices and parts of 
speach and books that can be used to teach them such as alliteration, 
onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, rhyme, antonyms, synomyms.  Check it out! 
Great for Writers' Workshop crafting lessons! 
exclamations
http://www.uleth.ca/edu/currlab/handouts/literarydevices.html

NWREL provides an array of lesson plans organized by trait and grade level. 
Teachers can search to find lessons to fit their students' particular needs.
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/lessonplans.php?odelay=2&d=1

Awesome site that gives lesson plans for each of the 6 traits of writing 
through literature, and much, much more.
http://www.writingfix.com/Traits.htm

This site gives a description of each of the 6 traits of writing and a 
scoring continuum for each trait, plus lesson plan ideas and much more.  
Excellent resource!
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/LindaJancola/6Trait/6-trait.html

This website has ideas for use in the Literacy classroom.  There is a good 
section on the 6 Traits of Writing.  There are many more good ideas here as 
well.
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/menu.html

The Georgia Performance Standards site has different writing rubrics across 
the grade levels that can be downloaded.  They are based on the Georgia 
Writing Assessment and the 6 Traits:  ideas, organization, style (style is 
voice and word choice)and conventions. It does not include sentence fluency 
which is also a trait.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?folderID=4884&m=links&ft=WA%20Resources

This site has some good resources for 6 Traits Writing.  It gives good 
definitions of each trait, a lengthy list of books for each trait, Power 
Point presentations on the traits, and much more.
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/curriculum/6_traits/home.html

Very good site for 6 Traits of Writing.  This is the one Liz Taber sent to 
us.  Awesome!
http://www.mukwonago.k12.wi.us/~olejnma/index.htm


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