Reading Strategies Scaffolding Students' Interactions with Texts
This active reading strategy links concept of highlighting key words and
phrases in a text and annotating those highlights with marginal notes.
QAR Strategy
Think Aloud
Inferential Reading
Anticipation Guide Strategy
Dense Questioning
Annolighting a Text
Annotating a Text
Checking out the Framework
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/reading%20strategies%20index.htm
RhymeZone
Like to play with words, here is a great site you should try. This site is
easy to use. Look for rhyming words, synonyms, quotations and more.
http://www.rhymezone.com
Children's Literature Web Guide - comprehensive guide of book-related
resources including authors, awards, stories, and more.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Children's Storybooks Online - Stories for Kids of All Ages
Many wonderful free childrens books are available to read at Children's
Storybooks Online. Stories span age ranges from preschool, young children,
teens, ...
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION -- MONTHLY PROJECTS:
Use this site from USA Today for monthly projects using
the newspaper and current events. Research activities
provide the foundation for critical thinking and prob-
lem solving skills. Registration is required; the re-
sources are free, and daily lesson plans using the news
are also available to download.
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/projects.htm
100 IDEAS FOR WRITING:
This list contains short and sweet writing prompts for
journals or student writing assignments; especially help-
ful for those times when students are stuck on what to
write about it.
http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/index_page0010.htm
ONLINE SPELLING GAMES:
Choose your various levels according to your students'
grade and ability. They will need to stop the machine
and fix the misspelled words in this online spelling
game for grades one through six.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html
Select from two levels - beginner or advanced - and practice parts of speech
with this interactive game. When students successfully complete a round of
question by identifying the correct word in each sentence, the grammar
gorillas receive bananas. Very appealing.
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
INSTANT POETRY FORMAT POEMS:
It sometimes helps to introduce students to poetry writing
if they can create within the parameters of a format. This
site offers all kinds of poetry formats, along with short
lesson ideas to accompany the forms.
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics
Free site to teach the basics of reading. Features interactive books and
phonics games.
http://www.starfall.com/
poetryclass is the solution for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the
classroom. Our online poetry classroom and unique INSET training provides
teachers with a'nuts and bolts' insight into how poetry works.
http://www.poetryclass.net/
ElectraGuide
This Website began as an experiment in using JavaScript to prompt student
achievement. It doesn't pretend to be a full introduction to writing
persuasive essays (fine sites are on the Web designed to do this).
ElectraGuide is a tool that wants to help high school students: find a
topic, create a thesis, and generate an outline.
Let's get
started!
http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/
Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive is a great way to enter the world of poetry.
Established in 1999, The Poetry Archive contains readings by hundreds
of poets, including a number of real historical gems from those who
have passed.
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do
Check for Plagiarism On the Web For Free - PlagiarismChecker.com
Check Plagiarism On the Internet for Free. Teachers: Find out if your
students are cheating. Authors: Find out if people have copied your work.
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/