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NewsMix channel. JSTOR Reviews. Read Across America: Reading and Seuss-Themed Resources for Teachers. Editor's Note: This year, Read Across America day is Monday, March 3rd -- a day later than usual.

Read Across America: Reading and Seuss-Themed Resources for Teachers

We published this reading-themed blog last year for Read Across America and Dr. Seuss's birthday, and it was a huge hit with readers. This year, we've updated the post to include a few new resources. (Updated 02/2014) Each year, teachers, students, and parents are encouraged to read their favorite books together in early March to honor Dr. Seuss, who was born Theodor Seuss Geisel, left behind quite the cannon. On Read Across America Day, which was founded by the National Education Association, everyone can celebrate reading. Seuss-specific Resources Classroom Resources from Seussville: One of the best places to find Dr.

Guided Reading: How to Organize the Chaos. Guided reading has become increasingly popular, and for good reason; it works.

Guided Reading: How to Organize the Chaos

The opportunity to work with children in small groups, instruct in a way that’s laser focused on students’ level of development, and directly address individual challenges allows educators to go beyond one-size-fits-all teaching approaches and set a more solid foundation for overall literacy. While most educators have a grasp on the fundamentals of guided reading, successful implementation presents unique challenges such as group management, differentiating lessons for students, finding on-level books and designing materials for stations to address students needs. Preparation and planning needs to extend beyond curriculum and lesson plans. True success lies within the execution—finding a way to focus on each individual group while also engaging the entire classroom.

Children tend to be more engaged when a routine is established. Stories sorted by author. English news and easy articles for students of English. Headline News Summaries, World News, and Breaking News. Newspapers in the classroom.

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Read and Listen Along and Aloud Resources. Kid's Books & Encyclopedias. Reading Planet. Tony DiTerlizzi - Illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi is the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book The Spider and the Fly and the coauthor and illustrator of the best-selling The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Reading Planet

He grew up in an artistic household in South Florida and quickly gravitated toward fantasy and whimsical stories. In addition to writing and illustrating children’s books, he has also worked in gaming. KS2 Bitesize English - Reading. Between the Lions. Welcome to StoryPlace! Free music, free books, free games, free poems and free puzzles that help teach children how to read and improve reading comprehension. Free Reading Worksheets. Reading Passages. We Give Books. JellyBeanScoop Homepage. The Literacy Shed - Home. Ww1.lit2go. Books for Teens. Suggested Books The DC Public Library and the D.C.

Books for Teens

Public Schools have teamed up to suggest books you might enjoy. Euronews, latest international news. StoryCorpsU. Library of Congress Home. DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books. Leiden Repository. Google Scholar.

How Long to Read. Ebookee: Free Download eBooks Search Engine! Free Audiobooks and eBooks - Librophile. StuartStories - The Stories. Shelfari. NewsMix channel. Theconversation.

DOGO News - Kids news articles! Kids current events; plus kids news on science, sports, and more! Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. Free ebooks - Project Gutenberg. Where Can I Experience Spritz? Read the Entire Internet with Spritz – Download the Spritzlet Are you ready to spritz the whole internet from the comfort of your desktop browser?

Where Can I Experience Spritz?

A bookmarklet is a piece of software that you use in conjunction with your browser to interact with webpages. Spritz created the Spritzlet to help people spritz all of the websites that they visit. Click here to get the Spritzlet. Applications – iOS First off – Beware! The Huffington Post (Free) Spritz is now included by default with the latest version of the Huffington Post. Think Critical. Think Collaboration. Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events. The Lexile® Framework for Reading.

There is no direct correspondence between a specific Lexile measure and a specific grade level.

The Lexile® Framework for Reading

Within any classroom or grade, there will be a range of readers and a range of reading materials. For example, in a fifth-grade classroom there will be some readers who are ahead of the typical reader (about 250L above) and some readers who are behind the typical reader (about 250L below). To say that some books are "just right" for fifth graders assumes that all fifth graders are reading at the same level.

The Lexile® Framework for Reading is intended to match readers with texts at whatever level the reader is reading. Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease. Trend Watch - Merriam-Webster Online. How to manage your time effectively when dealing with the IELTS Reading section. IELTS is a graded test.

How to manage your time effectively when dealing with the IELTS Reading section

This is the main reason why the time to complete the reading tasks seems limited, a lot of times, at least to some students who aim to achieve a score between 5 and 6/6.5. Effective time management is of primary importance, therefore, in this particular exam. So, how can we help learners develop the right techniques? Over 130 Free Philosophy eBooks for Teachers. Paperity - Multidisciplinary aggregator of Open Access journals & papers. Words Their Way: Word Study in Action Developmental Model. NEW!

Words Their Way: Word Study in Action Developmental Model

Words Their Way: Word Study in Action Developmental Model. Following the 5 stages of spelling development, this classroom-ready package features all materials needed to assist teachers to instruct in phonics, vocabulary, and spelling. NCII Certified Words Their Way is now listed as an Instructional Intervention Tool on the National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institute for Research (NCII) website! Words Their Way: Word Study in Action Developmental Model received full bubbles in all categories! 10,000 Film Clips Now Available for Free in New Public Domain Database. For filmmakers, designers, photographers, and just about any kind of creatives, the public domain is an important resource, full of copyright-free materials that can be used and remixed to create new art.

10,000 Film Clips Now Available for Free in New Public Domain Database

The legal intricacies of copyright and public domain, however, can be daunting, and finding specific pieces of footage, for example, from organizations like the US National Archive can be a tedious and user-unfriendly experience. Royalty-free video marketplace Pond5 launched the Public Domain Project in order to solve this problem, opening up to the public a massive, thoroughly-organized treasure trove of about 80,000 copyright-free video clips, photos, sound recordings, and 3D models. Alongside the freshly accessible materials, Pond5 produced a handy explanation of the public domain to help artists ensure their ideas fall within the legal realm of each different kind of public domain. Authentic Materials for Teaching Languages: RESOURCES.

Authentic Materials for Teaching Languages Authentic materials - also known as realia - can be described as anything created for native speakers of a language.

Authentic Materials for Teaching Languages: RESOURCES

The cookies in the photo on the left are a good example of realia - they were made in Germany for German consumption, and they are a great source of authentic reading material (before they get eaten, that is!) Thousands of Online Newspapers on the Web : World Newspaper Directory : Listed on OnlineNewspapers.com. 50 Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World. Though they are losing ground to the e-book and the audio book, libraries were once central hubs of human intellectual progress.

There’s something about them that still attracts people, however – whether it’s their magnificent architecture or the unmistakable smell of books and dust, scholars and dreamers alike still enjoy perusing their hoards of literary treasures. Because of their critical importance, libraries were often built to be beautiful and built to last. Combined with the sometimes priceless treasures that they hold, their simultaneously enormous and intimate spaces possess a charm that no other type of building can command. Free Inspirational Movie Clips for Teaching and Sermon Illustrations at WingClips.com. Mentor Texts - Examples of Good Teen Essay Writing. Below you will find student mentor text essays that corresponds to some of our past writing prompts used in StageofLife.com's national student writing contests. These high school and college mentor texts are a resource to...

Provide a good essay example, in particular of how a student stylistically approached one of our essay writing prompts Give your students insights into real life essays submitted by teen writers and bloggers participating in the StageofLife.com global writing project to create the world's largest collection of multi-generational stories. The Learning Network - The Learning Network Blog. News and more for the Young.

POPSTAR! Selected Shorts: On Air. Books about phonetics and phonology. Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet by the International Phonetic Association Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk A Practical Introduction to Phonetics by J. C. . - introduces all the sounds of the IPA and explains how to pronounce them. Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. A World of Stories. Febooks - FreeEBOOKS. Home of the Book Genome Project. We haven't turned on user accounts yet, which will allow you to save preferences, bookshelves, and have customized suggestions as the tools learn more about your particular tastes.

Tracking the Way We Use Language. Free eBooks at Planet eBook - 80+ Classic Novels and Literature. 10 Architecture Lessons You Won't Get in School (Danny Forster) English news and easy articles for students of English. Simple Search. Dreamreader.net. Panda - Daily News and Inspiration. Reviews & Age Ratings - Best Movies, Books, Apps, Games for Kids. Welcome to Open Library (Open Library)

What should I read next. A new way of choosing what book to read next. Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. The Poem Tree: An Online Poetry Anthology. Read Books Online, Romance Novels Online. Free Novels, Free Mysteries, Free Romances, Free Adventure Novels. Click on the titles below to download these wonderful free novels and great reads . . . Science fiction novelist Cory Doctorow makes all his books available free via his website. Booktrack.

PlayographyIreland. Free Library of Philadelphia. Free News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Classic Books - Free Online Library.     Theater Words - Theater Words Royalty Free Plays and Scenes. The Romanian Uranium Murder Mystery dinner theatre script. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Welcome to the International Reading Association. Online Reading Activities. Reading Skills. Articles for kids, middle school, teens from Smithsonian. Playscripts, Inc. PressReader - Periódicos de alrededor del mundo.

Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra. The World's Largest Poetry Site - Discussion & Poem Contests. First Chapter - ‘Origins of the Specious,’ by Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman.