Learning Center Activities During 2004-2007, a team of teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created Student Center Activities for use in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. Accompanying these Student Center Activities is a Teacher Resource Guide and Professional Development DVD that offers important insights on differentiated instruction and how to use the student center materials. Frequently Asked Questions about Student Center Activities Grades K-1 Student Center Activities (2005) Grades K-1 Student Center Activities (Revised, 2008) Grades 2-3 Student Center Activities (2006) Grades 4-5 Student Center Activities (2007) Student Center Activities and Instructional Routines Search Tool The K-5 Student Center Activities (SCA) and K-3 Instructional Routines search tool provides teacher's access to the 522 individual SCA and the instructional routines from Empowering Teachers.
10 Picture Books for High School English Class Even the “big kids” like a good ol’ read-aloud every once in a while, so you might be surprised to see how engaged (and interested!) your high schoolers become when you use one of these picture books for high school English class this year. It’s all about mixing things up and keeping things fresh when you’re teaching. Just a heads up, WeAreTeachers may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. Picture books that are great for teaching high schoolers about theme: The Farmer by Mark Ludy A classic tale about treating others the way you want to be treated, this beautifully illustrated story can also be used to talk about character and conflict. Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting A homeless boy and his father spend their days and nights in an airport, and the boy feels a deep connection to a small bird trapped inside. Exclamation Mark by Amy Krause Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld Love by Matt de la Peña Love is so many things to so many different people. Zen Shorts by Jon J.
The Book Nook (Enemy Pie) - A Year of Many Firsts I can’t believe that tomorrow is already Friday. I’m not complaining (AT ALL), but I can’t get over how TIME FLIES! Last week, I told you all that I was going to start a weekly feature called, “The Book Nook.” Each week, I’ll be featuring a different picture book. I’ll be sharing anchor charts, lesson plan ideas, and all kinds of other goodies! (Note: I initially wanted to start this little idea on Tuesday, but you know how that goes. This week, I am featuring the book, Enemy Pie. Click here to purchase. Another great activity you could do is make “Friendship Pie.” You could always have them complete a Venn-Diagram on how they are alike and different. If you’re reading this book during Language Arts, it fits in perfectly with problem and solution! Sometimes, I’m short on time in the morning, so I love having quick and simple Morning Work activities. You can download all of these activities (including the pie templates) free! Do you have a picture book you’d like me to feature? Related
Websites for Read Aloud Books Kids love to hear stories - ask any child and I'll bet they tell you that one of their favorite parts of their day is read-aloud and storytime! Listening to a book helps kids to develop better concentration and listening skills, engages their imagination, increases their vocabulary and enhances their desire to be a reader as they grow. I love to encourage parents to read to their child each day. That 15 minutes of storytime has so many wonderful benefits! In addition to parent/child read-aloud time, families can also include online read alouds and audio books as part of their child's literacy activities. These online books can really help to increase the time your kids spend reading and being read to -- use them in the car when your running errands or in the evening while while you're preparing dinner. We've found some wonderful websites that offer stellar books which are read aloud to your child. And a BIG bonus is that they are all FREE! , A Bad Case of Stripes , and The Polar Express
Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press Welcome to our free eBooks collection, developed for children aged 3–11 years old. Help your young child learn to read, and love to read, with our range of over 100 free eBooks. If you'd like to learn more about how to support your child's reading, visit our Reading at home and Phonics made easy pages. For information about our range of levelled books for schools, visit our Oxford Reading Tree page or explore our Read with Oxford pages to learn about our range of books designed to support reading practice at home. All our eBooks are tablet-friendly. Browse the library sign up log in More books to support learning at home Biff, Chip and Kipper Our Read with Oxford series features the much-loved characters who have been helping children learn to read for over 30 years. Songbirds Levelled phonics books from the fabulous Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo. Read Write Inc. A step-by-step phonics programme to support reading. Bond SATs Skills Picking a dictionary
Story Title Menu (Classic Short Stories) stories such as: A Day in the Country (Chekhov), The Cask of Amontillado (Poe), Bellflower (de Maupassant), Beware of the Dog (Dahl), The Door in the Wall (Wells), Araby (Joyce), The Boarded Window (Bierce) stories such as: The Griffin and the Minor Canon (Stockton), Ethan Brand (Hawthorne), The Hairpin (de Maupassant), A Haunted House (Woolf), The Girls in Their Summer Dresses (Shaw), The Gift of the Magi (Henry) stories such as: The Minister's Black Veil (Hawthorne), The Most Dangerous Game (Connell), The Inn (de Maupassant), Leiningen Versus the Ants (Woolf), The Lottery Ticket (Chekhov), The Monkey's Paw (Jacobs) stories such as: A Passion in the Desert (Balzac), The Sniper (O'Flaherty), Rip Van Winkle (Irving), A Piece of String (de Maupassant), The Open Window (Saki), Rocking-Horse Winner (Lawrence), The Soldier's Peaches (Cloete)
Dreamreader My Flash Fiction Stories: 300 Words Max. | LetterPile Prompt: Write a story that contains these words or phrases: picnic, poison ivy, campfire. Once there was a beautiful girl with her cheeks as white as snow—except for the time when she went on a picnic and came back with poison ivy, but I digress. Her name was Snow White. A mean queen living nearby gazed at her reflection in the mirror. The mirror answered, “You, my queen, are fairest of all…” Her hearing aid's battery being weak, she didn’t hear it add in a whisper, “…except for the wrinkles on your forehead and the hairy wart on your nose.” One day, she asked the same question for the millionth time—Alzheimer kicking in. She stomped away in a rage, and the mirror mumbled as to himself, “The girl does have a few zits, being a teenager and all, but overall, it beats the dark pockets around your eyes.” Well, you know the rest of the story. The prince came, and, disregarding the pimples, kissed Snow White and broke the spell. The end. (294 words)
Teachers Hub @ Harpercollins We have a wide range of resources available to support our titles in the classroom. To browse our teachers’ notes, author profiles, reading lists and more on the HarperCollins Website, please click here. You can directly download our 2014 Education Catalogue here. Michael Morpurgo also has his own dedicated teachers resources located here. Like this: Like Loading... English Short Stories – Simple and Illustrated Improve your English with English short stories. This is the fun way! Important Note Make sure you start with stories at your level, and go gradually up. You can also check out the Learn English Video section. Click Here for Step-by-Step Rules, Stories and Exercises to Practice All English Tenses Level 01 – Beginners Introduction Story – a very basic story for beginners. Winter Story for Beginners in Easy English – practice winter vocabulary and basic sentence structure (positive sentences, negative sentences and yes/no questions) Click here for more English stories for complete beginners Level 02 – Beginners Plus – Easy English Stories Angela and Tom Series Story 01 – Angela and Tom meet Story 02 – Getting ready Story 03 – Flying to Texas Story 04 – Meeting Camilla Story 05 – Living in Texas Story 06 – I'm Hungry Story 07 – A Pen, a Bag and a Fan Level 03 – Elementary Story 01 – Daniel loves the beach Story 02 – April's month Story 03 – Emily's secret Story 04 – What are you talking about? Run and Play
Picture Book Teaching Ideas Alphabetical List of Books: We have free teaching ideas and resources for hundreds of popular children's books. Browse the alphabetical list below by clicking on a letter and then choose a book cover! Return to the main Teaching Ideas Library contents here. Modelled reading and the Super 6 - Home
Running Records - Warners Bay Primary School What is a running record? A running record is a record of errors, or miscues, that readers make as they are reading. Running Records were developed as a way for teachers to quickly and easily assess their students’ reading behaviours “on the run”, so to speak. Running Records capture what the reader did and said while reading. They capture how readers are putting together what they know in order to read. Why do running records? Running Records are intended to: Ascertain a child’s instructional book level (IBL)Monitor ongoing student progress in readingFind out which particular skills and strategies students are usingEstablish specific needs of the childrenGroup together children with similar needs for reading instructionChoose books at an appropriate level for your students Reading “miscues” are “windows into the reading process”. It is essential that we ascertain the child’s “instructional” reading level as it is at this level that the child can learn. Giving a running record Error Rate
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