We Tell Stories - 'Fairy Tales' by Kevin Brooks

Common Core Common Core Math Kindergarten Counting & Cardinality Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Measurement and Data Geometry First Grade Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Measurement and Data Geometry Second Grade Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Measurement and Data Geometry Third Grade Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Numbers & Operations-Fractions Measurement and Data Geometry Fourth Grade Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Number & Operations—Fractions Measurement and Data Geometry Fifth Grade Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Number & Operations—Fractions Measurement & Data Geometry Sixth Grade Ratios & Proportional Relationships The Number System Expressions & Equations Geometry Statistics & Probability Seventh Grade Ratios & Proportional Relationships The Number System Expressions & Equations Geometry Statistics & Probability Eighth Grade The Number System

Artistic Photo Gallery Of Star Trek And Star Wars Fans Dressed Up As Characters This is an artsy photo gallery by photographer Steve Schofield containing a ton of people dressed up as Star Wars and Star Trek characters. And, because it's Friday and I've already started drinking, I threw in a Ninja Turtle for good measure. Remember the sexy Comic-Con and Princess Leia galleries? Well this is the opposite of those. Hit the jump for the monster gallery. Steve Schofield's Website Thanks To Jenny, The Bloggess, for always kicking ass. Key Ideas and Details Informational Text Online Games Primary » The Teachers' Cafe Key Ideas and Details Informational Text Online Games - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1,2,3, RI.1.1,2,3, R2.1.1,2,3. Ask and answer questions about key details, identify the main topic and retell, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information. Who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding. Main topic of a multiparagraph. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures. Reading Comprehension Strategies – Student Lesson and Online Activity Reading Comprehension Strategies – Online video with a student lesson and student activities to improve their reading comprehension and to improve student’s ability to think and learn across the curriculum. Continue reading » Online Sports Books (Informational Text): Grades 2-5 Continue reading » Permanent link to this article: Continue reading »

Frank Uyttenhove — хорошо быть молодым и талантливым - Фотограф Бельгийский фотограф мастерски владеет не только камерой, но и фотошопом — гордится этим фактом и не скрывает его. Многочисленные работы Frank Uyttenhove легли в основу нашумевших в Европе кампаний, например, принтов SN Brussels Airlines с парами детишек на отдыхе в различных странах. Снимал он постеры и для таких брендов как Peugeot, Delta LLoyd, Volkswagen и других. Story Writing and Fiction Teaching Resources and Printables KS1 Character map worksheets (Ref: SB6025) Simple worksheets to assist pupils when creating characters for their stories. Fairytale character posters (Ref: SB2025) A set of 13 A4 printable posters showing common characters from fairytales. Including prince, princes, witch, wizard, dragon, fairy, elves, knight and more! Story and Fiction Writing Resources Beginning, middle and end story-writing posters (Ref: SB1953) 3 colourful posters to act as visual prompts when discussing story beginnings, middles and ends. Story settings picture set (Ref: SB918) A set of printable resources showing various story settings. Story settings prompt cards (Ref: SB6227) A set of printable prompt cards (2-per-A4 page) which can be used as stimulus for pupils creative story writing. Story character dice nets (Ref: SB7425) Printable dice nets to create your own story character dice. Story settings dice nets (Ref: SB7426) Printable dice nets to create your own story settings dice. Exclusive Toolbar Resource

The Textmapping Project - Lesson Planning Guides The following lesson guides are currently available. As we add more, they will be listed here (added explanation below): Textbook Skills Magazine Instruction Sets Textmapping Exercise: Mapping a Magazine Article [ Poetry exercise: "Afternoon on a Hill", by Edna St. Vincent Millay (4 document set); recommended for upper elementary through college. The content in the Lesson Guides section is going through a major expansion. All of this work is in response to user interest, and for that we are grateful. We will try to bring this section back to full functionality as quickly as possible. The following lesson guides are currently available. Textbook Skills Magazine Instruction Sets Textmapping Exercise: Mapping a Magazine Article [ Poetry exercise: "Afternoon on a Hill", by Edna St.

Multi-book Theme Units Rather than relying on one book that is read each day of the week (as our traditional units do), these units revolve around one theme and are dependent on a variety of books to enhance learning. They allow a more in-depth study of one particular topic-- giving you the freedom to capitalize on your child's current interest. Simply choose a topic, get the core books you need from the library, then print out the lessons and begin a fun, memorable, extended learning time with your child(ren). Rather than relying on one book that is read each day of the week (as our traditional units do), these units revolve around one theme and are dependent on a variety of books to enhance learning.

Comprehension Strategies - Making connections, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and more from Strategies That Work, Mosaic of Thought, and Reading with Meaning, this page gives you information on the six comprehension strategies known as making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, and synthesizing.

Prompts for Reading Conferences/Groups | Mrs. Judy Araujo, Reading Specialist Teachers, here is a list of my favorite questions to ask during 1:1 reading conferences! Fiction ~ Generic Prompts What does the title mean?What is happening in the part you are reading now?Tell me about a strategy you used and how it helped you understand what was happening, or how it helped you understand a word.Would you recommend this book? To whom? Nonfiction ~ Generic Prompts Tell me 2 facts you learned about the topic.What is the most memorable idea you learned? Concepts About Print ~ For PreK-Beginning Grade 1 Where do you start reading? One-To-One Matching/Early Reading Behaviors Point to the words and readDo the words match? Predicting/Previewing Prompts What made you come up with that prediction? Detecting & Correcting Errors / Monitoring for Understanding Prompts Something wasn’t quite right. Problem Solving New Words Is there another word that might work here? Nonfiction: what 3 questions do you think will be answered? Has your prediction changed? Fluency Prompts Visualizing Prompts