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Huge repository of videos and ideas for use in primary classrooms.  From the UK.  Here's the description: "The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that I have collected over my 10 year career as a primary school teacher.   I trawl youtube, vimeo and other sites looking for suitable resources to use in the sheds. The sheds are broadly thematic but sometimes a resource could go in 2 or more sheds, I slot it in where I think it works best. Most of the resources can be used in KS1 and KS2 but some do lend themselves to the upper age group and above. The aim is to provide high quality resources that can be used in stand alone literacy lessons, can form the basis for a whole literacy unit or can support literacy units that you already have in place.   With the many book based activities I would advocate using the book alongside the digital resource.  "

A Google customized search for primary students (UK)  Includes images, games, and videos.

Great site for books, with things for every age level and many interviews with authors. (UK)

From the UK, so some might not be available here.

Digital version of magazine. several interesting articles on teacher librarianship

Free downloadable poetry lessons from poets who have worked in classrooms. Nice division by age groups

Although from a college library, there might be some strategies that would work in the K-12 realm.

Upcoming dystopian titles as of April, 2011

Make good use of an IWB by having students create stories and then show them to the class using it.  There are several great tools on this site.

Rec by Annette Lamb. Interactive fact-checking game

Rec by Annette Lamb

Talks about importance of reading and writing, including with the family, during the summer

Rec by Annette Lamb. Students put themselves in the place of a reporter in order to check facts before they share information.

Some interesting suggestions on applying psychology to improve participation

Interesting site: students 7-13 can ask questions and get a response within 24 hours, or suggestions on how to find the answers themselves.

Some great points in this post.