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Free Tips & Tools | Literacy Specialists - 0 views
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The art of teaching is based on a careful match between best practices and individual learner needs. The Literacy Specialists consultants bring you the following tips and tools to support your best practice instruction and to give you a window into their unique talents as educators. Free resources on reading - fluency, nonfiction, comprehension, vocabulary, read alouds,
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The art of teaching is based on a careful match between best practices and individual learner needs. The Literacy Specialists consultants bring you the following tips and tools to support your best practice instruction and to give you a window into their unique talents as educators.Free resources on reading - fluency, nonfiction, comprehension, vocabulary, read alouds,
Literacy-in-Content-Areas - home - 0 views
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This site provides content - theory, resources, strategies around the teaching of literacy. Pages are devoted to fiction, non-fiction, genres, age groups and numerous other organisers.
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This site provides content - theory, resources, strategies around the teaching of literacy. Pages are devoted to fiction, non-fiction, genres, age groups and numerous other organisers.
National Geographic Young Explorer Magazine - 0 views
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Online non-fiction texts aimed at young students. Audio options (American accent). Great range of information on different animals.
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Online non-fiction texts aimed at young students. Audio options (American accent). Great range of information on different animals.
Online Storytime by Barnes & Noble - Barnes & Noble - 0 views
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Barnes and Noble has a really nice selection of very well known (and many award winning) children's books. The voices of the readers are nice to listen to and kids will recognize many of their favorites. Partial portrayal of the illustrations, without text showing, and with some zooming in and out.
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Barnes and Noble has a really nice selection of very well known (and many award winning) children's books. The voices of the readers are nice to listen to and kids will recognize many of their favorites. Partial portrayal of the illustrations, without text showing, and with some zooming in and out.
Storynory - Free Audio Stories for Kids - 0 views
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Free audio retellings of a large range of stories from traditional to unpublished. Supporting illustrations (not from the published texts) and some information about the story or characters is also provided. Files can be listened to online or downloaded.
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Free audio retellings of a large range of stories from traditional to unpublished. Supporting illustrations (not from the published texts) and some information about the story or characters is also provided. Files can be listened to online or downloaded.
Storyline Online - Where Reading Is Fun! - 0 views
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Delightful readings of well know picture books. The reader is shown occasionally, but predominantly the illustrations of the book are zoomed in and out.
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Delightful readings of well know picture books. The reader is shown occasionally, but predominantly the illustrations of the book are zoomed in and out.
The Book Chook - 0 views
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Book reviews, resources, tips for parents and teachers from an Australian writer who's passionate bout children's literacy, learning and literature
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Book reviews, resources, tips for parents and teachers from an Australian writer who's passionate bout children's literacy, learning and literature
Teacher Read-Aloud That Models Reading for Deep Understanding - ReadWriteThink - 0 views
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Teacher read-alouds demonstrate the power of stories. By showing students the ways that involvement with text engages us, we give them energy for learning how reading works. By showing them how to search for meaning, we introduce strategies of understanding we can reinforce in shared, guided, and independent reading.
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Teacher read-alouds demonstrate the power of stories. By showing students the ways that involvement with text engages us, we give them energy for learning how reading works. By showing them how to search for meaning, we introduce strategies of understanding we can reinforce in shared, guided, and independent reading.
Joyce Valenza | Reading Suggestion Engines on Pinterest - 0 views
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Great tools for figuring out what to read next!
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Great tools for figuring out what to read next!
10 Web Tools To Make Books Even Better - Edudemic - Edudemic - 0 views
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Teachers and students can enhance the reading experience with some easy to use educational technology tools. Here are ten websites I selected for their usefulness, their navigational simplicity, and for the fact that they are all free!
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eachers and students can enhance the reading experience with some easy to use educational technology tools. Here are ten websites I selected for their usefulness, their navigational simplicity, and for the fact that they are all free!
FlipSnack | flipping book software - 0 views
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FlipSnack Edu takes classes to a whole new level and makes learning fun, being an ideal tool for teachers and students to collaborate and share their work with parents and colleagues. Create a private network for your class, where you can safely share assignments, curriculums, reading materials and various projects as flipping books. Great resource for flip teaching and e-learning.
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FlipSnack Edu takes classes to a whole new level and makes learning fun, being an ideal tool for teachers and students to collaborate and share their work with parents and colleagues. Create a private network for your class, where you can safely share assignments, curriculums, reading materials and various projects as flipping books. Great resource for flip teaching and e-learning.
Wondrously Infinite Global Library - 0 views
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Free digital picture books which focus on local family and community events. English text can be supported with audio in English (by default) or in a growing number of different languages.
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Free digital picture books which focus on local family and community events. English text can be supported with audio in English (by default) or in a growing number of different languages.
The History Girls - 0 views
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The History Girls are a group of best-selling, award-winning writers of historical fiction and non-fiction. Some of us write for young adults, some for fully fledged adults, some for younger readers.
Home - Australian Poetry Library - 0 views
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The Australian Poetry Library (APL) aims to promote a greater appreciation and understanding of Australian poetry by providing access to a wide range of poetic texts as well as to critical and contextual material relating to them, including interviews, photographs and audio/visual recordings.
Whose History? Engaging History Students through Historical Fiction - whose-history-ebo... - 0 views
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Welcome to the electronic edition of Whose History? Engaging History Students through Historical Fiction .
Readers' theatre texts to improve fluency and comprehension - 0 views
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This e:update provides teachers with practical information about how to write Readers' Theatre scripts that will meet the specific needs of their students. Teacher-written scripts enable Readers' Theatre to be used on a regular basis based on books that have been programmed for the class. The range of ideas provided in this e:update will assist those new to this strategy and complement the resources of those teachers already using Readers' Theatre.
Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans | Creative Educator - 0 views
Wellbeing: Fostering Self-Awareness and Empathy With Grounding Texts | Edutopia - 1 views
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At the secondary level, wellbeing is taught to groups of 12 students in four 50-minute coaching sessions each week. They meet three times as a group, and on Fridays, that time is used for one-on-one coaching sessions. They explore topics like bullying, identity, and race through grounding texts such as Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah, and even picture books, like Sailing Boats in the Sky by Quentin Blake.
Watch a Book Being Made the Old-Fashioned Way | Atlas Obscura - 0 views
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Books were once made by hand, one by one, with patience and perfection. In this video, you can watch each step of the process-from the setting of the type, to the application of ink, to the impression onto paper, to the folding, cutting, hammering, sewing, binding, clamping, and trimming. And all of this is still after metal type was invented, replacing painstakingly handwritten script.