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A reading and writing community started by a local high school (Silver Creek). Just shows the power of thinking outside the four walls of your classroom.

WOW! Free tools related to literacy skills. The book builder tool has a section which reads a story (here's a link for "A Tortoise and a Hare") - They offer professional development and multimedia learning tools. ....."A Tortoise and a Hare" - just this one book offers an amazing variety of learning tools including: activating background knowledge, self assessment and reflection, collaboration and communication, action and expression, coping skills and strategies, challenge and support, recruiting interest, goal-centered learning, and designing flexible curriculum. Each of these skills has a specific activity within the story to address it (almost every page has a different one!). Every page also has a question to think about and respond to. At the end it discusses the moral in another activity and the story itself offers extension activities for follow-up. The story is read by a young girl, but there is also a text reader built in, a glossary, and word-by-word English/Spanish translations.

An educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.

CAST is an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.

"Using text organisers to assist students with the writing process"

This is a superb site with thousands of well designed cross curricular activities, whiteboard resources and videos to use in your class. Best of all, it is free for teachers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

For those with a pamphagous apetite!

You can adopt a word which means you will promise to use it or you can sign up for word-a-day. Great way to extedn vocabulary

In the past I've blogged about Evernote and it's great ability to collate notes and make them available to you online and on your mobile device. Today I had a great experience using Evernote in a different way - to collate and hold iRead recordings.

This is a site from the TES with a large collection of great flash whiteboard resources for across the curriculum for Primary schools. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

Fun!

A beautifully made comic strip maker which is designed for younger children. Easy to use and a good collection of clip art images. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

A good cross-curricular site with downloadable resources for teachers of young learners of 5-9 years old. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Early+Years

A superb cross-curricular site brimming over with downloadable resources. Find reading comprehensions, flashcards, videos, educational songs, colouring pages, teaching tools and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

"This graphic organizer provides students the opportunity to brainstorm words about a given topic, count and record the syllables, and draft a haiku. "

This is a free and fabulous template to encourage struggling readers and engage learners.

A great bank of adult education resources, many of which can be used with older school students. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

"Engineering is the "silent E" in STEM subject areas. While science, mathematics, and technology are often topics of content area lessons, engineering is often ignored. However, engineering is inclusive of all STEM subjects because engineers use science, mathematics, and technology to solve problems. Engineering careers are diverse, spanning many different technologies and disciplines, such as agricultural engineering, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical engineering."

Enter various words in the different lists. Drag an apple to enlarge the word. This was demonstrated at a TeachMeet as a way for pupils to use certain words in their writing. When they needed to check the spelling, they could come up to the board and enlarge the word they wanted to make it clearer.

"A 'fill in the blanks' activity to practise irregular verbs in the past tense."