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Vicki Davis

Listening to James Baldwin | My Year of Teaching Dangerously - 3 views

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    Writing Teacher Shannon Carey is teaching writing this year with an edge. Using the idea of "writing as resistance" she's helping kids find their voice on hard, tough topics and daring them to write great things. Read this blog post for ideas and to see some cool things you can do to challenge great writing.
Vicki Davis

7 Tech Tips for Your Next Read-Aloud | Edutopia - 7 views

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    You can use technology in your next read aloud. Here are some great ideas,
Vicki Davis

Free Teacher Resources | Discovery Education - 3 views

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    If you're looking for free resources for Science,English,Math,and Social Studies to add some interest during December, this page from Discover;y has lots of great things separated by grade level including lesson plans and "learning adventures."
Vicki Davis

Docs Voice Comments - YouTube - 9 views

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    Jen Roberts gives tips on how to add voice comments to Google Docs. If you're writing in Google Docs, this is a great technique as voice always gives you a closer connection, particularly for struggling readers. They can also hear your voice and know the intent of your words.
Vicki Davis

Book Creator for iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 6 views

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    I"ve been hearing a lot of great things from teachers about Book creator as a new way they have students create reports. Called, Book Creator, children can create pages, send them to their teachers and then the teacher can put them together further. 
Vicki Davis

National Novel Writing Month - 0 views

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    I think every literature teacher should participate in National Novel Writing month in November. It is a great free program that is gamified and electrified by students writing together. Sign up now and plan this into your writing curriculum. You set the goals for your student writing.
Vicki Davis

Grades 4-5 Student Center Activities: Literature (CCSS) - 14 views

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    The Florida Center for Reading Research has created an incredibly useful set of downloadable activities aligned to common core standards for fourth and fifth grade students. If you're teaching reading, you'll want to refer to this and dowlnoad some of these PDF's.
Vicki Davis

Dictionary, Thesaurus | term.ly - 6 views

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    term.ly is the companion website for the terminology app for the ipad/ iphone. You can also shorten and share definitions. The main problem I had is if you use a diigo box, the search box tries to take over the words. Nice clean dictionary.
Vicki Davis

English Lesson Plan Ideas With Popplet | Poppletrocks! - 20 views

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    Many elementary teachers I know talk about how much they love popplet. Here's a blog post about how teachers are using Popplet to teach English in their classrooms. Lots of ideas. 
Vicki Davis

Common Core English Language Arts Index via @sharemylesson #engchat - 12 views

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    An indexed list of Common Core English Language Arts standards and lessons aligned with those standards. A must-share for grades 6-12 English/ Language Arts teachers using Common Core.
Vicki Davis

Lesson Planning and the Common Core: A Unit Based on TED.com | Edutopia - 7 views

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    Using a TED.com video in a Common Core aligned writing assignment as students learn about speech patterns with the purpose of driving a TED-like conference at the school.
Vicki Davis

Curriculum Exemplars | EngageNY - 7 views

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    Engage NH has some examples of lessons that they consider exemplars for English Language arts grades 6-12 and math grades 1,2,7, and high school. IF you're looking to see what this looks like in practice, here are some that you'll want to review.
Vicki Davis

Reviews of Resource Books for Teachers - Resources - SML - 5 views

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    I think that #engchat and reading teachers would be interested in downloading this list from Linda. She has shared a spreadsheet of reviews by graduate students of teacher books for teaching reading in the content areas. This is an example of how college professors can understand and share resources to help K12 teachers. 
Vicki Davis

Quick vocab maker - Resources - SML - 7 views

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    This cool excel spreadsheet lets you put in vocabulary and quick fits the spreadsheet so you can print them out and share them easily (for those still using paper this is a great download.)
Vicki Davis

Reading Standards for Informational Text (Grades 3-5) - 11 views

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    As you work to integrate Common Core standards into your classroom, it may help to look at sample lessons. In this set, you can see lessons, presentations, and assessments working with informational text (grades 3-5). Remember that you can search the site by grade level and common core standard and that other subject areas besides Common Core are included on the site.
Vicki Davis

9 Amazing Word Cloud Generators For The Classroom …Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 3 | 21 st Century Educational Technology and Learning - 1 views

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    If you use wordclouds to help extract meaning on a topic before beginning, (try pasting the Gettysburg address into one) then these 9 word cloud generators will be of use to you.
Vicki Davis

Writing lesson plans - 6 views

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    Here are some lesson plans for phonics and writing for younger students to use in your classroom. I've sorted it by the most popular first including some Outdoor ideas and some phonics games you could play.
Vicki Davis

Haiku Poems - Resources - TES - 5 views

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    This lesson plan for middle school teaches about Haiku and also reviews the concept of syllables. Very extensive resources to use on this one.
Vicki Davis

Forms of Poetry: Haiku - Resources - TES - 1 views

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    A nice downloadable resource to teach students about Haiku. (via TES)
Vicki Davis

Autobiographical Writing - Resources - TES - 2 views

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    An autobiographical writing skills powerpoint and activity including a differentiated lesson plan and more traditional one. I like having different options. This is for older (high school) students.
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