GNPS AT Resources

"Why consider Text-to-speech (TTS)? Two reasons - 1. It is essential for struggling readers; when text is digital it is now accessible and 2. it supports the writing process, especially when editing and revising work"

"73 percent of boys and girls surveyed said they would read more if they could find books they like (Scholastic Reading Report). Luckily, we want your students to read as much as you do, so we dug through the interwebs to discover the best resources for discovering new good books to read. Bring them into your classroom to empower students to read more."

"Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out.   Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom.  "

"The comprehensive reading platform that powers new interactions between students, teachers, and texts."

"Quickly convert printed worksheets into customizable, interactive activities on an iPad"

"Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds."

Resources and links for flipping the classroom for students with special needs

Stories to listen

Professional Development resources

"Explore Matific's library of hundreds of interactive and playful activities, called "episodes". Discover the award winning pedagogy that earned Matific the endorsement of math teachers worldwide. FREE for teachers Matific is an easy-to-implement, effective and engaging FREE math teaching tool. Curriculum aligned activities empower your teaching and boost the class conceptual understanding. Engage your students in a fun and lively atmosphere Sign up to access hundreds of episodes from kindergarten to 6th grade. Our pedagogic experts add new episodes each week. Track your students' progress Teacher dashboards provide student- and class-level performance reports, promoting adaptive learning. Matific allows you to help struggling students progress, while challenging top performers. Continue teaching as you do now, with a state-of-the-art edge Matific's modularity complements your class textbook and fits right into your study program, allowing you to select the relevant content each week."

"Matific develops mathematical excellence and problem solving skills through playful interaction."

A great website and now an iOS app that allows you to adjust the lexile level of the nonfiction articles they curate. Some articles even have quizzes that assess student comprehension.

Here is the link to the iOS app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/newsela-daily-news-at-just/id966371321?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, and helps them learn words in new ways. See the yellow box at the top of the page? Just paste in a difficult English sentence, paragraph, or more, or enter a web page URL and click the button. You'll instantly see an easier version, for fast understanding now. No dictionary needed! Plus, the easier version is specially highlighted to help build vocabulary. Rewordify.com isn't another website full of lesson plans and worksheets. It's sophisticated educational technology that creates independent learners, by helping people read, understand, and learn what they want to read, on their own. When you teach your students how to use it, you help them become lifelong readers and learners