I used this video along with the Reading Group book, A Lion and a Roar (focus on main idea and detail). After reading the book, and discussing the details, the students were very interesting in seeing an actual lion dance.
Shared by Margaret Kidhardt, this is a teachers collection of links related to our Houghton Mifflin series. Lots of great links including: PowerPoints, Vocabulary, skill builders, etc.
Short stories for children. I plan to use these short stories at centers in the classroom. Students will read the story, respond in a peer journal, and discuss responses.
This is an example of how a teacher uses VoiceThread in her reading groups to facilitate discussion regarding prediction, comprehension, etc. This is awesome - a great way to incorporate technology as a tool in your teaching
My students created this voicethread to go along with the story "The Christmas Pony". Students can comment on each of these pages and it can be used in a self-guided reading group.
This is a brief article about Shared Writing, shared by Mrs. Hilt, found on twitter - definitely thinking about how I can implement shared writing in my classroom.
Students are given clues about a word that has a double meaning, and must type in the word. Example: used to measure and someone in charge of a country (ruler)