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Episode #37 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #37 features Part 1 of a two part interview with Chris Cummins, a high school English teacher and adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia who is currently teaching a class on

Pre-K to 2nd grade website for beginning reading skills that includes illustrated books and activities; most are animated and read aloud.

Classic online games for ABC's and learning to read!

Starfall provides phonics-based games, stories, and other activities for preschool through first grade level that are interactive, animated, and read aloud. Great for beginning readers and English language learners.

Word of the day... increase your vocabulary!

Maths English Science Geography History PMLD Technology

This past weekend, our department chair received an email from a local high school English teacher who asked, in short, should they be teaching students how to do a "traditional" research paper - including the use of 3×5 note cards - because some of his colleagues are strong supporters of it and others consider it "archaic." He wanted to hear a response from a college professor about how best to prepare students for the kinds of research that they would be doing in composition courses that they would be taking after high school. Below, I have copied and pasted the response that I offered him via email. And, now I ask you… What do you think - is it time to move away from "traditional" research paper writing processes?

Hundreds of videos of careers in English and Spanish as well. Can be used to assist students with choosing a career or video modeling to teacher vocational skills.

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3D Printed materials to help all students, including those with visual impairments, learn to read.

Use this web-based tool to see all the different ways the word you are teaching is actually being used by speakers. For instance, how is the word "put" actually used? Try it by "putting" it into the search in this site.

This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas. 

We offer searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast.

The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.

"Hemingway highlights long, complex sentences and common errors; if you see a yellow highlight, shorten the sentence or split it."

Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English, all using innovative rich media. We spent an enormous amount of time developing 50 presentations, covering even more phonics principles and illustrating over 1,200 vocabulary items. There is nothing else like it, free or otherwise.

WatchKnowLearn.org is a website with thousands of educational videos for students who want to learn core subjects like math or language arts, to hobbies, career development, and even philosophy. The videos can be grouped by Common Core, age, subject, and even type of classroom.