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This is a pdf. article that offers more information about writing essential questions.

I love this website. I recently used it for a research paper. I used the site to look at making connections for students, but it has many great reading and writing resources.

This is a NH DOE page that contains grade level alignment between new common core standards and current GLE's

This has been so helpful for me when writing my lesson plans! Just click on the grade level and you will get a side-by-side comparison of common core standards and NH state standards.

This article helps explain how to write an EQ.

Check Ss work for plaigarism

another great website for reading resources

Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction. This website has great lesson plans for teaching reading and writing for grades K-12 and strategy guides for teachers.

This link takes you to the NH Dept. of Ed. site that lists the Grade Level Expectations for reading. math, science, and writing.

Interactive, online tool in which students can create webs for a variety of reasons such as brainstorming, essay writing, reading comprehension, etc. I just used it to create a 'To-Do' list, can be utilized effectively for a variety of things.

I use this as a lead-in to procedural writing. It is a 'trick' test - if you follow the directions, you don't actually do anything. Students are marked down (the grade doesn't count) for everything that appears on their paper beyond the month. I use it to illustrate the importance of: following directions by carefully reading all the information; and how to look at procedure.