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The Around the World with 80 Schools project has grown tremendously over the last year. It has grown so fast that it was becoming very time consuming to manually enter contact information for a group email list, invited participants manually to a wiki, add their location on a Google Map, and maintain a Google form/spreadsheet with the participants' contact information.
This site is for K-8 classroom teachers who are interested in helping children to read and write information, both print and electronic.
Visual literacy helps children to learn to read - and to enjoy reading. Examples of visual texts include diagrams, maps, tables, time lines and storyboard.
Free teacher guides to lots of books
All Sorts of Things (Grades K-2) Here
Alone in the Desert (Grades 6-8) Here
Animal Clues (Grades K-2) Here
Body Maps (Grades 3-5) Here
The Cat on the Chimney (Grades 3-5) Here
Crazy Weather (Grades 3-5) Here
Cut and Join (Grades K-2) Here
Fins and Feathers (Grades K-2) Here
Habitats (Grades K-2) Here
How Many Eyes? (Grades K-2) Here
The Paper Skyscraper (Grades K-5) Here
Sharks (Grades 3-5) Here
Skeleton (Grades K-2) Here
Small Worlds (Grades 3-5) Here
What Did You Eat Today? (Grades K-2) Here
What Do They Eat? (Grades K-2) Here
You Are Here (Grades K-2) Here