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Rhondda Powling

Book Trailers - Movies for Literacy! - 5 views

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    This page represents the beginning of a website of short movies (generally 30 to 45 seconds) designed to increase student motivation to READ! Click for Late Elementary BookTrailers and Adolescent BookTrailers to see those listings.
John Pearce

Pinky Dinky Doo - 5 views

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    Pinky Dinky Doo harnesses the power of television, print, and interactive media to promote reading and imaginative storytelling. To achieve this, Pinky invites children to participate in funny and fantastic stories, games, and songs that support critical early literacy skills.
Rhondda Powling

Kids Who Read Beat Summer Slide - First Book BlogFirst Book Blog - 2 views

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    Graph supporting argument is useful for reading promotion. "Studies show that kids from low-income families who have access to books over the summer not only beat the summer slide, but make even greater gains than kids from wealthy and middle-class families."
anonymous

Tears wiki - 0 views

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    This WIKI was created through a collabroative effort in Dr. Kist's Language, Literacy, and Learning course at Kent State University as part of a literature circle project. We had a lot of fun reading the novel and creating the WIKI so please enjoy!
Roland Gesthuizen

NAPLAN-style testing has 'failed' US schools - 5 views

  • Professor Darling-Hammond said Australia would be wiser to follow the examples of Finland, Korea, Shanghai and Singapore, whose 15-year-olds achieve the best results in numeracy, literacy and science in comparisons with other developed nations.
  • While the basic skills literacy and numeracy tests were designed to help teachers identify children with learning difficulties needing assistance, they are now being used as a competitive measure of school performance on the federal government's My School website.
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    NAPLAN-style testing and reporting has failed in the United States by narrowing the curriculum and corrupting education standards, says a chief education adviser to the US President, Barack Obama. .. The US tests have been criticised for narrowing the curriculum to reading and maths and multiple-choice formats.
Grace Kat

visual_literacy - 0 views

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    An online learning activity that will engage you in a number of different picture books and, more importantly, the realm of visual literacy.
Alison Hall

Roy the Singing Zebra - 0 views

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    A collection of reading activities and guided story suitable for interctive whiteboards. Very cute!
Ruth Howard

Powerless: A Prezi of Reading Responses | Kevin's Meandering Mind - 6 views

  • “I have probably read most of your books and I don’t need to know what happens in the story. I want to know what you think about what is happening.”
Jenny Gilbert

SQP2RS Posters.ver4.indd - Powered by Google Docs - 4 views

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    wow...a specific reading strategy in posters:)
Rhondda Powling

25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area - 3 views

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