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Huge repository of videos and ideas for use in primary classrooms.  From the UK.  Here's the description: "The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that I have collected over my 10 year career as a primary school teacher.   I trawl youtube, vimeo and other sites looking for suitable resources to use in the sheds. The sheds are broadly thematic but sometimes a resource could go in 2 or more sheds, I slot it in where I think it works best. Most of the resources can be used in KS1 and KS2 but some do lend themselves to the upper age group and above. The aim is to provide high quality resources that can be used in stand alone literacy lessons, can form the basis for a whole literacy unit or can support literacy units that you already have in place.   With the many book based activities I would advocate using the book alongside the digital resource.  "

Rec. from Richard Byrne for a Digital Literacy curriculum from Common Sense Media

Franki Sibberson is a great person to follow for literacy ideas.  Her blog "A Year of Reading" has lots to consider! Not all presentations are easy to follow, but this one is very enlightening.

TV411 is produced by the Adult Literacy Media Alliance.  Their lessons can also be used with children.

Books that can be used as mentor texts to promote literacy

Great idea: bags on different topics for students to take home and share with their families

Neat idea-students and staff display they books they've read

Has very detailed lessons, including links to CCSS

World Read Aloud Day March 6, 2013

Poetry Idea Engine

Blog features many reading ideas.

I copied the Fractionator game from the website link above.  it seems to be a relatively new website.  Not a lot of stuff on it but good games.  Also lists a multiplication game.  From Heather Johnson

From Debra Lux (she used the context clues activities) I showed the slideshow then did the practice test with my class on the smart board.  I thought it went very well.  The kids really got it and liked it.  

This 57-page PDF is a scholarly study which reviews the literature on text organization and how it affects reading comprehension. One item discussed is the use of graphic organizers in helping students of different abilities better understand reading material. (Rec by Amy Lorch via LC)

Use this presentation material to help teach text structure.