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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)

This particular post is on classroom organization. If you like busy and colorful, this page is for you!  (Many ideas as well)

if you need to bookmark a site and want to have a copy of your bookmarked sites accessible from any computer- it's free and very easy to use.  LiveBinders is like having a 3-ring binder for the Web- collect your resources, organize them easily, present them to your students/colleagues.  Your students can access them from the laptops simply by going to the site and searching for your public binder by name, or by logging in with your information.  You can make your binders private or public.  There are hundreds already made that you may be able to use in your classroom (someone else has already done the work for you) - if it is public you can make a copy of it and save the binder in your account!

Although this is not organized around the Daily 5, it is still very thorough and has suggestions and free templates for organizing reading records

Use the circle plot diagram as a postreading organizer to explore the text structures in a book.

Use these graphic organizers to help students understand the different text structures for expository writing. (through LC via Amy Lorch)

This two-page PDF provides a resource for the different text structures for expository writing. It includes definition, signal worlds, graphic organizers, summary questions and paragraph frames for each text structure.

Use this one page PDF to help your student's organize their expository writing.

Teaching resources from several organizations.

Great tool that will create a graphic organizer for an essay; students simply type in different parts.

Book Source Classroom organizer.  Can have your own checkout system for your classroom library using your phone!

Lots of great suggestions for organizing, sharing, and collaborating.

Science videos about the body, medicine, energy, earth, teeth, micro-organisms, the brain, senses, and exercise

Kathy Schrock has an extensive guide to the best websites.  This particular page summarizes the sites she has recommended in the past. (It started more as daily, and is more like weekly now.) Her entire site is very organized, and has something for every discipline.

A list of websites that review and organize IPad apps for schools

Although one of the main features of this site is that they link you to buy things, they are still sharing many ideas.  I thought it was interesting that they have a "permission to pin" button for pinterest.  Check out the back to school "issue".  It includes many things to buy, but also decorating, book, organizing, tech, and even clothing accessory ideas. If nothing else, it's fun to look at, and links you to some interesting teacher blogs!

LiveBinders is a great tool to save and organize resources.  Here are some of the top ones for 2012

Includes symbaloo, backstitch, skloog, bundlr, and linkcloud

Charity Preston's blob, rec. by Robin LeClaire.  Check out the resources and webinars. It looks like she's become her own industry!