Free Write Essential Question: What are some essential tools and experiences students need to learn?...

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Free Write

Essential Question:

What are some essential tools and experiences students need to learn?

What are your favorite resources?

ResourcesMake sure students are exposed to different types of sources

WrittenVisualVisual with oralLive performance

ResourcesSchool Grounds

Neighborhood

Museums Queens Museum of Art, NY Hall of ScienceQueens Historical SocietyMetropolitan Museum of ArtAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryBotanical Gardens, Central Park

Resources

Our Selves senses, knowledge, understandings,

and experience

Interviews with family members,

classmates, faculty, professionals

ResourcesLiterary Books Fiction, DramaNon-FictionPoetryPicture Books

Textbooks – Non-Fiction

Primary Documents

Anthologies: Single/Multi-Genre; Single/Multi-Themed

ResourcesDVDs – movies/clips from movies

Music

Websites Research – Visual Search Engines,

Websites Sharing Knowledge: Wikis, Blogs,

googledocs Games, Competitions Tools: Rubrics, Quizzes,

Bibliography Makers

•Always cite your sources.

Textbooks are Useful For

• Basic information and overview• Information relative to other information• Teach and review features of non-fiction• Table of Contents• Index•Bibliography• Text and style changes (bold, italics, color, etc.)

•Glossary• Subheadings• Sidebars

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Books and Anthologies Books and anthologies can be used to

help students understand content, skills, Big Ideas/Themes/Concepts, Enduring Understandings.

Magnet Library Books. Some schools developed a magnet-themed Literacy library. Some books can be used across disciplines.

Develop annotated bibliography

Mentor TextsExpose students to good writing.

Expose students to advanced vocabulary.

Help students read above their independent reading levels.

Expose students to complexity and ambiguity.

Can be used to practice reading skills.

Mentor texts can be short quotes, longer excerpts, whole texts.

WebsitesThink about your audience. Is the website beyond your students’ understanding or is it too simplistic?

Is the website biased ?

Teach about website reliability.

Always determine website reliability.

Websites for Teacherswww.npr.org

http://www.sciencefriday.com/http://www.pbs.org/teachers/www.nysed.gov http://vital.thirteen.org/vital2td.htmlEdsitement - http://edsitement.neh.gov/Talks by Amazing People - ted.com –Create Class Blogs -

www.blogger.comwww.wordpress.comhttp://edublogs.org/

Websites for Teachershttp://www.4teachers.org

Rubrics Quiz Maker Creating webquests, and more

Writing Rubrics – www.thetraits.org/scoring.php 6+1 Traits of Writing – Education Northwest.

Download videos from Youtube -

www.savevid.com

E-mailing large files:

www.transferbigfiles.com

Student/TeacherVISUAL SEARCH ENGINES

http://search-cube.com/ - creates a cube with relevant websites

http://www.quintura.com/

http://www.curriki.org/ - places to find/share units, often created via UbD

http://www.yolink.com - must be downloaded. Shows information in double window, zooming in on search results

http://www.viewzi.com/ - allows for different views and specialized searches

Student Science & Math Websites• Ology – American Museum of Natural History

http://www.amnh.org/ology • Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu The Globe Program – http://www.globe.gov/science

Math Playgroundhttp://www.mathplayground.com/games.html • Middle School Portal

• http://msteacher.org/math/explore/default.aspx

Student Information Websites

• CIA World Factbook – •https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook

•Infoshare – demographics by zip code:•http://www.infoshare.org

Teacher Support Siteshttp://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do?ESP=TBW/ib//acq/tbw_slimnav_Teachers///nav/txtl/

(Find books that are like books you already have and level books).

http://www.brainpop.com/ (Animated videos on a variety of subjects).

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ (Collection of videos to support subject matter)

http://eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ (Collection of pdf graphic organizers to print and use in the classroom)

http://www.schooltube.com (Video files created and shared by educators and students)

www.edutopia.org

http://www.middleweb.com/10TeachingSites.html

Websites for Students• Share and correct each others’ papers:

http://docs.google.com/

• Online painting software

http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/

• Create cartoons

http://www.toondoo.com/

• Create posters, movies, etc

http://edu.glogster.com/

What are your favorite sites?

What websites or resources do you know that would be helpful for other teachers to use?

www.quia.com

www.usgs.gov

www.noaa.gov

Sources“Anthologies” image: http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks0605.jpg

Michael Leung’s Powerpoint - Resources