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Resources for Teachers


This page contains links to online resources District 52 is currently using as well as additional resources to support literacy instruction.  Enjoy!

Carl's Corner
*lots of great ideas from a retired teacher and language arts specialist

Kids Reads
*summaries and reviews of the most recent published books

Marzano's Vocabulary Games
*great supplement to LBD's vocabulary instruction

Rigby's Literacy by Design

Starfall
*great resource for teachers and families

Flashcard Machine
*can create sets of flashcards and practice online

Word Lists for Phonics Skills
*can use the phonics patterns for your own centers/games

Flashcards with Dolch Words
*also includes lessons to use with Dolch sight words

Literacy Center Ideas
*ideas for, organization, and management of centers from Mandy Gregory
 
Teaching Heart
*lots of teaching ideas and printables for K-3

Exploring Middle School Reform
*teaching ideas and links for middle school teachers

Teacher Tube
*upload and view uploaded videos, documents, and photos for use in classroom instruction

Wacky Word Tales
*create online madlibs

American Folklore
*retellings of American folktales including historical figures and events

RealeBooks
*can create and write ebooks

Integrating Literacy & Technology
*examples of lesson plans along with links to sites that integrate literacy and technology

Teaching Literacy with Technology
*a school in GA has descriptions and links to tons of ways to incorporate technology with teaching

Ela Public Library Book Lists
*great book lists for reading

Mighty Book
*stories, songs, jokes, and games to use when learning to read

Graphic Organizers from Education Place

Graphic Organizers from Enchanted Learning

Laura Candler's Teaching Resources
*check out the Teacher's File Cabinet with free activities and printables

Flashcards
*from Flashcard Exchange

Leveled Book Lists

Giggle Poetry
*everything you need to integrate poetry into your teaching

Teaching Poetry
*learn how to teach different kinds of poetry; includes a list of all kinds of poems

Aesop's Fables
*includes lesson plans for the fables along with audio for students to listen to the fables

Literacy Connections
*includes a great blog packed full of teaching ideas

Reading Lady
*teaching ideas including poetry and readers theater

Phonics Resources
*free tools for teaching phonics from MES-English

Mona Kerby's Author Corner
*links to many author's websites

Children's Book Guild
*information about the latest children's literature

Links to Literature
*great activities to use with literature

Goodies from Tim Rasinski
*great resource for fluency instruction

Learning Interactives
*ideas for all content areas

Autism Webinars
*from Autism Family Online

Strategies for Teaching Autistic Children

Tin Snips
*great resource for working with students with learning disabilities

Scholastic
*check out the Book Wizard, another way to level books

Read,Write,Think
*tons of teacher resources

Reading A to Z

RAZ Kids

Lexia

Spelling City

Aimsweb

Audacity
*great source for recording and editing audio, especially for podcasts

Thinkfinity
*lesson plans, teaching materials, and web links

Vocabulary-Free Rice
*with each correct answer, 10 grains of rice is donated to the United Nations World Food Program

Dictionaries for Kids
*great site for online reference material

Teach the Children Well
*tons of teaching resources, search engines for kids, and reference links

Dr. Jean
*free printables of all Dr. Jean Feldman's song lyrics, great for K-1 teachers

What Works Clearinghouse
*research reviews on interventions from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences

Intervention Central
*tons of tips and tools for implementing interventions

Iris Resource Locator
*more intervention tips and tools

National Center on RtI

National Center on Student Progress Monitoring

RtI Directory of Resources

Florida Center for Reading Research

Literacy Matrix
*downloadable intervention lessons from Arkansas Literacy Intervention Matrix


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