VIDEOS
Syntax (The Building Blocks of Sentences) Activity for beginning readers
The 6 Traits of Writing (compared to a human body) video for older elementary students
The Writing Process video for teachers about how to run a Writer’s Workshop
The Writing Process video for lower elementary students & teachers about how to edit writing.
Expanding writing with detailed activities for early elementary
BOOKS & ARTICLES
The best summative article I’ve read on understanding how and why to TEACH phonics is “What Teachers Need to Know and Do to Teach Letter-Sounds, Phonemic Awareness, Word Reading, and Phonics” by Linnea C. Ehri.
The best teacher resource for reading activities for prephonic and phonic readers is Wiley Blevins Phonics from A to Z: A Practical Guide.
Geneva Gay’s Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Curriculum Content is a summative, easy read making a great argument for rebuilding our curriculum to reflect our students’ cultures.
WEBSITES
unitebooks.com is a FREE website that has a selection of hundreds of picture books retold in multiple languages.
newsela.com is a FREE website with news stories available in a variety of English reading levels.
nationalgeographic.org is a FREE website that offers an online Scientific magazine on a variety of English reading levels.
PebbleGo is a research site for early elementary students. It has videos, images and simple text related for a wide variety of topics.
Book Creator allows students to create their own digital books.
Sutori is a site where students can create an interactive timeline with text, pictures and videos.
Padlet is a digital bulletin board. Post a question here and students can log in, record their voice, their image and/or pictures. Then they can see one another’s posts.
Docs Teach and Smithsonian Learning Lab, both have thousands of primary sources available for students to explore.
Google Expeditions allows students to explore historical sites and events in 360 degrees. Go on a virtual fieldtrip to the past!
TUTORING MATERIALS FOR SMALL GROUPS
alphabet tiles, white boards, Elkonin Boxes, teacher-created Bingo boards, decodable books
more to come soon…