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.
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
Tutoring Materials for small groups:
alphabet tiles, white boards, Elkonin Boxes, teacher-created Bingo boards, decodable books
more to come soon…