Links to Assignments RE 4030 

 

Merriam-Webster Online   (Word of the day)

http://www.wordcentral.com/ (Word of the day for children)

 

1. Me-Map Assignment (Created by Dr. Frye)

    ASU Student Examples: (Miss M. 1, Miss M. 2, Miss M. 3, Miss M. 4,  Miss M. 5,

                                               (Mr. B. 1, Mr. B. 2,)  (Meet Miss F., Miss F. 1, Miss F. 2, Miss F. 3, Miss F. 4, Miss F. 5)

    PowerPoint Me Map-Amy M.

 

Word Resources  

 

Where I'm From

 

Writer's Workshop (Fiction)

 

I Am Poem

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

(Picture Dictionary that translates English into other languages; a wonderful tool!!!!)

 

If I Were in Charge of the World by Judith Viorst

Reading/Language Arts Instruction: Article from The Reading Teacher (Pinnell, 2006)

 

Regie Routman Ch. 5 Do More Shared Writing from her book Writing Essentials: Raising Expectations and Results While Simplifying Teaching

 

2. Blog Assignment and Rubric

3. Poetry

4. Reading Fluency

5. Exploring Pirates...Argghhh!

Reading Instructional Strategies (Before, During, and After Reading--Instructional Strategies):
                               Activating Background Knowledge, Asking Questions, Choosing Appropriate Level of Text,
Working with Vocabulary, Responding to Text

 

6. Multi-Text Assignment

Helpful resources for choosing and leveling quality children's literature

        http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html

 

http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

Elements of a story

Setting

Character Analysis

Plot

Figurative Language (Tone and Mood)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry

 

Love That Dog and Love That Poetry!

 

http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/poetry_patterns.htm

(Different forms)

http://www.cesa8.k12.wi.us/teares/it/webquests/Poetry/

(diamonte)

 

 

  Figurative Language (simile poems)

                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/similes/index.htm

             http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm (Writing with description)

 

 

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=250

(haiku)

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=404

(limerick)

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=261

(Writing Poetry like the pros)

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=301

(K-2 Poetry Workshop)

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poeform.htm

(poetry forms)

http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/content.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm

 

 

 

Bud, Not Buddy

      Bud Packet Outline

      BNB Interdisciplinary Literary Study Word Documents (Created by Dr. Frye)

           

        Examples of Student Work:

                    Packet Covers

 

 

    Kids During the Great Depression Packet

 

           

 

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Additional Resources

Grammar

Website with many grammar sites!!!!! http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/parts_of_speech_sites.htm

 

Grammar Gorilla  Game http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

Definitions and usage http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

Definitions and usage http://www.eduplace.com/tales/poshelp.html

 

Writing

http://www.learnnc.org/learnnc/lessonp.nsf/homepage?openform (Learn NC)

Example: http://www.learnnc.com/LearnNC/lessonp.nsf/docunid/6AE6D72E7B6882A18525679B00761D40?opendocument (Said is Dead)

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp (ReadWriteThink)

Example: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=291

 

http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/classroompractices.html (national writing project)

Tensing Up: Moving From Fluency to Flair

Working With Beginning Writers
Everything I Know About Teaching Language Arts I Learned at the Office Supply Store

Author to Author: How Text Influences Young Writers http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/146

 

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php (Making Rubrics)

 

 

NC Writing Assessment

 

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/writing/trainingmanual2004.pdf

(Training Manual for Writing Test)

 

            http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/writing/WAScoringCriteria/indexscoringcriteria.html

                (Writing Assessment and Scoring Model)

       http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/writing/Guidesets/narrative.html

                (Scoring Applications: Narrative Description)

 

        NC End of Grade Testing

        http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eog/

 

 

 

Fables

        Interactive Fables  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading40/aesop.htm

            Units on Folktales and Fables- Many Versions! http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000376.shtml

            EDSITEment Fable/Folktales (Grades 3-5)   (Grades K-2)

         Writing Fables and Fable Rubric

         

     http://www.bluemountainmedia.com/Stories%26Proverbs/AesopFables.html

(Caribbean fables and folktales with audio samples)

 

          Web-Based Thematic Unit

 

 

Reader's Theatre

http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/readerstheater.htm

(Wonderful article with plenty of resources!)

http://www.lisablau.com/archives.html (Wonderful Scripts for Reader's Theatre)

 

Pictures of Third Graders Performing Folktales

 

 

Bloom's Taxonomy

 

http://www.ops.org/reading/blooms_taxonomy.html

Go through in class with Goldilocks

 

      Go to http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm

    http://achieve.psdr3.org/bloom.html

                http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html

 

Literature Circles

The Bad Beginning

 

            Book Project

           

KWL

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2kwl.htm

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/kwl/

 

       

Writing Workshop

            http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm

 

 

Biography

 

Fable

Holes

    Literary Packet    (Online)

    Literary Packet (Word Documents)

        Figurative Language (simile poems)

                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/similes/index.htm

             http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm (Writing with description)

 

    Interview with Louis Sachar   

    Green Lake Gazette Assignment

 

 

Flat Stanley Project

        Flat Freddy (Lowell)

                     http://wheatley.lkdsb.net/lara.htm  (Flat Lara)
                     http://www.unc.edu/~cblee/cindy.html  (Flat Cindy)

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RE 4030 Students feel free to use the following letter writing plans; however, we will not complete these in class.

Mini-Lesson Outline

readwritethinklessonplans: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=322 (Genre study: The Jolly Postman: Writing Letters)

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=85 (Writing authentic letters)

Rubric for the The Gardener Packet Assignment
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PRAXIS INFORMATION

Multiple Choice     Essay

 

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