Time to Rhyme

Time to Rhyme

Time to Rhyme

Rhyme Time

Rhymes for Prep

www.preschoolrainbow.org www.bigeyedowl.co.uk/songs.htm

The Seven Steps to Writing Success

On the holidays I went to a fantastic coaching course on 'The Seven Steps to Writing Success' by Jen McVeity. What an inspiring lady! Her story graph makes so much sense and I love the way you can communicate this to students through short videos, ads and movies. Check out how your students can learn these seven individual skills simply by writing 10 minutes every day. www.sevenstepswriting.com

Videos to Introduce The Seven Steps of Writing Success

Videos to Introduce the Seven Steps to Writing Success

Scholastic News - Another Fantastic Must Have

Scholastic Archives

This is a fabulous guided reading resource with extremely interesting topics. The magazines are interactive and they even use the same metalanguage as 'Cars and Stars'. What a fantastic way to engage students in reading.

Fabulous English Website - English for Everyone

Free resources! Wow! Check it out. Reading comprehension is adapted to ability. "Your reading comprehension materials are the best I've found on the web. They are so thorough and comprehensive! My students and I have learned a lot from them. Thanks so much!" -- Susan B., Carter, KY. 03/21/12

English For Everyone

First Steps Resources

For all of you who love the First Steps resources and can no longer access them because they are out of print, here is website where you can download them for free. http://det.wa.edu.au/stepsresources/detcms/portal/ Fantastic resource!!!

Fantastic VOICES Website

http://www.writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Building_Traits_Overview.pdf

Writing complex sentences from Nicholas Hogan

By Slide Share

Types of Conjunctions

08 Conjunctions from guest421523a3

From Slide Share

Clauses and Types of Sentences

Types of sentences and types of clauses from phopunzil

By Slide Share

Sentence types from masenhimerd

From Slide Share

Year One

First Grade: What is a Sentence? from pipki1mm

From Slide Share

Sentence Structure

This site has some great suggestions of sentence structure strategies/activities. http://www.lewisandlewis.com.au/resources/language-resource-centre/teaching-sentence-structure/

ABC Song

Introducing Capital Letters

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/cap_letters_stops/eng/Introduction/default.htm

Fantasy Genre

DoctorBeeWho presents:

Shared Reading Lesson - Part Two

By Leeward Channel

Shared Reading Lesson - Part One

By Leeward Channel

Shared Reading Explanation

By the Leeward Channel

A Fantastic Rhyming Song

By Sockhead Smith http://sockheadsmith.com/wordpress/

Source: deliciouspins.com via Sharon on Pinterest

From http://www.deliciouspins.com

Traffic Light Paragraphs

Source: spendadayinsecondgrade.blogspot.com via Melissa on Pinterest

From http://spendadayinsecondgrade.blogspot.com.au

TEEL - Writing Paragraphs

TEEL -writing paragraphs

How To Use TEEL Powerpoint

Introduction to TEEL - CON

The acronym TEEL assists students in understanding the structure of a paragraph.

T - Topic sentence
E - Evidence
E - Explanation
L - Link

Three Sound of -ed

Linguaspectrum presents:

Cause and Effect Anchor Chart

Source: Uploaded by user via Elaine on Pinterest

From Educational and Learning Stephanie Martinez

Cause and Effect Anchor Chart

Source: sandbergsmartyarties.blogspot.com via Pamela on Pinterest

From http://sandbergsmartyarties.blogspot.com.au/

Eye Tracking Exercises

From YouTube

Eye Tracking Exercises

From YouTube http://www.free-speed-reading.com

Eye Tracking Exercises

From YouTube http://www.free-speed-reading.com/

Shared Reading

From YouTube

Shared Reading

From YouTube

Tight Guided Reading Session

Focus: I think that means... From YouTube

Reciprocal Teaching Using The Fab Four Friends

From YouTube

Syllable Lesson

From YouTube

Persuasive Picture Book

From YouTube

Persuasive Picture Books

From YouTube

Persuasive Picture Book

From YouTube

Authors Purpose Anchor Chart

From Indulgy.com

Source: indulgy.com via Gwen on Pinterest

Authors Purpose

Fantastic Site

http://margdteachingposters.weebly.com/writing-skills.html

This site has been developed by a Melbourne (Australia) teacher to share resources. The power points, posters and word documents are free and absolutely fabulous.

Sound Bingo

http://www.lessonsense.com/game/sound-bingo/

Download bingo cards and sounds. FREE!

Teachers' Survival Guide For Creating Successful Writers

http://www.blaineschools.org/academics/curriculum/6-traitmanual.pdf

From Blaine Schools

Six Traits Explanation

http://www.collierschools.com/english/la/docs/Overview6Traits.pdf

From Collier Schools

This powerpoint outlines the history of the six traits and how to use the traits as a tool throughout the writing process.

Literacy Circle Cards

http://www.wisewittyteacher.blogspot.com.au/search/label/reading

Victoria, from the 'Wise and Witty Teacher' has created these free downloadable cards that can be used for group literacy circles.  There is also a PowerPoint presentation that you can download to show the different roles.
Follow the link above to her blogspot.

Grammar Songs

From squidoo.com

Source: squidoo.com via Crystal on Pinterest

Traditional Grammar

Glossary of terms:

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~wpwt/notes/grammar

Step-by-Step with Functional Grammar

http://www.lexised.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/step-by-step-with-functional-gammar.pdf

What is functional grammar?

http://anenglishpage.tripod.com/christie.html

Thirty Days to Unlock FCAT Writing Success

http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/teachers/documents/FCATWritingfocuslessons.pdf#page59

'The work of many researchers - Robert Mazano and Judith Langer among them - has provided the research base for educators to finally appreciate the muscle that a strategic teacher wields.'

Thirty Days to Unlock FCAT Writing Success (30-2-06)

DRAPES Introduction PP

http://clmsblogs.pasco.k12.fl.us/wp-content/blogs/8/uploads/aprildrapes.pdf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26001842/DRAPES-a-Writing-Method-1

Website for Lower Primary

From pbskids.org A fact and opinion clip and game.

Source: pbskids.org via Alicia on Pinterest

Fact or Opinion Chart

From polkapic.org

Source: polkapics.org via Linda on Pinterest

Inference Picture

From google.com What are three things you can tell about the person who these feet belong to?

Source: google.com via Rachel Lynette on Pinterest

Inference Picture

From google.com Why is this man on the floor?

Source: google.com via Rachel Lynette on Pinterest

Inference Picture

From google.com What do you think is in this person's backpack?

Source: google.com via Rachel Lynette on Pinterest

Inference Anchor Chart

From missklohnsclassroom.blogspot.com

Source: missklohnsclassroom.blogspot.com via Hannah on Pinterest

DRAPES Approach to Writing

An explanation of the acronym DRAPES and how to use this to encourage students to use persuasive devices in their writing.

6 Traits of Writing

'Down Under Teacher' has created posters and cards for the 6 Traits of Writing. As always, her work is beautiful and would definitely brighten any classroom. She has the six headers and over ninety cards to put underneath.

Appreciating the Zero

The Electric Company, Annie and Danny present:

'IE' Sounds

The Electric Company, Shock and P-Star present:

Soft 'G'

The Electric Company and Mario Barrett present:

Two Ways to Say 'C'

The Electric Company and Sean Kingston presents:

Punctuation

The Electric Company and LL Cool J present:

Transformer 'H'

The Electric Company and Ne-Yo present:

Bossy R

The Electric Company and Veronica Jackson present:

Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

The Electric Company and Good Charlotte present:

CARS and STARS Video

Hawker Brownlow presents: A Teacher's Guide to STARS and CARS

Inference

The following inference poster was found on Pinterest. The connection is no longer viable. As soon as I find the owner, I will post the new link.

Inference Pictures

Rachelle Lynette has created an Inference photo board on Pinterest. She has collected a variety of photos that can be used in the classroom to introduce inference skills.

http://pinterest.com/reallyrachel/inference-with-pictures/

This is one of the examples on her board. This photo has been taken from google.com

Spelling Rules Posters

Clever Clasroom have created some fantastic spelling rule posters. These posters could be made into consolidations. Take a snapshot and paste into PowerPoint file. Then go to the design button and make image clearer. This file contains 47 pages.

They can be purchased at - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spelling-Rules-Posters-47-pages




















Clever Classroom also sells spelling posters for older grades.

Fact Versus Opinion Song

Created by The GrammarHeads http://grammarheads.com/

Prediction Tune In

Fun photographs to discuss prediction. This twenty-three page booklet is free on TeachersNotebook.com. Created by Leah Offutt.

Source: teachersnotebook.com via Suzanne on Pinterest

Prediction Tune In

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Prediction Lower Primary

Source: msbeattie-samantha.blogspot.com via T on Pinterest

Prediction - Lower School

Pause the video at 45seconds

BeforeWhat do you predict is going to happen next?
The images make me think that _______________.
The background music makes it seem like ______________.

AfterI changed my first prediction when I ___________________.
My prediction was confirmed because _______________.

CAFE Wall Cards

'Down Under Teacher' has created these beautiful cards for each CAFE strategy. The link for printing can be found on her website.

http://downunderteacher.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/cafe-strategy-cards.html?showComment=1341834435633

Sheena Cameron

Sheena Cameron's  latest book Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies – a practical classroom guide, (Pearson Education 2009),was released in October 2009. The book is based on current research in reading comprehension and outlines how to translate this into realistic classroom practice. (From Website)

http://www.sheenacameron.com/

Comprehension Puppets

Primary Concepts sell these comprehension puppets.

http://www.primaryconcepts.com/rdgcomp/Comprehension-Puppets.asp

• Paula the Powerful Predictor thinks about what will come next
• Game show host Quincy Questioner asks questions about text
• Clara Clarifier monitors understanding
• Friendly cowboy Sammy Summarizer lassoes the main idea

Florida Centre for Reading Research

FCRR has a vast reading resource collection. Their resources are broken up into K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. There are hundreds of activities to download for free.

http://www.fcrr.org/

Anchor Charts

Nancy from 'Teaching My Friends!' creates amazing anchor charts for her classroom. Here are some of her examples. On her site, you will find detailed descriptions of each chart and how she uses them within her classroom.
http://teachingmyfriends.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Anchor%20Charts



Melissa from 2nd Grade with Mrs Wade has created this Visualising Poster

http://melissa-wade.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/visualizing-visualizingwhat-do-i-see.html



Ms Bongers from 'Life in 4B' has created the following anchor chart. Her blog is fantastic and you can find many other resources for reading.

http://lifein4b.blogspot.com.au/

Jennifer Jones from 'Hello Literacy' has created this prediction anchor chart.

http://helloliteracy.blogspot.com.au/

Many other anchor charts can be found at Nancy's site.

Unaccented Final Syllables

Syllables & Affixes Sort 29

Prediction

Here are some questions from Sheena Cameron (http://sheenacameron.co.nz/) that you can use before and after watching this clip.

Before -

* I think Willie Jones will sing ________________ because ____________________.

 * His style of clothing makes me think that he will sing _________________________.

 *  From other singers I have seen, he reminds me of ___________________ who would sing _____________.

* The song played as he walks on stage makes me think that _______________________.

After -

* I assumed ____________ but _____________________.

* I changed my first predictions after hearing the first few bars of music because _______________

* How much did you rely on your schema? (background knowledge)

* What background knowledge did you have before watching this clip?

Main Idea

Graphic Organisers

Graphic organisers can help children classify and communicate ideas.

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.jsp

Fantastic website! Able to print and copy for writing or guided reading lessons.

Guided Reading Demonstration PFD

Tight guided reading session
(Focus: Inference)
Year 2