Macmillian-McGraw Hill site with Internet connections for stories in our
reading series. Pretty cool!
http://www.mhschool.com/index.html
This web site is full of links to reading sites for kids. Great for computer
lab activites.
http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/reading_sites.htm
This site is full of information on Guided Reading.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/guided_rdg.html
This is an excellent site for Kindergarten teachers. It is full of ideas for
guided reading, writer's workshop, and much more. There are many,
many links to other sites full of ideas for teaching literacy to kindegarten
students.
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/index.html
This site provides teachers with one stop shopping for many, many
resources: new teacher sites, educational sites, interactive sites and grade
specific resources.
http://www.electricteacher.com/newteacher/
This poetry site is full of poems related to various themes and activities
to use to teach the poems.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/programs/writing.html
This site is full of ideas for using Writer's Workshop in the classroom.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/programs/writing.html
This site explains Reader's and Writer's Workshops and their use in the
classroom.
http://www.thecenter.spps.org/Reading.html
This web site is full of mini-lessons for Writer's Workshop.
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1115.html
This is Linda McCardle's (teacher at Matthews) web site. It is full of
good information on themes, technology tips, tips on Writer's workshop,
literacy centers and much more.
http://www.lindaslearninglinks.com/
Cute posters to print for the 6 traits of writing: ideas,
organization,voice, sentence fluency, word choice, and conventions.
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/posterspage.htm
This web site is full of information on the 6 Traits +1 of writing. A link
to the 6 Traits home page is also provided.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm
This web site is full of information on the Instructional Literacy
Framework that Cornerstone schools use.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/laresources3.htm
This site provides a collection of quality ideas focusing on technology
and language arts integration.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/techlit/tlindex.htm
Wonderful site supporting Mosaic of Thought-lesson plans on different
reading strategies, posters, lists of books, etc.
http://www.u46teachers.org/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
Good site with Mosaic of Thought activities to print out, such as posters,
making connections activity sheets, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/smilecdg/comprehe.html
Extensive list of books for teaching the 6 traits of writing. VERY GOOD!
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teach/media/booklists/6traits.htm#ideas
A wealth of great graphic organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html
Six Trait Six Point Rubric for K-1 Writers
https://tusdstats.tusd.k12.az.us/planning/resources/Six_Traits_K-1/K-1_rubric_routing.asp
LOWER ELEMENTARY TEACHERS: Here are the anchor papers for K-2. It�s a
wonderful way to learn how to score or enhance what you already know.
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/anchor.html
This site has several different lesson plan ideas for teaching the 6 traits.
They can be adapted for any grade level. Worth checking out!
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/mini.html
Kid's writing site-has some neat pictures, stages of writing, and a good way
to teach children how to get rid of "Washed-Out Words", such as went, said,
and fun.
http://www.kidwriting.com
This site has information on Readers' Workshop and Writers' Notebooks with
actual pictures from a classroom. There are a lot of resources here. Check
it out!
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/
This link has great color posters and really good songs that go along with
each of the strategies that we teach.
http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/visualizing/visual_downloads.html
This site is an excellent resourse for teaching literary devices and parts of
speach and books that can be used to teach them such as alliteration,
onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, rhyme, antonyms, synomyms. Check it out!
Great for Writers' Workshop crafting lessons!
exclamations
http://www.uleth.ca/edu/currlab/handouts/literarydevices.html
NWREL provides an array of lesson plans organized by trait and grade level.
Teachers can search to find lessons to fit their students' particular needs.
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/lessonplans.php?odelay=2&d=1
Awesome site that gives lesson plans for each of the 6 traits of writing
through literature, and much, much more.
http://www.writingfix.com/Traits.htm
This site gives a description of each of the 6 traits of writing and a
scoring continuum for each trait, plus lesson plan ideas and much more.
Excellent resource!
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/LindaJancola/6Trait/6-trait.html
This website has ideas for use in the Literacy classroom. There is a good
section on the 6 Traits of Writing. There are many more good ideas here as
well.
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/menu.html
The Georgia Performance Standards site has different writing rubrics across
the grade levels that can be downloaded. They are based on the Georgia
Writing Assessment and the 6 Traits: ideas, organization, style (style is
voice and word choice)and conventions. It does not include sentence fluency
which is also a trait.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?folderID=4884&m=links&ft=WA%20Resources
This site has some good resources for 6 Traits Writing. It gives good
definitions of each trait, a lengthy list of books for each trait, Power
Point presentations on the traits, and much more.
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/curriculum/6_traits/home.html
Very good site for 6 Traits of Writing. This is the one Liz Taber sent to
us. Awesome!
http://www.mukwonago.k12.wi.us/~olejnma/index.htm