Knott County Literacy Institute

Day One: Best Practices

in Literacy Instruction

Quest for the Best - Forget the Rest: http://www.pampetty.com/bestpractice.htm

Things have Changed: http://www.pampetty.com/parentsreading.htm

Example of one school system's implementation/organization of Four-Blocks Framework for Literacy Instruction: http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/FourBlocks/ and http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/4blocks/

4-Blocks Literacy Framework e-Resources: http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/tr/4block.html

Definition of Reading Terms: http://www.pampetty.com/warrencodict.htm

Balanced Literacy Handbook (grades 1 - 5):
http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/balancedlit/handbook/BLK5/bltablek-5.htm

Reading Instruction that Works (workshop by Cheryl SIgmon): http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/workshop070600.html

Self-Assessment Checklist for a Balanced Literacy Classroom: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/balancedlit/handbook/blhs/blselfhs.htm

Self-Assessment checklist for Excellent Reading Teachers: http://www.pampetty.com/bestassessment.htm

Day Two: Four-Blocks Writing

Creating Writers with Creative Writing: http://www.pampetty.com/cwlitbased.htm

Ideas for writing using Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups.

Judith Viorst reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/family/alexander/author.html

Writing in the Classroom	http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/English/WritingProject/reswrit.htm
Resources, Lesson Plans and Activities for KINDERGARTENS	The Write Source
K-3 Resources	writing - paragraph construction
Children's Literature
Writing Prompts for each Grade Level http://tusdstats.tusd.k12.az.us/planning/resources/writprompt/promptfront.asp	Writing Links for Teachers
	Harcourt Grammar Glossary
Learning Resources Graphic Organizers	Integrating the Internet
Create Vocabulary Worksheets On-line. Make your own Vocabulary Worksheets!	Road to Reading
Writing in the Classroom	Rubric, Rubrics, Teacher Rubric Makers
OurTimeLines.com - Create Timeline	http://www.pampetty.com/cwonline.htm
Creating Writers with Creative Writing	Professional Resources for Writing
Literature-Based Writing	Pigs in Our Language (creative "piggy-back" writing)
Sharpen Your Child's Writing Skills	KET On-Demand Writing (download prior to 17Jan03)
Graphic Organizers	Writing Process
English Language Arts Writing Instructional Philosophy and Teaching Suggestions	Write-On! The Writer's Workshop!

What is kindergarten’s role in writing?

	ED331030 1991-06-00 Reading and Writing in a Kindergarten Classroom. ERIC Digest.
	Kindergarten Writing Rubric
	LessonPlanz.com Lesson Search Lesson Plans-Language Arts-Grades K-2-Writing
	Lesson Exchange Author Study For Kindergartners (Elementary, Literature)
	Mid-Kansas Independent Academy Curriculum List Communication Kindergarten Writing

What should students be doing at each grade level regarding writing?

	Curriculum Publications
	Beyond Standards

How often should students at each grade level be writing?

every day - without exception

How do you build a writing program?

Write Source Writing Topics

How do teachers build their confidence for implementing writing in the classroom?

	eWriteLife.com - for writers of all ages and stages
	WritersDigest.com
	The Write Life

How do we teach children to develop voice in their writing?

	Use real quality literature as a model.
	Teachers model by using their own writings as examples.

How do you effectively conference with students? What are some techniques for conferencing with 2^nd and 3^rd graders?

Writing Conference Form

Explain the use of the Socratic method in the writing process.

Please address apathy for at-risk and the effect on the writing process. Suggestions?

	http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ReferenceMaterials/GlossaryOfLiteracyTerms/WhatIsTheLanguageExperienceApp.htm
	Wacky Web Tales

Different strategies for open-response questions (basically we use the four column method)

http://www.fno.org/sept96/questions.html

Strategies for making writing exciting.

	Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes-Enchanted Learning Software
	KIDiddles (TM) - Mojo's Musical Mouseum
	Funny poetry for children
	Bare Books HomePage
	Bookmaking

Planning Sheet for Writing: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/balancedlit/planner.doc

Day Three: Four-Blocks Guided Reading

Pre-During-Post Reading Strategies:

Resources for Pre/During/Post Strategies

Making Sense of Pre/During/Post:
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2befor.htm

Koala Lou - Mem Fox

http://www.pampetty.com/koalalou.htm (on-line unit of study built
around 4-Blocks Framework for Literacy Instruction and including:

vocabulary development

pre-reading

working with words

Directed Reading Thinking Activity

during reading

post reading

Writing

Self-Selected Reading

Olivia - Ian Falconer

http://www.pampetty.com/olivia.htm (WebQuest including pre/during/
and post reading)

The Polar Express - Chris van Allsburg

http://www.pampetty.com/polarexpress.htm (WebQuest including vocabulary,
pre/during/and post reading)

http://www.flashcardexchange.com

http://cela.albany.edu/reports/Agee2/index.html
Theory, Identity, and Practice: A Study of Two High School English Teachers' Literature Instruction

http://www.sedl.org/reading/rad/searchtips.html
Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-1-2

http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/graphsec.html
Graphic Organizers in Secondary Schools

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1414.html
Bloom’s Taxonomy Model Questions and Key Words

Readers Theater: http://aaronshep.com/rt/index.html

PBS Kids: Between the Lions: http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html

Beautifully illustrated stories to read on-line, print, and share. Also includes games, literacy tips for parents and teachers.

Vocabulary Instruction: http://www.pampetty.com/besttask4.htm

Comprehension: http://www.pampetty.com/besttask5.htm

Recommended Literature: http://www.pampetty.com/litindex.htm

Repeated Readings: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/3789.html

Planning Sheet for Reading: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/balancedlit/planner.doc

Day Four: Four-Blocks Working with Words

Phonemic Awareness: http://www.pampetty.com/besttask1.htm

Phonics: http://www.pampetty.com/besttask2.htm

Strategies for Phonemic Awareness

Read/Write/Sing Lesson Ideas: http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/read_write_sing_lesson_ideas.html

Bank Street: http://www.bankstreet.edu/literacyguide/main.html

Phonemic Awareness Activities for the Classroom: http://208.183.128.8/read/Phonemic.htm

Strategies for Phonics Instruction

Word Play: http://208.183.128.8/read/words.html

Games:

Spill and Spell

Smart Mouth

Take Four

Leveled Readers and easy decodables: http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html
(30 free)

50 Way to Improve Reading

Enchanted Learning (word games and poems): http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

Word Plays: http://www.wordplays.com/

Word Wall Cheers: http://www.blocks4reading.com/fourblocks/cheers.htm#Songs%20for%203%20Letter%20Words

Making Words: http://208.183.128.8/read/wordfun/foxtohen.htm - interactive on-line

On-Line Riddles: http://members.aol.com/Eleehart/guesswhat.html

Spelling: What do I do with my spelling books? Cheryl Sigmon

Spelling and Vocabulary: Helping Parents Understand Vocabulary and Spelling by Cheryl M. Sigmon

Sort, Hunt, Write: A Weekly Spelling Program: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=278

Day Five: Four-Blocks Self-Selected Reading and Synthesis of Instruction

Fluency: http://www.pampetty.com/besttask3.htm

Interactive Read Alouds

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch - Trinka Hakes Noble (repetitive refrain)

McCracken (Bob and Marlene) Educational Materials: "The Old Woman and Her Pig" http://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-6.html

Robert and Marlene McCracken's Stories, Songs and Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing Literacy through Language
(Peguis, 1987 ISBN 0-920541-35-6) is far from new, but it has some wonderful techniques for helping readers interact with text.

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/webwatch/picturebooks/index.html

Readers Theater: http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/

Guess What? (riddle poems): http://members.aol.com/Eleehart/guesswhat.html

Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Falling Up - Shel Silverstein

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices - Paul Fleischman

Recommended Literature: http://www.pampetty.com/litindex.htm

Souvenir Bits - A Developmental Process: http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/workshop070600.html

For every book a child reads (or heads via teacher read aloud) an "artifact" representing the book is placed in a bag (or box) so that the child can link the story to an object and retell the story (or information in the case of an expository book.)

A Bit of a Story (home version of Souvenir Bits): http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/article33.html

Summer/home connection to keep adding objects to a bag or box so that children can better recall and retell stories or information.

Building Blocks (Kindergarten)

Emergent and Early Literacy: http://www.pampetty.com/earlyliteracy.htm

Kindergarten Book Units (9 in all): http://www.mrsbonthuisclass.com/Book%20Units.htm

Article on the Difference Between Four-Blocks and Building Blocks: http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/article16.html

Pre-School Library: http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp

Read, Write, Sing Lesson Ideas: http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/read_write_sing_lesson_ideas.html

Wilbooks.com: http://www.colorcodedbooks.org/wbs/photo_books.htm - fabulous photo books to print and many others to purchase at very low prices.

Kindergarten Handbook for Reading and Writing: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/balancedlit/handbook/kinder/kinder.htm

General Resources

Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

Over 16,000 webpages that connect to all content areas, interests, and topics of study.
Appropriate for K-3, free or banner-free membership as options. Of particular interest are the rebus rhymes
and Mother Goose pages: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

Think Reading! http://www.joelson.addr.com/izreading.htm

Offers interactive on-line learning in skills/strategies ranging from beginning sounds, to multiple meaning words,
to levels of text comprehension.

How the Leopard got his Spots by Rudyard Kipling: http://www.sff.net/people/karawynn/justso/leopard.htp

Beautifully illustrated classic is a perfect way to introduce porquoi stories.

Want to develop a poetry collection? This site has a large selection that can be printed. You may find the banners more than a little annoying, but the content is good: http://www.heatheranne.freeservers.com/childrens/PoemsChildren.htm

Interactive Unit Planner: http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/iup/

Allows you to build a unit (or lesson plan) on-line. Step-by-step, prompts you to include all critical information, and provides helpful readings/resources. You can print the lesson plan or have it emailed to you to save.

Four-Blocks Literacy Chatboard: http://teachers.net/mentors/4blocks/

Visit this site to ask questions, read other posts, and share your ideas.

Collection of links to on-line sites for all of the 4-blocks: http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/guided_reading.htm

Be sure and check out "Watson's Word Wall" and the "Teacher's Desk" - amazing resources!

Curriculum Units: http://www.rogertaylor.com/

click on Curriculum Units -- then on Sample Units to get an idea of what these incredible units look like.
Thought this might help as you work on your standards-based units.

Composer and Publisher (downloadable writing software): http://www.realebooks.com/ - very reasonable pricing

Ideas for Inclusion of Pictures:

	iwon.com posts photos every day which have been submitted by iwon viewers: http://today.iwon.com/index.html?PG=home&SEC=bnav User photos, pet photos, celebrity photos, and fashion photos are available to download to your computer and use in your classroom in PowerPoint presentations, hard copy print outs for activities, and as springboards for vocabulary development, writing, and visual links to content area instruction.
	msnbc.com has a daily multimedia webpage that chronicles video, photo slide shows, and images from current events and special happenings around the world: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4999736/
	Interesting High-Speed (super slow motion) video clips: The super slow-motion playback lets you visualize effects that cannot be seen with the naked eye or with a standard video camera. http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/high_speed_video/

Toolbox: Crossword maker, Wordsearch maker, Word scrambler, Text scrambler, Code maker and
Maze maker all in one: http://www.toolbox.smartemail.co.uk/ (about $23.25 US)

Vocabulary Word Map: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/pdf/wordmap_2.pdf

Promoting Vocabulary Development: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/practices/redbk5.pdf

Electronic Venn Diagram: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn/index.html

	Vocabulary: http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm
	On-Line Dictionary: http://www.wordcentral.com/aol/index.html
	Authors and Illustrators on the Web: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Wacky World of Words: http://www3.telus.net/teachwell/

Frayer Method: (vocabulary strategy for providing DEPTH of understanding) http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm

Sponge Vocabulary Ideas: http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/vocabularydev.htm

Flashcard Exchange: http://www.flashcardexchange.com - free service unless you want to be able to print your cards, then a small subscription is necessary.

http://www.tampareads.com/vocabulary/4thgrade/introduction4.htm - on-line resource

Playing with Words - Margie Golick (book)

The Play of Words - Richard Lederer (book)

Cornerstone® developed three complete units of study over Click, Clack, Moo, Joseph had a Little Overcoat, and The Fox and the Crow. These units are FANTASTIC for ALL learners! You have got to see these to believe them!
http://pbskids.org/lions/cornerstones/ - Scroll down to "teaching units" (right side of screen).

Judy and David's On-Line Songs: http://judyanddavid.com/index2.html

http://www.makeworksheets.com - not what you think!!

Lesson Plans on the Internet: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/LessonPlans/plans.html

A large databank of lesson plan collections.

Language Arts Links: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/balancedlit/lasites.htm

Talking to Parents (part 1): http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/article36.html

Talking to Parents (part 2): http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/article37.html

	Read/Write/Sing Lesson Ideas: http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/read_write_sing_lesson_ideas.html
	Bank Street: http://www.bankstreet.edu/literacyguide/main.html
	Phonemic Awareness Activities for the Classroom: http://208.183.128.8/read/Phonemic.htm