| Pamela Petty, Ed. D. Assistant Professor Literacy Department of Special Instructional Programs, Western Kentucky University pam@pampetty.com http://www.pampetty.com |
Kandy Smith Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum, University of Louisville kandysmith@comcast.net |
Vocabulary
Frayer Method of Vocabulary Development: http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm
 | Allows for depth in word knowledge
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Reading
Content Area Reading: http://www.pampetty.com/contentareareading.htm
Reading Strategies: http://www.paec.org/david/reading/general.pdf
| Concise outlines of reading best practice and some free e-books of interest to 4th grade and up. |
Instructional Strategies and Resources: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/clic/instructional_strategies_resources.html
Adolescents and Literacy in the Content Area: http://knowledgeloom.org/practices3.jsp?location=1&bpinterid=1174&spotlightid=1174
| Practices and major considerations. |
A Summary of Scientific-Based Research (SBR) Supporting the Use of Inquiry-Based Teaching/Learning Strategies: http://www.proquestk12.com/lsm/pqelib/pdfs/SBReLibTeacherTraining.pdf
Promoting Literacy Across the Curriculum in the Middle Grades: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/promoting_literacy.phtml
103 Things to do Before/During and After Reading: http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=445
Reading Comprehension Skills and Practice: http://www.nelliemuller.com/reading_comprehension.htm
Writing
RealeBooks.com: http://www.realebooks.com/
Word Play
Hink Pinks: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4455/hinks.html
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=5912
| Hink
pinks
are one-syllable words that rhyme; hinky pinkies are two-syllable words
that rhyme; hinkety pinketies are three-syllable words that rhyme. |
Wacky World of Words: http://www3.telus.net/teachwell/
| Many word games developed for older students and higher order thinking skills |
Five Language Arts 'Sponges': http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_sponges.shtml
| Hink Pinks and other language games |
Nifty Thrifty Fifty
Self-Selected Reading
Reading Interest Inventory: http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/sarasota/interinven.htm
| It is imperative that you know your learners' interests to better match
them with books/literature. A reading interest inventory is a first step in getting to know your learners.
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Struggling Readers
LiveInk: http://www.liveink.com/javalibr.htm
| LiveInk has hundreds of classical literature selections that have been
reformatted in phrases. The phrases are structured so that both fluency and comprehension is enhanced. Struggling readers are not immediately overwhelmed by the volume of print on any one page or the number of pages to be read. |
Helping Children with Disabilities Learn to Read: http://idea.uoregon.edu/%7Encite/programs/read.html
Assistive Software and Technologies
Word Maker: http://www.donjohnston.com/catalog/wordmaker.htm
| WordMaker is the phonics, phonemic awareness and spelling
program that combines the two activities that Dr. Patricia Cunningham, author of The Four-Blocks® Literacy Model, has found to be successful in teaching reading. First, students manipulate letters to make words, discovering the patterns as they do this — guided discovery. |
Interactive Venn Diagram: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn/index.html
Middle School WebQuests: http://www.nelliemuller.com/Junior_High_WebQuests.htm
Other
Story elements (adapted from Anita Silvey's work):
A Vision for Action and Research for Middle and High School Literacy: http://www.all4ed.org/publications/ReadingNext/ReadingNext.pdf
WebQuest Generator: http://www.phpwebquest.org/english/index.htm (if this page opens to a non-English version, click on ENGLISH and it will change to English)
Interactive Unit Planner: http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/iup/
Jeopardy Games (all content areas): http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm
100 Things to do with Books: http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/books.html
Java Games - all content areas: http://www.quia.com/shared/geo/
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