4.19.09
Literacy and Language>Vocabulary>added link to 101 Text Talk Lessons compiled by Utah Reading First teachers (great resource!)
4.14.09
- Literacy and Language>Reader's Workshop>link to downloadable Forms, Resources and Graphic Organizers from "Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency" by Fountas & Pinnell
- Literacy and Language>Making Words>added link to Word Sorts by Davis Elementary
- Literacy and Language>added section on Fluency
- Literacy and Language>Reader's Workshop>uploaded my revised Nonfiction Convention Notebook
3.30.09
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Literacy and Language>Phonics>link to Open Court Sound Spelling Cards Mat and Open Court Key Word Charts
3.27.09
- Literacy and Language>Readers Workshop>Parent School Letter>Determining Importance
- Literacy and Language>Readers Workshop>link to "Yearlong RW Plans"
- Literacy and Language>Readers Workshop>link to another Book list to model strategies
- Literacy and Language>Readers Workshop>link to Strategy Stuff from Busy Teachers Cafe
- Literacy and Language>Readers Workshop>link to Reading Curriculum Calendars from the Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project
1.14.09
- Literacy and Language>Reader's Theatre Script>Snowmen at Night
- Literacy and Language>Guided Reading>Non-fiction Retelling Framework
- Literacy & Language>Reader's Workshop>LOTS vs. HOTS Comprehension Questions
- Home>link to www.askanexpert.com
12.19.09
- Literacy and Language>Guided Reading>Fiction Retelling Framework
- Literacy and Language> Guided Reading>Cut-Up Sentence Homework Directions
12.14.08
- Homework Page>added January Homework Calendar
12.11.08
- Parent Connections Page> Special Events Letters > added letter about Holiday Breakfast Class Party Letter
11.29.08
- Math>Math Calendars>added Calendar Toppers for all months
11.24.08
- Home Page>added link to www.worksheetworks.com
- Homework Page> added December Homework Calendar
- Home Page>added link to classroom photos from this year
- Literacy Page>Writers Workshop>added Monthly Journal Covers
10.30.08
- Literacy Page>Phonological Awareness>P.A.S.T. Assessment, Task Cards, Directions
- Literacy Page> Writing> 1st Quarter Writing Rubric
- First Grade Homework Page > November Homework Calendar
10.17.08
- Homework Page>Uploaded September Homework Calendar
- Homework Page>Uploaded October Homework Calendar
- Homework Page>Changed Link to Homework Calendar Template
- Homework Page>Uploaded Nightly Reading Calendar Sheet from www.drjean.org
10.10.08
- Re-added Schema/Making Connections Parent School Letter
8.30.08
- Literacy & Language>Readers Workshop>Frank Serafini's Book Lists
8.13.08
- Literacy Page > Center Signs > added link
- Teacher Planning Page > My Lesson Plans > added link to 07-08 lesson plans
- Home Page > added summer note
8.08.08
- Class Book Page>Science Notebook Response Sheet
- Literacy Page>Writer's Workshop>Books that Spark an Idea
- >Revising and Editing Symbols Checklist
- >My Personal Dictionary
- Literacy Page>Reading Interventions>Strategies/Interventions for Struggling Readers
- >Appendix from Synchronizing Success
- Literacy Page>Reading Assessment>Alternate Benchmark Assessment-Arkansas Model
6.21.08
- Literacy and Language Page>Readers Workshop>added link to pdf Leveled Book Lists, organized by letter, from The School at Columbia University
- Literacy and Language Page>Readers Workshop>added link to an article called Exploring Comprehension through Retelling
- Homework Page>Home Reading>added 3 documents and one weblink: Home Reading Directions Page, Home Reading Givens, Home Reading Log Cover Sheet & link to Really Good Stuff where I get the Home Reading folders themselves.
6.18.08
- Literacy & Language>Centers>added link to another of my Listening Center Response Sheet: Book Report, fiction and non-fiction
- Teacher Planning Page>added Directions: How to Make Chair Pockets
- Teacher Planning Page>a lot of people ask for the pattern for the Heart Flag Quilt, thank you Lesa Haney from Texas for putting my pattern into digital form to share
- Lesson Plans>many of you have asked if I would leave my lessons plans up, so because they take a lot of storage space, I am in the process of moving them to another server space at http://hellolessonplans.googlepages.com, but will be linked from the Teacher Planning page.
6.12.08
- Literacy>Phonological Awareness>added link to Word Play Lesson Template
- Literacy>Phonological Awareness Activity Cards
- Literacy>Vocabulary>Text Talk lesson added from District U-46 : There is a TON of resources on the Curriculum Roadmap section of their website, I could spend hours, wait a minute, I have!
- Literacy>Readers Theatre>added The Ghost Eye Tree and The Grasshopper and the Ants
6.11.08
- Math Page>Games & Activities>added link to www.mathwire.com
- Literacy & Language>Reader's Workshop>added link to Strategy downloads from Into the Book
- Homework>June Homework Calendar
- Science>Blackline masters for Foss Science Kits
- Literacy & Language>Reading Assessment>DIBELS Intervention Electrified: links to online games and activities for Rhyme, Letter Recognition, Letter Sounds & Putting Words Together
6.10.08
- Math Page>CGI>Math Bucket Tools page added, along with more pictures and narrative about CGI.
-Math Page>created new section, Flashcards>added Mrs. Latino's Math Fact program.
6.9.08
- Math>CGI>added a lot more resources for problem types, problem sets and problem resources.
5.29.08
- Literacy & Language>Writer's Workshop>added Cover Letter for End of the Year Journal Writing
5.20.08
- Literacy & Language>Text Talk Lessons>added Click Clack Moo by teacher visitor Deb Green from Ohio
5.19.08
- I added several items last week for the Pebbles, Sand and Silt notebook, including covers for Living Organisms and Balance & Motion.
5.14.08
- Class Books>Pebbles, Sand & Silt>response sheet for lesson 15: Homemade Soil
- Home Page> link to www.hellomrsjones.com > note about Summer Reading List
5.7.08
- Homepage>link to Number Fluency Assessments> www.superkids.com
- Class Books>Pebbles, Sand and Silt>link to lesson 10 Rocks in Use Schoolyard Tour
- Class Books> Pebbles, Sand and Silt> link to Notebook Response Sheet for Exploring Clay center
5.6.08
- Class Books Page>Science Notebooks>added more pages for Pebbles, Sand and Silt
- Assessment Page>added Science Assessment, a page I created to add as a cover sheet to the Science Notebooks before sending home
- Home Page>Abbey's ABC Art Book Photo Link
- Teacher Planning Page>Lessons>Week 33 & 34
4.29.08
- Homework Page>added May Homework Calendar
4.24.08
- Teaching Planning Page > Curriculum Maps > added April
- Home Page > added note about new enrichment unit: Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
- Literacy & Language > Enrichment Units >added Chicken Sunday unit sheets
- Literacy & Language > Writer's Workshop > Lucy Calkins > Sample Track Schedule
4.20.08
- Literacy & Language>Writers Workshop>link to 131 mini lessons by J. Meacham
- Literacy & Language>Writers Workshop>link to Writer's "To Do" Checklist
- Literacy & Language>Writers Workshop>link to Mentor Texts for Writers Workshop
- Assessment Page>Literacy>Writing Vocabulary Assessment
- Assessment Page>Literacy>Blank Running Record Template
- Home Page>new link to Aunty Math's Math Challenges
- Parent Connections Page>Family Math>Family Challenge Sheet
- Parent Connections Page>Family Math>link to Family Math Challenge website
4.16.08
- Class Books Page>Solids & Liquids Notebook>added supplemental blackline for Lesson 2
- Class Books Page>Solids & Liquids Notebook>added supplemental blackline for Lesson 4
- Class Books Page>Solids & Liquids Notebook>added parent letter for magazine request
- Home Page > 100 Ways to Praise Sheet (best used with Kagan Coop. Learning Structures)
- Home Page > Science Notebook Sample from Solids and Liquids unit
4.15.08
- Class Books Page>Covers & Pages>Ms. Whitt's Special Person Book Cover
- Class Books Page>Covers & Pages>Special Person Paper
- Literacy & Language>Reading Assessment>web link to the K-2 Literacy Assessment page for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Literacy & Language>Reader's Workshop>added Reading Meeting Assessment
4.11.08
- Science and Social Studies>Science Writing Prompts and Quick Writes
- Class Books>Covers & Pages>Pebbles, Sand & Silt Science Notebook Cover
- Class Books>Covers & Pages>Sylvester & The Magic Pebble Writing Paper
- Homepage>Link to pdf of Games that help develop cognitive skills
4.02.08
- Literacy & Language > Text Talk Lessons > added Move Over, Rover
3.31.08
- Homework Page > added Other Monthly Homework Calendars links to Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh science homework calendars & link to homework calendars at www.kellyskindergarten.com
- Parent Connections Page > added links to other renditions of my newsletter template
- Literacy & Language & Homepage > Phonics > Kelly's Open Court Resources link
- Homepage > Permission to Reproduce note updated
3.30.08
- Literacy & Language > Denver Public Schools > documents and links from their Curriculum and Instruction Department
- Literacy & Language > new section: Phonological Awareness
- Literacy & Language > Phonological Awareness > new link to www.kizclub.com
- Changed page title from Weblinks to My Favorites
- My Favorites > added links of classroom favorites and favorite websites including but not limited to www.kwout.com, www.voicethread.com, and Spell with Flickr
- Literacy & Language > Poetry Folders > added more poems
- Teacher Planning > Lesson Plans > Note about Spring Break