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NYC Units of Study
Engage NY
I love the video library here!
Work Samples/Writing Assessments to use Formatively
http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/assessments.html
Writing Assessments
Read, Write, Think
They have wonderful lessons here, but no entire units. It has always been my favorite spot to get good lessons for ELA/literacy.
Okay, not a unit of study--but critical to teaching students to read--plus how to videos
Research shows that skilled readers use a set of learning strategies that help them make meaning from text. Into the Book provides you with tools to help elementary students learn to use these strategies in reading, the arts, and across the curriculum.
Explore the eight strategies: Prior Knowledge / Making Connections / Questioning / Visualizing / Inferring / Summarizing / Evaluating /Synthesizing / Using them all together
Here's what you'll find when you click on each strategy:
Student Interactive: teacher guide for each interactive on the student Web site
Student Video: teacher guide for each Into the Book student video episode
Teacher Video: information about each Behind the Lesson professional development episode
Lessons: additional lesson plans for teaching the strategy
Books: a list of suggested books for each strategy
Research: quotes and citations to research about the strategy
Links: additional information, lesson plans and activities from other Web sites
Download songs, posters, bookmarks and more to use in your classroom.
Design your classroom to make it more reader-friendly; get ideas from this virtual tour of Mrs. Pingel's TV classroom.
Try the Teacher Notebook to record your reflections in a handy electronic journal you can access from any computer.
Join the Discussion to participate in professional conversations about reading.
Get the video series from Public Television or on DVD to use in your classroom.
Listen to a podcast: CCBC talks to the star of the Into the Book video series.
Explore the eight strategies: Prior Knowledge / Making Connections / Questioning / Visualizing / Inferring / Summarizing / Evaluating /Synthesizing / Using them all together
Here's what you'll find when you click on each strategy:
Student Interactive: teacher guide for each interactive on the student Web site
Student Video: teacher guide for each Into the Book student video episode
Teacher Video: information about each Behind the Lesson professional development episode
Lessons: additional lesson plans for teaching the strategy
Books: a list of suggested books for each strategy
Research: quotes and citations to research about the strategy
Links: additional information, lesson plans and activities from other Web sites
Download songs, posters, bookmarks and more to use in your classroom.
Design your classroom to make it more reader-friendly; get ideas from this virtual tour of Mrs. Pingel's TV classroom.
Try the Teacher Notebook to record your reflections in a handy electronic journal you can access from any computer.
Join the Discussion to participate in professional conversations about reading.
Get the video series from Public Television or on DVD to use in your classroom.
Listen to a podcast: CCBC talks to the star of the Into the Book video series.