| Authors |
none |
This site offers information about Eric Wilson, excerpts
from books, teacher resources and study guides. |
Both |
Eric Wilson |
| Authors |
none |
Ideas for teaching the literature of Chris Van Allsburg. |
Teacher |
Eduplace |
| Listening |
Oral Directions |
An excellent lesson plan to teach children how to follow
oral directions. It stresses the importance of clarity when giving
directions to others. |
Teacher |
Ask
Eric |
| Reading |
Comprehension |
An assessment board game that can be used to review
any novel study. It will reinforce content knowledge, vocabulary
and English usage skills. |
Teacher |
Ask
Eric |
| Reading |
Comprehension |
This is a reading activity designed to help students
practice sequencing skills, summarizing a novel, visualizing story
elements and recognizing story structure. |
Teacher |
Teachers Desk |
| Reading |
Stories |
A collection of stories that are fun and upbeat and
have positive messages. The collection of stories comes from many
different countries. |
Both |
Whootie
Owl Stories to Grow by |
| Reference Materials |
none |
An easy to use student dictionary. |
Student |
Word central |
| Speaking |
literature circles |
An excellent site describing various models of literature
circles with printable handouts for teachers to use. |
Teacher |
Teaching
Resources from the classroom of Laura Chandler |
| Speaking |
literature circles |
This site is designed to support teachers as they plan
and use literature circles in their classrooms. |
Teacher |
Seattle
University |
| Speaking |
Readers' Theatre |
This site contains a list of Readers' Theatre activities
appropriate for Elementary children. |
Teacher |
AOL.com |
| Speaking |
Readers' Theatre |
This site gives an excellent explanation of Readers'
Theatre and how it works. It also gives tips on how to use Readers'
Theatre in a classroom. |
Teacher |
Pauline Johnson
Public School |
| Speaking |
Readers' Theatre |
Students use poetry as the basis of a script. This is
just like Reader's Theatre. |
Both |
Poetry
Teachers |
| Speaking |
Readers' Theatre |
Explains the basics of Readers' Theatre and includes
some prepared scripts to use. |
Teacher |
Bedford
Middle School |
| Speaking |
Strategies for Effective Speaking |
This lesson will help students to understand the need
to be articulate and precise when explaining steps to another student.
The listener will also learn to be a more effective listener. |
Teacher |
Ask
Eric |
| Speaking |
Strategies for Effective Speaking |
A fun activity which increases describing and listening
skills. |
Teacher |
Teaching
Ideas |
| Writing |
Figurative Language |
Various lessons plans given on figurative language and
how to use this language when writing poetry. |
Teacher |
Harris
Middle School |
| Writing |
Grammar |
Original grammar worksheets that can be used as review
or in mini-lessons. |
Teacher |
RHL School |
| Writing |
Parts of Speech |
This is an interactive lesson in which students create
"wacky" stories using their knowledge of the parts of speech and
how they work in a sentence. |
Both |
Edu Place |
| Writing |
Poetry |
Lesson plans for teaching poetry using humour. |
Teacher |
Poetry
Teachers |
| Writing |
Poetry |
A site that outlines the directions for writing various
forms of poetry. It also includes examples of student writing. |
Teacher |
ABC Teach |
| Writing |
Poetry |
Three authors expose students to various characteristics
of poetry. Each of the writers models his/her work and gives suggestions
for writing poetry. |
Teacher |
Scholastic |
| Writing |
writer's workshop |
This website is an online workshop for teachers who
are interested in implementing writer's workshop in their classroom. |
Teacher |
Gloria's Web
Site |
| Writing |
writer's workshop |
This site outlines the five stages of writing - prewriting,
writing, revising, editing and publishing - in an easily understood
format. |
Both |
Angelfire |
| Writing |
Writing for a specific purpose or audience |
This activity encourages children to think about the
middle part of a story and to think about what they have already
written. |
Teacher |
Teaching
Ideas |
| Writing |
Writing for a specific purpose or audience |
An excellent lesson that can be used for many things
- vocabulary, grammar, writing for a specific purpose. |
Teacher |
Success Link |
| Writing |
Writing for a specific purpose or audience |
This activity may be utilized as a writing centre or
a whole group activity. The individual topics include a wide variety
of activities dealing with the topic of peanuts. |
Teacher |
Teachers Desk |
| Writing |
Writing for a specific purpose or audience |
Very basic steps for writing a research report are given. |
Both |
Let's
Explore San Diego |
| Stone Fox |
none |
Create a realistic fiction story with information
about a musher, his dog team, the trail, the weather, and the checkpoints
along the Iditarod Race |
Both |
GoodApple |
| |
|
A Review of parts of speech with hands-on
activities. |
Teacher |
Parts
of Speech |
