Resources

These are all taken from Dr. Frye’s blog.  They include tons of excellent resources to use within the classroom. 

 How many pages do they read?

Reading Fluency

 

Spelling/Word Study Resources

1. Brown_Morris Article
2. Bloodgood Article
3. QIWK
4. Buying Used Basals-Textbooks (Houghton Mifflin Spelling/Vocabulary 1990-Levels 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) http://www.valorebooks.com/
5. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (Create audio files/recordings of spelling lists)

 

Grants, Grants, Grants

http://grantwrangler.com/ (One of the best sites to keep you up-to-date on grant opportunities)

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?folder=373811&clientWidth=0

(A list of Web sites for educators…lots of grant resources)

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/grants.asp ( A Wonderful site for providing grant resources and helping you write grants)

http://www.techlearning.com/blog/grantguru/2008/06/grant_guru_tip_38_finding_the.php (Grant Guru)

 

 

Pirate Homepage 

• Pirate web sites
• Folklore: myths and legends
• Science Connections to Peter and the Starcatchers
• NC Standard Course of Study

 

Launching the Pirate Unit-Interdisciplinary Pirate Study 1:

• Swashbuckling Adventures on the High Seas: Historical Fiction, Informational Texts, and an Integrated Unit About Pirates
  • Double Entry Diary Instructional Framework
  • Pullout Article
• Pirate Study Interdisciplinary Unit Rubric

• Creating your Pirate Journal/Notebook
• Exploring Pirate artifacts (What I Noticed About These Areas)
• KWL
• Dictionary of Piratical and Nautical Terms
  

  “It is not the resources available on the Internet, though these are considerable, that will make a difference for your students. Instead, your students’ successes at life’s opportunities will be determined by what you decide to do with these resources… . The Internet is redefining what it means to be literate. If we are to prepare children for their tomorrows, we need to embrace the opportunities the Internet provides for new forms of literacy.“     Donald J. Leu, Ph.DLet’s explore Internet Workshop in-depth with Don Leu

• Internet Workshop and Blog Publishing: Meeting Student (and Teacher) Learning Needs to Achieve Best Practice
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  • Piratcial Internet Workshop
  • Best Comprehensive Pirate Site
  • Multiple Internet Workshops
  • Child-Friendly Search Engines
  • Information on Internet Workshop

 

The Not-So-Jolly Roger

• Example DRTA

• Effective Comprehension Instruction
• Best Comprehensive Pirate Site
• Notorious Places in Pirate Lore

 

• Pirate Diary: the Journal of Jake Carpenter and What If You Met a Pirate?

• Mapping Jake’s Journey
  • Download Maps and Track Jake’s Travels
    • Spanish Main
    • Map of Caribbean Sea
    • Map of Americas
    • Map of World (Where is Madagascar?)
    • Google Maps
    • Google Earth
    • National Geographic Xpeditions
    • National Atlas Government Site
    • Teacher Vision Library of Maps
    • infoplease Map Library

• Pirate Wanted Poster

Peter and the Starcatchers Literary Study-2

• The Ballad of the Pirate Queens