What do you call a pony with a sore throat?

HOMOPHONES

The following is a list of resources gathered for ILA lessons on homophones.

1.       Homophone.com

2.       Homophone games

3.       To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones on Read, Write, Think

4.       “I’m just a little hoarse.”  Lesson Plan

5.       Lesson with Printables

6.       Easy Worksheets

7.       AtoZ Teacher Stuff: Homophones

8.       Fun Activities For Teaching Homophones

9.       Bulletin Board idea: Students grow a “pair of pears” homophone tree

10.   Funbrain: Word Confusion

11.   BBC: Homophones Game

12.   Interactive LA Skill Builders: Homophones

13.   Grammar for Kids: Homophones

14.   Homophone Car Rally

15.   Vocabulary Can be Fun: Homophones

16.   EZ School: Homophones

17.   Super Match Game

18.   Multiple, Leveled, Homophones Matching Games

19.   Homonym Game

20.   PPT Jeopardy Game

21.   Homophone Old Maid

22.   Kinesthetic Homophone Activities

23.   Make Take Teach: Teaching Homophones

24.   Between the Lions: Homophones Song

25.   Homophone Monkey

Commas Save Lives!

Below is a list of resources gathered for a 5th grade language arts grammar lesson.

1.      Detailed rules for comma usage and some nice quiz activities at the bottom.

2.      5 question quiz

3.       2nd 5 question quiz

4.      Lesson Plan: Comma Rules: How to Use Commas

5.      Printable rules and practice

6.      3 Teacher Chicks - Chart and printables

7.      Video and Quiz

8.      Worksheets and Activities

9.      Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources

10.  Time for Kids - Punctuation Practice

11.  Joy in the Journey

12.  A Lesson in Comma Sense

13.  FANBOYS Lesson

14.  eThemes: Commas

15.  BBC Commas Game

16.  Comma practice - 5 interactive quizzes of varied levels.

17.  Commas in Quotations - Read the directions and take the online quiz.

18.  Interactive exercises on using commas - Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5

19.  Quiz on Comma Usage - Click on "The paragraph, please!" and a paragraph will appear in the top text-area.

20.  Quotation Marks and Commas - Online Quiz.

21.  Using Commas - Select sentence with correctly used commas. (Internet Explorer)

22.  Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert any necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).

23.  Welcome to Commas: Fill in the Blanks - In each blank space in the paragraphs below provide a comma where it is appropriate or write a small-case "x" (without the quotation marks) where a comma is not necessary.

24.  Comma Chameleon

25.  Test Your Comma IQ

Blowing up the Biography

Telling an Immigrant's Story

Research

• http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast-facts/
• http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?ID=818#9
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States
• http://www.infoplease.com/us/immigration/

Research demographic statistics on immigrants including how many people come from that country to the United States each year, where they tend to live when they come to this country, and what types of jobs they normally take.  

Present

World Cultures Day - http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/world-day-cultural-diversity-dialogue

• Ireland - http://www.irishculture.ie/
• Haiti - http://www.haitian-culture.com/
• Bangladesh - http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/culture/
• El Salvador - http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/El-Salvador.html
• India - http://www.culturalindia.net/
• Mexico - http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00633/
• Vietnam - http://www.vietnam-culture.com/
• Kosovo - http://www.beinkosovo.com/en/kosovo-culture
• China - http://www.cultural-china.com/ or http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_culture.html

Get Creative

• Bio Cube - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube-30057.html
• BrainyBox - http://www.classtools.net/brainybox/
• Web Booklet - http://simplebooklet.com/index-edu.php
• Simple Booklet - http://simplebooklet.com/index-sb.php
• Stormboard - https://www.stormboard.com
• Glogster - http://edu.glogster.com/
• Padlet - http://padlet.com/
• Lino - http://en.linoit.com/
• Magnoto - http://www.magnoto.com/
• Spaaze - http://www.spaaze.com/home
• Prezi - http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/
• Narrable - https://narrable.com
• Photo Story Apps - http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-photo-story
• Reel Prezo - http://www.reelapp.com/
• Zeega - http://zeega.com/
• Fakebook - http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
• Trading Cards - http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php

Timelines:

• http://www.ourstory.com/
• http://www.myhistro.com/
• http://www.timetoast.com/
• http://timerime.com/
• http://timeline.knightlab.com/#about
• http://www.dipity.com/

Webpages

• http://www.webnode.com/, 
• http://www.wix.com/
• http://www.weebly.com/
• Google Sites

Immigration Debate

Eight graders complete a novel study on immigration.  Below are some questions they discuss and resources to supplement the conversation.

Introducing Immigration

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/
• Tenement Museum - http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/logcabin.html

Do you personally know an immigrant?

• http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_teen_immigrants5.html

Why do immigrants come to the United States?

• http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/
• http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp

What are the current policies/laws regarding immigration?

• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/immigration
• http://www.cfr.org/immigration/us-immigration-policy/p20030
• http://www.cis.org/

Should immigrants continue to come to the U.S.? Why or why not?

• http://www.tolerance.org/immigration-myths
• The Choices Program - http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_immigration.php
• http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/learning-about-u-s-immigration-with-the-new-york-times/

Immigration Debate

Read article, Sin Papales (Best Nonfiction text) as a class, pausing throughout to identify the difficulties associated with illegal immigration

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Sin-papeles-6367315/

After reading the article, cite evidence in the article to support statements

Pros and Cons

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/pros-and-cons-comparison-t-chart-for-students-TC101887892.aspx

http://www.businessballs.com/problemsolving.htm

Persuasive Writing

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/?topic=persuasive

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listpersuasid.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/lessonplan-04.html

Coming to America

Eight grade Language Arts teachers teach a unit on immigration.  They have a list of novels that students may choose from on which the unit activities are based.  Below is that list of novels and links to help teach, introduce, or learn more about those novels.

Novels

Auch, Mary Jane. (2002). Ashes of Roses. Random House.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Ashes_of_Roses.html?id=_JszUdiZRIAC

http://www.auchbooks.com/ashes-of-roses/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeTuxPko6rU “Another Home” from Album Ashes & Roses

Budhos, Marina. (2006). Ask Me No Questions. Ginee Seo Books.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Ask_Me_No_Questions.html?id=j1MA6_7o4fwC

Buss, Fran Leeper. (1991). Journey of the Sparrows. Yearling.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Journey_of_the_Sparrows.html?id=QFnQin4cA2kC

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=journey--sparrows-test

http://quizlet.com/3070166/journey-of-the-sparrows-flash-cards/

Danticat, Edwidge. (2002). Behind the Mountains. Scholastic.

http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/h2_behindthemountains.pdf

http://books.google.com/books/about/Behind_the_Mountains.html?id=60yxawBzc64C

http://www.lindakreft.com/Americas/pdf/voices_behind.pdf

http://www.lindakreft.com/Americas/pdf/voices_behind.pdf

Fleischman, Paul. (1997). Seedfolks. HarperCollins.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Seedfolks.html?id=X44Vl8hGRpcC

http://www.shmoop.com/seedfolks/

http://quizlet.com/11105067/seedfolks-character-list-flash-cards/

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/harpercollins/seedfolks_rg.pdf

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21754

Giff, Patricia Reilly. (2005) Maggie’s Door. Yearling.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Maggie_s_Door.html?id=KTkwYDNdGB0C

http://www.questgarden.com/02/45/2/050922122022/index.htm

http://www.socstrpr.org/files/Vol%203/Issue%202%20-%20Summer,%202008/Notable%20Books/3.2.12.pdf

Hidier, Tanuja Desai. (2003). Born Confused. Scholastic.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=9361&a=1

http://english.clas.asu.edu/wq-born-confused+

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766319.Born_Confused

Jiménez, Francisco. (1997) The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Houghton

http://www.pcpa.org/circuitstudyguide.html

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Circuit.html?id=znS_6z_lxUcC

http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop8/authors2b.html

Soto, Gary. (2005). Help Wanted. Harcourt.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Help_Wanted.html?id=OYQQGQF4_xIC

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=652

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=647&a=1

Testa, Maria. (2005). Something about America. Candlewick.

http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763634158.bdg.1.pdf

http://www.authorsupport.comoj.com/saa_sg_1.pdf

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=255

Yep, Laurence. (1995). Thief of Hearts. HarperCollins.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Thief_of_Hearts.html?id=4tajQgAACAAJ

https://teachmulticulturallit.wikispaces.com/Thief+of+Hearts

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=1178&a=1

Give 'Em The Giver

Language Arts teachers asked for some resources and ideas to add to their unit on The Giver.  Here is what I suggested.

1. SMART EXCHANGE - http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=the+giver
2. STORYBOARD THAT - http://www.storyboardthat.com/teacher-guide/the-giver-by-lowis-lowry
3. WEBQUEST - http://msdadmin.scican.net/mhs/mhs_area_imc/webquests/The%20Giver/giver_index.htm
4. CLASS ZONE NOVEL GUIDE - http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/giver/guide.cfm
5. 7 CREATIVE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - http://www.walden.com/blog/the-giver-7-creative-classroom-activities/
6. ESSAY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - http://www.enotes.com/topics/giver/teacher-resources#teacher-resources-enotes-lesson-plan-essay-discussion-questions
7. EDUCATOR’S RESOURCE GUIDE - http://www.walden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Giver_EdGuide_V4b.pdf
8. LOUISIANA UNIT PLAN - http://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/teacher-toolbox-resources/unit-plan-english-language-arts-grade-7-sample-the-giver.pdf?sfvrsn=7
9. CLEVELAND LITERARY SYSTEM NOVEL STUDY - http://net.cmsdnet.net/schoolnet/documents/Grade%208%20-%20Novel%20Unit%20-The%20Giver.pdf
10. WASHINGTON PREP UNIT PLAN - http://www.washingtonprep.org/apps/download/NlP2NgVBJ5uE1g6SsqbH21uJBp6SZhPtcQ9Obu8G7aGyDU5m.pdf/las2gr9.pdf
11. INTERVIEW WITH LOIS LOWRY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYGGs2lxtjY
12. AUDIO BOOK AND TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vp0Ihb5mZA

Compare / Contrast Activities

As the teachers prepare for PAARC, they often ask for links to activities to help them teach and their students learn.  Here is a list I made for a 5th grade teacher today.

COMPARE /CONTRAST

1. Read/Write/Think - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/map.html
2. FCAT - http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip114a.swf
3. EXAMPLES ON DIFFEN - http://www.diffen.com/
4. Mobile Venn Diagram - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/venn-diagram-a-30994.html
5. Compare /Contrast Map - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/compare-contrast-30066.html
6. Comparison and Contrast Guide - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/
7. Movie to Book - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson46/Compare_and_Contrast_graphic_II.pdf
8. StudyZone - http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/comparecontrastl2.cfm
9. StudyZone - http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/comparecontrastp.cfm
10. Character Comparison Sheet - http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/collateral_resources/pdf/l/lessonplans_graphicorg_pdfs_charactercompare1.pdf
11. Easy Character Contrast - http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=kharris2contrast
12. 5 lessons - http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/FCAT/references/strategies/cc.htm
13. Test Tutor - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill4/coyote.html
14. Test Tutor - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill3/rice.html
15. Webquest - http://www.castletechnology.com/showcase/Region%20III/Primary/Bempah-Mason/student_page.htm
16. Reading Rocket - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_17.htm
17. Compare / Contrast 2 versions of Aesop’s fables - http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php
18. Click and Drag practice activity good for PAARC prep - http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/content/pop.html

4-15-2014 Collecting Data and Getting Published

TECHING THE CCCS

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

GRADES 5-8

Research and Information literacy

critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making

E. Research and Information Literacy		Effective use of digital tools assists in gathering and managing information	RESOURCES
By the end of grade 8 students will	8.1.8.E.1	Gather and analyze findings using data collection technology to produce a possible solution for a content-related or real-world problem.	Rmob World-o-Meters Stock Market Survey Monkey Survio Observey Poll Daddy Kwik Surveys Zoho Survey Google Forms
F. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making		Information accessed through the use ofdigital tools assists in generating solutions and making decisions.	RESOURCES
	8.1.8.F.1	Use an electronic authoring tool in collaboration with learners from other countries to evaluate and summarize the perspectives of other cultures about a current event or contemporary figure.	Google Drive Wikispaces Source Fabric Book Builder Story Jumper Little Bird Tales Lulu Storybird Flip Snack My Story Maker TikaTok ePub Bud My eBook ZooBurst Bookemon Widbook eBook Hatch