12-9-2011 15 Fabulous LAL Sites to Plan By

Language Arts Literacy

Sites to Plan By

Looking for a great idea for an upcoming lesson.  Check out these sites for new ideas or activities.

1. Found on a blog from Ireland, Lesson Stream has some great resources including video instruction, lesson plans, aides, and pictures - http://lessonstream.org/browse-lessons/

2. Another blogger in Ireland offered up Mash.ie: Great Links for Teachers, no lumpy bits.  What does 1 trillion dollars look like? was simple yet impressive. - http://www.mash.ie/?field_1=30&field_2=0&s=Search+here+for+Themes&submit=Search+Mash 

3. On this site from the UK, The Woodland's Literacy Zone, there is an entire page of Interactive English Games and Activities. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/

4. The four links on this page each lead to a entire page of links that can be used in teaching LAL - http://www.elcerritowire.com/6/la.htm

5. This 6th Grade Language Arts page is filled with links categorized by standards - http://www.willoughby-eastlake.k12.oh.us/classroom/technology/6th_grade_language_arts.htm 

6. These interactives are mostly grammar quiz type activities - http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/english-hs.html#Interactive  

7. Reading Resources pages compiled according to standards - http://www.hamiltonschools.org/~schaferj/TECHINTEGRATION/READING/reading.htm

8. Writing Resources pages compiled according to standards - http://www.hamiltonschools.org/~schaferj/TECHINTEGRATION/WRITING/writing.htm

9. Speaking and Listening resource pages compiled according to standards - http://www.hamiltonschools.org/~schaferj/TECHINTEGRATION/SPEAKING%20AND%20LISTENING/SPEAKANDLISTEN.htm

10. Language resource pages compiled according to standards - http://www.hamiltonschools.org/~schaferj/TECHINTEGRATION/LANGUAGE/LANGUAGE.htm 

11. Instant Poetry Forms from the ETTC, priceless - http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm 

12. Stories and online texts - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/stories_language_arts_elem.htm 

13. Writing resources for middle and high school - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_write.htm 

14. 7th Grade LAL Skill builders - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-7th-langbuilders.htm

15. 8th Grade LAL Skill Builders - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-8th-langbuilders.htm

12-7-2011 15 Sites for Studying Pearl Harbor Day

PEARL HARBOR DAY 

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

1. Great audio/visual lesson with maps and photos from MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29055379
2. The Attack on Pearl Harbor Interactive Map/Lesson from Holt - http://my.hrw.com/ss2/ss06_07_08/student/flash/huswwe_fd_peahar2/map_viewer.html
3. Meet the eyewitnesses from Scholastic - http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/index.htm
4. Amazing Thinkquest project about Pearl Harbor - http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112601/intro/intro_index.html
5. A short lesson from Pearson - http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon/history_interactive/mvl-8242/common_player.html
6. A photostory form Time - http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2052497,00.html
7. Pearl Harbor Facts videos on How Stuff Works - http://videos.howstuffworks.com/pearl-harbor-facts-videos-playlist.htm#video-42820
8. Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on The History Place, read or listen - http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/fdr-infamy.htm
9. An Audio Visual Presentation from the Orange County Register - http://www2.ocregister.com/ocregister/sections/multimedia/?graphic=/pearlharbor07/main.swf
10. Time Photos: The Attack on Pearl Harbor - http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1691753,00.html
11. Pearl Harbor Day from Glencoe - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/pearl_harbor/timeline.shtml
12.  Pearl Harbor Museum - http://www.nps.gov/valr/index.htm
13. More Pictures - http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/pearl_harbor_69_years_ago_toda.html
14. Perhaps the best set of photographs from LIFE - http://www.life.com/gallery/53071/image/3201370/pearl-harbor-december-7-1941#index/0
15. A set of videos, including one whose audio is Roosevelt's speech from History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/pearl-harbor/videos#attack-pearl-harbor

11-4-2011 Math Movies, Money, and Motion

1.      Math:

a.      Math in Movies - http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/index.html

b.      NBC Learn – Science of NFL Football - http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nfl-football

c.       Dough Main Money Games - https://www.doughmain.com/odmpublic/Money-Games/index.php