MS+English+Language+Arts+Resources

=**__LMS Resources:__**=

General Tools:
 * A Periodic Table of Graphic Organizers

Guided Reading Resources:
 * Time Constraints in Conferences

General Lesson Planning Techniques and Tips:
 * Every Book has a Cover, Every Lesson Should Have a Hook! - EFL Classroom 2.0

Reading & Writing Strategies/Best Practices/Etc. Organization Packet: [|The Reading and Writing Organizer Packet.pdf] Comprehension and Collaboration: Resources for Active Reading and Inquiry from Stephanie Harvey's Workshop: [|Harvey PD Docs.pdf]


 * Reading Strategies:
 * Genre
 * Accessing Prior Knowledge
 * Previewing the Text
 * Making Connections
 * Making an Inference
 * Visualizing and Questioning
 * KYLENE BEERS:
 * [|Beers - Before Rdg Strategies.pdf]
 * [|Beers- After reading strategies.pdf]
 * [|Beers- during reading strategies.pdf]
 * Skills
 * Discussing your Reading
 * Literal Details Vs. Inferential Details
 * Making conclusions about Character
 * Theme
 * Identifying Figurative Language
 * Point of View
 * Fact Vs. Opinion
 * Author's Purpose
 * Reading Online Nonfiction
 * Sensory Images
 * Breaking a text into parts
 * Story Elements:
 * Differentiated Lesson by Maria Waring, Christina McMenamin, Alexia Frisbey, Melissa Lomax, Dan Johnson, & Allison McGinnis
 * [|DI lesson plot.notebook]
 * [|DI plot- conflict- manipulative.docx]
 * Reading Resources:
 * ReadWriteThink - Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers
 * The Rights of the Reader []


 * Writing Skills
 * KYLENE BEERS:
 * [|Beers- Writing activities.pdf]
 * RACE Responses
 * The Writing Process
 * Purposes for Writing
 * Brainstorming
 * PreWriting
 * Literacy Head - A GREAT website for graphic organizers
 * Strategies for Organization
 * Explanatory Writing
 * Engaging Openings
 * [|Hooks.ppt] - Created by Carolyn Zierenberg
 * Speculative Writing
 * Engaging Openings
 * [|Hooks.ppt] - Created by Carolyn Zierenberg
 * Setting Details
 * Strong Closings
 * Using Dialogue
 * Time transitions
 * Grammar/Mechanics/Writing Focus
 * General Grammar Practice: Chomp Chomp
 * Complete Sentences (Subjects, Predicates, Fragments, Run-Ons)
 * Subject-Verb Agreement
 * Adjectives
 * Adverbs
 * Vivid Verbs
 * Using Context Clues
 * Context Clues Challenge
 * Sound Devices
 * Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
 * Contractions
 * Said is Dead
 * Compositional Risks
 * The Magic Three:
 * [|Magazines.pdf] - Courtesy of Kat Moore
 * [|Magic Three with photos.pdf] - Courtesy of Kat Moore
 * [|Magic Three.notebook] - Courtesy of Kat Moore
 * Writing Better Paragraphs
 * Writing Prompts:
 * http://www. creativewritingprompts.com/

Fun Instructional Resources: > > Research/iSearch:
 * Fortune Teller:
 * [|Fortune Teller Worksheet.doc]
 * [|fortune teller.ppt]
 * 5th Grade iSearch Unit Concepts and Resources - created by K. Carney
 * 5th Grade - [|i-Search Anticipation Guide Research.doc] -- created by K. Carney
 * [|I-Search Introduction.notebook] -- Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
 * [|I-Search Format.doc] -- Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, A. Eckert
 * [|Reflection Questions.doc] -- Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, A. Eckert
 * [|Bookmark_2x8.pdf] -- Google Search Tips Bookmark
 * [|Keyword searching.doc] - Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
 * [|Tips_Tricks_17x22.pdf] - Google
 * [|i-Search Anticipation Guide Research.doc] - Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
 * [|I-SearchSearching.notebook] - Created by E. Braverman, J. Smith, M. Levin, and A. Eckert
 * A Great Daily Exercise from Google to Assist in Refining Search! - http://www.AGoogleADay.com

Current Events and Reading Passages:


 * Time Magazine for Kids
 * Leveled Reading Passages, by Grade! http://www.readworks.org/ books/passages

Summer Reading Resources:
 * [|Summer Reading I Pod skill cener.docx - Created by J. Smith]
 * [|summer reading skill center directions.docx - Created by J. Smith]