Welcome Guest
ELA
Reading and Writing Workshop
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Podcast and Interview with Cris Tovani
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High School Readers Workshop Blog
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Content Area Reading Blog
Readers workshop for content-area instruction
writing blogs
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Two Writing Teachers
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Living Life Twice
doesn't post every day but always thought=provoking; he's Australian
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All-en-a-Days-Work
Patrick Allen...the master!
reading blogs
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A Year of Reading
Franki Sibberson...she's awesome
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MotherReader
a librarian with a great sense of humor
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NY Times Learning Blog
Contains lessons for reading and writing.
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Mr. Schu Reads Blog
Reading and Writing
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ReadWriteThink
NCTE's webpage - lots of lessons and resources
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vozMe Text to Speech
Type in anything and it will read it aloud! Very natural voice.
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Natural Reader Text to Speech
Text to speech site. Not as good as Vozme.
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Vocaroo
Allows you to send a voice email - no text involved. Both sender and receiver must have log ins.
Resources for Students
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WordWorld
A PBS site for 3-5 year olds.
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PBS Resources for Literacy
A complete list of resources from PBS, fun for a wide range of ages!
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Slime Kids
School Library Media Kids: student-friendly site with tons of literacy-related resources.
Social Studies
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Scope Units
These are the Oakland ISD units for Social Studies
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NMLC Social Studies Wiki
NMLC Social Studies Consultant, David Johnson, keeps this wiki filled with the latest updates and resources for Social Studies.
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Social Studies Alignment Project
the latest from MDE
Common Core State Standards
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Big Ideas
Grant Wiggins, author of Understanding by Design, explains what makes a "big idea".
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Big Think
A daily feed of big ideas from all kinds of sources. Fascinating!
Assessment
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Smarter Balanced resources
All of the Smarter Balanced resources are located here now.
Model Units and Lessons
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MAISA Model Units
These are the latest model units from the Michigan project, housed at Kent ISD. Sign in as a guest.
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The Gettysburg Address sample lesson
From Engage NY; David Coleman
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Gates Units - free
Model units from the Gates Foundation
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Shark Unit - sample unit that matches assessment
From Engage NY, this unit teaches the skills necessary for the assessment given the following year.
Other States' Resource Pages
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North Carolina Resource Page
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Utah CCSS Resource Page
This site contains some very good 6-12 model lessons. Scroll way down on the page.
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Colorado's CCSS Resource page
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Kansas's CCSS ELA Resource Page
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Kansas's CCSS MATH Resource Page
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Ohio's Model Curriculum
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Utah's Core Teacher Resources
Resources
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NY Time Learning Blog - CCSS
This post on their regular Learning Network page provides lessons for using the NY Times to teach the Common Core
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NCIEA Common Core page
This is an amazing site, packed with resources. It is sponsored by the National Council for the Improvement of Edcuational Asse
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Math CCSS Live Binder
Includes many math resources that are Michigan-specific.
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Sue Kelly's Resource Page
Sue Codere Kelly from MDE has listed all of the "hot links" to the CCRS.
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St. Clair RESA's CC Resource Page
Packed with links and ideas.
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MDE's Common Core page
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NY's Curriculum Exemplars
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Guided Highlighting Reading Lessons
These are aligned to the SBAC assessments.
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Hunt Institute Video Examples
The writers of the Common Core talk about different aspects to clarify the document.
Other Content Area Resources
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Common Core for Music Teachers
Michael Fisher's resource blog for Music Teachers and the Common Core.
RtI and UDL
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UDL Strategies
Ottawa ISD's page
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UDL Tool Finder
A tool finder to address all kinds of issues students might have. From Rockville, Maryland.
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The CAST website
What is UDL? Lots of links to resources here.
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The UDL Center's website
Contains the guidelines for Universal Design and much more.
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Multiple Means of Representation
From the UDL Center
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Multiple Means of Action & Expression
From the UDL Center
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Multiple Means of Engagement
From the UDL Center
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UDL Strategies
A wiki with lots of udl strategies.
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Multiple Needs Wiki
Lots of free resources for all students.
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UDL Book Builder
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Char-Em ISD's UDL page
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Macomb ISD's RtI Weebly
School Improvement
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Mi School Data
Michigan's School Report Card Dashboard
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The Proficiency Illusion
This report brought the cut score myth to light.
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TED video - The Golden Circle
This video explores what makes an inspiring leader.
Other People's Resource Pages
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Mrs. Schneider's Portaportal
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Lori Pearson's Protopage
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Macomb ISD's Instructional Resources Page
This page, developed by the tech department, contains all of the links for images, editing, video, document sharing, etc. Packe
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Michigan Electronic Library
This MEL site also includes a link to the M.O.R.E. portal which contains teacher resources.
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M.O.R.E. portal
Michigan Online Resources for Educators
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Megan Freudigman's Weebly
A resource page for student teachers, packed with links and information!
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Alexis Mercer's Protopage
Includes resources for Yearbook, photography, and curriculum.
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JAZ Literacy Links
Joyce Zeneberg's Protopage
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Don Mick's Live Binder
Don Mick's Math & Science Resource page. Includes an entire iPad section (under Digital Tools tab).
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Mark Raffler's Resource Page (Kent ISD)
Includes ELA and Social Studies resources.
Photos, Images, and Editing
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DK Free Photos
This is the wonderful DK publisher's site for sharing free photos.
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Primary Historical Photographs
200 years of photos to use as primary documentation for history.
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NOAA Photo Library
Free photographs of weather, atmosphere, and space.
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Library of Congress Memory Archive
Free photographs, video, maps, etc.
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Microsoft's Image Gallery
Free images and clipart from Microsoft.
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Facebook Picture Editing
This site allows you to shrink and edit pictures for FB in a variety of ways.
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Picresize
Allows you to resize and edit pictures online for free.
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Flickr Free Photos
Free photos from the Flickr library.
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Public Domain Photos
This is actually several sites where you can download free photos.
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PD Photo
Search and download free photos in many, many categories.
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Pics4Learning
Part of the Tech4Learning site, you can download free photos.
Online Video Resources
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Tutor USA
Free math video lessons and tutorials
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Khan Academy
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Annenberg Learner
Professional development and teacher resources
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Archive.org
A digital library packed with video and other resources
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Big Think
Blog, articles, and videos from big thinkers
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EduTube
Educational videos
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EHow
Videos on how to do just about anything...great education category.
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National Geographic
A nice collection of short videos on single topics.
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NBC Learn
Great videos of education-related news stories.
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Neo K-12
Videos on a wide range of subjects.
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PBS
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SchoolTube
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TeacherTube
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Ted.com
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WatchKnow
More videos on specific topics in all subjects.
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YouTube
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the Teaching Channel
The best site I've found for exemplary lessons!
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Math Pickle
K-12 videos about math topics, challenges, etc.
Online Interactive Learning Tools
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Thinkfinity
Simulations and videos on all core content area subject matter.
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Annenberg Interactives
Tons of games and lessons for students to use as learning tools.
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How Stuff Works
How-To's and explanations for just about everything.
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Ed Heads
Helps students learn through interactive games and activities designed to meet state and national standards.
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Wild Facts - animal facts
Great for research, each day a new animal is posted listing tons of interesting information!
iPad resources and apps
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iPad Live Binder
An entire LiveBinder devoted to content area apps for iPads
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iPad Live Binder 2
Mike Fisher's second Live Binder devoted to iPads in the classroom.
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iPads for Administrators resource
A wiki with lots of links and resources.
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What's On My iPad
Mary Lee Hahn's list of things on her iPad...all categories! She co-authors the A Year of Reading blog with Franki Sibberson.
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Wayne RESA iPad wiki
This wiki includes how-to info as well as lists of the best apps.
Technology
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The Pace of Technology - social media
A great YouTube video!
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Alan November's Information Literacy page
This page is a great primer for understanding urls, evaluating websites, etc. Includes a quiz.
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Tennessee Board of Regents Learning Initiative
Loaded with info about mobile devices, both iPhones and Android apps, etc.