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Literature Circles

Six Traits Writing
Title 1
Title 2
Title 3
Title 4

Character Traits
Title 1
Title 2
Title 3
Title 4
Title 5

Themes
Camping
List of Themes
Bats

Promise Book

Literature Circles 
          litlessons.htm 
          http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/LitCircles/ primary too!     

Readers Theatre
        The Enormous Turnip (cooperation)

  
Souvenir Bits
          article34.html  list of stories and possible story bits
          Story Souvenirs Index
          story_bit_form.html

Strategies
         
          torganiz.htm
          graphic_organizers.htm
         Ready to print resources for Strategies that Work and Mosaic of Thought

Reading with Meaning
          http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/lig/n/a/naneb/minilessons.htm
          guided_reading.html

Documents
          Back To School Bulletin Boards (Neat free documents)
          goodies.html
     NotAnotherInservice
     http://www.geocities.com/pattib203/
     ABCs of Reading To and With Your Child
     Mrs. McGowan's First Grade
     rah_chpt6_p4.html#rain-gutter
     http://www.aimsedu.org/  Chinese Proverb
     http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/lig/n/a/naneb/  Nan's Nifty Fifty
     Words
     Susan's Word Wall Template

Nan's 4 Blocks Site
     Go to the site below and look for Activity cards on the Reading and the Word pages and also look for Word Games. I keep all of these on separate rings for myself and for subs.  Nan/6/Sped
http://fortunecity.com/meltingpot/gipsy

Working with Words
     Making Words Activities
     Making Words Templates
          Saturday
     Here is a link to student letters:
          http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/karens_student_letters.pdf
     Here is a link to large teacher letters:
          http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/karens_big_letters.pdf
    Month-by-Month Phonics First Grade - Making Words Templates
          branches, p. 65
     Rivet  http://www.blocks4reading.com/rivet.htm

     http://68.38.164.69/fcgi-bin/jumble.pl  ex. 518 words from rainforest
     http://www.rhymer.com/

Six Traits Writing
     Susan Nixon's 6 Traits Site
     105 Lessons

Centers

Spelling
    Spelling Test and Wordo
    Spelling Activities
    Spelling Rules
     Spelling Ticklers
     Spelling-Ways to Study Your Spelling Words-Scrl dwn.
     Spice up your spelling
     Word Play Site

Writers' Workshop
     Gloria's Web Site - Thorough explanation of Writer's Workshop
     Literacy Stop
     Language Arts - Shared lessons from teachers (2nd-12th grades)
     Kim's Corner for Teacher Talk
     ERIC Lesson Plans - Type in writing
     Jim_Cunningham.html
     Utilizing Graphic Organizers

Poetry   http://web.archive.org/web/20011124171452/http://www.members.home.net/henriksent/ 
http://web.archive.org/web/20011110065802/members.home.net/tiaslinks/
www.teachers.k12.sd.us/BK003
Here's a wonderful site for looking for rhymes. I've used it for Using Words You Know, and for finding "challenge" words for spelling tests (using the word wall words.) It also allows you to find the definition, synonyms, and antonyms of the word you are rhyming. It breaks the results into 1 syllable, 2 syllable, etc. words. Very cool!  http://www.rhymezone.com/

Take Home Book Bag Ideas 
http://hawthorn.salem111.com/sager/Build%20Bridges/bridges.htm

chicka chicka boom boom art activity
I found some really cute ideas on these pages. http://teachingheart.net/chickaboom.html 
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/chicka_chicka_boom_boom.html 
We also did the rip art trees and I bought the ABC pasta at Wal Mart for $0.28

Free printable books
     http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/VeryEmergentReaders.html  

Moving apple graphics

Guided Reading
     I wrote several lessons for the new Scott Foresman series, they are on my site.
           www.debfourblocks.com
           click on lessons
           click on GR

Misc.
     http://www.myschoolonline.com/NC/Tiggerkyds
     dibels.uoregon.edu
     home.htm (Carol @ Thomas More School) - 3rd)
      http://www.ourschoolzone.com/
      http://teachersmentor.com/readingk3/class_library.html
      This is a link to a fabulous database of picture books that you can search a variety of ways. Thanks to whoever posted it earlier this summer!  I tried key word "moving". You can read through the summaries and see if any might be good. Maybe you can think of another key word. http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/search/keywords.php?keyword=moving

Songs and Poems
     http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html
     http://web.archive.org/web/20011029192014/http://members.home.net/henriksent/

List of Themes
Bats are one of my favorite little critters! I have a page devoted to them: http://phantasm.msspro.com/bat.html   Lots of links there. This page is for teachers: http://www.schools.ash.org.au/hillview/currstell.htm  I use the computer version of Stelluna by Janell Cannon http://www.classsource.com/page.asp?query=BRO502  with the classroom computer and concentrate more on their being nocturnal instead of hibernating. Lots of things do not hibernate in Florida, so that is a brief lesson for us. I could send you my full lesson plan if you are interested? Bats are very important to us because of the amount of mosquitoes they eat. AND there are so many misconceptions about the bat. I try to "UNteach" those. Let me know about the lesson plan... I will dig it up for you. Have fun!
Ms. Coleenie

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