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The Making of Monsters - Kennedy Center
Grades
9 to 12
In the Classroom
Enhance student learning by having them use Genially, reviewed here, or Canva Comic Strips Template, reviewed here, to create and present their conceptual monster to classmates.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Synonyms and Antonyms - dotolearn.com
Grades
3 to 4Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Absolute Shakespeare
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Students seem to be prepared to think reading Shakespeare is hard. Engage them by starting with the summary of the play you plan to read. Next employ Read Ahead, reviewed here, to develop a guided reading activity, Next, enhance student reading by allowing students to highlight parts of the text with the part of the summary as an interpretation. Finally, extend student learning by having student groups create a reader's theater play for Shakespeare you used. Need some help with reader's theater? Take a look at Literacy Connections, reviewed here, many guides for teachers and students about incorporating, writing, and performing a reader's theater play. Find information about reader's theater by scrolling down the main page and finding a menu list on the right.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Foregrounds and Apprenticeships: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman - University of Nebraska
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9 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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It's Fun to Read: Music - Starfall.com
Grades
1 to 2Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Andersen Fairy Tales - EnTechneVision
Grades
K to 2In the Classroom
Share these books as a reading center after showing students how to operate the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Be sure to point out the advertisements to avoid! Parents would also appreciate this link for some at-home reading fun. Share it on your class web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Poetry Month - Pearson Education
Grades
8 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word in a Word - Interactive Wordplays
Grades
6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Paragraph Punch - Merit Software
Grades
4 to 6Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Morph - WordPlays.com
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning station for students who may finish work early, and need something productive to do to avoid bothering other students. To make it competitive, keep a record board near the computer where students can log their high scores. Competing against each other may make students more interested to play for a new minutes at a time, and less likely to disturb others in testing situations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celebrating Hans Christian Andersen - Jean Hersholt
Grades
2 to 8In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource to find any and all Hans Christian Anderson stories. During a unit on short stories or folk tales, use these stories as examples. Search the site for a story that will interest students and read it aloud as an example of a folk tale.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Be the Editor - Education World
Grades
3 to 6Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Parts of Speech - University of Ottawa
Grades
6 to 9Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Life in Elizabethan England
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start your study of Elizabethan England. The site provides an array of knowledge about the life of the average citizen in that world, which could be used perfectly to recreate that life in your classroom! Divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have them design a themed party that will sport games, food and fashion from Elizabethan times - all of the information can be found on the site!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Magnetic Poetry - Snaith Primary School
Grades
2 to 4Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dolch Sight Words
Grades
1 to 3In the Classroom
Share the Dolch Words story on an interactive white board of projector, and allow students to take turns reading the lines. Be sure help your weaker readers and ESL students by sharing the vocabulary words prior to reading, either on a handout or by projecting on an interactive whiteboard and highlighting them in the text as you come to them. Practicing saying the words out loud can help students spot them quicker in the future. You can also use the printables of flashcards in a learning center or station, allowing students to practice with them individually or in groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rooting out words - Funbrain
Grades
4 to 6Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chaucer Metapage - University of North Carollina
Grades
10 to 12In the Classroom
Use the audio portions of this site as a learning center or station during a lesson or unit on Chaucer. Have students listen to the audio portions and respond or decipher their meaning on a graphic organizer. For help making easy graphic organizers, we recommend using Graphic Organizer Maker, reviewed here. Be sure to include headphones at the station to avoid students disrupting others!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reggie Loves to Rhyme - Scholastic
Grades
1 to 2Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wizarding World - J. K. Rowling's Originals - J. K. Rowling
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