Basic Search Education Lesson Plans from Google

Lesson Plans (from Google) for teaching Basic Search Skills

https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/lessonplans

"These Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers and the Search Education team to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions. They are all under Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike, so feel free to adapt them and use them as you see fit! Just please link back to this page."  

TeacherCast - teachers helping teachers

Screencasts, podcasts and more.

"At TeacherCast, you will find Screencasts demonstrating software, websites, and little tricks that will become essential for you in your classroom.  We record Audio Podcasts featuring interviews with great professional educators. Finally, we will also maintain a great collection of links to some great apps, websites, and journals where we will feature the latest gadget reviews and how they can be best used in the classroom."

http://www.TeacherCast.net/

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Daily 5 for School Libraries

Want to incorporate "Daily 5" in your library?

Melissa Techman (mtechman@K12ALBEMARLE.org) is putting together a school library Daily 5 wiki for sharing ideas and resources. (If you email her, she will add you as an editing member, so you can contribute.)

The wiki is:

http://daily5inlibrary.wikispaces.com/

Other resources include:

K-5 Literacy Connections

http://k-5literacyconnections.weebly.com/daily-5.html

"The CAFE book" (available via DRC)

Preview online.

"The daily 5: fostering literacy independence in the elementary grade"

Preview via GoogleBooks

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What can we do about Boys and Reading?

Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope?

By ROBERT LIPSYTE

Published: August 19, 2011

Thought-provoking article on the "state of boys' reading" from the New York Times.  "...Whereas boys used to lag behind girls in reading in the early grades, statistics show, they soon caught up. Not anymore..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/books/review/boys-and-reading-is-there-any-hope.html?_r=1&ref=education

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

"A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story."

http://morrislessmore.com/

Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) award winning author/ illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a hybrid style of animation that harkens back to silent films and MGM Technicolor musicals. Morris Lessmore is old fashioned and cutting edge at the same time.

(iPad trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z38EdtRHlnA)

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Library Lesson Plans K-8

Some School Library Lesson Ideas (from Texas)

(Thanks Rob for the forward)

 

While the Texas learning outcomes may not always match up with those used in BC, there are some good ideas here that could be adapted for the kids you work with.

http://teacher.neisd.net/library/public/lessonplan/

 

Each lesson includes a variety of resources that might include: worksheets, handouts, images, powerpoints, etc. See the "Attached Files" section at the bottom of each lesson webpage. 

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Pete the Cat-web links

"Rocking in My School Shoes"

This might be a good book for September start up. (Thanks Cathy)

and thanks to Phyllis for the weblinks:

...to download the song:

http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/

 

...to view a clip of the song: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Pete-Cat-Rocking-My-School-Shoes/?isbn=9780061910241

 

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SMART resources

Technology: SMART classrooms, Smarter Kids - Jen Larva

At the 21st Century Teaching and Learning Conference (June 28, 2011), Jen Larva shared a set of websites that she recommends for use with a SMARTboard:

Resources for Educators

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Revision is more than a classroom exercise - preview online

Real Revision - Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers

by Kate Messner

http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9446&r=sb110629b

"How do you show students that revision is more than a classroom exercise to please the teacher? Take them into the real world of writing for publication. In Real Revision, award-winning author and teacher Kate Messner demystifies the revision process for teachers and students alike and provides tried-and-true revision strategies, field tested by students' favorite authors."

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Learning to Love Reading in 30 Minutes a Day

Students make tremendous reading gains.

[LINK to read article]

"To make the most of our 30 minutes a day, I decided to design a program that incorporated Allington's four approaches within a readers' workshop model.  We would not only teach comprehension strategies, but also give students plenty of time to read and fall in love with books at just right levels. I hoped that as students became avid, engaged readers, their reading fluency would naturally increase."

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BCTLA Bookmark newsletter ... just out

The Summer 2011 Edition Vol 51 Issue 1,  of BCTLA's professional journal  the Bookmark is just out!  (You can also check out the NING.)

Meet The Stars: Books & Web 2.0

An online "course" for TLs in 8 sections

Meet The Stars: Books & Web 2.0

http://disruptiveinnovators.wikispaces.com/Books+%26+Web+2.0

"The vicarious star-studded glamour of the Hollywood era provides a backdrop for a professional development opportunity available to Saskatchewan teacher-librarians. Designed to engender a passion for reading and exploit the potential of a range of emerging technologies, Meet The Stars: Books & Web 2.0 explores all facets of the school library program - information literacy and the reading and literature programs. Meet The Stars is poised to become an overnight sensation in Saskatchewan libraries."

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Advanced operators for Google searching

Be a Google Power-User!

Try some of these operators to improve your search results:

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

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New Math Resource from Stenhouse - "Object Lessons"

Object Lessons - Teaching Math Through the Visual Arts, K-5

by Caren Holtzman and Lynn Susholtz

[Preview Book online]

"When Caren Holtzman and Lynn Susholtz look around a classroom, they see "a veritable goldmine of mathematical investigations" involving number, measurement, size, shape, symmetry, ratio, and proportion. They also think of the ways great artists have employed these concepts in their depictions of objects and space -- In each chapter, the authors use everyday objects to create rigorous, hands-on activities that address key mathematics standards and concepts."

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5 minute Arts - video library

Learn techniques and ideas to share with your students

http://www.5min.com/Category/Arts

This repository of video clips can help you learn a technique before teaching it to your students. Some of the segments are even fine to show to a class. (Preview first!) Note: each clip starts with an ad, and there are some popups as well.

Categories include: Design, Digital Art, Drawing & Painting, Filmmaking, Jewelry, Origami, Photography, and Sculpture, among others.

Example:

http://www.5min.com/Video/Lighting-Tips-for-Video-Production-204958753

2 good drawing tools online

In-browser drawing programs

Kerpoof

http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/draw

Sumopaint

http://www.sumopaint.com/app/

Many other drawing tools to explore

http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/artdesign/drawing/

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iPad as a Whiteboard substitute

Turn Your iPad 1 or 2 into an Interactive Whiteboard

[LINK HERE]

"Everyone is so excited about tethering the iPad 2 to a projector, admittedly very cool, that we have missed something else at least as good if not even better! Go all the way: make the iPad 1 or 2 into a complete interactive whiteboard solution!"

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Inference - definitions and activities

Assorted Inference Websites

How Language works

(Different ways to infer.)

Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

(How to read with purpose and meaning)

3 scenarios with suggested answers

http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=257&B=resources/reading.asp

Inference Lesson and practice

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/e4topic.cfm?TopicID=16

Being a Critical Reader (inference)

(Answer the questions about each scenario - 10 in all)

Graphic organizer

(Use this to make notes.)

The June Issue of The Question Mark

Key factors that determine whether or not a student will do well in school.

http://questioning.org/jun2011/nuance.html

"Complex challenges — like improving schools — demand solutions that address all of the various inputs and factors that influence success. There is rarely a challenge involving people and organizations that can be handled by emphasizing a single factor or input.

It takes considerable skill to understand and address the many inputs that contribute to school success or failure. The decision-makers must have a taste for nuance and subtlety."

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"What do TLs Teach" - poster

Skills for Success

Joyce Valenza has created a striking poster (in many sizes) based on AASL's Information Power competencies. TLs can embrace the points as a "personal challenge", or even use them as a "transmedia manifesto!"

See the poster here:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/5761280491_355c41a56c_b.jpg

Flickr page with other sizes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78154370@N00/5761280491/lightbox/

This would make a great poster for a class, library or school display. The medium size could be used as a "postcard" handout to teachers in September!

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