Literacy+Resources

The following are a list of resources to use in promoting Literacy in the Classroom. Please feel free to add your own resources as you use / find them!


 * Districtwide**


 * Vocabulary:**

Vocab Videos - @http://vocabvideos.com/

Visual Thesaurus - Website that allows words to open up in a connected structure of synonyms, antonyms, related words, derivatives, origin. Multilingual. TOUR: Click on Watch Video Free resources on website include a Word of the Day, Word Lists, Author Blogs and FUN Spelling BEE! Subject Areas: All, ELA, Science, Foreign Language Link for In-District use: http://deerpark.visualthesaurus.com

[|Scholastic.com] Resources Click on Teachers Click on Student Activities Explore
 * 1) Classroom Magazines (Jr. Scholastic)
 * 2) Olympic News
 * 3) Myths Brainstorming Machine
 * 4) Character Scrapbook
 * 5) [|Book Reviews] (all ages)

Readability - http://lab.arc90.com/ experiments/readability/


 * Blogging Tools:**

Introducing the Topic: Blogging: What is Blogging?BrainPop.com What are Blogs? Video ClassChatter.com Website [|Wikispaces.com] also has a blogging feature although it is not threaded. See the Discussion tab on the top of this page to see an example.


 * Google Apps**

Google Lit Trips - Combining reading books and traveling to locations using Google Earth! See website for more information or read about one Librarian's journey to help her students get excited about reading! English 8 Example Subject Areas: All, ELA, Social Studies, Art, Foreign Language, Library Science

In District, please call the Tech Office X4380 to ask for the installation of the program.
 * To download Google Earth on yoyur home computer **click here: @http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Grammar Girls - Website and podcasts that help young adults with grammar tips. Weekly podcasts can be subscribed to through iTunes for free. Website has additional resources. Great example of how a PODCAST project turned into a living!

Google Literacy Project - Customized search engine to find literacy-related documents on the web.** Search **literacy organizations’ websites.**
 * Search **across languages and countries.**
 * Find **everything from statistics and reports, to project and contact information.**

[|Lit2Go] Online collection of free stories and poems in MP3 format.

Additional websites to inspire writing and visual literacy:

PicLits Inspired Picture Writing Magnets Read-Write-Think - [|Construct a Word Lesson Plan]


 * Digital Storytelling**

[|Storybird] - Collaborative Storytelling Web 2.0 tool. Artists' gallery of pictures from which to choose from. Perfect for beginner storytellers. Subject Areas: ELA, Foreign Language, ELL, Library Science Storybird Tour [|Frequently Asked Questions] [|Children SignUp] Primary Access - primaryaccess.org

VoicethreadWebsite that allows viewers to interact with media (video, image, series of images, primary documents, etc.) Students or teachers can create media, share it with others, and allow comments and additional resources to be attached to the creation. See website for examples.

Article on how to use: [|http://www.documentcameraexperts.com/learn_about_document_cameras.aspx] > NOVELny - Now includes Grolier databases! NOVELny stands for the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library and is free to all schools, libraries and registered voters in New York. Access resources through your school librarian or at home with your Driver's License, Non-Driver ID, NYS library card or your public library card. Click here to access.
 * Document Cameras**