Lester L. Laminack's Website

Here is a link to our presenter on Monday and Tuesday.

Keeping "House" in a Literacy-Rich Classroom

This article, by Ann Williams, has a lot of great ideas in which you might use to encourage students to have more leadership within your literacy room.  I have to say, my fav is the map with the pins...great idea.  These are great ideas to use during those "oddball" times in the day.  Happy Reading!

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1210.cfm

Response to Lit Tech Links!

Here are the website links to those sites we talked about during our PLT meeting this week...

Graffiti Wall: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/graffiti/index.html

Word Clouds: http://tagul.com/  or http://www.wordle.net/create  or http://www.tagxedo.com/

Book Covers: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bookcover/

Memory Bag: http://www.mrsrenz.net/pdf/bookprojects/memorybagdirections.pdf

Letter to Friend: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

Put Your Name On The Board!

http://mrspripp.blogspot.com/2011/01/put-your-name-on-board-tale-of-why-i.html

This article may reflect how you might be feeling about how to start the year and the behavior management ideas that you've put in place.  Perhaps use her thoughts as a jumping off point as to what you may keep or change in the upcoming year in regards to discipline.  Happy Reading!

Matching Students to Nonfiction Texts in Grades 3-6 (BOOKLIST)

Professional Article (week 2)
http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1057.cfm

More nonfiction! This article discusses several authors/books available to our "tweens" that uses a blend of fiction and nonfiction.  Perhaps this article will lead you, in a fun way, towards teaching with more nonfiction.

Word Spy!

This website is a fun way to explore new words and their meanings. This might be a neat way to talk about how words come about in our language and have a little fun at the same time.

What Messages Do We Give Students with Our Classroom Library Design? by Franki Sibberson

Professional Article of the Week: 8/13/11
http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1011.cfm