Reading Center
September 24th, 2008
Print Rich Environments in Secondary Schools
August 11th, 2008MCAII Sample Test
March 18th, 2008Interested in practicing for the MCAII Reading Test. Here is the sample provided by the State of Minnesota.
MCAII 10th Grade Reading Test You will need to scroll down a little to see and open it.
Readings for Content Area Literacy
March 12th, 2008AVReading Newsletters 2007-2008
February 14th, 2008
September Issue (This one includes the sentence starters.)
October Issue (This one includes INSERT and Thoughtboxes.)
November Issue (This one includes Silent Discussions and Teaching Constructed Reponses
February Issue (Lit Circles)
December Issue (Deeper Reading and Cube It
January Issue (Differentiation and Monitoring Comprehension
February Issue (Literature Circles)
March Issue (Think Alouds and Carousel)
April Issue (Asking Questions, Wikis)
June Issue (More Questioning and Creating Meaningful Assessments)
Websites for Reading
December 13th, 2007Reading Quest
http://www.readingquest.org/strat
English Companion
http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking.html
Tools for Reading, Writing, and Thinking
http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/tools/Index.htm
Book Recommendations
October 25th, 2007For those of you in Omega, here is the list of books I talked about in class.
Brothers in Arms by Paul Langan and Ben Alvirez (Bluford Series)
The Fallen by Paul Langan (Bluford Series)
Grind by Eric Walters (Orca Series)
Sticks and Stones by Beth Goobie (Orca Series)
Charmed by Carrie Mac (Orca Series)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ismael Beah
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Angels on Sunset Boulevard by Melissa de la Cruz
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
AVReading Newsletters 2007
October 15th, 2007
September Issue (This one includes the sentence starters.)
October Issue (This one includes INSERT and Thoughtboxes.)
November Issue (This one includes Silent Discussions and Teaching Constructed Reponses
February Issue (Lit Circles)
December Issue (Deeper Reading and Cube It
January Issue (Differentiation and Monitoring Comprehension
Cloze Activities
Newsletter 2.8 Process Breaks
Newsletter 2.6 Scaffolding
Skimming and Scanning / Write Arounds
Newsletter 2.2 Engagement
Newsletter 2.1 (7 Different Ways to Introduce a Textbook)
Think Alouds and Exit Slips
