Educator Resources -> Language Arts

These are really nice reading websites for students and teachers. reading, online games and activities

When teaching lessons on character traits, this booklet is used so that students can apply their knowledge learned about each trait. I teach separete mini lessons on each character trait in the booklet. As I finish each mini lesson, students go to the booklet and fill it in using the sentence starters to demonstrate understanding. To make the booklet, copy it onto 8 1/2 by 11 paper. Then cut each page in half, organize them, and staple together. character, character traits, good character

This short video is an introduction to the learning community of videoconferencing and how it relates to student engagement. 

videoconference, Video Conference

As a concluding lesson to reading the book 'FRINDLE' the students were encouraged to visit the word central website.  IT included all sorts of dictionary activities as well as an area to invent their own made up word.  The directions included here are what the students needed to do for this activity. Frindle, dictionary work, website

This is one of my most recent webquests, designed in conjunction with an Authors visit to our school.  I am having trouble adding into the resource assets section, so I am going put a link here to my school website, and upload the webquest to that page when I get to school tomorrow. I hope that is ok!
http://www.branson.k12.mo.us/school_links/elementary/vejraska/links.htm

I am also adding a link to a digital story that I created for eMINTS a few years ago- it is a telling tale of my tech experiences.
http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=6

Communication Arts: Literature

My grade level visits Old Strubridge Village aech year as part of our Social Studies curriculum. I created this web quest to help my students understand and learn about life during that period and understand New England villages during that time. This was posted on our class web site.

http://TeacherWeb.com/WQ/ElementarySchool/1800sNewEngland/

1800's NewEngland