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Literacy & Learning Conference/February 26, 2022

Dr. Cindi Koudelka: Reading for Humanity Padlet
Booklist


Melissa Wheeler: Culturally Relevant Standards 

Denise Reid: Ten Science Trade Books & Ten Activities
Article: Teaching Through Trade Books: Pollen Transfer & Pea Plants
Calling All Pollinators, Materials for Grades K-2
Handout for Swirl-by-Swirl
Handout for Seabones


Earth Day 2019

Earth Day Presentation
Bee Pollinator Activities

Reading Across the
Content Areas


Science: Hark! A Shark!
by Bonnie Worth
SS: She Persisted, 13 American Women Who Changed the World
by Chelsea Clinton
ELA: Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox
ELA/Sci: With My Hands:
Poems About Making Things
by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Health: I Get So Hungry by
Bebe Moore Campbell & Amy Bates
Math: Math Fables by Greg Tang
History: WhoHQ (The Who Was and What Was series of books)
Science: Teaching Through Trade Books: The Purpose of Individual Parts and Processes by Christine Anne Royce
STEM Challenges
Using STEM Literature

STEM Presentation
Frank Einstein & The Antimatter Motor
Design Dilemmas
Every Part Has a Purpose
The Stealth Profession
What We Do With Ideas
Interventions Take Center Stage
Kite Explorations
Bridges & Skyscrapers
A Balancing Act
If You Build It
The Spaghetti Challenge
Scampering Into Engineering
Taking Engineering Out for A Spin

Science & Children Journal
from NSTA
http://www.nsta.org

Getting the Most Out of
NewsELA and ReadWorks

Session Presentation

Teaching Kindness Through Trade Books

Teaching Kindness Through Trade Books ppt
Layer 1 - Whoever You Are
Layer 2 - The Color of Us
Layer 3 - Hooway for Wodney Wat Handout
Hooway for Wodney Wat Questions
Layer 4 - The Recess Queen Slide Activity
The Recess Queen Questions
Layer 5 - A Bad Case of Stripes
A Bad Case of Strips - Body Handout

Poetry

Poetry Bibliography

Poetry Websites

A Poem a Day

Interactive Notebooks


Interactive Notebooks PowerPoint

Articles
Twas the Start of Notebooking
Science Notebook Essentials
A Menu of Options


Smart Board Activities

Presenter: Elisabeth Steele

SmartBoard Tips and Tricks Handout


Book Activities

Grandfather Tang's Story
by Ann Tompert

If I Built a House
 
by Chris Van Dusen
Interrupting Chicken
by David Ezra Stein
It's A Tiger
by David La Rochelle
I Wanna Iguana
by Karen Kaufman Orloff
Suki's Kimono
 
by Chieri-Uegaki



Dominating the Danielson: Understanding Teacher Evaluation

Presented By: Kristen Holly, Principal at
Carl Sandburg Elementary School

Danielson 2014-2015 Rubric

It's Poetry Time

Acrostic Poem

Free Verse Definition
Free Verse Graphic Organizer

Color Poem: Hailstones & Halibut Bones


CCSS/ELA Resources
to
Stay Ahead of the Stampede


Presenter: Gail Huizinga

Handout

Reading Games & Activities

The Napping House

Morse Code Alphabet
Morse Code Worksheet

Consonant Blend Scavenger Hunt

Sequencing Activity

Sight Words - Uno Pre-primer Dolch Words

Spooktacular Books & Activities

Spooktacular PPT
The Bones of Fred McFeePumpkin Story Template
Click Clack Boo Sequencing
Click Clack Boo Other Activities
The Halloweiner: "Bone-A-Fide" Comprehension
Big Pumpkin Sequencing Activities
What do Ghosts Serve for Dessert Scramble
Hallowilloween: Nefarious Silliness--BDA
Room on the Broom Story Completion
 
Content Connections: Literacy Strategies in the Social Sciences
(Civil Rights Activities)

Resource Packet

Primary Documents

PowerPoint Presentation
Information About Book Talks
Information About Using Book Talks &
Book Talk for these Titles:

Ranger In Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail
Owl Diaries: Eva's Treetop Festival
Teensy Weensy Animals
Clark the Shark: Tooth Trouble
Goldi Rocks & the Three Bears
I Got the Rhythm
Snoop Troop: It Came From Beneath the Playground
A Pet for Fly Guy
I Survived: The Great Chicago Fire, 1871
Nugget & Fang: Friends Forever - or Snack Time?
What if You Had Animal Feet?
Magic Bunny: Dancing Days
Bad Kitty: Drawn to Trouble

Reading & Writing Strategies Using Tradebooks

Bibliography & Strategy Handouts

I Wanna New Room-Persuasive Writing


Poetry Carousel: Ideas for Reading and Writing Poetry

Haiku Poetry
Diamante
Acrostic Poetry
Shape Poetry/List Poetry/Animal Poetry and
Poems Squeezed from a Single Word


Informational Meeting & Medieval Games

Medieval Handout with Games
Directions for NIM
Checkerboard
Tic-Tac-Toe
Word Search
Crossword Puzzle

April Authors

Authors' Birthdays
April Author's Birthdays PPT
Reader's Theater Handout
ILTS ELE/MLE Jeopardy Review

Jeopardy Review 1
Jeopardy Review 2
Jeopardy Review 3
Jeopardy Review 4
Jeopardy Review 5
EC Jeopardy Review
EC Content Millionaire

Phonics Review
Content Area Reading Grades 4-8
by Lauren Covington and Tara Richeson

Question Wheel Instructions
Question Wheel 1
Question Wheel 2

Remembering 9/11

9/11 Lesson Ideas/Bibliography
Scrabble Blowout

Scrabble Websites
Pam Nelson's Poetry Suitcase

The Poetry Suitcase Revisited
Teach the Elements of Poetry

Winter Fling
Winter Books Bibliography
Cotton Snowball Activity
Pictures
Teaching Women's History through Literature
PowerPoint
Lesson Plan1
Lesson Plan 2
Lesson Plan 3
Integrating Reading & Writing in Science & Social Studies

The Latest in Literacy by
Kristen Holly Packet
(html  pdf)
"Life (and books) after Harry Potter"
Presenter: Judy Looby
Handout1
Handout 2
“Building a Bridge With Books: School and Home Connections”
(Kindergraten Handout, Helpful Websites, Pink Ink, Green Eggs & Ham, Night of the Twisters,
Magic at the Movies)
AG in the Classroom Convention

There are tons of resources on their web page
http://www.agclassroom.org
Right to Intervention (RTI) Handout
Speaker: Anita Breeden

RTI handout (pdf)
RTI handout (PowerPoint)
Motivation Matters:  Tools to Encourage Students to become Engaged Readers and Learners

Dr. Joy Russell
Presentation
Illinois Teacher of the Year Top Ten List
(pdf)

Newspapers in Education
(pdf)
Handout 1
Handout2
Information on the Student Reading Council
(pdf)
December Holiday Activities for the Classroom
Christmas Sites
Cottonball Snowman Activity

Make Your Own Driedel
December Holiday Activity
A Biography Bash
I Am Poem
Biography Bash Bibliography
Creating Biography Webs
2010 Teacher of the Year
Kevin Rutter
Top Eight List
Featured Authors
Shapes the Roll by Karen Berman Nagel
 Pinata in a Pine Tree Pat Mora
The Dreamer Pam Munoz Ryan
Pam Munoz Ryan Bookmark
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff

Poetry Suitcase Handouts
Poetry Bibliography
Elements of Poetry
Beetles Bop
This Dream
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Highlights of Poetry Suitcase
Reading Across the Content Areas
Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad
by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Information and Activities
History & Communication
Frog Communication
Underground Railroad Songs
Story Quilt
 

 Pictures