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Literacy Websites
Into the Book
http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html
Includes these strategies: activating prior knowledge, evaluating, inferring, making connections, summarizing, synthesizing, questioning, and visualizing. (Enter the site by typing your first name and selecting Get Your Key.)
Venn Diagrams from ReadWriteThink.org
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/
If you have not been to the site recently, ReadWriteThink.org updated their resources. The Venn diagrams can now be saved as a PDF.
Compare and Contrast from ReadWriteThink.org
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/map.html
This link allows students to compare and contrast different texts. This very much aligns with our AKS and Common Core. It can be saved as a PDF. This resource provides great structure for students.
Cube Creator from ReadWriteThink.org
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/
Great tool for summarizing information! Documents can be saved as a PDF. Good activity for small groups at the Mimio or pairs of students at the classroom computer.
Fakebook
http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page
Fun way to summarize the people who are studied in social studies.
Crossword Creator
Students summarize learning by creating a crossword.
Wizards and Pigs
http://earobics.com/gamegoo/games/wiznpigs/wiznpigs.html
Distinguish between alliteration, rhyme, rhythm. Also has social studies connection with map skills.
Monkey Business
Students construct sentences.
Sentence Clubhouse
Students identify types of sentences.
Wall of Words
http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html
Students construct sentences with five to seven words.