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• Fifth Grade Literature Circles

  Discussion of Charlotte's Web

  tags: literaturecircles reading

• Fourth Grade Literature Circle Discussions

  Literature Circles in action

  tags: literaturecircles reading

• Graphic organizers in Spanish

  Mapa del cuento

  tags: espanol reading

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• Daniel Willingham Videos

  Great thought provoking videos-- the one on content reading was recommended by Sharon Taberski in a recent blog entry.

  tags: reading critique

• Creative Commons: an Educational Primer

  Basic info on Creative Commons

  tags: creativecommons

• The Classroom Bookshelf

  Book recommendations and teaching resources K-8

  tags: reading resources readalouds

• The Beautiful Struggler Blog

  tags: blogging race culture gender

• Esra Girgin on Cybersafety for Kids

  Thoughtful tips and resources

  tags: cybersafety internetsafety

• seaworld animal info

  tags: animals research

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Digital Stories from Senegal

I’m always looking for good examples of digital storytelling. These videos made by students at the Sinthiou Mbadane school in 2008 and 2010 in the Mbour region of Senegal were recommended at a workshop I attended recently facilitated by Giselle Martin-Kniep. They’re short videos narrated by the students in French with English subtitles that provide a window into the daily lives of students who attend the school.

Steve Jenkins Author Study

I recently finished an author study of Mo Willems with my ESL student, and was wondering where to go next. I’ve been attending and giving presentations on the common core standards, which emphasize how important nonfiction is. With this in mind and since my student loves books about animals, I thought Steve Jenkins would be a good choice for our next author study, and would make an interesting comparison/contrast with Mo Willems. After we read many of Mo Willems books, we watched a video I found on amazon of the author talking about his work and his process. I just found this video of Steve Jenkins describing his process for the book Move! on teachingbooks.net. There’s also an accompanying slide show that takes you through the steps of the process of writing Move! with his wife, Robin Page. I love how the two videos perfectly illustrate the difference between the manic hilarity of Mo Willems illustrations and Steve Jenkins’ calm deliberate approach.

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• Palo Alto Voice Multimedia section

  Student journalism-- Palo Alto High School

  tags: writing journalism multimedia

• Teach with Picture Books

  Wow-- what a great resource!

  tags: picturebooks readalouds

• New Study Finds Gender Bias in Children's Books

  tags: childrensbooks gender picturebooks

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