Renaissance Launches Art Contest to Honor Bilingualism in America

 

Hey this one is only for our US and A friends.   Sorry to my fellow Canucks.  All students in grades K–12 are invited to create and submit a painting, drawing, or mixed media piece on the theme of “celebrating Hispanic heritage and bilingualism.”  So let your students know and they could win $500.  To see the article click here.

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Little Free Libraries

 

You have seen these little free sharing libraries in front of someone's house.  This could be a great project to do as a class or you might consider doing this yourself or at least sharing with your students.   This would also be a nice project to do with the woodworking teacher.  To see the article click here.

 

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5 Tips for Teaching Novels When Students Won’t Read

 

Sorry this post does not deal with the Ukraine but it should.  According to Edutopia, "Making lessons accessible to resistant readers can enhance the learning experience for everyone—including those who read the whole book."  To read the article click here   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.    If you are making any   amazon.ca purchases  please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else as long as it is within 24 hours.   Thanks.  Remember you can follow me by clicking on the blue follow button above. This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you. 

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How to help struggling readers in grades 6-12

 

Students are coming back to school and many of them are reading below grade level. While this has always been a challenge, this year it may be even more so. In this episode, literacy expert Pam Allyn gives advice to teachers about how to help struggling readers in grades 6-12.  To hear the podcast click here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.  If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Interpreting Graphs Literacy Tests

Ms D. Fougere emailed me about this website.  It is called Turner's Graph of the Week.  I think it would be great for your students to use to prepare for the OSSLT or other literacy tests where they might be asked to analyze a graph to answer questions.  To see the website click here.

Geographic Literacy

Max Wilbert talks about 9 reasons to study geography.  You can see this article on Brainscape by clicking here.  You may also want to have your students watch the following video.

Teaching Strategies for Literacy Skills

If you would like some student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills then check out their website by clicking here.

Make Beliefs Comix writing Prompts

This site has a comic book template and writing prompts for your students.  It is also available in French.  To see the site click here.  However the thing I liked most about the site was the great Ebook called "Something to write about".  Check it out.  You can have your English Language Learners or Literacy Students work online and print out just the page they need or you can print out the whole book yourself and use it in class.  To see the ebook click here.

Comics in Education

For literacy education you may want to look at how to use graphic novels or comics in your classroom.
Take a look at this site by clicking here.