Sharon Inge
SLM 521
Links to activities, worksheets, quizzes and puzzles
The links below
provide valuable access to teachers who are working with upper elementary kids
on Integrated Language
Arts (ILA)
At this site, you
can pull up a reading lesson plan, activities and worksheets that pertain to
book discussions. Some of the
worksheets include a reading interest inventory and a “Why Discuss Books?”
brainstorming web form.
http://www.funlessonplans.com/reading_lesson_plans/activities_worksheet.pdf
Date visited: June 1, 2005
This site can help
teachers plan for literature discussion circles by providing planners and
worksheets that include such details as the names of the literature circle
students and their jobs and assignments.
http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/litcircles/litcirclestoc.htm
Date visited: June 1, 2005
Elements of a
Fairy Tale Chart-
Discussing the
elements of fairy tales during a genre study can be easily accomplished with
this chart that is set up with a list of common elements that can be checked
off as the students read different stories.
http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/fairytalechart.html
Date visited: June 1, 2005
Elements of Short Stories Vocabulary-
This worksheet is
designed for students to match up literature vocabulary words with their
definitions. Many other worksheets can
also be generated through the worksheet generator section of this web site.
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/archive/957116225.html
Date visited: June 1, 2005
Proud
to be an American Group Creative Writing-
This Proud to be
an American group creative writing worksheet helps kids get started on the
creative writing process by giving them a list of words to be used in their
story. Similar writing prompts can also
be accessed from this web site.
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/america/gwrite/
Date visited: June 1, 2005
Help kids
understand this writing element by providing this worksheet which contains a
definition of hyperbole, some examples, and a space for students to practice
writing and illustrating their own hyperboles.
http://abcteach.com/Writing/hyperbole.htm
Date visited: June 1, 2005
This simple
printable page can be adapted for many writing assignments. It provides a space for students to sketch
out their stories and then put them into words.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson42/RWT027-1.pdf
Date visited: June 1, 2005
This web site
allows you to personalize a rubric by selecting a topic and choosing a category
from a drop down menu. Rubistar does
the rest.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Date visited: June 1, 2005
Paragraph Writing Rubric
Generator-
This rubric
creator site does not allow you as many personalized choices when completing
the rubric but it does allow you to choose from a variety of topics and also
customize your rubric by including your name, the school’s name and a choice of
clip art icons. Make sure that you
scroll down the page until you reach the directions.
http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/paragraph/
Date visited: June 1, 2005
This site contains
some unusual clip art that both kids and teachers may want to use in their
projects. Copyright restrictions are
clearly spelled out on the site.
Date visited: June1, 2005
School Clip Art for Teachers and Kids-
Designed with
teachers and students in mind, this site provides free access to hundreds of
clip art pictures. Once again, the
copyright restrictions are spelled out on the site.
http://www.school-clip-art.com/
Date visited: June 1, 2005