http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/la?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "la" on Netvouz http://www.colorincolorado.org/content/ The strategies in this section suggest ways in which you can provide your ELLs with additional support in learning content areas such as math, science, social studies, and language arts. English as a New Language > Sheltered Instruction (Teaching Content to ELLs) jgordon Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:56:43 GMT http://www.barbican.org.uk/canihaveaword/ Barbican Education has put together an interesting site designed to give 'teachers new ideas and insights to inspire creative writing in the classroom' by emphasizing the importance of words. There are 4 project areas: 'the elements,' 'the human body,' 'the odyssey,' and 'changing voices.' In each project, the visitor can listen to selected poets, watch visual stimuli aimed at firing 'children's imaginations' and also get ideas and activities to 'encourage creative writing.' There are links to other sites, bios of the poets featured, writing tips, and of course, a teacher's curriculum. Students, don't be put off by the idea that this resource is geared to teachers. Browse through this resource to get ahead of the teacher; you just might discover the joy of Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:29:34 GMT http://www.barbican.org.uk/canihaveaword/ Barbican Education has put together an interesting site designed to give 'teachers new ideas and insights to inspire creative writing in the classroom' by emphasizing the importance of words. There are 4 project areas: 'the elements,' 'the human body,' 'the odyssey,' and 'changing voices.' In each project, the visitor can listen to selected poets, watch visual stimuli aimed at firing 'children's imaginations' and also get ideas and activities to 'encourage creative writing.' There are links to other sites, bios of the poets featured, writing tips, and of course, a teacher's curriculum. Students, don't be put off by the idea that this resource is geared to teachers. Browse through this resource to get ahead of the teacher; you just might discover the joy of Language Arts jgordon Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:31:05 GMT http://www.kidpub.com/ You've found KidPub, the world's largest online collection of stories written by kids for kids! "At KidPub, we believe that writing is a fundamental life skill and a key to success later in life. By publishing kids' stories to a worldwide audience we create excitement about writing and reading. As a popular author once said, "Writers write." We don't criticize, analyze, correct, or evaluate children's stories. It's the act of writing that is important. The more a kid writes, the more comfortable it becomes. Posting stories on KidPub builds confidence and self-esteem in our young authors." Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:38:33 GMT http://www.corwin.com/books/Book231882?subject=C00&webTopic=Web_Topic13&sortBy=defaultPubDate+desc&pager.offset=50#tabview=title This guide by Eugenia Mora-Flores helps teachers combine explicit and intentional strategies to facilitate writing development across genres for English learners in Grades 2–8. It includes resources for teaching narrative, expository, and persuasive writing and poetry; techniques for using the process writing model and contains reproducible graphic organizers and samples of student work Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:14:08 GMT