Literacy Connections
A Weekly Round Up of Literacy Links & Resources
March 8, 2015
Happy Reading!
Susan
Reading Logs Go Digital
BiblioNasium, is a web-based, interactive, engaging site where students can keep track of their reading lives. Part kids social network, part parent's guide, part educator's tool, BiblioNasium blends technology with personal connection to create a supportive, engaging space for reading success. Once you have your classroom set up, you can recommend books, set challenges, and share your own reading. Students can also recommend books to each other, write book reviews, and use the reading log feature. This website is completely FREE, and complies with FTC's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, making it completely safe for children under the age of 13.
Tailoring Our Teaching: Conferring with Our Youngest Writers
The Amazing Cure for Students Who Won't Write
Click here to read Elizabeth's post at The Two Writing Teacher's Blog.
Ways to Classify Non-Fiction
Click here to read Melissa's post.
Top 10 Ways to Get Students Talking
Tammy Mulligan, Literacy Consultant and co-author of Assessment in Perspective, shares her top 10 questions to students talking about their reading. Click here to read the post.
The Book Buzz
All book summaries are from Goodreads.com
Kindergarten
Grade 1
A case of sibling rivalry is neatly resolved with the “assistance” of a hilarious raccoon in Lauren Castillo’s warm, simple text and gorgeous classic illustrations.
Grade 2
But Duck wants to hang out.
How will Bear ever fall asleep?
This book BEGS to read aloud and would also make a fantastic Reader's Theater!
Grade 3
Cat starts reading "Little Red Riding Hood" and explains, "It's a story about a little girl who always wears a red cape with a hood."
Dog says, "COOL! I love stories about superheroes. What's her special power?"
Cat says, "She doesn't have any special powers. It's not that kind of a story."
And then the fun ensues!
The zany, fun back-and-forth of Dog and Cat celebrates the joy of reading -- and questioning. Readers will cheer Dog's persistent questions as well as Cat's dedication to keep telling the story.
Grade 4
Grade 5
Susan Dee K-5 Literacy Strategist
Email: dees@rsu5.org
Location: Freeport, ME, United States
Phone: 207-865-4561
Twitter: @literacydocent