ISS Middle School ELA News
March 10, 2017
Literacy Strategies
Build Background Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Stamina
Article-A-Day is a 10 minute daily routine that dramatically increases your students' background knowledge, vocabulary, and stamina. Learn how to do the routine in your classroom.
Try these weekly sets on ReadWorks Digital.
You can also find these weekly sets on ReadWorks.org.
Jigsaw Summary
Sketching Through the Text
4 Minute Comprehension
Productive Discussions
Resources
March is Women's History Month
Recognize important women in your classroom with articles and paired texts on ReadWorks Digital: Celebrate Women's History Month with K-12 Articles
You can also find this content and curriculum on ReadWorks.org
Summer Reading Programs
Summer Reading Programs in North Carolina Public Libraries have encouraged school-aged children to continue to read so that they do not experience "summer slide" or a loss of reading and other skills during the months school is not in session.
2017 Summer Reading Workshops
Host: Iredell County Public Library,
- Location: 201 N Tradd Street, Statesville, NC 28687
- Date: March 17, 2017
- Time: 10am-4pm
Professional Development
Carolina Oral History Teaching Fellows in Civil Rights |
June 19-21, 2017 and July 26, 2017 |UNC-Chapel Hill
Oral history interviews provide tangible access to the past, with narrators offering first-hand descriptions in their own voices of historical events, ideas, and mindsets. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Southern Oral History Program (SOHP), in collaboration with Carolina K-12, is excited to announce and solicit applications for its Carolina Oral History Teaching Fellows.
This unique program will provide fifteen middle and high school teachers from around the state with an intensive exploration of how to utilize oral histories in the K-12 classroom in effective, meaningful, and creative ways. This year’s focus will be on oral histories from the Civil Rights Movement. Teachers will receive a 4.0 CEUs & $550 post-participation.
For program details and application information, go to https://humanities.unc.edu/ck12/upcoming-trainings/#cohtf
The 2017 William Friday Teachers Seminar - Carolina Voices: Exploring the Diverse History & Heritage of the Tar Heel State
North Carolina history represents a tapestry of diverse and distinctive people & events, replete with rich heritage and resilient individuals who fought for a better way of life, showing courage and conviction, often in the face of extreme adversity. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina K-12, in partnership with Wilson Library’s North Carolina Collection, invite K-12 teachers to join us this summer on the beautiful campus of UNC-Chapel Hill to explore these themes and related state and national history. From learning about the ways enslaved people resisted oppression and sought freedom throughout the state, to exploring the dramatic history of textile mills and labor strikes in rural North Carolina towns, to learning how the state’s unique dialects tell the story of our varied histories, teachers will enjoy a snapshot of some of North Carolina’s most captivating events and people. Designed to equally educate and appreciate our state’s incredible teachers, participants will be treated to dinner at the renowned Carolina Inn, and those meeting mileage requirements will also receive free accommodations at the Carolina Inn.
For details and to access the application, go to https://humanities.unc.edu/ck12/upcoming-trainings/#cv
PBS Webinars
PBS LEARNINGMEDIA 101
Boost your digital toolkit with this webinar! Discover how PBS LearningMedia and its collection of over 120K curriculum-aligned resources can be used to create meaningful learning experiences for your students. Register Now
March 16, 2017
DIGITAL STORYTELLING WITH STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Learn how digital storytelling tools like stop motion animation can help strengthen students’ research, writing, and collaboration skills while allowing them to flex their creative muscles. Register Now
March 22, 2017
Grants
- Application Deadline: April 9, 2017
- Application Deadline: April 15
- Application Deadline: April 15
TAF Project-Based Learning Grants for Grades 6–12
- Aug. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
- Deadline: Ongoing
- Deadline: Ongoing
Brown Rudnick Community Grants
- Deadline: Ongoing
- Deadline: Ongoing