RSU 21 Professional Learning Series
Resources
Getting to Know Your Students as Readers
Reading Interviews
There are no right or wrong questions to ask, and there are as many types of questions you can use as there are types of teachers and readers. Here is one I've had good results with, but you can certainly create your own.
Cultivating a Reading Community
Build Your Classroom Library
Connect Beyond the Classroom & Building Walls
@210BIS
Flipagram
End of Year Reflection: Top 10
Digital Tools That Help Build Reading Motivation & Engagement
VoiceThread
BiblioNasium
Wonderopolis
Padlet
This virtual wall platform has so many uses within the classroom as it allows teachers & students to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. Padlet works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.
Grow Through It: Fostering Resilience & Empathy Through Story
ThingLink
Animoto
Animoto allows you to create professional looking videos in a matter of minutes! It combines photos, video clips, text, and music into creative slide presentations. There are a variety of ways you can use this platform to support literacy work. Here are a few examples:
Session 2: Interactive Read Alouds and Argumentation/Debate
Session 3: Thin Slicing- Planning for Tomorrow's Teaching Using Today's Learning
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