Library Resources for Teachers
Librarian: Carole Renca Assistant: Anita Allen
Testing Results (NECAP, VCAT, Measured Progress)
| Department of Education NECAP
Assessment:
State and National Data
VCAT ~ Burlington Comprehensive Assessment Tool Measured Progress measuredprogress.org "Measured Progress offers state-of-the-art K-12 assessment and professional development programs that help improve the achievement of schoolchildren nationwide and demonstrate that every child can learn. A not-for-profit organization" |
|
Teenreads.com http://www.teenreads.com/ This site contains all kinds of resources that relate to young adult books-reviews, news about awards, recently published books and books that are coming soon, discussion questions for book groups, author information and more. ~ Bonnie Johnson-Aten |
| This guide includes book titles,
respective reading levels, author, related media and genre for
students. All books are available through the library or Special
Education resources. The books selected range between a second and fifth
grade reading level.
Select Literature Guide for a complete list |
Great Web Sites for Lesson Planning
The Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
Education World http://www.educationworld.com/
Carol Hurst’s Children Literature Guide http://www.carolhurst.com/
Cyberguides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Vandergrift's
Children’s Literature Page http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/
| http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.pdf A printable PDF document for determining readability levels of writing. Edward Fry, formerly of the Rutgers University Reading Center, created one of the most widely used, and easy-to-use readability graphs for educators. This information was obtained from the Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators web site. |
|
Graphic Organizers |
| Great sites for
printable graphic organizers for every subject!
http://region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html Available in both Microsoft word and Acrobat Reader as well as in English and Spanish. http://eduplace.com/graphicorganizer Houghton Mifflin's "Education Place" site |
| These are great sites for anyone who writes, reads and teaches literature to kids. Information is included about contests and places to submit student writing. |
The BIG 6 ~ A Research Process outline for Teachers
The "Big6" is copyright 1987 Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more information, visit: www.big6.com
Created especially for EMS Teachers 2008 ~ Carole Renca ~ Librarian crenca@bsdvt.org