Course+Materials

Course Materials 2011-2012 March 19 - Non-fiction

Doreen Cronin - Click, clack, moo []

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January 24 -- P/J -- ppt on spelling. Most likely of interest to some J/I students. September 13th September 20th October 4th October 18th October 25th November 29th

= November 29th = Materials for Gift of the Magi by O'Henry

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 * Biography of O'Henry

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 * Lesson Plans for Gift of the Magi

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 * Very comprehensive site for lots of activities (history, context, characters, analysis) related to the story.

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 * You Tube Video of the Story (quality only so-so but dramatizes the story)


 * Study Guide for Gift of the Magi []

 = October 25th = [|This] is the BEST book on poetry - the one that I passed around in class. Might consider doing this for your response to a text on reading.

You might find this article useful'/interesting -- from the MOE. Poetry: A Powerful Medium for Literacy and Technology Development



Here is some info about Robert Service

This book and DVD are on hip hop are amazing! This is the DVD that we listened to in class.

I'm not sure if this is posted in the right spot, I'm sorry if it's not. Today when we were taking about poetry we mentioned reading it for sound rather than beating the meaning out of it like many of us did in school. I was reminded of a poem that I was introduced to in my poetry workshop for creative writing.

It's by Billy Collins and it is called "Introduction to Poetry." I thought it related to the discussion. I might want to use it to introduce poetry to an older class. If you follow the link you can find it.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176056

 = October 18th = >
 * [[file:All About Me from TeacherNet.doc]]
 * [[file:Comprehension2.ppt]]This is a whole ppt presentation on inferencing done by the MOE. You might find it helpful.

 = October 4th = on the agenda you will find the links to: the Lamont Carey poem (P/Js you might find this interesting) and the link for Sheila Owens' kindergarten classroom (J/Is you will see all of the elements of a strong literacy program in her class)

Content area literacy ppt-

Ppt on fluency. Talks about what is fluency and why it is important in learning to read. Very relevant for P/Js but might be of interest to J/Is who want to know more about the learning to read process.

Ppt on phonics that we used in the P/J class but might be of interest to J/Is who want to know more about the learning to read process

== = September 27th = PPT on the 4 cueing systems

From Ed -- Year 1 J/I -- Have you ever heard of Taylor Mali ? He is a poet, motivational speaker, and former teacher. He is working on a project called "The New Teacher Project" with a mission of motivating and influencing 1000 people to become teachers through his work and poetry.

Please have a look at this video. I think it would be great if you showed it in class next week! This poem is inspiring and it ties in with a lot of the themes that we talked about in class. And since Taylor Mali's work is poetry, I think literacy class fits the bill. media type="youtube" key="RxsOVK4syxU?rel=0" height="315" width="420"

The video is so engaging -- note there is some explicit language.

Hi Everyone, if anyone is interested in trying the McGurk Effect, I put some links here to check out. []

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For P/Js Video of Kindergarten class []



= September 20th =

ppt from class today

J/I - video we watched: media type="youtube" key="PkOolDUJYYA?rel=0" height="315" width="420"

PPT on literacy statistics including page on TDSB

Great site for videos on emergent literacy. Fabulous resources. []  September 13th media type="youtube" key="y3kbwfaMEKY?rel=0" height="315" width="420"
 * Video we watched in class **.** //Information Literacy and Engaging the 21st Century Learner//

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 * You might find the following video interesting because it includes teachers talking about different types of literacies. Not a "perfect" video but has some interesting points.

good article that provides lots of data/statistics/research on learning to read. A very readable article.



[|http://www.readfaster.com/education_stats.asp#literacy]
 * Great source for stats on education, literacy, and reading: