2. Make sure students are exposed to different types of sources Written Written Visual Visual Visual with oral Visual with oral Live performance Live performance Technological Technological

3. School Grounds NeighborhoodMuseums Queens Museum of Art, NY Hall of Science Queens Historical Society Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History Botanical Gardens, Central Park

4. Our Selves senses, knowledge, understandings, and experience and experience Interviews with family members, classmates, faculty, professionals classmates, faculty, professionals

5. Literary Books Fiction, Drama Non-FictionPoetry Picture Books Textbooks – Non-Fiction Newspapers and Magazines Primary Documents Anthologies: Single/Multi-Genre; Single/Multi- Themed

6. DVDs – movies/clips from movies MusicWebsites  Research – Visual Search Engines, Websites  Sharing Knowledge: Wikis, Blogs, googledocs  Games, Competitions  Tools: Rubrics, Quizzes, Bibliography Makers

7. Textbooks are Useful For Basic information and overview Information relative to other information Teach and review features of non-fiction Table of Contents Index Bibliography Text and style changes (bold, italics, color, etc.) Glossary Subheadings Sidebars z

8.  Books and anthologies can be used to help students understand content, skills, Big Ideas/Themes/Concepts, Enduring Understandings.  Magnet Library Books. Some schools developed a magnet- themed Literacy library. Some books can be used across disciplines.  Develop annotated bibliography

9. Mentor Texts Expose students to good writing. Expose students to advanced vocabulary. Help students read above their independent reading levels.

10. Websites Think about your audience. Is the website beyond your students’ understanding or is it too simplistic? Is the website biased ? Teach about website reliability. Always determine website reliability.

11. Websites for Teachers

12. Teacher Websites www. surfaquarium.com Differentiated Learning Styles: Visual, Linguistic, Logical, Naturalist, Kinesthetic, Existential, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Rhythmic www.users.muohio.edu/romanots www.users.muohio.edu Multigenre Writing Site Rubrics for grading Research designs Social Studies and ELA

13. Websites for Teachers

14. Green Websites for Teachers

15. Student/Teacher VISUAL SEARCH ENGINES http://search-cube.com/http://search-cube.com/ - creates a cube with relevant websites http://search-cube.com/ http://www.quintura.com/ http://www.curriki.org/http://www.curriki.org/ - places to find/share units, often created via UbD http://www.curriki.org/ http://www.yolink.comhttp://www.yolink.com - must be downloaded. Shows information in double window, zooming in on search results http://www.yolink.com http://www.viewzi.com/http://www.viewzi.com/ - allows for different views and specialized searches http://www.viewzi.com/

16. Student Science & Math Websites Ology – American Museum of Natural History Ology – American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/ology http://www.amnh.org/ology Windows to the Universe Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu http://www.windows.ucar.edu http://www.windows.ucar.edu NY Hall of Science http://www.tryscience.org/ NY Hall of Science http://www.tryscience.org/  The Globe Program – http://www.globe.gov/science http://www.globe.gov/science  Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html Middle School Portal Middle School Portal http://msteacher.org/math/explore/default.aspx http://msteacher.org/math/explore/default.aspx

17. Student Information Websites CIA World Factbook – https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th e-world-factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th e-world-factbook Infoshare – demographics by zip code: http://www.infoshare.org

18. Teacher Support Sites

19. Share and correct each others’ papers:Share and correct each others’ papers: http://docs.google.com/ http://docs.google.com/http://docs.google.com/ Online painting softwareOnline painting software http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/ http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/ Create cartoonsCreate cartoons http://www.toondoo.com/ http://www.toondoo.com/http://www.toondoo.com/ http://www.toondoo.com/ Create posters, movies, etcCreate posters, movies, etc http://edu.glogster.com/ http://edu.glogster.com/http://edu.glogster.com/ http://www.extranormal.com - Animationhttp://www.extranormal.com - Animationhttp://www.extranormal.com

20. What are your favorite sites? What websites or resources do you know that would be helpful for other teachers to use? www.quia.com www.usgs.gov www.noaa.gov EUGENE- https://projecteugene.org - Evaluation for students’ environmental knowledge https://projecteugene.org

21. Sources “Anthologies” image: http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks060 5.jpg http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks060 5.jpg http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks060 5.jpg Michael Leung’s Powerpoint - Resources