2. Free Write Essential Question: What are some essential tools and experiences students need to learn? What are your favorite resources?

3. Make sure students are exposed to different types of sources WrittenVisual Visual with oral Live performance

4. 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

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

6. Literary Books Fiction, Drama Non-FictionPoetry Picture Books Textbooks – Non-Fiction Primary Documents Anthologies : Sing le/Multi-Genre; Single/Multi-Themed

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

8. 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

9.  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

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

11. 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.

12. Websites for Teachers

14. 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/

15. 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  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

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

17. Teacher Support Sites

18. 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 software Online 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 cartoons Create cartoons http://www.toondoo.com/ http://www.toondoo.com/http://www.toondoo.com/ http://www.toondoo.com/ Create posters, movies, etc Create posters, movies, etc http://edu.glogster.com/ http://edu.glogster.com/http://edu.glogster.com/

19. 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

20. 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