ReadWriteThink.org: Encouraging Reading, Writing, and Thinking across the Curriculum

ReadWriteThink ( is a nonprofit Web site maintained by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers and English (NCTE), with support from the Verizon Foundation through the Thinkfinity Consortium. Thinkfinity ( a free, comprehensive digital learning platform, built upon the strength of content partners, who produce a wealth of discipline-specific, standards-based educational resources.

Who’s Behind ReadWriteThink.org? The National Council of Teachers of English The International Reading Association Verizon Thinkfinity

What Does ReadWriteThink.org Have to Offer? Keyword and filter searchKeyword and filter search Lesson Plans and Teaching ResourcesLesson Plans and Teaching Resources Online Student Interactive ToolsOnline Student Interactive Tools Mobile Apps Classroom resources by grade levelsClassroom resources by grade levels Lists of the most popular resourcesLists of the most popular resources RSS feeds, , sharing, and commentingRSS feeds, , sharing, and commenting

Let’s take a look at how ReadWriteThink.org can be integrated throughout the day!

Morning Meeting ReadWriteThink.org Calendar November Bullying Awareness Week

Language Arts Text Messages Podcast Series Episode 39 — Books about Bullying Tie to Bullying Awareness Week Book List

Reading and Literature This lesson This lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn about situations of intolerance and discuss ways to move to a more ideal world in which acceptance is the norm. Starts with the picture book Whoever You Are Integrates the books Weslandia and Insects Are My Life. Students then study, create, and perform two- voice texts that shows how they can move closer to the ideal of accepting all types of diversity.perform two- voice texts

Writing Creating a Class Newspaper Students write authentic newspaper stories, including learning about various aspects of newspapers, such as writing an article, online articles, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques in this lesson planthis lesson plan. They then publish using the new Printing Press.Printing Press

Writing Interested in applying this knowledge and these skills outside of school? Since we know children enjoy sharing their thoughts, ideas and opinions in talking with others, encourage them to write these down in a neighborhood newspaper! neighborhood newspaper This activity works in any out-of-school setting. Share the translated version with students and their families who speak Spanish.translated version

Science After researching various natural disasters in this lesson, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.lessonglogs

Working with Pre-Service Teachers A student teacher observed the glog lesson and expressed concern about using technology with students. S/he hopes to learn more about how to do this successfully.

Strategy Guides Teaching with Technology Teaching with Technology Bringing Lessons to Life with AnimotoBringing Lessons to Life with Animoto Speak to Me: Teaching with VokiSpeak to Me: Teaching with Voki Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through PreziTeaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi Teaching With Glogster: Using Virtual Posters in the ClassroomTeaching With Glogster: Using Virtual Posters in the Classroom Using Glogster to Support Multimodal LiteracyUsing Glogster to Support Multimodal Literacy Online Safety Reading Online Teaching With Blogs Teaching With Podcasts

Social Studies/History Students are often asked to perform speeches, but rarely do we require students to analyze speeches as carefully as we study works of literature. In “Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments”, students are required to identify the rhetorical strategies in a famous speech and the specific purpose for each chosen device. They will write an essay about its effectiveness and why it is still famous after all these years.Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments

Mathematics After a read-aloud from the book Math Curse, students create their own word problems with answers. Students solve each other's problems and then use the skills they've learned creating word problems to complete astudents create their own word problems with answers crossword puzzlecrossword puzzle.

Health After researching nutrition and analyzing food advertisementsAfter researching nutrition and analyzing food advertisements, students work in cooperative groups to create their own advertisements for food products. Interested in applying this knowledge and these skills outside of school?

Health Encourage children and teens to make healthful food choices by having them explore the foods they eat and the ways those foods are advertised.explore the foods they eat

Fine Arts This lesson This lesson uses music and art in a vocabulary study of unfamiliar words from the song "America the Beautiful," increasing students' vocabulary while also increasing their knowledge of U.S. geography. Students learn the meanings of the song's words through shared reading and the use of context clues and images. Students then use photographs, illustrations, and descriptive language to create a mural shaped like the United States.

Fine Arts Students express interest in “America the Beautiful” so we continue to explore the song using the Word Mover mobile appWord Mover mobile app.

Staff Meeting Afterschool, I want to share the great resources from ReadWriteThink with my colleagues at our staff meeting. I can share with them: Standards Alignment Site Demonstrations Promotional Materials Spanish Resources

Educator Involvement at ReadWriteThink.org Writing lesson plans, sharing teaching ideas, creating content for an out-of-school audience Contributing professional development materials Submitting video, audio or other technologies to enhance resources Joining the Review Panel Sharing their Story

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