Friday, November 6, 2009

Catch of the Day - ReadWriteThink Student Materials - 6 Nov 09

Today's copious catch is the ReadWriteThink Student Materials Index


ReadWriteThink offers a large collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools, games, and other activities can be used to enhance a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing literacy skills.

Student Materials Index Home Page Screenshot

Each activity in the ReadWriteThink Student Materials Index is also linked to ReadWriteThink lessons in which it is used.

Comic Creator Tool Page Screenshot

Among the ReadWriteThink Student Materials Index activities you will find such items as:
  • The Word Wizard uses themes from four popular U.S. children’s books to create word puzzles that students solve by unscrambling letters and considering related clues.
  • The Timeline lets students generate descriptive timelines that can be plotted with their choice of units of measure (date, time, event, entry, or other).
  • The Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, flyers, and booklets.
  • Literary Graffiti aims to teach high school students to visualize what they are reading to help them develop as readers.
  • The Comparison and Contrast Guide outlines the characteristics of the genre and provides direct instruction on the methods of organizing, gathering ideas, and writing comparison and contrast essays.
  • Many more
What's in the Bag Activity Screenshot

The ReadWriteThink Student Materials Index currently numbers 55 useful and interesting activities applicable to various grade levels.

DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: http://cmp.ly/0

1 comment:

Lisa Fink said...

Thanks for highlighting resources from ReadWriteThink. We are very proud of what we have to offer on the site! If you are interested, we pay educators in the field to publish lesson plans and share teaching ideas. Let me know if you would like more information.

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